Hostmaehlingen1-4 at 2017 Norwegian National Championship

Fourth
Rune
Leistad

SKIP
Johan
Hostmaehlingen

Second
Lars Ove
Madshus

Lead
Kenth-Stian
Johansen

Johan Hostmaehlingen (Lillehammer, NOR) finished 1-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hostmaehlingen lost 10-5 to Stig Hoiberg (Oppdal, NOR), droppimg another game, 8-7 to Odd Arne Vage (Sormarka, NOR). Hostmaehlingen lost 7-3 to Magnus Ramsfjell (Jar, NOR). Hostmaehlingen lost 5-3 to Oystein Sorum (Oslo, NOR) where Hostmaehlingen responded with a 6-0 win over Christian Birkeland (Sarpsborg, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Hostmaehlingen earned 0.962 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 273rd place overall with 10.974 total points. Hostmaehlingen ranks 220th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.737 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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