Simmons6-5 at 2016 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Pat
Simmons

Third
John
Morris

Second
Carter
Rycroft

Lead
Nolan
Thiessen

Pat Simmons (Calgary, CAN) finished 6-5 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Simmons defeated Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) 7-2, then won 5-4 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) and 6-3 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT). Simmons went on to lose 6-4 against Adam Casey (Summerside, PEI). Simmons lost 10-6 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) where Simmons responded with a 8-4 win over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Simmons went on to lose 6-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Simmons lost 7-3 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) where Simmons responded with a 6-4 win over Mike Kennedy (Moncton, NB). Simmons went on to lose 8-3 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Simmons responded with a 9-8 win over Glenn Howard (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Simmons earned 19.003 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Simmons move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 17.751 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with 388.558 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Simmons ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 172.558 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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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