CHAMPION: Calvert Wins 2014 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Kyle
Kurz

Second
Lucas
Van Den Bosch

Lead
Brendan
Wilson

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-5 over Rene Comeau (Fredericton, NB) in the Final Calvert advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, held January 18 - 26, 2014 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

Calvert finished 9-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert defeated Jamie Airut (Rankin Inlet, NU) 18-4, then won 6-3 against Adam Freilich (Montreal, PQ) and 10-4 against Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT). Calvert won 6-2 against Tyler Hartung (Langenburg, SK), then won 10-5 against Stephen Trickett (St. John's, NL) and 7-4 against Ryan McCrady (Ottawa, ON). Calvert won 6-4 against Comeau, then won 5-4 against Carter Lautner (Calgary, AB). Calvert went on to lose 8-6 against Cameron de Jong (Victoria, BC). Calvert responded with a 8-2 win over Robert Mayhew (Windsor, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors Championship title, Calvert earned 8.000 world rankings points, moving up 236 spots the World Ranking Standings into 134th place overall with 8.281 total points. Calvert ranks 96th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.000 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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