Brunner2-3 at 2022 ATB Okotoks Classic

SKIP
Michael
Brunner

Third
Romano
Keller-Meier

Second
Anthony
Petoud

Lead
Marcel
Kaeufeler

Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brunner defeated Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) 5-1, then went on to lose 7-3 against Paul Cseke (Victoria, BC). Brunner responded with a 8-5 win over Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI). Brunner went on to lose 8-7 against Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK). Brunner lost 7-6 to Stocker in their final qualifying round match.

Brunner earned 5.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Brunner gained 0.375 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 14thplace overall with 162.365 total points. Brunner ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	35	43	0	0.449	10-9	11-13	4-4	1-0	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	577	395	416	6.85	7.21	-0.36	4.25	4.51	1.61	1.60	1.25

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	292	315	96	38	3-1	24-6	67-17	1.08	0.33	0.37	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	285	80	320	34	0-7	7-15	11-73	0.28	1.12	0.52	0.19

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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