CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	8.46
PA/G:	4.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) won 5-3 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, held May 2 - 7, 2023 in Regina, Saskatchewan. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Bottcher won 7-2 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan; of the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Bottcher finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) 7-2, then won 8-4 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) and 7-4 against Edin. Bottcher won 5-4 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO), then won 5-4 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Championship title, Bottcher earned 67.500 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Bottcher move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 46.25 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with 362.000 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 362.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	52	18	0	0.743	18-5	9-5	8-2	1-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	546	424	290	7.77	5.31	2.45	4.52	3.63	1.72	1.46	1.85

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	285	328	48	63	10-0	19-1	72-9	1.15	0.17	0.46	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	261	96	242	38	3-4	4-7	16-54	0.37	0.93	0.60	0.24

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

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