Hoiberg Reaches 2014 German Masters Quarters

SKIP
Markus
Hoiberg

Third
Steffen
Walstad

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Sander
Rolvag

Markus Hoiberg (Oppdal, NOR) qualified for the 2014 German Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Peter de Cruz (Geneva, SUI).

Hoiberg finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hoiberg defeated Pascal Hess (Zug, SUI) 6-1, then won 7-2 against Logan Gray (Stirling, SCO) and 7-1 against David Sik (Prague, CZE). Hoiberg won 5-4 against Johnny Jahr (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

Hoiberg earned 4.920 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the German Masters, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 73rd place overall with 22.970 total points. Hoiberg ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.920 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	28	27	0	0.509	17-10	10-15	9-7	3-1	2-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	424	278	284	6.56	6.70	-0.14	4.13	4.25	1.59	1.58	1.63

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	217	211	70	40	3-2	15-1	40-15	0.97	0.32	0.33	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	207	67	214	29	3-5	2-9	10-46	0.32	1.03	0.55	0.21

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