Koe Runner-Up at 2011 Canad Inns Prairie Classic

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Pat
Simmons

Second
Chris
Schille

Lead
Nolan
Thiessen

Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) lost 5-3 to Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Prairie Classic, held October 21 - 24, 2011 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 6-5 over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2011 Canad Inns Prairie Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won 7-2 over Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Canad Inns Prairie Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;

Koe finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Chris Galbraith (Winnipeg, MB) 7-5, then went on to lose 9-2 against Randy Dutiaume (Winnipeg, MB). Koe responded with a 6-1 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON). Koe won 8-4 against Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB), then won 6-0 against Mike Assad (Thunder Bay, ON). Koe went on to lose 6-4 against Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON). Koe responded with a 7-2 win over Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Prairie Classic, Koe take home 25.000 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize, remaining in 5th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 203.515 total points. Koe ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.600 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

2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson, Craig Savill
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Glenn Howard
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Coldwater, ON
2007: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Brad Heidt
Brad Heidt, Joel Jordison, Brent Gedak, Mitch Heidt
Kerrobert, SK

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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