Bottcher Reaches 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	7.11
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). of the 2022 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Olds, Alberta;

Bottcher finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Korey Dropkin (Chaska, MN) 5-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against Soo-Hyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Bottcher lost 6-4 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) where Bottcher responded with a 7-6 win over Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). Bottcher won 8-3 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 29.741 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 19.053 after improving upon their best so far this season. Bottcher ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 288.696 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	42	24	0	0.636	11-6	9-7	7-5	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	519	391	306	7.53	5.90	1.64	4.47	3.78	1.69	1.56	1.75

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	247	310	41	40	7-0	20-3	66-5	1.26	0.17	0.45	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	272	81	265	51	2-4	5-14	10-58	0.30	0.97	0.54	0.20

2022: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2017: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB

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