LGT World Men's Curling Championship: United States vs. Italy

Draw Apr 2 - 8:00 am		HMR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
	United States Shuster, J		1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5
	Italy Retornaz, J		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4

Skip:

John
Shuster

Third:

Christopher
Plys

Second:

Colin
Hufman

Lead:

Matt
Hamilton

Skip:

Joel
Retornaz

Third:

Amos
Mosaner

Second:

Sebastiano
Arman

Lead:

Mattia
Giovanella

United States

Games:	13
Record:	7W - 6L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	1W - 2L
PF/G:	6.96
PA/G:	6.07
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Italy

Games:	15
Record:	10W - 5L
Extra Ends:	1W - 1L
One-Point Games:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	6.95
PA/G:	5.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

United States

Games:	74
Record:	51W - 23L
Extra Ends:	0W - 0L
One-Point Games:	4W - 0L
PF/G:	9.02
PA/G:	6.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Italy

Games:	76
Record:	63W - 13L
Extra Ends:	1W - 0L
One-Point Games:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.84
PA/G:	5.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

United States

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 6th End vs. Michael Moore (Jan 12, 2024)
> 5 in 5th End vs. Glenn Howard (Sep 23, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 5 in 3rd End vs. Reid Carruthers (Sep 9, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 5 in 6th End vs. Tanner Horgan (Oct 8, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 3 in 3rd End vs. Karsten Sturmay (Jan 21, 2024)
> 3 in 6th End vs. Owen Purcell (Jan 13, 2024)
> 3 in 1st End vs. Connor Kauffman (Nov 18, 2023)
> 3 in 7th End vs. Reid Carruthers (Oct 19, 2023)
> 3 in 7th End vs. Niklas Edin (Oct 18, 2023)
> 3 in 3rd End vs. Bruce Mouat (Oct 17, 2023)

Italy

HIGH END SCORE: HAMMER
> 5 in 1st End vs. Kyle Waddell (Aug 17, 2023)

HIGH END SCORE: STEAL
> 4 in 2nd End vs. Kalle Kiiskinen (Nov 22, 2023)
> 4 in 4th End vs. Stuart Thompson (Sep 22, 2023)
> 4 in 5th End vs. James Craik (Aug 20, 2023)
> 4 in 4th End vs. Lukas Hostmaelingen (Aug 18, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: HAMMER
> 4 in 11th End vs. Yannick Schwaller (Nov 24, 2023)

HIGH END AGAINST: STEAL
> 3 in 6th End vs. Niklas Edin (Sep 24, 2023)

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