Bottcher Runner-Up at 2020 Tim Hortons Brier

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	13
Record:	11W - 2L
PF/G:	7.07
PA/G:	4.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) lost 7-3 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Tim Hortons Brier, held February 29 - March 8, 2020 in Kingston, Ontario.

Bottcher finished 10-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, NONT) 7-2, then won 9-4 against Jake Higgs (Iqaluit, NU) and 3-2 against Gushue. Bottcher won 7-6 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Morris, MB), then won 6-2 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) and 7-3 against Alek Bedard (Lacolle, QC). Bottcher won 9-6 against Bryan Cochrane (Cornwall, PEI), then won 9-5 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Bottcher went on to lose 5-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN). Bottcher responded with a 10-3 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON). Bottcher won 4-2 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tim Hortons Brier, Bottcher take home 63.014 world rankings points along with the $65,000CDN prize. Bottcher move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 50.006 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with 347.979 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 347.979 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

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