CHAMPION: Guzman Wins 2021 GNCC Club Playdowns

Wayland, Massachusetts

SKIP
Benj
Guzman

Third
Daniel
Simard

Second
Mike
Sampson

Lead
Michael
McKenzie

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	12.13
PA/G:	8.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.23
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Benj Guzman (Wayland, MA) won 8-6 over Joseph Calabrese (Rochester, NY) in the Final of the GNCC Club Playdowns, held December 16 - 19, 2021 in Nashua, New Hampshire. To advance to the championship game, Guzman won 12-7 over Ivaylo Petrov (Plainfield, NJ) in the semifinals of the 2021 GNCC Club Playdowns in Nashua, New Hampshire;

Guzman finished 3-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Guzman defeated Garth Mashmann (Durham, NC) 9-1, then won 13-12 against Dan Machold (Schenectady, NY) and 11-3 against Bill Morrison (Orlando, FL). Guzman went on to lose 9-4 against Edward Scimia (Bridgeport, CT) in their final qualifying round match.

Guzman ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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