Shuster Runner-Up at 2018 GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

John Shuster (Duluth, USA) lost 4-3 to Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite, held August 24 - 26, 2018 at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 5-3 over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals

Shuster finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) 7-2, then went on to lose 7-3 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK). Shuster responded with a 8-5 win over Calvert. Shuster won 6-5 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite, Shuster take home 25.213 world rankings points along with the $1,280CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with 244.817 total points. Shuster ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.213 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

2019: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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