Bear Reaches 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic Quarters

SKIP
Madison
Bear

Third
Annmarie
Dubberstein

Second
Elizabeth
Cousins

Lead
Allison
Howell

Madison Bear (Chaska, MN) qualified for the 2022 Curl Mesabi Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-5 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay , NONT).

Bear finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear lost 8-7 to Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 9-6 win over Jackie McCormick (Stratton, NONT). Bear won 7-3 against Gayeong Shin (Jeonbuk, KOR), then won 1-0 against Bella Hagenbuch (Utica, IL) in their final qualifying round match.

Bear earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Curl Mesabi Classic, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 72nd place overall with 45.056 total points. Bear ranks 75th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.375 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

2022: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson
Chaska, MN
2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson, Aileen Geving
St. Paul, MN
2019: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Jen Gates
Thunder Bay, NONT
2018: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Jen Gates
,
2017: Kelsey Rocque
Kelsey Rocque, Laura Walker, Taylor McDonald, Jen Gates
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
Calgary, AB
2015: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT
2014: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Jennifer Wylie, Jenna Enge, Amanda Gates, Courtney Chenier
Sudbury , NONT
2012: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Nicky Kaufman, Kelly Erickson, Stephanie Enright, Cori Morris
, AB
2011: Cassie Potter
Cassie Potter, Jamie Haskell, Jackie Lemke, Stephanie Bohan, Laura Roessler
St. Paul, MN

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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