Connolly Reaches 2023 Island Shootout Semifinals

Seattle, Washington

SKIP
Nicholas
Connolly

Third
Evan
Workin

Second
Chris
Bond

Lead
Nathan
Parry

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.87
PA/G:	8.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) run at the 2023 Island Shootout came to an end in the semifinals with a 10-2 loss to Kyler Kleibrink (Langley, BC). of the 2023 Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Connolly advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-2 win over Dave Belway (Penticton, BC). of the 2023 Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;

Connolly finished 4-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Connolly defeated Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC) 10-7, then went on to lose 8-1 against Kleibrink. Connolly responded with a 5-3 win over Brad Thompson (Kamloops, BC). Connolly won 6-4 against Paul Cseke (Victoria, BC), then won 5-4 against Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Connolly earned 4.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Island Shootout. Connolly move up 14 spots after posting a net gain of 2.304 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 120th overall with 22.531 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Connolly ranks 97th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	17	18	0	0.486	3-1	0-4	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	244	165	211	6.76	8.65	-1.89	4.47	4.75	1.51	1.82	0.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	126	104	69	12	2-1	6-5	19-8	0.83	0.55	0.24	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	118	61	142	7	0-7	5-9	9-31	0.52	1.20	0.32	0.36

2023: Jason Montgomery
Jason Montgomery, Chris Baier, Miles Craig, Troy Cowan
Victoria, BC
2014: Dean Joanisse
Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
New Westminster, BC
2012: Jay Wakefield
Michael Johnson, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
New Westminster, BC
2011: Bryan Miki
Dean Joanisse, Tyler Klitch, Bryan Miki, Jay Batch
New Westminster, BC

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