Walstad Reaches 2018 German Masters Quarters

Oppdal, Norway

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Markus
Hoiberg

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.94
PA/G:	5.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) qualified for the 2018 German Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-7 against Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER). of the 2018 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Walstad finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Christian Bangerter (Bern, SUI) 5-4, then won 8-2 against Bjorn Jungen (Adelboden, SUI). Walstad went on to lose 5-1 against Greg Drummond (Stirling, SCO). Walstad responded with a 6-1 win over Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Walstad earned 13.624 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the German Masters, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with 336.438 total points. Walstad ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 160.910 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

2017: Steffen Walstad
Oslo, NOR
2016: David Murdoch
Stirling, SCO
2015: Brendan Bottcher
Edmonton, AB
2014: Sven Michel
Adelboden, SUI

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