Guentzel Runner-Up at USA Curling U18 National Championships

SKIP
Mason
Guentzel

Third
Stuart
Strack

Second
Will
Podhradsky

Lead
Leighton
Hines

Mason Guentzel (St. Paul, MN) lost 10-4 to Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI) in the Final of the USA Curling U18 National Championships, held January 11 - 14 at the Rock Creek Curling in Lafayette, United States. To advance to the championship game, Guentzel won 6-4 over Daniel Laufer (Wayland, MA) in the semifinals

Guentzel finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Guentzel defeated Charlie Meyer (Beaverton, OR) 13-3, then won 7-0 against Matthew Lannoye (Portage, WI) and 9-3 against Bryce Breen (St. Paul, MN). Guentzel won 9-1 against Brayden Hanson (Tempe, AZ). Guentzel went on to lose 5-4 against Aiden Fitzgerald (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

Guentzel ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	11	13	0	0.458	1-1	0-3	1-1	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	189	139	145	7.35	7.67	-0.32	4.44	4.71	1.65	1.63	0.85

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	95	103	53	8	4-2	4-7	22-3	1.08	0.56	0.34	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	94	36	92	8	1-2	0-4	5-19	0.38	0.98	0.58	0.29

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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