Retornaz Reaches 2018 German Masters Quarters

Trentino, Italy

Fourth
Amos
Mosaner

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Second
Andrea
Pilzer

Lead
Daniele
Ferrazza

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	8.92
PA/G:	5.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) qualified for the 2018 German Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI). of the 2018 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Retornaz finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Kristian Lindstroem (Lit, SWE) 8-2, then won 7-4 against Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE) and 6-4 against Yves Hess (Zug, SUI). Retornaz won 6-4 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 13.624 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the German Masters. Retornaz move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 12.752 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 69th overall with 94.555 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 69.371 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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