CHAMPION: Kleiter Wins 2023 U25 NextGen Classic

SKIP
Rylan
Kleiter

Third
Joshua
Mattern

Second
Matthew
Hall

Lead
Trevor
Johnson

Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) won 6-4 over Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) in the Final of the U25 NextGen Classic, held August 29 - September 2, 2023 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kleiter won 7-6 over Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 U25 NextGen Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Kleiter finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kleiter defeated Sam Steep (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) 6-2, then won 5-2 against Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK) and 7-1 against Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB). Kleiter won 10-2 against Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB). Kleiter went on to lose 8-3 against Mooibroek in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the U25 NextGen Classic Championship title, Kleiter earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 32nd place overall with 129.875 total points. Kleiter ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	45	30	0	0.600	5-3	5-5	2-1	1-1	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	558	418	361	7.49	6.47	1.02	4.53	4.18	1.65	1.55	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	259	310	74	26	6-1	21-4	69-11	1.20	0.29	0.41	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	299	108	287	46	3-8	7-19	12-43	0.36	0.96	0.61	0.24

2024: Jordon McDonald
Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson , Dean Kleiter
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Sam Mooibroek
Sam Mooibroek, Connor Deane, Nathan Steele, Colin Schnurr
Whitby, ON

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