CHAMPION: Ulsrud Wins 2018 Baden Masters

Oslo, Norway

SKIP
Thomas
Ulsrud

Third
Torger
Nergaard

Second
Christoffer
Svae

Lead
Haavard Vad
Petersson

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	9.20
PA/G:	3.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.86
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) won 5-2 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Ulsrud won 5-3 over Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2018 Baden Masters in Baden, Switzerland; and won 6-3 over Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

Ulsrud finished 4-0 in the 20 team Baden Masters qualifying round, held August 24 - 26, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Ulsrud defeated Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI) 6-2, then won 8-1 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) and 7-2 against Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Ulsrud won 9-3 against Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuehel, AUT) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Baden Masters Championship title, Ulsrud earned 51.891 world rankings points along with the $14,567CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 10th place overall with 268.099 total points. Ulsrud ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.891 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	7	0	0	1.000	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	50	46	16	9.20	3.20	6.00	6.20	2.80	1.48	1.14	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	22	31	0	4	1-0	1-0	7-0	1.41	0.00	0.50	0.00

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	28	15	16	1	0-0	1-0	0-2	0.54	0.57	0.86	0.46

2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2015: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2014: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2012: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2011: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2010: Thomas Lips
Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Remo Schmid, Simon Struebin
, SUI
2009: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Thomas Ulsrud
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
, NOR
2007: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, David Noftall
St. John's, NL
2006: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Andreas Hänni, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting
, SUI
2002: Andre Flotron
Andre Flotron
, SUI
2000: Andreas Schwaller
Andre Flotron
Biel, SUI

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