CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2018 Canad Inns Men's Classic

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won 7-5 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Men's Classic, held October 12 - 15, 2018 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 7-5 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the semifinals of the 2018 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won 4-2 over Braden Calvert (winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;

Bottcher finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN) 5-3, then won 11-4 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishe, ON) and 9-4 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Morris, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canad Inns Men's Classic Championship title, Bottcher earned 69.375 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 8th place overall with 355.219 total points. Bottcher ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 100.431 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

2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson, Craig Savill
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Glenn Howard
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Coldwater, ON
2007: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Brad Heidt
Brad Heidt, Joel Jordison, Brent Gedak, Mitch Heidt
Kerrobert, SK

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