Dropkin Reaches 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown Semifinals

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) run at the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI). of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; Dropkin advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-4 win over Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK). of the 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Dropkin finished 4-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin lost 7-4 to Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC), then responded with a 8-0 win over Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT). Dropkin went on to lose 9-5 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). Dropkin responded with a 8-2 win over Bonot. Dropkin won 5-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB), then won 6-3 against Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Dropkin earned 25.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown. Dropkin move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 21.75 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with 211.391 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Dropkin ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 123.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	31	0	0.516	13-4	4-6	1-2	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	476	361	311	7.58	6.53	1.05	4.52	3.95	1.68	1.65	1.53

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	241	257	56	44	3-0	13-5	64-6	1.07	0.23	0.41	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	235	104	255	29	2-6	12-18	15-51	0.44	1.09	0.49	0.25

2023: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat
Geneve, SUI
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
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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