Retornaz Runner-Up at 2023 Soo Curlers Fall Classic presented by KIOTI Tractors

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.30
PA/G:	5.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 8-7 to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Soo Curlers Fall Classic presented by KIOTI Tractors, held October 26 - 29, 2023 at the YNCU Curling Centre in Sault Ste.Marie, . To advance to the championship game, Retornaz won 7-4 over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Soo Curlers Fall Classic presented by KIOTI Tractors in Sault Ste.Marie; and won 5-0 over Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals.

Retornaz finished 3-0 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Soo-Hyuk Kim (GyeongBuk, KOR) 6-3, then won 7-5 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) and 8-3 against Howard in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Soo Curlers Fall Classic presented by KIOTI Tractors, Retornaz take home 22.000 world rankings points along with the $17,000CDN prize, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1 after improving upon their best so far this season. Retornaz ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 169.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	63	13	0	0.829	20-0	10-1	6-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	551	487	281	8.84	5.10	3.74	4.81	3.50	1.84	1.46	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	274	377	32	51	12-0	30-2	82-3	1.38	0.12	0.56	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	277	110	249	42	4-1	7-10	17-58	0.40	0.90	0.59	0.24

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