Brunner2-3 at 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic

Bern, Switzerland

SKIP
Michael
Brunner

Third
Anthony
Petoud

Second
Romano
Keller-Meier

Lead
Andreas
Gerlach

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	4.57
PA/G:	6.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.14
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) finished 2-3 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brunner lost 6-1 to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 3-2 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON). Brunner went on to lose 6-3 against Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC). Brunner lost 5-2 to Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC) where Brunner responded with a 7-3 win over Jeff Berg (Vancouver, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Brunner earned 4.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Brunner move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 3.329 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 176.141 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Brunner ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 132.125 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: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
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2021: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
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2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
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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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