Braenden

SKIP
Mathias
Braenden

Third
Adne
Birketveit

Second
Jens
Grassbakken Lokken

Lead
Niclas
Engevold Nordhagen

Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Braenden finished 4-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Braenden defeated Christian Birkeland (Sarpsborg, NOR) 4-3, then won 8-2 against Gjermund Troan (Hedmarken, NOR). Braenden went on to lose 9-4 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR). Braenden responded with a 8-2 win over Gaute Nepstad (Lillehammer, NOR). Braenden went on to lose 8-1 against Maia Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). Braenden responded with a 8-2 win over Nepstad in their final qualifying round match.

Braenden earned 0.698 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 7 of the event schedule, Braenden did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Braenden 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

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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