Gunnlaugson5-6 at 2020 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Jason
Gunnlaugson

Third
Alex
Forrest

Second
Adam
Casey

Lead
Connor
Njegovan

Jason Gunnlaugson (Morris, MB) finished 5-6 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gunnlaugson lost 8-4 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL), then responded with a 10-8 win over Alek Bedard (Lacolle, QC). Gunnlaugson won 6-5 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, NONT). Gunnlaugson went on to lose 7-6 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Gunnlaugson responded with a 9-8 win over Bryan Cochrane (Cornwall, PEI). Gunnlaugson won 11-5 against Jake Higgs (Iqaluit, NU), then won 9-7 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS). Gunnlaugson went on to lose 9-5 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Gunnlaugson lost 5-4 to Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Gunnlaugson lost 9-8 to Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Gunnlaugson lost 7-3 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

Gunnlaugson earned 21.482 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Gunnlaugson gained 6.857 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 12thplace overall with 236.889 total points. Gunnlaugson ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 236.889 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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