Grattan Reaches Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen Quarters

SKIP
James
Grattan

Third
Joel
Krats

Second
Paul
Dobson

Lead
Andy
McCann

James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) qualified for the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON).

Grattan finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grattan defeated Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) 8-4, then went on to lose 7-5 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). Grattan responded with a 5-3 win over Emerson Klimpke (Winnipeg, MB). Grattan went on to lose 6-0 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). Grattan responded with a 8-2 win over Jacques in their final qualifying round match.

Grattan earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 58th place overall with 59.684 total points. Grattan ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	17	0	0.646	1-2	0-5	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	355	282	247	7.94	6.96	0.99	4.65	4.42	1.71	1.57	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	175	204	80	9	8-3	14-3	38-10	1.17	0.46	0.36	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	180	78	167	24	1-6	6-7	11-28	0.43	0.93	0.61	0.28

2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, 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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