Edin Runner-Up at KIOTI National

Karlstad, Sweden

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wrana

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	6.79
PA/G:	5.85
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) lost 6-5 to Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the Final of the KIOTI National, held November 7 - 12 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Edin won 6-5 over Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the semifinals of the KIOTI National in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; and won 5-4 over Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the KIOTI National in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;

Edin finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) 5-2, then won 6-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Edin went on to lose 6-3 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). Edin responded with a 6-5 win over John Shuster (Duluth , MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the KIOTI National, Edin take home 55.000 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN prize. Edin move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 9.375 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with 327.625 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Edin ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 145.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	44	27	0	0.620	10-5	5-4	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	516	423	331	8.20	6.41	1.78	4.69	4.11	1.75	1.56	1.20

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	254	321	63	29	11-1	19-0	70-13	1.26	0.25	0.44	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	262	102	268	33	3-4	7-11	16-68	0.39	1.02	0.50	0.24

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Ross Paterson
Ross Paterson, Kyle Waddell, Duncan Menzies, Michael Goodfellow
Glasgow, SCO
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2013: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey, Maxime Elmaleh
Toronto, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner, Phil Loevenmark, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
2004: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell
Coldwater, ON
2003: Pierre Charette
Martin Ferland, Pierre Charette, Michel Ferland, Marco Berthelot
Buckingham, QC
2002: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell
Coldwater, ON

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