Birklid4-1 at USA Men's Challenge Round

SKIP
Steven
Birklid

Third
Sam
Galey

Second
Matt
Birklid

Lead
Nicholas
Connolly

Steve Birklid (Seattle, WA) finished 4-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birklid defeated Jared Allen (Blaine, MN) 10-1, then won 10-4 against Kevin Kakela (Hansboro, ND). Birklid went on to lose 10-2 against Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). Birklid responded with a 8-7 win over Sean Beighton (Madison, WI). Birklid won 7-5 against Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, SD) in their final qualifying round match.

Birklid earned 7.013 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Men's Challenge Round, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 150th place overall with 25.491 total points. Birklid ranks 134th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.405 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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