Connolly Reaches 2023 Island Shootout Semifinals

SKIP
Nicholas
Connolly

Third
Evan
Workin

Second
Chris
Bond

Lead
Nathan
Parry

Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) run at the 2023 Island Shootout came to an end in the semifinals with a 10-2 loss to Kyler Kleibrink (Langley, BC). of the 2023 Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Connolly advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-2 win over Dave Belway (Penticton, BC). of the 2023 Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;

Connolly finished 4-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Connolly defeated Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC) 10-7, then went on to lose 8-1 against Kleibrink. Connolly responded with a 5-3 win over Brad Thompson (Kamloops, BC). Connolly won 6-4 against Paul Cseke (Victoria, BC), then won 5-4 against Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Connolly earned 4.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Island Shootout. Connolly move up 14 spots after posting a net gain of 2.304 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 120th overall with 22.531 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Connolly ranks 97th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	17	18	0	0.486	3-1	0-4	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	244	165	211	6.76	8.65	-1.89	4.47	4.75	1.51	1.82	0.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	126	104	69	12	2-1	6-5	19-8	0.83	0.55	0.24	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	118	61	142	7	0-7	5-9	9-31	0.52	1.20	0.32	0.36

2023: Jason Montgomery
Jason Montgomery, Chris Baier, Miles Craig, Troy Cowan
Victoria, BC
2014: Dean Joanisse
Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
New Westminster, BC
2012: Jay Wakefield
Michael Johnson, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
New Westminster, BC
2011: Bryan Miki
Dean Joanisse, Tyler Klitch, Bryan Miki, Jay Batch
New Westminster, BC

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