Birr Reaches 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Semifinals

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
John
Benton

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) run at the 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-2 loss to Adam Casey (Regina, SK). of the 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; Birr advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-3 win over Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN). of the 2017 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Birr finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) 7-6, then won 6-4 against Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, WA). Birr went on to lose 6-1 against Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). Birr responded with a 7-5 win over Andrew Stopera (Chicago, IL). Birr won 6-3 against Kroy Nernberger (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 17.765 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 143.837 total points. Birr ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.433 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

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Luc Violette
Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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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