Sampson

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Coleman
Thurston

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Sampson finished 3-4 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson defeated Timothy Hodek (Fargo, ND) 11-10, then went on to lose 8-6 against Chase Sinnett (Minneapolis, MN). Sampson responded with a 7-4 win over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Sampson went on to lose 3-2 against Wesley Wendling (Chaska, MN). Sampson responded with a 5-4 win over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Sampson went on to lose 5-4 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). Sampson lost 6-5 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sampson earned 6.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Sampson move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of -7.406 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 35th overall with 84.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sampson ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 84.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	39	34	0	0.534	8-3	2-4	2-7	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	505	355	306	7.03	6.06	0.97	4.14	3.96	1.70	1.53	1.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	257	276	78	43	10-2	20-2	44-14	1.07	0.30	0.35	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	248	79	228	53	6-3	2-17	7-38	0.32	0.92	0.60	0.20

2025: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner , Mark Lazar
Duluth, MN
2024: John Shuster
John Shuster, Christopher Plys, Colin Hufman, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth , MN
2017: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, Joe Polo
Duluth, USA

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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