Bottcher Runner-Up at 2012 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Evan
Asmussen

Second
Landon
Bucholz

Lead
Bryce
Bucholz

After advancing directly to the championship game, Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) lost 0-0 to 0 in the Final of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, held February 4 - 12, 2012 in Napanee, Ontario.

Bottcher finished 11-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Josh Hozack (Victoria, BC) 7-2, then won 8-4 against Brady Scharback (Saskatoon, SK) and 11-2 against Alex Matters (Charlottetown, PEI). Bottcher won 8-2 against Brett Dekoning (Omemee, ON), then won 10-3 against Brennan Wark (Thunder Bay, NONT) and 4-3 against Colin Thomas (St. John's, NL). Bottcher went on to lose 9-5 against Kyle Doering (Winnipeg, MB). Bottcher responded with a 6-3 win over Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS). Bottcher won 5-4 against Felix Asselin (Montreal, PQ), then won 9-4 against Daniel Murray (Yellowknife, NT) and 7-3 against Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK). Bottcher won 8-5 against Josh Barry (Fredericton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors Championship title, Bottcher earned 8.000 world rankings points. For week 26 of the event schedule, Bottcher did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Bottcher 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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