Lizmore Reaches 2015 U.S. Open of Curling Semifinals

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Mick
Lizmore

Third
Nathan
Connolly

Second
Parker
Konschuh

Lead
Carter
Lautner

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.78
PA/G:	5.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Mick Lizmore (Edmonton, AB) run at the 2015 U.S. Open of Curling came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2015 U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota; Lizmore advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-1 win over Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, ON). of the 2015 U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota;

Lizmore finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lizmore lost 6-3 to Jialiang Zang (Harbin, CHN), then responded with a 7-3 win over Adam Casey (Charlottetown, PEI). Lizmore won 7-2 against John Epping (Toronto, ON), then won 9-5 against Korey Dropkin (Blaine, USA) and 7-2 against Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Lizmore earned 12.390 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the U.S. Open of Curling, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 33rd place overall with 47.194 total points. Lizmore ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 29.705 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Luc Violette
Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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