Bronze for Retornaz at 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Simone
Gonin

Games:	15
Record:	10W - 5L
PF/G:	8.27
PA/G:	6.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.51
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) won 13-4 over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. of the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada; Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) won 13-4 over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. Retornaz lost 8-4 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada; and won 10-4 over Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada;

Retornaz finished 8-4 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz lost 5-4 to Kyle Waddell (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 10-8 win over Edin. Retornaz won 10-7 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Retornaz went on to lose 10-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Retornaz lost 11-9 to Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) where Retornaz responded with a 7-3 win over Tobias Thune (Hvidovre, DEN). Retornaz went on to lose 10-5 against Soo-Hyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Retornaz responded with a 11-8 win over Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER). Retornaz won 5-3 against Schwaller, then won 6-5 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and 9-6 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). Retornaz won 8-4 against Dropkin in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the LGT World Men's Curling Championship, Retornaz earn 45.173 world rankings points. Retornaz move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 40.053 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 7th overall with 223.968 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 223.968 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	62	30	0	0.674	13-7	15-7	6-3	4-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	734	594	436	8.09	5.94	2.15	4.78	3.94	1.69	1.51	1.28

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	357	464	72	52	15-1	30-2	105-11	1.30	0.20	0.49	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	377	130	364	42	3-4	1-23	19-71	0.34	0.97	0.58	0.27

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