Shuster Reaches 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 Quarters

Duluth, United States

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.00
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.16

John Shuster (Duluth, USA) qualified for the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Thunder Bay, Ontario;

Shuster finished 3-1 in the 15 team GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 qualifying round, held November 6 - 11, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) 6-3, then won 7-5 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) and 4-3 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Shuster went on to lose 6-5 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Shuster earned 31.678 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, remaining in 14th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 281.545 total points. Shuster ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 127.822 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	3	2	0	0.600	2-0	1-2	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	40	28	24	7.00	6.00	1.00	4.25	4.25	1.65	1.41	1.50

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	21	25	4	4	0-0	3-0	5-1	1.19	0.19	0.47	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	19	3	20	2	0-0	0-1	0-4	0.16	1.05	0.64	0.16

2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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