Melin Reaches 2018 Swedish National Championship Semifinals

SKIP
Jon
Melin

Third
Simon
Granbom

Second
Andreas
Granbom

Lead
Max
Baeck

Jon Melin (Skelleftea, SWE) run at the 2018 Swedish National Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-2 loss to Kristian Lindstroem (Sundbyberg, SWE). of the 2018 Swedish National Championship in Skelleftea, Sweden; Jon Melin (Skelleftea, SWE) qualified for the 2018 Swedish National Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-3 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). of the 2018 Swedish National Championship in Skelleftea, Sweden; Melin advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-4 win over Tobias Svensson (Uppsala, SWE). of the 2018 Swedish National Championship in Skelleftea, Sweden;

Melin finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Melin defeated Niclas Lindgren (Vanerborg, SWE) 12-0, then won 6-1 against K-G Pettersson (Linkoping, SWE). Melin went on to lose 7-3 against Edin. Melin responded with a 6-5 win over Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Melin earned 18.774 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Swedish National Championship, moving up 39 spots the World Ranking Standings into 123rd place overall with 48.311 total points. Melin ranks 143rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.307 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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