Shuster6-2 at 2017 United States Olympic Curling Team Trials

Duluth, United States

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Tyler
George

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	6.60
PA/G:	5.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

John Shuster (Duluth, USA) finished 6-2 in the 5-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) 7-6, then won 7-5 against Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) and 6-5 against Craig Brown (Madison, USA). Shuster went on to lose 8-5 against Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). Shuster responded with a 7-6 win over Clark. Shuster won 6-5 against McCormick, then won 7-2 against Birr. Shuster went on to lose 5-4 against Brown in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the United States Olympic Curling Team Trials Championship title, Shuster earned 31.128 world rankings points, remaining in 20th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 293.357 total points. Shuster ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 116.678 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

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