Connolly Reaches 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling

Seattle, Washington

SKIP
Nicholas
Connolly

Third
Evan
Workin

Second
Chris
Bond

Lead
Nathan
Parry

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	9.44
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.55

Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) qualified for the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-0 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). of the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Connolly finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Connolly lost 7-5 to Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI), then responded with a 10-2 win over Austin Kadlec (Rice Lake, WI). Connolly won 9-0 against Mason Guentzel (Saint Paul, MN). Connolly went on to lose 7-3 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN). Connolly responded with a 7-2 win over Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

Connolly earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships, moving up 34 spots the World Ranking Standings into 131st place overall with 21.563 total points. Connolly ranks 83rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.000 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: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Luc Violette
Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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