King-Simpson/Croteau Reaches 2021 Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic Quarters

Karly King-Simpson/Connar Croteau (Victoria/Campbell River, BC) qualified for the 2021 Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Chaelynn Kitz/Brayden Stewart (Saskatoon, SK).

King-Simpson/Croteau finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, King-Simpson/Croteau lost 11-3 to Kim Schwaerzle/Erik Colwell (Vernon, BC), then responded with a 7-5 win over British Columbia's Sherrie Burechailo-Dias/Jeff Barkun. King-Simpson/Croteau went on to lose 6-5 against Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). King-Simpson/Croteau responded with a 14-2 win over Jorja Kopytko/Calder Fadden (Vernon, BC). King-Simpson/Croteau won 8-6 against British Columbia's Mikayla Czirfusz/Andrew Nerpin in their final qualifying round match.

King-Simpson/Croteau earned 10.355 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.354 after improving upon their best so far this season. King-Simpson/Croteau ranks 110th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.354 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	3	3	0	0.500	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	44	41	36	9.32	8.18	1.14	5.45	4.55	1.71	1.80	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	19	22	12	0	1-0	2-2	3-1	1.16	0.63	0.32	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	25	19	24	0	0-1	2-2	3-4	0.76	0.96	0.46	0.48

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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