Arbuckle/Macdonell Reaches Manitoba Dynasty Mixed Doubles Provincials Quarters

Mackenzie Arbuckle/Aaron Macdonell (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the Manitoba Dynasty Mixed Doubles Provincials playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 11-6 against Darcy Robertson/James Kirkness (Winnipeg, MB).

Arbuckle/Macdonell finished 3-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Arbuckle/Macdonell defeated Rhea Teranishi/Mike Siwicki (Winnipeg, MB) 7-6, then won 8-2 against Julia Millan/Cyrus Brandt (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the A-Qualifier where they 7-2 against Randine Baker/Tanner Lott (Selkirk, MB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Arbuckle/Macdonell earned 1.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Manitoba Dynasty Mixed Doubles Provincials. For week 30 of the event schedule, Arbuckle/Macdonell did not improve upon their best events, improving from 810th to 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 8.812 total points. Arbuckle/Macdonell ranks 138th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.812 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	4	6	0	0.400	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	66	46	64	6.97	9.70	-2.73	4.55	5.45	1.53	1.78	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	34	31	19	0	0-0	3-1	4-4	0.91	0.56	0.21	0.38

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	32	15	45	0	0-2	3-4	0-8	0.47	1.41	0.39	0.28

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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