Retornaz2-3 at 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz lost 5-4 to Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO), droppimg another game, 7-2 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) where Retornaz responded with a 7-2 win over Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON). Retornaz won 6-3 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). Retornaz went on to lose 8-7 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 6.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 40 of the event schedule, Retornaz did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 4th to 5th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 351.750 total points. Retornaz ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 351.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	81	31	0	0.723	19-7	19-7	5-4	0-0	1-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	825	733	455	8.88	5.52	3.37	4.91	3.76	1.81	1.47	1.33

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	396	533	82	56	21-0	42-3	108-10	1.35	0.21	0.50	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	429	200	373	54	2-1	13-23	36-80	0.47	0.87	0.57	0.31

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

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

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