CHAMPION: Hoesli Wins 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge

Glarus, Switzerland

SKIP
Marco
Hoesli

Third
Philipp
Hoesli

Second
Marco
Hefti

Lead
Justin
Hausherr

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.04
PA/G:	5.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) won 7-6 over Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the St. Galler Elite Challenge, held January 21 - 23, 2022 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Hoesli won 9-1 over Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER) in the semifinals of the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland; and won 9-6 over Kim Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland;

Hoesli finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hoesli lost 6-5 to Schwaller, then responded with a 9-1 win over Kristof Czermann (Budapest, HUN). Hoesli won 6-2 against Totzek, then won 8-4 against Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the St. Galler Elite Challenge Championship title, Hoesli earned 26.706 world rankings points along with the $2,761CDN first prize cheque. Hoesli move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 14.372 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 25th overall with 125.911 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hoesli ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 117.092 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	53	20	0	0.726	2-0	6-2	3-2	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	530	476	336	8.98	6.34	2.64	5.00	4.28	1.80	1.48	0.72

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	250	332	64	19	13-0	25-3	61-6	1.33	0.26	0.43	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	280	144	272	19	9-7	3-13	21-49	0.51	0.97	0.61	0.31

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