Brunner Reaches 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major Semifinals

SKIP
Michael
Brunner

Third
Anthony
Petoud

Second
Romano
Keller-Meier

Lead
Andreas
Gerlach

Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) run at the 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major came to an end in the semifinals with a 4-2 loss to Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). of the 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; Brunner advanced through the quarterfinals with a 4-3 win over Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). of the 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Brunner finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brunner defeated Tyler Pfeiffer (Edmonton, AB) 6-1, then went on to lose 7-5 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). Brunner responded with a 5-0 win over Rob Nobert (Vernon, BC). Brunner won 8-3 against Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS), then won 5-4 against Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Brunner earned 23.375 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major. Brunner move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 5.375 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 22nd overall with 165.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Brunner ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 48.125 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

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