Sluchinski Runner-Up at 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Aaron
Sluchinski

Third
Jeremy
Harty

Second
Kerr
Drummond

Lead
Dylan
Webster

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.40
PA/G:	4.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB) lost 6-3 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, held October 18 - 23, 2022 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Sluchinski won 5-2 over Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Grande Prairie, Alberta; and won 6-5 over Mike McEwen (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Sluchinski finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sluchinski defeated Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI) 5-1, then won 6-4 against McEwen and 6-3 against Kyler Kleibrink (Calgary, AB). Sluchinski won 6-1 against Scott Webb (Grande Prairie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, Sluchinski take home 27.500 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize. Sluchinski move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 14.75 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with 106.792 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sluchinski ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 69.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	42	21	0	0.667	10-1	5-2	1-3	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	435	358	254	8.23	5.84	2.39	4.99	3.82	1.65	1.53	1.20

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	210	251	60	24	8-3	18-2	45-6	1.20	0.29	0.38	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	225	107	194	28	2-4	7-8	14-41	0.48	0.86	0.58	0.32

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
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

Bottcher Out!

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

CURLING HISTORY: A Prize Letter

In the run up to Christmas Day, 1893, the Aberdeen Peoples's Journal offered a prize of one guinea for the best letter about curling! That's the invitation... (read more)
EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)