Esbjoernsson3-8 at 2017 Swedish Eliteserien

SKIP
Olof
Esbjoernsson

Third
Johan
Nilemar

Second
Axel
Oesterlund

Lead
Henrik
Ekblad

Olof Esbjoernsson (Sundbyberg, SWE) finished 3-8 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Esbjoernsson defeated David Nylund (Sundbyberg, SWE) 12-2, then went on to lose 8-3 against Fredrik Julius (Sundbyberg, SWE). Esbjoernsson lost 9-6 to Fredrik Carlsen (Goteborg, SWE). Esbjoernsson lost 6-5 to Peter Tedenback (Stocksund, SWE). Esbjoernsson lost 8-2 to Jon Melin (Skelleftea, SWE). Esbjoernsson lost 9-4 to Carlsen. Esbjoernsson lost 7-4 to Goran Carlsson (Linkoping, SWE) where Esbjoernsson responded with a 7-3 win over Spektrakon (Ornskoldsvik, SWE). Esbjoernsson went on to lose 6-5 against Tony Poelder (Jonkoping, SWE). Esbjoernsson lost 10-4 to Gustav Eskilsson (Skellefteï¿½, SWE) where Esbjoernsson responded with a 5-4 win over Mats Nyberg (Stocksund, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Esbjoernsson earned 2.244 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 62 spots the World Ranking Standings into 414th place overall with 4.000 total points. Esbjoernsson ranks 386th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.244 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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