Cotter/Cotter Reaches Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic Semifinals

Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) run at the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-1 loss to Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). of the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada; Cotter/Cotter advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-2 win over Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS). of the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada;

Cotter/Cotter finished 4-1 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cotter/Cotter lost 8-5 to Jessica Wytrychowski/Michael Dumont (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 9-7 win over Mikaylah Lyburn/William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB). Cotter/Cotter won 7-6 against Brittany Tran/Bradley Thiessen (Airdrie, AB), then won 8-3 against Kirsten Krell/Richard Krell (Canmore, AB) and 8-5 against Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Cotter/Cotter earned 17.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15.124 after improving upon their best so far this season. Cotter/Cotter ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 83.626 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	17	0	0.660	3-0	1-2	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	352	332	274	9.43	7.78	1.65	5.28	4.72	1.78	1.65	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	174	218	82	0	12-1	15-4	33-12	1.25	0.47	0.34	0.34

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	178	114	192	0	2-9	9-15	19-26	0.64	1.08	0.53	0.40

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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