Retornaz Reaches 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Quarters

Pinerolo, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Simone
Gonin

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.94
PA/G:	6.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) qualified for the 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC). of the 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Retornaz finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Ryan McNeil Lamswood (St. John's, NL) 6-3, then won 7-3 against Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). Retornaz went on to lose 7-3 against Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS). Retornaz responded with a 6-3 win over Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 13.689 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic. Retornaz move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 8.569 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 25th overall with 128.064 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 62.891 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	62	30	0	0.674	13-7	15-7	6-3	4-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	734	594	436	8.09	5.94	2.15	4.78	3.94	1.69	1.51	1.28

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	357	464	72	52	15-1	30-2	105-11	1.30	0.20	0.49	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	377	130	364	42	3-4	1-23	19-71	0.34	0.97	0.58	0.27

2024: ByeongJin Jeong
ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, MinWoo Kim, Jeongmin Kim
Seoul, KOR
2023: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

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