CHAMPION: Shuster Wins 2022 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	8.49
PA/G:	6.16
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

John Shuster (Duluth, MN) won 7-4 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic, held November 3 - 7, 2022 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 8-5 over Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC) in the semifinals of the 2022 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; and won 7-6 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;

Shuster finished 3-2 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Blaine Black (Penticton, BC) 9-1, then won 8-4 against Mike McEwen (Toronto, ON) and 6-4 against Brent Pierce (Kelowna, BC). Shuster went on to lose 5-2 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Shuster lost 7-3 to Paul Cseke (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic Championship title, Shuster earned 52.500 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN first prize cheque. Shuster move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 36.933 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 135.018 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 72.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	47	26	0	0.644	11-8	12-7	2-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	544	473	350	8.69	6.43	2.26	4.80	4.15	1.81	1.55	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	272	353	81	30	13-1	29-3	66-16	1.30	0.30	0.45	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	272	120	269	27	2-2	9-17	21-59	0.44	0.99	0.54	0.28

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