Flasch Reaches 2021 IG Wealth Management Western Showdown Semifinals

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Colton
Flasch

Third
Catlin
Schneider

Second
Kevin
Marsh

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Daniel
Marsh

Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK) run at the 2021 IG Wealth Management Western Showdown came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5 loss to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). of the 2021 IG Wealth Management Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; Flasch advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-2 win over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). of the 2021 IG Wealth Management Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Flasch finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Flasch defeated Jed Brundidge (East St. Paul, MN) 7-1, then went on to lose 8-0 against Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN). Flasch responded with a 7-4 win over Ryan Deis (Fox Valley, SK). Flasch won 7-3 against Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK), then won 9-5 against Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Flasch earned 34.996 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the IG Wealth Management Western Showdown. Flasch move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 34.023 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 143.986 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Flasch ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.569 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	45	30	0	0.600	15-5	10-5	5-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	569	445	375	7.82	6.59	1.23	4.60	4.06	1.70	1.62	1.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	276	312	79	40	7-0	20-5	71-13	1.13	0.29	0.42	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	293	133	296	36	4-8	7-13	23-67	0.45	1.01	0.50	0.28

2023: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat
Geneve, SUI
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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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