CHAMPION: Edin Wins IG Wealth Management Western Showdown

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wrana

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won 6-3 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Edin won 8-4 over Yeongseok Jeong (Gangwon, KOR) in the semifinals of the IG Wealth Management Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 5-3 over Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Edin finished 3-0 in the 16 team IG Wealth Management Western Showdown qualifying round, held October 28 - 31 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Canada. In their opening game, Edin defeated Jeong 8-7, then won 6-5 against Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) and 7-5 against John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the IG Wealth Management Western Showdown Championship title, Edin earned 37.500 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 13 of the event schedule, Edin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 2nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 464.486 total points. Edin ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 163.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	67	14	0	0.827	12-5	10-2	6-5	3-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	597	547	312	9.16	5.23	3.94	5.06	3.70	1.81	1.41	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	295	402	45	41	11-0	34-1	85-4	1.36	0.15	0.51	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	302	145	267	33	5-1	7-13	28-56	0.48	0.88	0.62	0.29

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