CHAMPION: Sluchinski Wins 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major

Airdrie, Alberta

SKIP
Aaron
Sluchinski

Third
Jeremy
Harty

Second
Kerr
Drummond

Lead
Dylan
Webster

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	8.33
PA/G:	4.72
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.83
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) won 7-5 over Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in the Final of the HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major, held September 14 - 18, 2023 at the Beaumont Curling Club in Beaumont, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Sluchinski won 4-2 over Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; of the 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Sluchinski finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sluchinski defeated Rob Nobert (Vernon, BC) 7-2, then won 5-3 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) and 7-5 against Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major Championship title, Sluchinski earned 41.250 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN first prize cheque. Sluchinski move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 27.75 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with 215.875 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sluchinski ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 63.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	42	27	0	0.609	8-6	5-3	0-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	526	388	334	7.38	6.35	1.03	4.43	4.05	1.67	1.57	1.52

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	273	291	80	40	7-1	16-4	60-10	1.07	0.29	0.36	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	253	97	254	40	1-5	9-18	17-48	0.38	1.00	0.54	0.23

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