Esbjoernsson2-3 at 2016 Swedish National Championship

SKIP
Olof
Esbjoernsson

Third
Henrik
Ekblad

Second
Axel
Oesterlund

Lead
Johan
Nilemar

Olof Esbjoernsson (Sundbyberg, SWE) finished 2-3 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Esbjoernsson defeated Erik Janze (Umea, SWE) 11-2, then went on to lose 12-0 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Esbjoernsson responded with a 6-4 win over K-G Pettersson (Linkoping, SWE). Esbjoernsson went on to lose 9-1 against Marcus Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Esbjoernsson lost 8-3 to Pelle Sjostrom (Skelleftea, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Esbjoernsson earned 1.756 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 210 spots the World Ranking Standings into 412th place overall with 1.756 total points. Esbjoernsson ranks 353rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.756 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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