Retornaz Reaches Co-op Tour Challenge Semifinals

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	5.78
PA/G:	4.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.88
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) run at the Co-op Tour Challenge came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-2 loss to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). of the Co-op Tour Challenge in Nisku, Alberta; Retornaz advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-2 win over Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI). of the Co-op Tour Challenge in Nisku, Alberta;

Retornaz finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz lost 6-5 to Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER), then responded with a 4-2 win over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Retornaz won 5-3 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO), then won 5-3 against Mouat in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 42.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Co-op Tour Challenge. Retornaz move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 12.75 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 7th overall with 246.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 111.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	31	14	0	0.689	3-1	1-4	0-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	323	295	199	9.13	6.16	2.97	5.20	3.84	1.76	1.60	0.96

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	149	211	32	14	6-0	16-2	48-6	1.42	0.21	0.52	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	174	84	167	17	0-4	7-9	15-35	0.48	0.96	0.53	0.32

2025: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr., Kyle Waddell, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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