Bottcher Reaches Astec Safety Challenge Quarters

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) qualified for the Astec Safety Challenge playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-5 against Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO).

Bottcher finished 3-2 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher lost 6-2 to Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB), droppimg another game, 8-5 to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) where Bottcher responded with a 6-4 win over Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Bottcher won 7-1 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK), then won 7-4 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Astec Safety Challenge. For week 25 of the event schedule, Bottcher did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 2nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 387.250 total points. Bottcher ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 296.750 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

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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