Tran/Sluchinski3-2 at Alberta Mixed Doubles Qualifier

Brittany Tran/Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB) finished 3-2 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tran/Sluchinski lost 7-6 to Alberta's Amber DeSchiffart/Mark Deschiffart, then responded with a 9-4 win over Alberta's Donna Gingras/Charles Michaud. Tran/Sluchinski went on to lose 8-2 against Christa Perepelitza/Rodney Ouellette (Cold Lake, AB). Tran/Sluchinski responded with a 7-5 win over Alberta's Tracy Zadderey/Dave Brand to advance to the C-Qualifier where they 7-5 against Darah Blandford/Matthew Blandford (Cold Lake, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Tran/Sluchinski earned 4.517 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Alberta Mixed Doubles Qualifier, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.518 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tran/Sluchinski ranks 195th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.518 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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