Epping Reaches 2022 ATB Okotoks Classic Quarters

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

John Epping (Toronto, ON) qualified for the 2022 ATB Okotoks Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-1 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2022 ATB Okotoks Classic in , Alberta, Canada;

Epping finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) 9-6, then went on to lose 7-5 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). Epping responded with a 6-5 win over Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB). Epping won 9-6 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI), then won 8-2 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ATB Okotoks Classic. Epping move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 17.625 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with 171.321 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 48.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	37	24	0	0.607	7-6	2-7	2-5	2-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	450	362	300	8.04	6.67	1.38	4.40	4.22	1.83	1.58	1.38

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	234	282	70	33	11-0	24-2	50-14	1.21	0.30	0.42	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	216	80	230	29	2-3	8-15	8-50	0.37	1.06	0.51	0.23

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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