Epping3-5 at 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Ryan
Fry

Second
Mathew
Camm

Lead
Brent
Laing

John Epping (Toronto, ON) finished 3-5 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping lost 9-3 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, NONT), then responded with a 10-5 win over Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). Epping went on to lose 8-6 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Epping responded with a 9-7 win over Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Epping won 8-4 against Tanner Horgan (Kingston, ON). Epping went on to lose 6-2 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Epping lost 10-6 to Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Epping lost 9-3 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 15.185 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Epping move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 8.997 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 295.132 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 72.476 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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