Bottcher Runner-Up at 2019 Tim Hortons Brier

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) lost 4-3 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 5-4 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba;

Bottcher finished 8-3 in the 16 team Tim Hortons Brier qualifying round, held March 2 - 10, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Bottcher lost 10-2 to Jacobs, then responded with a 14-4 win over John Likely (Charlottetown, PEI). Bottcher won 9-8 against Mike McEwen (West St. Paul, MB), then won 10-5 against Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) and 10-3 against Jon Solberg (Whitehorse, YK). Bottcher won 10-4 against Martin Crete (Levis, QC), then won 8-2 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK). Bottcher went on to lose 7-6 against Koe. Bottcher responded with a 8-3 win over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Bottcher won 6-4 against Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON). Bottcher went on to lose 8-5 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tim Hortons Brier, Bottcher take home 55.019 world rankings points. Bottcher move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 38.731 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with 372.427 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 372.427 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	11	4	0	0.733	7-1	4-3	2-2	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	134	111	72	8.28	5.37	2.91	4.40	3.66	1.88	1.47	1.94

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	69	86	14	17	5-0	4-1	19-2	1.25	0.20	0.54	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	65	25	58	9	1-0	2-5	1-9	0.38	0.89	0.64	0.26

Rookie skips Alek Bedard (Quebec)(Photo by Anil Mungal) and Jake Higgs (Nunavut) enjoying first-time out at the Brier.

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