Stocker Runner-Up at 2023 Aberdeen Classic

SKIP
Yves
Stocker

Third
Kim
Schwaller

Second
Felix
Eberhard

Lead
Tom
Winkelhausen

Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI) lost 7-2 to Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in the Final of the Aberdeen Classic, held December 8 - 10, 2023 at the Curl Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Stocker won 10-5 over Jan Iseli (Solothun, SUI) in the semifinals

Stocker finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stocker defeated Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) 6-2, then won 8-7 against Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO) and 6-5 against Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR). Stocker went on to lose 5-3 against Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Aberdeen Classic, Stocker take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize, remaining in 30th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Stocker ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 98.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	57	26	0	0.687	8-3	7-7	2-3	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	567	510	361	8.99	6.37	2.63	5.01	4.16	1.80	1.53	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	281	362	77	26	13-1	24-3	78-10	1.29	0.27	0.45	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	286	148	284	21	5-4	13-18	17-57	0.52	0.99	0.56	0.30

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)