Laycock Reaches 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

SKIP
Steve
Laycock

Third
Kirk
Muyres

Second
Matt
Dunstone

Lead
Dallan
Muyres

Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) qualified for the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-2 against Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB).

Laycock finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated Jamie King (Edmonton, AB) 7-5, then went on to lose 6-3 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Laycock responded with a 5-4 win over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Laycock went on to lose 6-1 against John Morris (Vernon, BC). Laycock responded with a 4-2 win over Kurt Balderston (Edmonton, AB). Laycock won 8-4 against Josh Heidt (Saskatoon, SK), then won 5-4 against Morozumi in their final qualifying round match.

Laycock earned 24.703 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 339.285 total points. Laycock ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.035 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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