Butler Reaches 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open Quarters

SKIP
Ted
Butler

Third
Richard
Faguy

Second
Jean Pierre
Croteau

Lead
Michel
Laroche

Ted Butler (Buckingham, QC) qualified for the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 3-2 against Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC).

Butler finished 3-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Butler defeated Joey Taylor (Ottawa, ON) 9-3, then won 8-2 against Mario Deschatelets (Montreal, QC) and 7-6 against Jamie Birtwistle (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Butler earned 4.990 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open. Butler move up 90 spots after posting a net gain of 4.589 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 232nd overall with 8.204 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Butler ranks 166th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.990 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

2016: Adam Freilich
Adam Freilich, Ariel Krasik-Geiger, Gabriel Kempenich, Jeff Lutz
Jerusalem, ISR
2017: Sylvain Dicaire
Ghislain Doyon, Sylvain Dicaire, Claude St-Germain, Kurtis Hanna
Val d'Or, QC
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON

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