Kauffman Runner-Up at 2022 USA Curling Junior Mens National Championship

SKIP
Connor
Kauffman

Third
Sidney
Harris

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Ethan
Hebert

Connor Kauffman (Blaine, MN) lost 9-8 to Ethan Sampson (Fargo, ND) in the Final of the USA Curling Junior Mens National Championship, held April 23 - 30, 2022 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Kauffman finished 5-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauffman defeated Sampson 7-6, then won 11-0 against Dayton Neill (Rochester, NY). Kauffman went on to lose 9-4 against Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI). Kauffman responded with a 9-0 win over Carter Henry (Portage, WI). Kauffman won 13-4 against Andy Charles (Portage, WI), then won 9-3 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Curling Junior Mens National Championship, Kauffman take home 10.973 world rankings points, moving up 197 spots the World Ranking Standings into 170th place overall with 12.267 total points. Kauffman ranks 170th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.267 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	7	5	0	0.583	0-2	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	91	89	64	9.78	7.03	2.75	4.84	4.40	2.02	1.60	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	42	58	16	2	1-0	5-2	14-2	1.38	0.38	0.50	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	49	31	48	5	2-2	2-2	6-8	0.63	0.98	0.60	0.29

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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