Fellmann/Kovalchuk Runner-Up at GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno

Aline Fellmann/Chris Kovalchuk (Montreal, QC) lost 9-1 to Erica Hopson/Kevin Tippett (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno, held January 12 - 14 at the Mont Bruno Curling Club in , Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Fellmann/Kovalchuk won 9-7 over Megan Lafrance/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) in the semifinals of the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno in , Quebec; and won 9-6 over Amelie Maheux/David Maheux (St-Bruno, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno in , Quebec;

Fellmann/Kovalchuk finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fellmann/Kovalchuk defeated Josee Tremblay/Pierre Tremblay (Montreal, QC) 9-2, then won 8-6 against Veronique Bouchard/Jean-Francois Charest (Chicoutimi, QC) and 8-5 against Olivia Wynter/Cameron Sallaj (Moncton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno, Fellmann/Kovalchuk take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN prize, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 21.706 total points. Fellmann/Kovalchuk ranks 91st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.440 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	12	0	0.455	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
2024	146	123	141	8.42	9.66	-1.23	4.66	5.27	1.81	1.83	0.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	71	77	48	1	4-0	6-5	11-7	1.08	0.68	0.30	0.44

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	75	46	93	0	2-7	3-6	5-13	0.61	1.24	0.43	0.39

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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