Bottcher Reaches 2013 Point Optical Curling Classic Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Mick
Lizmore

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	6.90
PA/G:	6.55
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2013 Point Optical Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-1 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON).

Bottcher finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Richard Daneault (Winnipeg, MB) 5-3, then won 7-2 against Joel Jordison (Regina, SK) and 6-5 against Bruce Korte (Saskatoon, SK). Bottcher went on to lose 7-4 against Jacobs. Bottcher responded with a 6-5 win over Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB). Bottcher went on to lose 7-5 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Bottcher responded with a 6-4 win over Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 15.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Point Optical Curling Classic, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 24th place overall with 63.255 total points. Bottcher ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.305 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	39	32	0	0.549	19-8	11-19	10-10	5-0	1-4

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	544	375	334	6.89	6.14	0.75	4.38	4.10	1.58	1.50	1.53

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	256	278	64	31	4-0	15-1	58-12	1.09	0.25	0.34	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	288	97	270	52	3-5	5-16	14-47	0.34	0.94	0.61	0.22

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