Baker Reaches Thistle Integrity Stakes Quarters

SKIP
Ray
Baker

Third
Wes
Jonasson

Second
Justin
Reischek

Lead
Sheldon
Oshanyk

Ray Baker (Dauphin, MB) qualified for the Thistle Integrity Stakes playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-5 against Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). of the Thistle Integrity Stakes in Winnipeg, Manitoba;

Baker finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Baker lost 8-4 to William Kuran (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 5-4 win over Jordan Smith (Winnipeg, MB). Baker won 7-3 against Kevin Brown (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-5 against Bob Sigurdson (Winnipeg, MB) and 5-4 against Dean Zammit (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Baker earned 1.350 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Thistle Integrity Stakes, moving up 25 spots the World Ranking Standings into 190th place overall with 4.106 total points. Baker ranks 113th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.750 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

2022: Corey Chambers
Corey Chambers, Daley Peters, Julien Leduc, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Andrew Hunt
Andrew Hunt, Dillon Bednarek, Mitch Einarson, Bryan Galbraith
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Trevor Loreth
Brad Haight, Trevor Loreth, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Randy Neufeld
Randy Neufeld, Corey Anderson, Rick Cramer, Scott Podolski
, MB
2005: Peter Nicholls
Peter Nicholls, Dean Dunstone, Travis Graham, Wayne Sigurdson
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Dennis Bohn
David Bohn, Dennis Bohn, Bryan Galbraith, Cory Wolchuk
Winnipeg, MB

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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