Dunstone Reaches 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Quarters

SKIP
Matt
Dunstone

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Colton
Lott

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-3 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Dunstone finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dunstone defeated Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) 6-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI). Dunstone responded with a 7-1 win over Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). Dunstone won 4-2 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Dunstone earned 30.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -12.625 after improving upon their best so far this season. Dunstone ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 72.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	19	0	0.683	7-2	3-4	3-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	467	385	295	8.24	6.32	1.93	4.60	4.20	1.79	1.51	1.20

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	213	293	45	16	3-0	29-1	68-4	1.38	0.21	0.51	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	254	92	250	40	3-4	7-17	12-47	0.36	0.98	0.57	0.22

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
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2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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