Kauste Reaches 2017 CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship Quarters

Helsinki, Finland

SKIP
Aku
Kauste

Third
Kasper
Hakunti

Second
Pauli
Jaamies

Lead
Janne
Pitko

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	6.36
PA/G:	7.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) qualified for the 2017 CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB).

Kauste finished 5-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste defeated Michael Brunner (Gstaad, SUI) 7-2, then went on to lose 9-0 against McEwen. Kauste responded with a 6-3 win over Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Kauste won 4-2 against Bruce Mouat (Stirlng, SCO), then won 6-5 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Kauste went on to lose 7-3 against Gustav Eskilsson (Skellefteï¿½, SWE). Kauste responded with a 5-4 win over Alexey Stukalskiy (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste earned 18.643 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 149.573 total points. Kauste ranks 69th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.044 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
STIRLING, SCO
2023: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2022: Sixten Totzek
Sixten Totzek, Marc Muskatewitz, Joshua Sutor, Dominik Greindl
Munich, GER
2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2018: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2017: Grant Hardie
Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, Dave Reid, Duncan Menzies
Dumfries, SCO
2016: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO

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