Bottcher Reaches 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Tom
Appelman

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Bottcher finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher lost 5-4 to Danny Sherrard (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 8-4 win over Mick Lizmore (Edmonton, AB). Bottcher won 6-4 against Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK), then won 6-1 against Sherrard. Bottcher went on to lose 6-2 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). Bottcher responded with a 5-2 win over Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB). Bottcher won 6-2 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 5.115 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, remaining in 25th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 54.269 total points. Bottcher ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 20.640 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

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