Laycock Reaches 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown Quarters

Swift Current, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Steve
Laycock

Third
Shaun
Meachem

Second
Chris
Haichert

Lead
Brayden
Grindheim

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.41
PA/G:	7.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) qualified for the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-4 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Laycock finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT) 6-3, then went on to lose 5-2 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Laycock responded with a 7-4 win over Jongduk Park (GANGWONG, KOR). Laycock won 9-4 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI), then won 9-8 against Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Laycock earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 53rd place overall with 66.789 total points. Laycock ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 41.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	24	17	0	0.585	3-1	2-2	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	311	263	214	8.46	6.88	1.58	4.95	4.28	1.71	1.61	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	149	192	41	13	7-0	15-3	36-4	1.29	0.28	0.43	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	162	71	173	11	1-2	3-13	13-38	0.44	1.07	0.48	0.30

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Geneve, SUI
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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