Bottcher3-8 at 2017 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) finished 3-8 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher lost 8-6 to Brad Gushue (St. Johns, NL), droppimg another game, 11-5 to Adam Casey (Regina, SK). Bottcher lost 11-6 to Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) where Bottcher responded with a 7-2 win over Mike Kennedy (Fredericton, NB). Bottcher went on to lose 10-6 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Bottcher responded with a 10-3 win over Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT). Bottcher won 6-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN). Bottcher went on to lose 8-5 against Jean-Michel Menard (Levis, QC). Bottcher lost 6-3 to Glenn Howard (Toronto, ON). Bottcher lost 5-2 to John Morris (Vernon, BC). Bottcher lost 6-5 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 8.953 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 30 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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