Dropkin Reaches 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Quarters

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) qualified for the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). of the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Dropkin finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin lost 10-5 to Edin, droppimg another game, 8-4 to Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). Dropkin lost 11-4 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) where Dropkin responded with a 5-2 win over Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK). Dropkin won 7-5 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Dropkin earned 27.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, remaining in 10th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 6 after improving upon their best so far this season. Dropkin ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 234.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	55	35	0	0.611	8-5	11-10	2-2	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	685	508	452	7.42	6.60	0.82	4.31	4.26	1.72	1.55	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	334	381	97	50	14-1	19-4	84-15	1.14	0.29	0.41	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	351	127	355	48	4-12	9-14	15-67	0.36	1.01	0.58	0.23

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

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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