Sturmay4-1 at 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Karsten
Sturmay

Third
Kyle
Doering

Second
Glenn
Venance

Lead
Kurtis
Goller

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.61
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) finished 4-1 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sturmay defeated Jared Kolomaya (Richmond, BC) 6-3, then won 8-5 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). Sturmay went on to lose 6-1 against Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). Sturmay responded with a 5-1 win over Sebastien Robillard (Langley, BC). Sturmay won 7-1 against Chris Jones (Penticton, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

The berth into the first round of the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic playoffs earned Sturmay 9.000 world rankings points, remaining in 19th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -10.156 after improving upon their best so far this season. Sturmay ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 98.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	49	26	0	0.653	6-2	3-0	2-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	545	424	315	7.78	5.78	2.00	4.77	3.78	1.63	1.53	1.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	274	305	66	53	5-1	24-0	67-16	1.11	0.24	0.43	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	271	119	249	26	2-2	5-14	16-55	0.44	0.92	0.55	0.32

2023: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2021: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Glen Muirhead
Glen Muirhead, Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2017: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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