Epping Reaches 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 Semifinals

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Brent
Laing

Lead
Craig
Savill

John Epping (Toronto, ON) run at the 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 came to an end in the semifinals with a 3-2 loss to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 in Chatham, Ontario; Epping advanced through the quarterfinals with a 4-0 win over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishe, ON). of the 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 in Chatham, Ontario;

Epping finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Howard 5-1, then won 5-3 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Epping went on to lose 4-0 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Epping lost 3-2 to Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 40.919 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Princess Auto Elite 10. Epping gained 11.533 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 7thplace overall with 350.746 total points. Epping ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 106.075 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

2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2017: John Morris
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2016: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB

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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