Schwaller Reaches 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Quarters

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz van-Berkel

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Second
Sven
Michel

Lead
Pablo
Lachat-Couchepin

Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) qualified for the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Schwaller finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller lost 8-3 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN), then responded with a 6-5 win over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). Schwaller won 6-5 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL), then won 8-2 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

Schwaller earned 30.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -11.531 after improving upon their best so far this season. Schwaller ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 108.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	52	21	0	0.712	12-2	4-4	1-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	546	443	327	8.11	5.99	2.12	4.69	3.90	1.73	1.54	1.41

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	272	360	43	42	10-1	24-2	83-4	1.32	0.16	0.51	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	274	83	284	35	2-4	3-21	13-48	0.30	1.04	0.60	0.21

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
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2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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