Epping Reaches 2015 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau Quarters

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Tim
March

John Epping (Toronto, ON) qualified for the 2015 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO). of the 2015 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

Epping finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Mathieu Beaufort (Sorel-Tracy, QC) 4-2, then went on to lose 8-2 against Ontario's Mark Bice. Epping responded with a 6-3 win over De Jia Zou (Harbin, CHN). Epping won 6-0 against Shawn Adams (Halifax, NS), then won 5-4 against Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS). Epping went on to lose 4-2 against Mouat. Epping responded with a 5-2 win over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 25.045 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau, remaining in 9th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 310.628 total points. Epping ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 66.828 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

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

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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