Cotter Reaches 2023 BC Men's Provincials Semifinals

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Grant
Olsen

Second
Andrew
Nerpin

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) run at the 2023 BC Men's Provincials came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-8 loss to Brent Pierce (Kelowna, BC). of the 2023 BC Men's Provincials in Chilliwack, British Columbia;

Cotter finished 5-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cotter defeated Cody Tanaka (New Westminster, BC) 5-4, then won 10-4 against Paul Cseke (Victoria, BC). Cotter went on to lose 6-2 against Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC). Cotter responded with a 11-7 win over Cseke. Cotter won 7-5 against Sebastien Robillard (Port Coquitlam, BC) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 9-8 against Pierce to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Cotter earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the BC Men's Provincials, moving up 49 spots the World Ranking Standings into 119th place overall with 26.255 total points. Cotter ranks 142nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	10	8	0	0.556	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	150	112	107	7.47	7.13	0.33	4.60	4.47	1.62	1.60	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	76	85	24	7	3-0	7-0	13-4	1.12	0.32	0.33	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	74	27	83	7	0-2	1-6	5-16	0.36	1.12	0.49	0.27

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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