Leichter4-1 at USA Challenge Round

SKIP
Alex
Leichter

Third
Brandon
Corbett

Second
Derek
Corbett

Lead
Jeff
Pulli

Alex Leichter (Rochester, NY) finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Leichter defeated Owen Sampson (Fargo, ND) 8-7, then went on to lose 3-2 against Paul Pustovar (Duluth, MN). Leichter responded with a 7-6 win over Eric Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Leichter won 8-6 against Ryan Lemke (Medford, WI), then won 8-6 against Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Leichter earned 2.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Challenge Round, moving up 65 spots the World Ranking Standings into 192nd place overall with 3.913 total points. Leichter ranks 168th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	14	20	0	0.412	1-3	2-6	1-3	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	251	152	182	6.06	7.25	-1.20	4.10	4.66	1.48	1.56	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	123	115	50	11	1-0	4-3	27-8	0.94	0.41	0.29	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	128	37	132	20	1-2	0-7	7-31	0.29	1.03	0.51	0.21

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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