Smith Reaches 2017 Karuizawa International Semifinals

Perth, Scotland

SKIP
Kyle
Smith

Third
Thomas
Muirhead

Second
Kyle
Waddell

Lead
Cameron
Smith

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.60
PA/G:	3.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.77
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) run at the 2017 Karuizawa International came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). of the 2017 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Smith advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-4 win over Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). of the 2017 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Smith finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Arihito Kasahara (Tokyo, JPN) 8-1, then won 6-0 against Kanya Shimizuno (Furano, JPN) and 6-2 against SooHyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR). Smith won 7-2 against Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 17.292 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Karuizawa International, remaining in 9th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 444.237 total points. Smith ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 127.046 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: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

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