CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1

Karlstad, Sweden

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wrana

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	7.82
PA/G:	3.82
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won 7-3 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, held October 18 - 23, 2022 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Edin won 6-5 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Grande Prairie, Alberta; and won 5-3 over Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Edin finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) 8-3, then won 7-3 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon , SK) and 3-1 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Edin won 7-3 against Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Edin earned 67.500 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 30 after improving upon their best so far this season. Edin ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 163.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	84	23	0	0.785	22-6	12-7	6-8	3-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	794	720	437	9.07	5.50	3.56	5.06	3.79	1.79	1.45	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	390	538	67	49	13-0	48-3	112-9	1.38	0.17	0.51	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	404	182	370	42	5-2	8-18	37-79	0.45	0.92	0.60	0.28

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