Bottcher Reaches 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.11
PA/G:	7.03
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-2 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). of the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary, Alberta;

Bottcher finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher lost 9-8 to Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO), then responded with a 8-2 win over Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Bottcher won 6-5 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK), then won 6-5 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 31.265 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Humpty's Champions Cup. Bottcher move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 10.195 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 439.046 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 283.097 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

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

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