Baier Reaches 2014 Vancouver Island Shootout Semifinals

Fourth
Michael
Johnson

SKIP
Chris
Baier

Second
Corey
Chester

Lead
Sanjay
Bowry

Chris Baier (Victoria, BC) run at the 2014 Vancouver Island Shootout came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Dean Joanisse (New Westminster, BC).

Baier finished 5-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Baier defeated Glen Jackson (Victoria, BC) 5-2, then went on to lose 7-5 against Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC). Baier responded with a 7-0 win over Geoff Davis (Victoria, BC). Baier won 6-5 against Wes Craig (Victoria, BC). Baier went on to lose 4-3 against Brent Pierce (Kelowna , BC). Baier responded with a 8-4 win over Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC). Baier won 7-5 against Craig in their final qualifying round match.

Baier earned 1.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Vancouver Island Shootout, moving up 14 spots the World Ranking Standings into 171st place overall with 5.121 total points. Baier ranks 131st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.500 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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