Mikkelsen Reaches Performance Kia Charity Open Quarters

SKIP
Ben
Mikkelsen

Third
Greg
Doran

Second
Mark
Blanchard

Lead
Devin
Doran

Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NONT) qualified for the Performance Kia Charity Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB). of the Performance Kia Charity Open in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;

Mikkelsen finished 3-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mikkelsen lost 5-3 to Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT), then responded with a 6-5 win over Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen won 10-3 against Ben Grant (Thunder Bay , NONT), then won 4-3 against Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

Mikkelsen earned 1.125 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Performance Kia Charity Open, moving up 267 spots the World Ranking Standings into 416th place overall with 1.125 total points. Mikkelsen ranks 345th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	11	11	0	0.500	3-0	3-8	0-4	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	161	111	101	6.89	6.27	0.62	4.29	3.91	1.61	1.60	1.80

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	65	66	23	7	2-0	6-0	9-4	1.02	0.35	0.29	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	96	45	78	22	1-2	3-5	6-16	0.47	0.81	0.48	0.31

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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