Adams Jr. Reaches TBayTel Major League of Curling Semifinals

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Brian
Adams Jr.

Third
Mark
Koivula

Second
Colin
Koivula

Lead
Joel
Adams

Games:	17
Record:	12W - 5L
PF/G:	8.39
PA/G:	6.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NONT) run at the TBayTel Major League of Curling came to an end in the semifinals with a 3-2 loss to Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT). of the TBayTel Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; Adams Jr. advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-3 win over Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, NONT). of the TBayTel Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;

Adams Jr. finished 11-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Adams Jr. defeated Andrew Sinclair (Thunder Bay, NONT) 7-1, then went on to lose 10-3 against Rosengren. Adams Jr. lost 12-2 to Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT) where Adams Jr. responded with a 8-0 win over Jackson Dubinsky (Thunder Bay, NONT). Adams Jr. won 5-2 against Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 9-8 against Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, NONT) and 6-1 against Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, NONT). Adams Jr. went on to lose 6-5 against Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT). Adams Jr. responded with a 7-4 win over Johnston. Adams Jr. won 7-2 against Jodi Judd (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 8-7 against Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, NONT) and 5-3 against Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NONT). Adams Jr. won 6-4 against Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 7-2 against Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT). Adams Jr. went on to lose 6-4 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

Adams Jr. earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the TBayTel Major League of Curling, moving up 35 spots the World Ranking Standings into 194th place overall with 8.156 total points. Adams Jr. ranks 171st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	15	0	0.625	8-3	4-2	2-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	285	215	197	7.54	6.91	0.63	4.28	4.53	1.76	1.53	1.19

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	150	140	80	17	1-1	17-5	23-13	0.93	0.53	0.31	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	135	75	117	17	4-2	2-6	14-24	0.56	0.87	0.57	0.32

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