Bottcher Reaches Boost National Quarters

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.50
PA/G:	6.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.00

Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) qualified for the Boost National playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). of the Boost National in North Bay, Ontario;

Bottcher finished 3-1 in the 16 team Boost National qualifying round, held October 4 - 9 in , . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Mike McEwen (Toronto, ON) 5-4, then won 6-5 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Bottcher went on to lose 5-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Bottcher responded with a 7-4 win over Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 30.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Boost National. Bottcher move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -19.272 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with 350.111 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 103.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	30	11	0	0.732	9-2	5-3	5-0	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	306	236	167	7.71	5.46	2.25	4.44	3.59	1.74	1.52	1.96

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	162	177	32	39	5-0	8-1	43-7	1.09	0.20	0.46	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	144	59	135	21	2-2	3-6	10-29	0.41	0.94	0.57	0.25

2021: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2018: Ross Paterson
Ross Paterson, Kyle Waddell, Duncan Menzies, Michael Goodfellow
Glasgow, SCO
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2013: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey, Maxime Elmaleh
Toronto, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner, Phil Loevenmark, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
2004: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell
Coldwater, ON
2003: Pierre Charette
Martin Ferland, Pierre Charette, Michel Ferland, Marco Berthelot
Buckingham, QC
2002: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell
Coldwater, ON

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