CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2022 ATB Okotoks Classic

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) won 3-2 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the ATB Okotoks Classic, held September 15 - 18, 2022 at the Okotoks Curling Club in , Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 5-4 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2022 ATB Okotoks Classic in , Alberta, Canada; and won 6-4 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Bottcher finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Cole Adams (Calgary, AB) 6-0, then won 5-3 against Kyler Kleibrink (Calgary, AB) and 9-2 against Paul Cseke (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ATB Okotoks Classic Championship title, Bottcher earned 52.500 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 348.133 total points. Bottcher ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	52	18	0	0.743	18-5	9-5	8-2	1-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	546	424	290	7.77	5.31	2.45	4.52	3.63	1.72	1.46	1.85

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	285	328	48	63	10-0	19-1	72-9	1.15	0.17	0.46	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	261	96	242	38	3-4	4-7	16-54	0.37	0.93	0.60	0.24

2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2022: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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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