Shuster

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Matt
Hamilton

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 4L
PF/G:	6.83
PA/G:	6.83
Hammer Efficiency:	0.20
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

John Shuster (Duluth, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Shuster finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster lost 6-3 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 11-4 win over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Shuster won 6-0 against Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK). Shuster went on to lose 7-1 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Shuster lost 5-4 to Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Shuster earned 6.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 40 of the event schedule, Shuster did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 13th place on the World Ranking Standings with 188.250 total points. Shuster ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 188.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	47	26	0	0.644	11-8	12-7	2-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	544	473	350	8.69	6.43	2.26	4.80	4.15	1.81	1.55	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	272	353	81	30	13-1	29-3	66-16	1.30	0.30	0.45	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	272	120	269	27	2-2	9-17	21-59	0.44	0.99	0.54	0.28

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

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