Bottcher Runner-Up at Co-op Canadian Open

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.14
PA/G:	5.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) lost 6-5 to Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO) in the Final of the Co-op Canadian Open, held January 16 - 21 in Red Deer, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 5-3 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the Co-op Canadian Open in Red Deer, Alberta; and won 7-3 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the Co-op Canadian Open in Red Deer, Alberta;

Bottcher finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) 7-6, then won 7-3 against Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI). Bottcher went on to lose 5-4 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). Bottcher responded with a 5-4 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Co-op Canadian Open, Bottcher take home 55.000 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN prize. Bottcher gained 29.5 points improving upon their best 7 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 3rdplace overall with 416.750 total points. Bottcher ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 326.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	53	21	0	0.716	11-4	9-1	3-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	547	445	294	8.14	5.37	2.76	4.64	3.64	1.75	1.48	1.72

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	260	332	34	51	15-0	19-1	61-3	1.28	0.13	0.45	0.11

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	287	113	260	43	4-3	4-16	17-48	0.39	0.91	0.61	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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