CHAMPION: van Amsterdam Wins 2020 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championship

SKIP
Evan
van Amsterdam

Third
Tyler
van Amsterdam

Second
Braden
Pelech

Lead
Cody
Holowaychuk

Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) won 10-9 over Zack Shurtleff (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championship, held March 11 - 15, 2020 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, van Amsterdam won 9-7 over Nicolas Oake (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2020 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championship in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba;

van Amsterdam finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, van Amsterdam defeated Jacob Reid (Sault Ste Marie, ON) 10-3, then went on to lose 7-5 against Shurtleff. van Amsterdam responded with a 8-3 win over Oake. van Amsterdam went on to lose 10-2 against Charlie Richard (London, ON). van Amsterdam responded with a 10-3 win over Kurtwood McGuire (Thunder Bay, ON). van Amsterdam won 13-9 against Andrew Manson (Calgary, AB), then won 8-6 against Carter Babij (Vermillion, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Championship title, van Amsterdam earned 16.031 world rankings points. For week 34 of the event schedule, van Amsterdam did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. van Amsterdam ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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