Smith Runner-Up at 2014 World Junior Championships

SKIP
Kyle
Smith

Third
Thomas
Muirhead

Second
Kyle
Waddell

Lead
Cameron
Smith

Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) lost 6-5 to Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the World Junior Championships, held February 26 - March 5, 2014 in Flims, Switzerland.

Smith finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuehel, AUT) 9-4, then won 7-2 against Jake Vukich (Seattle, USA). Smith went on to lose 8-6 against Schwaller. Smith responded with a 10-5 win over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, CAN). Smith went on to lose 7-6 against Eirik Mjoen (Oslo, NOR). Smith responded with a 6-5 win over Amos Mosaner (Trento, ITA). Smith went on to lose 9-6 against Fredrik Nyman (Harnosand, SWE). Smith responded with a 5-3 win over Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS). Smith won 9-6 against Zhilin Shao (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the World Junior Championships, Smith take home 5.000 world rankings points, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 63rd place overall with 28.735 total points. Smith ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.735 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	30	21	0	0.588	15-6	10-10	6-4	1-0	2-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	431	293	255	6.80	5.92	0.88	4.52	3.90	1.50	1.52	1.58

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	202	210	48	29	4-0	8-3	45-5	1.04	0.24	0.33	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	229	83	207	39	1-1	2-12	17-49	0.36	0.90	0.53	0.26

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