Grattan3-5 at 2022 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
James
Grattan

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Paul
Dobson

Lead
Andy
McCann

James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) finished 3-5 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grattan lost 7-6 to Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, CAN) where Grattan responded with a 9-4 win over Nathan Young (St. John's, NL). Grattan went on to lose 8-4 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK). Grattan lost 5-4 to Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON). Grattan lost 5-2 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) where Grattan responded with a 9-3 win over Tyler Smith (Crapaud, PEI). Grattan won 8-2 against Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) in their final qualifying round match.

Grattan earned 13.354 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 68th place overall with 53.154 total points. Grattan ranks 68th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.154 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	18	11	0	0.621	4-1	1-6	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	243	183	135	7.53	5.56	1.98	4.65	4.03	1.62	1.38	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	111	135	24	11	1-0	13-1	26-2	1.22	0.22	0.40	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	132	48	111	21	1-0	2-5	8-23	0.36	0.84	0.64	0.25

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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