Bottcher Reaches 2022 Tim Hortons Brier Semifinals

Edmonton, Canada

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Patrick
Janssen

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	12
Record:	9W - 3L
PF/G:	7.05
PA/G:	5.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, CAN) run at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-3 loss to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). of the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier in Lethbridge, Alberta;

Bottcher finished 7-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) 5-4, then won 6-4 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) and 11-4 against Tyler Smith (Crapaud, PEI). Bottcher won 8-6 against Colton Flasch (Saskatoon, SK), then won 10-4 against Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) and 8-7 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Bottcher went on to lose 5-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Bottcher responded with a 6-3 win over Nathan Young (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 53.416 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Tim Hortons Brier, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with 201.748 total points. Bottcher ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 201.748 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	42	24	0	0.636	11-6	9-7	7-5	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	519	391	306	7.53	5.90	1.64	4.47	3.78	1.69	1.56	1.75

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	247	310	41	40	7-0	20-3	66-5	1.26	0.17	0.45	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	272	81	265	51	2-4	5-14	10-58	0.30	0.97	0.54	0.20

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