Bottcher Reaches 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic Semifinals

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	12.78
PA/G:	7.78
Hammer Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) run at the 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 10-4 loss to Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON). of the 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; Bottcher advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-3 win over Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC). of the 2023 Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;

Bottcher finished 4-1 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Sebastien Robillard (Langley, BC) 9-2, then won 8-0 against Chris Jones (Penticton, BC) and 6-1 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). Bottcher went on to lose 10-5 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). Bottcher responded with a 7-2 win over Jared Kolomaya (Richmond, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 25.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -19.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Bottcher ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 254.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	53	21	0	0.716	11-4	9-1	3-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	547	445	294	8.14	5.37	2.76	4.64	3.64	1.75	1.48	1.72

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	260	332	34	51	15-0	19-1	61-3	1.28	0.13	0.45	0.11

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	287	113	260	43	4-3	4-16	17-48	0.39	0.91	0.61	0.26

2023: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2021: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Glen Muirhead
Glen Muirhead, Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2017: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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