CHAMPION: Bear Wins 2022 Curling Stadium Contender Series

SKIP
Madison
Bear

Third
Annmarie
Dubberstein

Second
Elizabeth
Cousins

Lead
Allison
Howell

Madison Bear (Chaska, MN) won 5-3 over Sarah Anderson (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Contender Series, held November 11 - 13, 2022 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Bear won 7-4 over Kim Rhyme (St. Paul, MN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2022 Curling Stadium Contender Series in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Bear finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear defeated Bella Hagenbuch (Utica, IL) 7-3, then won 9-0 against Kenna Ponzio (Chaska, MN) and 9-0 against Brea Grueneich (Sioux Falls, SD). Bear won 6-0 against Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium Contender Series Championship title, Bear earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $2,658CDN first prize cheque, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 64th place overall with 40.950 total points. Bear ranks 70th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	16	12	0	0.571	3-0	3-6	1-3	0-1	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	210	177	135	8.43	6.43	2.00	5.00	4.38	1.69	1.47	0.62

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	94	112	42	3	2-0	10-2	25-8	1.19	0.45	0.41	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	116	65	93	10	2-1	2-3	8-22	0.56	0.80	0.58	0.38

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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