Kiist5-1 at Boston Pizza Men's Provincial Qualifier

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Ben
Kiist

Third
Terren
Algot

Second
Noah
Mason-Wood

Lead
Rhett
Whittmire

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.22
PA/G:	6.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Ben Kiist (Edmonton, AB) finished 5-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kiist defeated Justin Runciman (Edmonton, AB) 11-1, then won 9-8 against James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB). Kiist went on to lose 9-3 against Rob Johnson (Calgary, AB). Kiist responded with a 9-4 win over Kevin Tym (Edmonton, AB). Kiist won 7-3 against Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 8-6 against Jacob Libbus (Black Diamond, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Boston Pizza Men's Provincial Qualifier, Kiist take home 2.750 world rankings points, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 153rd place overall with 11.668 total points. Kiist ranks 128th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	11	8	0	0.579	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	141	122	107	8.65	7.59	1.06	5.04	4.33	1.72	1.75	0.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	63	81	18	2	2-0	8-0	10-5	1.29	0.29	0.33	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	78	41	89	7	2-3	2-8	8-16	0.53	1.14	0.44	0.29

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