Shuster Runner-Up at ATB Okotoks Classic

Duluth, Minnesota

SKIP
John
Shuster

Third
Christopher
Plys

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
John
Landsteiner

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.46
PA/G:	4.32
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.47

John Shuster (Duluth, MN) lost 5-2 to Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the ATB Okotoks Classic, held September 19 - 22 at the Okotoks Curling Club in Okotoks, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Shuster won 7-4 over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-0 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada;

Shuster finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB) 8-2, then won 7-1 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) and 5-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ATB Okotoks Classic, Shuster take home 30.250 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize. For week 8 of the event schedule, Shuster did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Shuster ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2022: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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