Sampson Reaches 2022 Curling Stadium Contender Series Semifinals

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Kevin
Tuma

Second
Coleman
Thurston

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) run at the 2022 Curling Stadium Contender Series came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-4 loss to Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). of the 2022 Curling Stadium Contender Series in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; Sampson advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-4 win over Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA).

Sampson finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson defeated Andy Hovland (Saint Paul, MN) 7-4, then won 6-5 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Sampson went on to lose 8-6 against Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, MN). Sampson lost 9-7 to Wesley Wendling (Stevens Point, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

Sampson earned 8.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Curling Stadium Contender Series, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 94th place overall with 35.005 total points. Sampson ranks 89th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	22	29	0	0.431	7-4	3-10	2-2	1-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	392	271	288	6.91	7.35	-0.43	4.41	4.16	1.57	1.77	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	184	195	65	25	3-1	12-7	41-9	1.06	0.35	0.35	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	208	76	223	31	0-8	2-16	19-42	0.37	1.07	0.47	0.25

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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