Johnston Runner-Up at 2023 TBayTel Major League of Curling

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Dylan
Johnston

Third
Brennan
Wark

Second
Chris
Briand

Lead
Travis
Belchior

Games:	18
Record:	11W - 7L
PF/G:	6.62
PA/G:	6.77
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT) lost 8-1 to Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the Final of the TBayTel Major League of Curling, held October 18 - January 17, 2024 at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Johnston won 3-2 over Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the semifinals of the 2023 TBayTel Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-5 over Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 TBayTel Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;

Johnston finished 9-6 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Johnston lost 8-4 to Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NONT), droppimg another game, 7-3 to Bonot where Johnston responded with a 7-6 win over Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, NONT). Johnston went on to lose 8-5 against Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, NONT). Johnston lost 6-3 to Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, NONT) where Johnston responded with a 7-6 win over Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT). Johnston won 6-4 against Jackson Dubinsky (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 6-2 against Andrew Sinclair (Thunder Bay, NONT). Johnston went on to lose 7-4 against Adams Jr.. Johnston lost 6-3 to Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) where Johnston responded with a 5-3 win over Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NONT). Johnston won 8-1 against Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 5-4 against McCarville and 5-2 against Jodi Judd (Thunder Bay, NONT). Johnston won 6-5 against Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the TBayTel Major League of Curling, Johnston take home 2.750 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize, moving up 72 spots the World Ranking Standings into 244th place overall with 5.452 total points. Johnston ranks 213th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	15	12	0	0.556	4-4	4-3	3-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	192	124	134	6.46	6.98	-0.52	4.38	4.27	1.48	1.63	1.35

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	96	91	42	12	4-0	1-6	19-4	0.95	0.44	0.29	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	96	33	92	14	0-1	1-10	5-13	0.34	0.96	0.57	0.27

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