CHAMPION: Mouat Wins Co-op Canadian Open

STIRLING, Scotland

SKIP
Bruce
Mouat

Third
Grant
Hardie

Second
Bobby
Lammie

Lead
Hammy
McMillan Jr.

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	9.41
PA/G:	4.90
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO) won 6-5 over Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Co-op Canadian Open, held January 16 - 21 in Red Deer, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Mouat won 5-3 over Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the Co-op Canadian Open in Red Deer, Alberta; and won 5-4 over James Craik (Forfar, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the Co-op Canadian Open in Red Deer, Alberta;

Mouat finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mouat defeated Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) 10-3, then won 9-2 against Craik and 6-3 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Mouat won 7-5 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Co-op Canadian Open Championship title, Mouat earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $42,000CDN first prize cheque. Mouat move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 55.5 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 417.562 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Mouat ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 326.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	67	20	0	0.770	19-5	14-8	3-4	4-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	647	545	364	8.42	5.63	2.80	4.78	3.88	1.76	1.45	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	320	414	58	48	14-1	32-1	82-5	1.29	0.18	0.47	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	327	131	306	39	2-4	9-17	21-56	0.40	0.94	0.62	0.26

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
STIRLING, SCO
2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2020: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould, Don Harvey
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2003: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
, SK
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON

Bottcher Out!

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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