Hostmaelingen Runner-Up at 2021 Norway Cup 2

SKIP
Lukas
Hostmaelingen

Third
Grunde Morten
Buraas

Second
Magnus
Lilleboe

Lead
Tinius Haslev
Nordbye

Lukas Hostmaelingen (Lillehammer, NOR) lost 6-4 to Magnus Nedregotten (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Final of the Norway Cup 2, held November 12 - 14, 2021 in Trondheim, Norway. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Hostmaelingen won 11-4 over Eirin Mesloe (Oslo, NOR) to advance to the championship game. of the 2021 Norway Cup 2 in Trondheim, Norway; of the 2021 Norway Cup 2 in Trondheim, Norway;

Hostmaelingen finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hostmaelingen defeated Rune Steen Hansen (Hedmarken, NOR) 10-2, then won 9-3 against Eirik Oey (Oslo, NOR) and 8-3 against Anders Mjoen (Oppdal, NOR). Hostmaelingen won 12-1 against Kjetil Bjoerke (Bygdoy, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Norway Cup 2, Hostmaelingen take home 6.549 world rankings points along with the $800CDN prize. Hostmaelingen move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 4.589 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 80th overall with 43.987 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hostmaelingen ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.628 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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