Bronze for Veltsman at 2020 Red Square Classic

SKIP
Eduard
Veltsman

Third
Mihhail
Vlassov

Second
Janis
Kiziridi

Lead
Igor
Dzenzeljuk

Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) won 9-2 over Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Red Square Classic in Moscow, Russia. of the 2020 Red Square Classic in Moscow, Russia; Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) won 9-2 over Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Red Square Classic in Moscow, Russia. Veltsman lost 9-2 to Aleksandr Kirikov (Moscow, RUS) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2020 Red Square Classic in Moscow, Russia;

Veltsman finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Veltsman defeated Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) 9-2, then won 6-5 against Russia's German Doronin. Veltsman went on to lose 5-4 against Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the Red Square Classic, Veltsman earn 6.298 world rankings points and 2658CDN. Veltsman move up 179 spots after posting a net gain of 5.932 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 266th overall with 6.999 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Veltsman ranks 268th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.999 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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