Gunnlaugson Reaches 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

SKIP
Jason
Gunnlaugson

Third
Colton
Lott

Second
Kyle
Doering

Lead
Rob
Gordon

Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-5 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Gunnlaugson finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gunnlaugson lost 8-3 to Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 6-2 win over Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). Gunnlaugson won 4-1 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Gunnlaugson went on to lose 6-4 against SooHyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR). Gunnlaugson responded with a 5-0 win over Shaun Meachem (Regina, SK). Gunnlaugson won 4-3 against Jamie King (Edmonton/Calgary, AB), then won 6-0 against Morozumi in their final qualifying round match.

Gunnlaugson earned 25.734 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with 255.428 total points. Gunnlaugson ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 128.805 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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