Sturmay Reaches 2021 ATB Okotoks Classic Quarters

SKIP
Karsten
Sturmay

Third
Tristan
Steinke

Second
Chris
Kennedy

Lead
Glenn
Venance

Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2021 ATB Okotoks Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-3 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). of the 2021 ATB Okotoks Classic in , Alberta, Canada;

Sturmay finished 4-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sturmay defeated Ryan Parent (Edmonton, AB) 7-5, then went on to lose 6-5 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). Sturmay responded with a 8-3 win over Bert Martin (Calgary, AB). Sturmay won 6-3 against Nathan Molberg (St. Albert, AB) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 8-5 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a 9-4 win over SooHyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Sturmay earned 17.558 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ATB Okotoks Classic, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 25th place overall with 86.080 total points. Sturmay ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.082 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: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2022: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2021: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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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