Kapp4-3 at 2023 ATB Okotoks Classic

Fourth
Marc
Muskatewitz

SKIP
Benny
Kapp

Second
Felix
Messenzehl

Lead
Johannes
Scheuerl

Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) finished 4-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kapp lost 8-6 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 9-5 win over Rob Johnson (Calgary, AB). Kapp won 5-3 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN), then won 7-1 against Morozumi. Kapp went on to lose 7-1 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). Kapp responded with a 6-5 win over Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB). Kapp went on to lose 5-1 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kapp earned 9.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Kapp move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 4.5 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 39th overall with 102.879 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kapp ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	36	27	0	0.571	7-5	2-3	2-3	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	466	383	311	8.22	6.67	1.55	4.57	4.42	1.80	1.51	1.01

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	245	304	74	34	11-1	23-2	69-11	1.24	0.30	0.49	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	221	79	237	13	0-3	3-13	15-51	0.36	1.07	0.55	0.26

2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2022: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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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