Bottcher Reaches 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Tom
Appelman

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.41
PA/G:	5.56
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.74
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2014 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Bottcher finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher lost 5-4 to Danny Sherrard (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 8-4 win over Mick Lizmore (Edmonton, AB). Bottcher won 6-4 against Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK), then won 6-1 against Sherrard. Bottcher went on to lose 6-2 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). Bottcher responded with a 5-2 win over Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB). Bottcher won 6-2 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 5.115 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, remaining in 25th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 54.269 total points. Bottcher ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 20.640 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

2025: Evan Van Amsterdam
Evan Van Amsterdam, Jason Ginter, Sterling Middleton, Parker Konschuh, Darren Moulding
Edmonton, AB
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang , Yi Lei
Harbin, CHN
2016: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB

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