Dropkin Reaches 2022 Baden Masters Quarters

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.18
PA/G:	6.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) qualified for the 2022 Baden Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR). of the 2022 Baden Masters in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland;

Dropkin finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin lost 7-5 to James Craik (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 8-2 win over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Dropkin won 5-3 against Andrin Schnider (Schaffhausen, SUI), then won 6-3 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Dropkin earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Baden Masters, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with 109.495 total points. Dropkin ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	55	35	0	0.611	8-5	11-10	2-2	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	685	508	452	7.42	6.60	0.82	4.31	4.26	1.72	1.55	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	334	381	97	50	14-1	19-4	84-15	1.14	0.29	0.41	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	351	127	355	48	4-12	9-14	15-67	0.36	1.01	0.58	0.23

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Steffen Walstad
Steffen Walstad, Magnus Nedregotten, Mathias Braenden, Magnus Vaagberg
Oslo, NOR
2020: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2015: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2014: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2012: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2011: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2010: Thomas Lips
Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Remo Schmid, Simon Struebin
, SUI
2009: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Thomas Ulsrud
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
, NOR
2007: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, David Noftall
St. John's, NL
2006: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Andreas Hänni, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting
, SUI
2002: Andre Flotron
Andre Flotron
, SUI
2000: Andreas Schwaller
Andre Flotron
Biel, SUI

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