Brunner Reaches 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Michael
Brunner

Third
Anthony
Petoud

Second
Romano
Keller-Meier

Lead
Andreas
Gerlach

Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) run at the 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-1 loss to Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). of the 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada; Brunner advanced through the quarterfinals with a 4-3 win over Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). of the 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada;

Brunner finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brunner defeated Xueqing Fei (Beijing, CHN) 4-3, then won 6-1 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Brunner went on to lose 6-5 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). Brunner responded with a 4-2 win over Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

Brunner earned 25.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ATB Okotoks Classic. Brunner gained 2.125 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 23rdplace overall with 167.625 total points. Brunner ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 50.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	55	35	0	0.611	9-5	7-4	4-1	3-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	643	476	404	7.40	6.28	1.12	4.53	4.18	1.64	1.50	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	318	338	100	39	10-1	23-2	58-14	1.06	0.31	0.33	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	325	138	304	44	2-3	7-16	26-72	0.42	0.94	0.52	0.28

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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