Bottcher Reaches 2024 Montana's Brier Semifinals

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	8.47
PA/G:	5.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) run at the 2024 Montana's Brier came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-3 loss to Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2024 Montana's Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Bottcher finished 6-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) 11-3, then won 8-3 against Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) and 8-2 against Scott Howard (Penetanguishene, ON). Bottcher went on to lose 6-5 against Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NO). Bottcher responded with a 10-5 win over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). Bottcher won 15-3 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB), then won 9-4 against Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC). Bottcher went on to lose 6-3 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 40.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Montana's Brier, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15 after improving upon their best so far this season. Bottcher ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 366.750 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

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