Bottcher Reaches 2018 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic Quarters

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2018 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-4 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Morris, MB).

Bottcher finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) 6-5, then won 7-6 against Matthew Blandford (Victoria, BC) and 8-0 against Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC). Bottcher won 7-1 against Gunnlaugson, then won 8-2 against Matt Tolley (Penticton, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 24.422 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with 396.644 total points. Bottcher ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 226.785 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

2024: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Edmonton, AB
2023: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2021: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Glen Muirhead
Glen Muirhead, Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2017: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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