Flasch Runner-Up at 2021 Vesta Energy Curling Classic

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Colton
Flasch

Third
Catlin
Schneider

Second
Kevin
Marsh

Lead
Daniel
Marsh

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.90
PA/G:	6.61
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK) lost 6-5 to Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Vesta Energy Curling Classic, held November 19 - 22, 2021 in Red Deer, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Flasch won 5-4 over Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2021 Vesta Energy Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta; and won 6-3 over Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Flasch finished 4-2 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Flasch lost 6-2 to Jacques, then responded with a 8-3 win over Daylan Vavrek (Calgary, AB). Flasch won 7-1 against Michael Dahms (Airdrie, AB), then won 7-4 against Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 8-2 against Hartung to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a 7-6 win over Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Vesta Energy Curling Classic, Flasch take home 29.192 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN prize, remaining in 15th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 18.619 after improving upon their best so far this season. Flasch ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 99.251 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	45	30	0	0.600	15-5	10-5	5-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	569	445	375	7.82	6.59	1.23	4.60	4.06	1.70	1.62	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	276	312	79	40	7-0	20-5	71-13	1.13	0.29	0.42	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	293	133	296	36	4-8	7-13	23-67	0.45	1.01	0.50	0.28

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2022: Matt Dunstone
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2004: Mark Johnson
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Edmonton, AB
2002: Adrian Bakker
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Calgary, AB
2001: Blake MacDonald
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Edmonton, AB
2000: James Pahl
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Edmonton, AB
1999: Terry Meek
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Calgary, AB
1998: Brent MacDonald
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