CHAMPION: Shuster Wins 2022 Curling Stadium Contender Series

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.14
PA/G:	3.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

John Shuster (Duluth, MN) won 6-1 over Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Contender Series, held November 11 - 13, 2022 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 6-0 over Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, MN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curling Stadium Contender Series in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; and won 8-2 over Mike Siggins (Tempe, AZ) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Curling Stadium Contender Series in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Shuster finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Siggins 8-1, then went on to lose 6-5 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN). Shuster responded with a 6-5 win over Mason Guentzel (St. Paul, MN). Shuster won 10-2 against Jason Smith (Nashville, TN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium Contender Series Championship title, Shuster earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $2,658CDN first prize cheque. Shuster move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.125 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with 148.143 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 85.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	47	26	0	0.644	11-8	12-7	2-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	544	473	350	8.69	6.43	2.26	4.80	4.15	1.81	1.55	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	272	353	81	30	13-1	29-3	66-16	1.30	0.30	0.45	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	272	120	269	27	2-2	9-17	21-59	0.44	0.99	0.54	0.28

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