CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2019 Players' Championship

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.25
PA/G:	6.49
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won 6-1 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the 2019 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 7-4 over Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO) in the semifinals and won 7-5 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals.

Bottcher finished 3-2 in the 12 team Players' Championship qualifying round, held April 9 - 14, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) 6-5, then went on to lose 7-4 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Bottcher lost 8-3 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) where Bottcher responded with a 7-6 win over Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Bottcher won 7-1 against John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Players' Championship Championship title, Bottcher earned 85.362 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Bottcher move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 68.021 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 440.448 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 440.448 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	2	0	0.750	3-0	3-2	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	57	47	37	8.25	6.49	1.75	4.74	3.68	1.74	1.76	1.58

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	26	33	2	5	0-0	2-0	10-0	1.27	0.08	0.57	0.08

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	31	14	35	4	1-0	0-7	3-2	0.45	1.13	0.53	0.26

2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2014: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Marc Kennedy, David Nedohin, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2012: John Epping
John Epping, Scott Bailey, Scott Howard, David Mathers
Toronto, ON
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: John Morris
John Morris, Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Jim Spencer
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
2000: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
1999: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Victoria Harbour, ON
1998: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Rudy Ramcharan, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
1997: Russ Howard
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark
Penatanguishene, ON
1995: Wayne Middaugh
Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark
Toronto, ON
1995: Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern, Rick Schneider, Daryl Nixon, Larry Schneider
Kronau, SK
1994: Kevin Martin
Murray McEachern, Rick Schneider, Daryl Nixon, Larry Schneider
Edmonton, AB
1993: Russ Howard
Murray McEachern, Rick Schneider, Daryl Nixon, Larry Schneider
Penetanguishene, ON

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