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.
