Dropkin Finishes Fourth at 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship

Duluth, United States

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Joe
Polo

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Games:	15
Record:	8W - 7L
PF/G:	7.01
PA/G:	6.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.51
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA) lost 13-4 to Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) 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; Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA) lost 13-4 to Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dropkin lost 8-5 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) 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 6-4 over Kyle Waddell (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada;

Dropkin finished 7-5 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Tobias Thune (Hvidovre, DEN) 8-2, then won 7-5 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Dropkin went on to lose 8-3 against Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER). Dropkin lost 9-7 to Soo-Hyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR) where Dropkin responded with a 10-8 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). Dropkin went on to lose 9-7 against Waddell. Dropkin responded with a 8-3 win over Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Dropkin won 7-4 against Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI), then won 10-6 against Gushue. Dropkin went on to lose 5-3 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Dropkin responded with a 7-2 win over Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Dropkin went on to lose 8-4 against Retornaz in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the LGT World Men's Curling Championship, Dropkin take home 40.154 world rankings points, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 29th place overall with 110.558 total points. Dropkin ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 110.558 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	28	20	0	0.583	13-6	6-7	1-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	400	285	252	7.13	6.30	0.83	4.50	4.08	1.58	1.55	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	197	211	49	32	4-0	12-1	48-8	1.07	0.25	0.39	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	203	74	203	25	0-5	5-11	10-39	0.36	1.00	0.56	0.27

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