Walter Reaches SGI Canada Best of the West Quarters

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Brett
Walter

Third
JT
Ryan

Second
Graham
McFarlane

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Hugh
McFarlane

Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the SGI Canada Best of the West playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Jared Kolomaya (Richmond, BC). of the SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Walter finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walter defeated Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) 7-5, then went on to lose 6-1 against Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB). Walter responded with a 7-6 win over Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK). Walter won 7-4 against Cole Adams (Calgary, AB). Walter went on to lose 7-4 against Kolomaya in their final qualifying round match.

Walter earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the SGI Canada Best of the West. Walter move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 7.125 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 70th overall with 44.688 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walter ranks 70th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.688 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	22	15	0	0.595	4-1	1-1	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	245	196	151	8.00	6.16	1.84	4.61	3.96	1.73	1.56	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	125	140	37	22	6-1	5-1	34-5	1.12	0.30	0.44	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	120	56	114	13	1-1	3-9	10-22	0.47	0.95	0.54	0.31

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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