Sampson3-2 at USA World University Games Playdown

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Kevin
Tuma

Second
Coleman
Thurston

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) are currently 3-2 in the 5-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson defeated Riley Fenson (Bemidji, MN) 5-2, then went on to lose 8-2 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). Sampson responded with a 9-2 win over Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI). Sampson went on to lose 8-3 against Casper. Sampson responded with a 1-0 win over Wendling. In their next game, Sampson plays.

For winning the USA World University Games Playdown Championship title, Sampson earned 2.750 world rankings points, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 95th place overall with 30.288 total points. Sampson ranks 100th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.375 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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