Sampson

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Coleman
Thurston

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Games:	8
Record:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	6.03
PA/G:	8.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.18
Steal Defense:	0.39
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Sampson finished 3-4 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson defeated Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) 8-6, then won 7-4 against Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN). Sampson went on to lose 8-2 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Sampson responded with a 8-2 win over Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA). Sampson went on to lose 9-1 against John Shuster (Duluth , MN). Sampson lost 11-4 to Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Sampson lost 9-6 to Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sampson earned 5.625 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Sampson move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of -4.312 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 54th overall with 56.625 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sampson ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 56.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	23	0	0.549	1-1	4-3	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	375	295	264	7.87	7.04	0.83	4.64	4.37	1.70	1.61	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	179	188	71	20	6-0	14-2	33-16	1.05	0.40	0.33	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	196	107	193	17	3-7	8-11	13-35	0.55	0.98	0.53	0.34

2025: Korey Dropkin
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2024: John Shuster
John Shuster, Christopher Plys, Colin Hufman, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth , MN
2017: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, Joe Polo
Duluth, USA

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