Schwaller Runner-Up at 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship

Geneva, Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz van-Berkel

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Second
Sven
Michel

Lead
Pablo
Lachat-Couchepin

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.19
PA/G:	5.63
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) lost 5-4 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Princess Auto Players' Championship, held April 11 - 16, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won 5-3 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won 6-5 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;

Schwaller finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller lost 7-5 to Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 6-4 win over Retornaz. Schwaller won 6-2 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB), then won 7-5 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) and 7-5 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Princess Auto Players' Championship, Schwaller take home 55.000 world rankings points along with the $25,000CDN prize. Schwaller move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 25 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 332.250 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 332.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	4	3	0	0.571	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	49	36	38	7.35	7.76	-0.41	4.29	4.90	1.71	1.58	0.82

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	28	27	19	3	1-1	2-0	6-4	0.96	0.68	0.36	0.43

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	21	9	19	1	0-0	0-2	1-3	0.43	0.90	0.58	0.38

2025: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2024: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2023: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2022: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden , Tom Coulterman
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2014: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Marc Kennedy, David Nedohin, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2012: John Epping
John Epping, Scott Bailey, Scott Howard, David Mathers
Toronto, ON
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert , Jules Owchar
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: John Morris
John Morris, Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Jim Spencer
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
2000: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
1999: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
1998: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Rudy Ramcharan, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
1997: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark
Penatanguishene, ON
1995: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
1995: Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern, Rick Schneider, Daryl Nixon, Larry Schneider
Kronau, SK
1994: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Kevin Park, James Pahl, Don Bartlett, Ken Tralnberg
Edmonton, AB
1993: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner
Penetanguishene, ON

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