CHAMPION: Kim Wins Alberta Curling Series: Avonair

Uiseong, Korea

SKIP
Soo-Hyuk
Kim

Third
Chang-Min
Kim

Second
Jae Ik
Jeon

Lead
Hak Kyun
Kim

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.51
PA/G:	4.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

SooHyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR) won 7-2 over Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in the Final

Kim finished 4-0 in the 10 team Alberta Curling Series: Avonair qualifying round, held October 1 - 3 at the Avonair Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. In their opening game, Kim defeated Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB) 7-3, then won 10-4 against Glen Hansen (Edmonton, AB) and 5-4 against Rob Maksymetz (Grande Prairie, AB). Kim won 6-2 against Michael Dahms (Airdrie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Curling Series: Avonair Championship title, Kim earned 16.116 world rankings points along with the $2,042CDN first prize cheque, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 35th place overall with 69.138 total points. Kim ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.700 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	6	0	0	1.000	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	39	41	19	10.51	4.87	5.64	5.13	4.10	2.05	1.19	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	22	34	5	2	2-0	3-0	6-0	1.55	0.23	0.55	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	17	7	14	1	0-0	0-0	2-3	0.41	0.82	0.73	0.29

2021: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Chang-Min Kim, Jae Ik Jeon, Hak Kyun Kim , So Min Yoon
Uiseong, KOR
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Tristan Steinke, Jason Ginter, Glenn Venance
Edmonton, AB
2017: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Dean Mamer, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster
Airdrie,
2016: Glen Hansen
Glen Hansen, Dean Ross, Don Bartlett, George Parsons
Edmonton, AB
2015: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Taehwan Kim, Jongduk Park, Yoonho Nam
, KOR
2014: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Jongduk Park, Taehwan Kim, Minhyeon Yoo
Gang Won, KOR
2013: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Shawn Donnelly, Landon Bucholz, Bryce Bucholz
Edmonton, AB

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