CHAMPION: Grattan Wins 2013 Molson Canadian Men's Tankard

SKIP
James
Grattan

Third
Jason
Roach

Second
Darren
Roach

Lead
Peter
Case

James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) won 7-6 over Zack Eldridge (Oromocto, NB) in the Final of the Molson Canadian Men's Tankard, held January 30 - February 3, 2013 in Fredericton Junction, New Brunswick. To advance to the championship game, Grattan won 8-3 over Jason Vaughan (Saint John, NB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Molson Canadian Men's Tankard in Fredericton Junction, New Brunswick;

Grattan finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grattan lost 6-4 to Eldridge, then responded with a 7-6 win over Marc LeCocq (Nackawic, NB). Grattan won 6-4 against Paul Dobson (Saint John, NB). Grattan went on to lose 8-7 against Terry Odishaw (Moncton, NB). Grattan responded with a 7-1 win over Shaun Mott (Gladstone, NB). Grattan won 5-2 against Adam MacDonald (Woodstock, NB), then won 9-3 against Vaughan in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Molson Canadian Men's Tankard Championship title, Grattan earned 4.000 world rankings points, moving up 25 spots the World Ranking Standings into 119th place overall with 11.800 total points. Grattan ranks 87th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.000 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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