McCrady Reaches 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Quarters

SKIP
Ryan
McCrady

Third
Rob
Bushfield

Second
Matt
Haughn

Lead
Cole
Lyon-Hatcher

Ryan McCrady (Ottawa, ON) qualified for the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-2 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

McCrady finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McCrady defeated Chad Stevens (Halifax, NS) 7-4, then won 5-2 against Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC) and 6-4 against Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS). McCrady went on to lose 8-3 against Mark Nichols (St. John's, NL). McCrady responded with a 7-6 win over Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). McCrady went on to lose 6-4 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). McCrady responded with a 7-2 win over Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

McCrady earned 20.955 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau, moving up 34 spots the World Ranking Standings into 74th place overall with 56.824 total points. McCrady ranks 56th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.422 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

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

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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