Shuster Runner-Up at 2025 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	11.20
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

John Shuster (Duluth, MN) lost 6-5 to John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, held January 9 - 12, 2025 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 6-2 over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) in the semifinals of the 2025 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won 6-4 over Chase Sinnett (Minneapolis, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States;

Shuster finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Bob Leclair (Tempe, AZ) 7-1, then won 9-6 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) and 6-0 against Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK). Shuster won 9-2 against Dunnam, then won 8-4 against Jayden King (London, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, Shuster take home 22.000 world rankings points along with the $7,214CDN prize. Shuster move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 16.75 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 174.313 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 125.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	39	26	0	0.600	12-1	4-4	1-1	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	483	401	306	8.30	6.34	1.97	4.80	4.06	1.73	1.56	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	229	296	57	28	9-1	20-2	63-11	1.29	0.25	0.46	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	254	105	249	27	3-4	7-19	12-42	0.41	0.98	0.59	0.28

2025: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Toronto, ON
2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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