Walter1-2 at 2017 Estevan Power Dodge Curling Classic

Estevan, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Mark
Walter

Third
Garry
Kreutzer

Second
Allan
Walter

Lead
Dave
Wetsch

Games:	3
Record:	1W - 2L
PF/G:	6.19
PA/G:	9.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.14
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Mark Walter (Estevan, SK) finished 1-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walter defeated Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK) 8-5, then went on to lose 9-2 against Scott Bitz (Saskatoon, SK). Walter lost 5-3 to Jason Ackerman (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Walter earned 0.301 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 338th place overall with 4.99 total points. Walter ranks 378th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.301 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

2016: Randy Bryden
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Josh Heidt
Kerrobert, SK
2014: Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK
2013: Rui Liu
Harbin, CHN

Bottcher Out!

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong, Hardline Curling) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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