Bottcher Runner-Up at 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	6.04
PA/G:	5.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) lost 4-3 to Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, held October 17 - 22, 2023 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 6-3 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; and won 5-3 over Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Bottcher finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) 4-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against Gushue. Bottcher lost 7-1 to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) where Bottcher responded with a 8-2 win over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, Bottcher take home 55.000 world rankings points along with the $21,000CDN prize, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Bottcher ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 186.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	53	21	0	0.716	11-4	9-1	3-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	547	445	294	8.14	5.37	2.76	4.64	3.64	1.75	1.48	1.72

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	260	332	34	51	15-0	19-1	61-3	1.28	0.13	0.45	0.11

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	287	113	260	43	4-3	4-16	17-48	0.39	0.91	0.61	0.26

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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