Birklid2-3 at 2021 Seattle Olympic Trials Qualifier

SKIP
Steven
Birklid

Third
Sam
Galey

Second
Erik
Quistgaard

Lead
Daniel
Plys

Steven Birklid (Seattle, WA) finished 2-3 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birklid lost 9-4 to Mike Siggins (Phoenix , AZ), droppimg another game, 8-4 to Luc Violette (Chaska, MN) where Birklid responded with a 10-8 win over Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Birklid won 9-2 against Siggins. Birklid went on to lose 9-2 against Violette in their final qualifying round match.

Birklid earned 2.361 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 6 of the event schedule, Birklid did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 105th place on the World Ranking Standings with 16.197 total points. Birklid ranks 298th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	5	6	0	0.455	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	83	73	81	8.80	9.76	-0.96	4.82	4.94	1.83	1.98	0.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	41	55	18	2	3-0	3-2	10-3	1.34	0.44	0.41	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	42	18	63	0	0-2	1-6	4-13	0.43	1.50	0.30	0.29

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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