Hoiberg Reaches 2015 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

SKIP
Markus
Hoiberg

Third
Steffen
Walstad

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Alexander
Lindstroem

Markus Hoiberg (Oppdal, NOR) qualified for the 2015 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-0 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). of the 2015 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Hoiberg finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hoiberg defeated Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR) 7-6, then went on to lose 5-3 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Hoiberg responded with a 5-2 win over Jeff Erickson (Red Deer, AB). Hoiberg went on to lose 7-4 against Mick Lizmore (Edmonton, AB). Hoiberg responded with a 6-2 win over Jessi Wilkinson (Edmonton, AB). Hoiberg won 7-6 against Bruce Korte (Saskatoon, SK), then won 6-4 against Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Hoiberg earned 20.719 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 32nd place overall with 78.104 total points. Hoiberg ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.981 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

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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