Gosgens Reaches HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major Semifinals

SKIP
Wouter
Gosgens

Third
Laurens
Hoekman

Second
Jaap
van Dorp

Lead
Tobias
van den Hurk

Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) run at the HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-2 loss to Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER). of the HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; Gosgens advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-5 win over Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN). of the HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Gosgens finished 4-2 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gosgens defeated Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB) 9-4, then went on to lose 6-1 against Kapp. Gosgens lost 8-7 to Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) where Gosgens responded with a 10-4 win over Davies. Gosgens won 10-6 against Purcell, then won 6-5 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Gosgens earned 23.375 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major. Gosgens move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 18.875 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 212.375 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gosgens ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	40	36	0	0.526	11-7	6-6	2-3	1-0	1-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	578	452	395	7.82	6.83	0.99	4.71	4.22	1.66	1.62	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	283	333	88	29	10-0	24-6	62-13	1.18	0.31	0.38	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	295	119	307	33	3-6	4-21	20-64	0.40	1.04	0.50	0.27

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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