CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2020 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.85
PA/G:	5.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won 7-6 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup, held February 5 - 9, 2020 in Westlock, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 8-5 over Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2020 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup in Westlock, Alberta;

Bottcher finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Jacob Libbus (Edmonton, AB) 10-5, then won 9-2 against Scott Webb (Peace River, AB) and 10-7 against James Pahl (Edmonton, AB). Bottcher won 9-1 against Kevin Park (Strathmore, AB). Bottcher went on to lose 8-6 against Appelman in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup Championship title, Bottcher earned 26.250 world rankings points. Bottcher gained -27.681 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 7thplace overall with 297.973 total points. Bottcher ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 297.973 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

2023: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2022: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert , John Dunn
Calgary, AB
2020: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Flasch, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2016: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen, Blake MacDonald
Calgary, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Mark Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Mark Kennedy, Ben Hebert
, AB

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