CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2019 Meridian Canadian Open

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.51
PA/G:	4.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won 6-3 over John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held January 8 - 13, 2019 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 6-5 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; and won 5-2 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the quarterfinals.

Bottcher finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) 8-4, then won 6-3 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) and 9-5 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Meridian Canadian Open Championship title, Bottcher earned 87.244 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Bottcher move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 58.935 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 387.990 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 331.370 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

2025: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz-van Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat-Couchepin , Glenn Howard
Geneva, SUI
2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
STIRLING, SCO
2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2020: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz-van Berkel, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould, Don Harvey
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2003: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
, SK
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON