Bottcher Reaches 2023 Tim Hortons Brier Semifinals

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) run at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5 loss to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario;

Bottcher finished 7-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Tyler Smith (Charlottetown , PEI) 8-2, then won 10-3 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) and 8-4 against Mike McEwen (Toronto, ON). Bottcher won 9-3 against Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC), then won 8-7 against Scott Jones (Moncton, NB). Bottcher went on to lose 6-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Bottcher responded with a 10-6 win over Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK). Bottcher won 8-7 against Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 42.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Tim Hortons Brier. Bottcher gained -6.522 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 4thplace overall with 315.750 total points. Bottcher ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 315.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	52	18	0	0.743	18-5	9-5	8-2	1-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	546	424	290	7.77	5.31	2.45	4.52	3.63	1.72	1.46	1.85

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	285	328	48	63	10-0	19-1	72-9	1.15	0.17	0.46	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	261	96	242	38	3-4	4-7	16-54	0.37	0.93	0.60	0.24

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