Shuster Runner-Up at 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	7.70
PA/G:	4.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.16

John Shuster (Duluth, MN) lost 5-3 to Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the Final of the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic, held November 30 - December 4, 2023 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 8-4 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; and won 5-1 over Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;

Shuster finished 5-0 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) 7-4, then won 6-5 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) and 4-3 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Shuster won 7-6 against Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC), then won 7-1 against Wylie Eden (Kelowna, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic, Shuster take home 33.000 world rankings points along with the $15,000CDN prize. Shuster move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 9.469 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 18th overall with 162.282 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 91.688 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	51	23	0	0.689	14-0	8-4	4-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	509	459	318	9.02	6.25	2.77	4.85	4.01	1.86	1.56	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	243	325	77	23	12-0	28-7	64-8	1.34	0.32	0.47	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	266	134	241	35	2-5	10-16	25-44	0.50	0.91	0.56	0.31

2024: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Edmonton, AB
2023: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2021: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Glen Muirhead
Glen Muirhead, Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2017: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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