Shuster Reaches 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship Quarters

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Matt
Hamilton

John Shuster (Duluth, USA) qualified for the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-4 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO). of the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland;

Shuster finished 7-5 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) 5-3, then went on to lose 10-3 against Mouat. Shuster responded with a 9-3 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR). Shuster won 9-4 against Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Shuster went on to lose 7-6 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Shuster responded with a 5-4 win over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Shuster went on to lose 8-2 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Shuster lost 6-5 to Shinya Abe (Karuizawa, JPN). Shuster lost 6-4 to Niklas Edin (Ornskoldsvik, SWE) where Shuster responded with a 10-2 win over Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER). Shuster won 10-4 against Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL), then won 6-3 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

Shuster earned 33.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the LGT World Men's Curling Championship. Shuster move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 24.5 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 196.250 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 196.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	51	23	0	0.689	14-0	8-4	4-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	509	459	318	9.02	6.25	2.77	4.85	4.01	1.86	1.56	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	243	325	77	23	12-0	28-7	64-8	1.34	0.32	0.47	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	266	134	241	35	2-5	10-16	25-44	0.50	0.91	0.56	0.31

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