Bottcher Reaches 2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling Semifinals

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	6.72
PA/G:	5.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) run at the 2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling came to an end in the semifinals with a 12-4 loss to John Epping (Toronto, ON). of the 2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling in Leduc, Alberta;

Bottcher finished 5-1 in the 7 team Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling qualifying round, held November 27 - December 1, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) 10-4, then won 9-3 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) and 5-4 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Bottcher went on to lose 5-3 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Bottcher responded with a 5-4 win over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Bottcher won 7-3 against Epping in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 49.663 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 0.25699999999995 after improving upon their best so far this season. Bottcher ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 216.186 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	5	2	0	0.714	3-2	2-0	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	64	43	35	6.72	5.47	1.25	4.22	3.28	1.59	1.67	2.50

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	32	36	6	8	2-1	1-0	6-0	1.13	0.19	0.38	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	32	7	29	8	0-1	0-1	1-6	0.22	0.91	0.56	0.19

2019: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing
Toronto, ON
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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