Blandford Reaches 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

SKIP
Matthew
Blandford

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Brent
Hamilton

Lead
Brad
Chyz

Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) qualified for the 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-2 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). of the 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Blandford finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blandford defeated Josh Heidt (Kerrobert, SK) 5-3, then won 5-3 against Wade White (Edmonton, AB). Blandford went on to lose 8-1 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Blandford responded with a 4-3 win over White in their final qualifying round match.

Blandford earned 5.115 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 30th place overall with 38.770 total points. Blandford ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.280 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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