Sturmay2-1 at 2016 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Karsten
Sturmay

Third
Tristan
Steinke

Second
Chris
Kennedy

Lead
Caleb
Boorse

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	5.95
PA/G:	5.95
Hammer Efficiency:	0.15
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sturmay defeated Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) 5-3, then went on to lose 10-1 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Sturmay responded with a 4-3 win over Alexander Baumann (Hamburg, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic Championship title, Sturmay earned 13.857 world rankings points along with the $6,439CDN first prize cheque. Sturmay gained 16.98 points improving upon their best events, though dropped 141 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 141stplace overall with 16.980 total points. Sturmay ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.857 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Kohsuke Hirata
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Ryota Meguro, Yoshiya Miura
Kitami, JPN
2022: ByeongJin Jeong
ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, MinWoo Kim, Taehwan Kim
Seoul, KOR
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Masaki Iwai
Go Aoki, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Koki Ogiwara, Kei Kamada
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Taehwan Kim, Jongduk Park, Yoonho Nam
Gangwon, KOR
2016: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Tristan Steinke, Chris Kennedy, Caleb Boorse
Edmonton, AB

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