Brunner Runner-Up at 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown

Bern, Switzerland

SKIP
Michael
Brunner

Third
Anthony
Petoud

Second
Romano
Keller-Meier

Lead
Andreas
Gerlach

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	6.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) lost 8-6 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the Final of the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown, held December 7 - 10, 2023 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Brunner won 5-4 over Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 4-3 over Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC) in the quarterfinals.

Brunner finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brunner defeated Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) 7-3, then won 6-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Brunner went on to lose 6-5 against Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON). Brunner lost 9-8 to Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) where Brunner responded with a 8-3 win over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown, Brunner take home 33.000 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize. Brunner move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 15 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 14th overall with 191.141 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Brunner ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 147.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	55	35	0	0.611	9-5	7-4	4-1	3-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	643	476	404	7.40	6.28	1.12	4.53	4.18	1.64	1.50	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	318	338	100	39	10-1	23-2	58-14	1.06	0.31	0.33	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	325	138	304	44	2-3	7-16	26-72	0.42	0.94	0.52	0.28

2023: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat
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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