Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) finished 4-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated
Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) 8-2, then went on to lose
6-5 against
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB). Bottcher responded with a
6-4 win over
Michael Brunner (Gstaad, SUI). Bottcher went on to lose
7-3 against
Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB). Bottcher responded with a
8-4 win over
Jeff Hartung (Langenberg, SK). Bottcher won
5-3 against
Jason Ackerman (Regina, SK). Bottcher went on to lose
8-3 against
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
Bottcher earned
5.746 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 2 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with
325.856 total points. Bottcher ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
110.435 points earned so far this season.
