CHAMPION: Schwaller Wins 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major

Geneva, Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz van-Berkel

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Second
Sven
Michel

Lead
Pablo
Lachat

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.04
PA/G:	4.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) won 5-4 over Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major, held September 8 - 12, 2022 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won 5-4 over John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major in Leduc, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-2 over Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Schwaller finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Cole Adams (Calgary, AB) 8-2, then went on to lose 4-2 against Sluchinski. Schwaller responded with a 6-0 win over Mike McEwen (Toronto, ON). Schwaller won 7-2 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB), then won 7-4 against Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series Major Championship title, Schwaller earned 48.750 world rankings points along with the $8,500CDN first prize cheque. Schwaller move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 19 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 188.293 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 82.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	4	3	0	0.571	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	49	36	38	7.35	7.76	-0.41	4.29	4.90	1.71	1.58	0.82

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	28	27	19	3	1-1	2-0	6-4	0.96	0.68	0.36	0.43

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	21	9	19	1	0-0	0-2	1-3	0.43	0.90	0.58	0.38

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