Edin Reaches 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown Quarters

Karlstad, Sweden

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wrana

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.84
PA/G:	6.49
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) qualified for the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Edin finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) 5-2, then won 6-5 against Riku Yanagisawa (Saporro, JPN). Edin went on to lose 7-4 against Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC). Edin responded with a 8-3 win over Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Edin earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown. Edin gained 3.125 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 5thplace overall with 341.625 total points. Edin ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 204.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	44	27	0	0.620	10-5	5-4	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	516	423	331	8.20	6.41	1.78	4.69	4.11	1.75	1.56	1.20

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	254	321	63	29	11-1	19-0	70-13	1.26	0.25	0.44	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	262	102	268	33	3-4	7-11	16-68	0.39	1.02	0.50	0.24

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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