Shuster Reaches 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship Quarters

Duluth, United States

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Matt
Hamilton

Games:	13
Record:	7W - 6L
PF/G:	6.96
PA/G:	6.07
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

John Shuster (Duluth, USA) qualified for the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-4 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO). of the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland;

Shuster finished 7-5 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) 5-3, then went on to lose 10-3 against Mouat. Shuster responded with a 9-3 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR). Shuster won 9-4 against Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Shuster went on to lose 7-6 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Shuster responded with a 5-4 win over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Shuster went on to lose 8-2 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Shuster lost 6-5 to Shinya Abe (Karuizawa, JPN). Shuster lost 6-4 to Niklas Edin (Ornskoldsvik, SWE) where Shuster responded with a 10-2 win over Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER). Shuster won 10-4 against Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL), then won 6-3 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

Shuster earned 33.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the LGT World Men's Curling Championship. Shuster move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 24.5 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 196.250 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 196.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	51	23	0	0.689	14-0	8-4	4-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	509	459	318	9.02	6.25	2.77	4.85	4.01	1.86	1.56	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	243	325	77	23	12-0	28-7	64-8	1.34	0.32	0.47	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	266	134	241	35	2-5	10-16	25-44	0.50	0.91	0.56	0.31

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