Messing Reaches 2019 Blazing Leaves Semifinals

SKIP
Gert
Messing

Third
Dennis
Mellerup

Second
Gregory
Poole-Dayan

Lead
Dannie
Stetsky

Gert Messing (Schenectady, NY) run at the 2019 Blazing Leaves came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Stephen Imes (Columbus, OH). of the 2019 Blazing Leaves in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States; Messing advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-1 win over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). of the 2019 Blazing Leaves in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States;

Messing finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Messing lost 7-3 to Imes, then responded with a 8-2 win over Patrick Coburn (Plainfield, NJ). Messing won 12-2 against Cedar Kennedy (Laurel, MD) in their final qualifying round match.

Messing earned 5.580 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Blazing Leaves, moving up 233 spots the World Ranking Standings into 282nd place overall with 5.805 total points. Messing ranks 180th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.580 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

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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