Knapp4-4 at 2023 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Kelly
Knapp

Third
Brennen
Jones

Second
Mike
Armstrong

Lead
Trent
Knapp

Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) finished 4-4 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Knapp lost 9-3 to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 7-3 win over Nathan Young (St. John's, NL). Knapp went on to lose 8-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Knapp responded with a 9-3 win over Jake Higgs (Iqaluit, NU). Knapp went on to lose 9-7 against Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS). Knapp lost 9-3 to Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) where Knapp responded with a 6-5 win over Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT). Knapp won 5-4 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Knapp earned 14.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Knapp move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 5.534 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 25th overall with 131.375 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Knapp ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 131.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	37	15	0	0.712	5-2	2-2	4-0	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	366	305	225	8.33	6.15	2.19	4.95	3.88	1.69	1.58	1.17

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	165	204	45	18	8-0	15-3	33-5	1.24	0.27	0.38	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	201	101	180	25	0-5	8-15	17-26	0.50	0.90	0.57	0.34

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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