Epping Reaches 2018 Tim Hortons Brier Semifinals

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Tim
March

John Epping (Toronto, ON) run at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). of the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Epping finished 9-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping lost 4-3 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT), then responded with a 9-7 win over James Grattan (Oromocto, NB). Epping won 7-3 against Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC), then won 14-3 against Dave St. Louis (Iqaluit, NU) and 10-5 against Reid Carruthers (West St. Paul, MB). Epping won 11-4 against Eddie MacKenzie (Charlottetown, PEI), then won 8-4 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) and 8-7 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Epping won 8-6 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS), then won 9-7 against Bottcher. Epping went on to lose 5-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 44.332 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Tim Hortons Brier, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 35.431 after improving upon their best so far this season. Epping ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 247.816 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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