De Cruz Reaches 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 Semifinals

Geneve, Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz

Third
Sven
Michel

SKIP
Peter
De Cruz

Lead
Valentin
Tanner

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.33
PA/G:	6.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) run at the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Thunder Bay, Ontario; De Cruz advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-6 win over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Thunder Bay, Ontario;

De Cruz finished 3-1 in the 15 team GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 qualifying round, held November 6 - 11, 2018 in , . In their opening game, De Cruz defeated Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) 5-4, then won 8-3 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) and 6-5 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). De Cruz went on to lose 5-4 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

De Cruz earned 44.878 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 35.417 after improving upon their best so far this season. De Cruz ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 174.317 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	4	2	0	0.667	3-0	1-2	3-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	45	33	29	7.33	6.44	0.89	4.89	4.22	1.50	1.53	0.89

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	21	29	1	2	0-0	3-0	5-0	1.38	0.05	0.42	0.05

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	24	4	28	2	0-0	0-1	0-8	0.17	1.17	0.50	0.17

2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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