Hess3-5 at 2018 Qinghai Curling Elite

Zug, Switzerland

SKIP
Jan
Hess

Third
Simon
Gloor

Second
Simon
Hoehn

Lead
Reto
Schoenenberger

Games:	8
Record:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	7.59
PA/G:	6.72
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) finished 3-5 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hess defeated Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS) 8-4, then went on to lose 8-1 against Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA). Hess responded with a 10-4 win over Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Hess won 8-1 against Weihaoping Wang (Beijing, CHN). Hess went on to lose 6-5 against Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE). Hess lost 5-4 to Mingjie Yuan (Beijing, CHN). Hess lost 6-4 to Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Hess lost 5-4 to Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Hess earned 4.190 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Hess gained -20.034 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 12 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 61stplace overall with 70.812 total points. Hess ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 78.914 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

2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Romano Keller-Meier, Michael Brunner, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI

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