Cotter3-8 at 2016 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Ryan
Kuhn

Second
Tyrel
Griffith

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) finished 3-8 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cotter defeated Adam Casey (Summerside, PEI) 8-4, then went on to lose 8-4 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Cotter lost 5-3 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) where Cotter responded with a 9-5 win over Glenn Howard (Toronto, ON). Cotter went on to lose 6-5 against Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC). Cotter lost 8-4 to Pat Simmons (Calgary, CAN). Cotter lost 7-2 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Cotter lost 8-3 to Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Cotter lost 8-7 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Cotter lost 9-8 to Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT) where Cotter responded with a 7-5 win over Mike Kennedy (Moncton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

Cotter earned 9.501 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 15th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.292 after improving upon their best so far this season. Cotter ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 222.416 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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