Bottcher Reaches 2018 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.76
PA/G:	6.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

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 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic qualifying round, held November 23 - 26, 2018 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. 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, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings 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
2019	5	1	0	0.833	3-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	34	40	21	11.76	6.18	5.59	5.00	4.41	2.35	1.40	0.59

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	17	30	4	0	1-0	3-0	8-0	1.76	0.24	0.71	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	17	10	17	2	1-0	1-2	1-2	0.59	1.00	0.64	0.24

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