CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2022 IG Wealth Management Western Showdown

Karlstad, Sweden

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wrana

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.33
PA/G:	5.63
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won 6-3 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the IG Wealth Management Western Showdown, held October 28 - 31, 2022 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Edin won 8-4 over Yeongseok Jeong (Gangwon, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2022 IG Wealth Management Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 5-3 over Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Edin finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Jeong 8-7, then won 6-5 against Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) and 7-5 against John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the IG Wealth Management Western Showdown Championship title, Edin earned 37.500 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 13 of the event schedule, Edin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 2nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 464.486 total points. Edin ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 163.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	84	23	0	0.785	22-6	12-7	6-8	3-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	794	720	437	9.07	5.50	3.56	5.06	3.79	1.79	1.45	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	390	538	67	49	13-0	48-3	112-9	1.38	0.17	0.51	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	404	182	370	42	5-2	8-18	37-79	0.45	0.92	0.60	0.28

2023: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat
Geneve, SUI
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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