Cotter5-6 at 2015 Tim Hortons Brier

Vernon/Kelowna, British Columbia

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Ryan
Kuhn

Second
Tyrel
Griffith

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Games:	11
Record:	5W - 6L
PF/G:	5.96
PA/G:	5.77
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Jim Cotter (Vernon/Kelowna, BC) finished 5-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cotter defeated Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) 8-7, then went on to lose 7-4 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Cotter lost 6-5 to Adam Casey (Charlottetown, PEI) where Cotter responded with a 6-3 win over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Cotter won 8-3 against Mark Kean (Fenelon Falls, ON). Cotter went on to lose 8-6 against Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC). Cotter lost 8-7 to Pat Simmons (Calgary, CAN). Cotter lost 8-3 to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) where Cotter responded with a 6-2 win over Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT). Cotter won 7-4 against Jeremy Mallais (Saint John, NB). Cotter went on to lose 4-2 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Cotter earned 10.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 15th place overall with 158.560 total points. Cotter ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.975 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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Calgary's Brad Jacobs (Photo: Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver) defeats Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone 6-5, winning 2 games to 0 in a best-of-three final at the Montana's Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Halifax, N.

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