CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2018 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won 9-3 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup, held January 31 - February 4, 2018 in Spruce Grove, Alberta.

Bottcher finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Daylan Vavrek (Sexsmith, AB) 9-3, then won 10-7 against Sturmay and 7-6 against Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup Championship title, Bottcher earned 21.070 world rankings points. Bottcher move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 19.835 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 389.282 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 233.333 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

2024: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Jeremy Harty, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster , Mickey Pendergast
Airdrie, AB
2023: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2022: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert , John Dunn
Calgary, AB
2020: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Flasch, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2016: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen, Blake MacDonald
Calgary, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Mark Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Mark Kennedy, Ben Hebert
, AB

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