CHAMPION: Kim Wins 2017 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic

Gangwon, Korea

SKIP
SooHyuk
Kim

Third
Taehwan
Kim

Second
Jongduk
Park

Lead
Yoonho
Nam

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	9.21
PA/G:	6.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

SooHyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR) won 8-7 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final

Kim finished 2-1 in the 8 team Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic qualifying round, held August 3 - 6, 2017 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. In their opening game, Kim lost 7-5 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN), then responded with a 10-2 win over Kanya Shimizuno (Furano, JPN). Kim won 7-3 against Morozumi in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic Championship title, Kim earned 15.094 world rankings points along with the $11,427CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 51st place overall with 82.23 total points. Kim ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.094 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	4	1	0	0.800	3-0	1-1	2-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	38	35	23	9.21	6.05	3.16	5.00	4.21	1.84	1.44	0.79

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	20	30	4	1	1-0	3-0	5-0	1.50	0.20	0.47	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	18	5	19	2	0-0	0-3	1-1	0.28	1.06	0.67	0.22

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2018: Masaki Iwai
Go Aoki, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kouki Ogiwara, Kei Kamada
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2017: SooHyuk Kim
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2016: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Tristan Steinke, Chris Kennedy, Caleb Boorse
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