Kaatz1-4 at 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West

SKIP
Rachel
Kaatz

Third
Laura
Burtnyk

Second
Emily
Deschenes

Lead
Sarah
Pyke

Rachel Kaatz (Winnipeg, MB) finished 1-4 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaatz lost 9-3 to Holly Hafeli (Kamloops, BC), then responded with a 7-0 win over Sherry Just (Saskatoon, SK). Kaatz went on to lose 8-6 against Jessica Wytrychowski (Edmonton, AB). Kaatz lost 6-5 to Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB). Kaatz lost 8-2 to Emily Bowles (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Kaatz earned 0.938 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 37 of the event schedule, Kaatz did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 46th place on the World Ranking Standings with 64.688 total points. Kaatz ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 64.688 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	31	0	0.569	4-4	7-3	3-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	510	411	379	8.06	7.43	0.63	4.88	4.51	1.65	1.65	0.61

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	239	291	92	10	8-2	17-6	62-14	1.22	0.38	0.38	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	271	120	287	21	2-6	6-15	22-66	0.44	1.06	0.49	0.30

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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