Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won
8-2 over
Alberta's Jamie King in the Final of the Medicine Hat Charity Classic, held October 20 - 23, 2017 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won
8-1 over
Josh Heidt (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2017 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; and won
6-3 over
Adam Casey (Regina, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada;
Bottcher finished 4-2 in the 23-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated
Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC) 6-1, then won
6-1 against
Saskatchewan's Jason Ackerman. Bottcher went on to lose
7-4 against
Heidt. Bottcher lost
7-5 to
Brent Pierce (New Westminster , BC) where Bottcher responded with a
10-2 win over
Adam Norget (Edmonton, AB). Bottcher won
7-1 against
Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Medicine Hat Charity Classic Championship title, Bottcher earned
32.390 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 20th place overall with
240.865 total points. Bottcher ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
84.916 points earned so far this season.
