Birr Reaches 2016 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
John
Benton

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Blaine, USA) run at the 2016 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-3 loss to Jake Higgs (Ottawa, ON). of the 2016 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic in Sarnia, Ontario; Birr advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-3 win over Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). of the 2016 Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic in Sarnia, Ontario;

Birr finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Mark Kean (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) 8-4, then won 4-3 against Brady Clark (Seattle, USA). Birr went on to lose 7-3 against Higgs. Birr responded with a 4-3 win over Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 19.894 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 56th place overall with 87.196 total points. Birr ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.842 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

2012: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
, ON
2013: Jake Higgs
Brent Ross, Jake Higgs, Codey Maus, Bill Buchanan
Glencoe, ON
2014: Aaron Squires
Aaron Squires, Matt Mapletoft, Spencer Nuttall, Fraser Reid
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth, USA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2017: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Scott Howard
Toronto, ON
2018: John Willsey
John Willsey, Connor Lawes, Robert Currie, Evan Lilly
,

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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