Calvert Reaches MCT Challenge Semifinals

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Corey
Chambers

Second
Kyle
Kurz

Lead
Brendan
Bilawka

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) run at the MCT Challenge came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-2 loss to Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB).

Calvert finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert defeated Richard Muntain (Winnipeg, MB) 6-3, then won 6-2 against Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) and 6-0 against Devon Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Calvert earned 3.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the MCT Challenge, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 50th place overall with 77.782 total points. Calvert ranks 68th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	35	17	0	0.673	3-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	330	275	207	8.33	6.27	2.06	4.91	3.85	1.70	1.63	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	169	206	38	24	6-0	16-1	39-7	1.22	0.22	0.42	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	161	69	169	17	1-5	2-11	16-32	0.43	1.05	0.51	0.29

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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