CHAMPION: Schwaller Wins 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown

Geneve, Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz van-Berkel

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Second
Sven
Michel

Lead
Pablo
Lachat

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.73
PA/G:	7.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.12

Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) won 8-6 over Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown, held December 7 - 10, 2023 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won 5-4 over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 7-6 over Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Schwaller finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) 5-3, then went on to lose 6-2 against Mooibroek. Schwaller responded with a 8-4 win over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Schwaller went on to lose 10-6 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). Schwaller responded with a 7-2 win over Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown Championship title, Schwaller earned 45.000 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN first prize cheque. Schwaller move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 27 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with 342.594 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 218.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	52	21	0	0.712	12-2	4-4	1-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	546	443	327	8.11	5.99	2.12	4.69	3.90	1.73	1.54	1.41

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	272	360	43	42	10-1	24-2	83-4	1.32	0.16	0.51	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	274	83	284	35	2-4	3-21	13-48	0.30	1.04	0.60	0.21

2023: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat
Geneve, SUI
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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