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Hometown: Edmonton, AB

Twitter: @TeamBottcher

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Team Bio

Brendan Bottcher had a prolific junior career capturing the Canadian junior and world junior titles in 2012.

Along with Mick Lizmore, Bradley Thiessen, and Karrick Martin, Bottcher skipped the University of Alberta Golden Bears to the 2012 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championship. The team also represented Canada at the 2013 Winter Universiade and Bottcher was the nation’s flag bearer for the opening ceremonies in Trentino, Italy. Although Bottcher lost to Great Britain’s Kyle Smith in the semifinals, he defeated Norway’s Markus Høiberg 6-5 in an extra end during the bronze-medal match to finish on the podium.

Darren Moulding joined the club at third midway through 2016-17. Bottcher captured his first provincial title that season topping Ted Appelman 6-5 in the final.

Martin is the son of curling legend Kevin Martin, the 2010 Olympic gold medallist and winner of a record 18 Grand Slam titles.

Team Bottcher had a spectacular 2018-19 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season. Although they only competed in four of the seven events, they played in all four finals winning three championships. Bottcher captured his first Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling title at the Meridian Canadian Open in January 2019 finishing with an undefeated 6-0 record. The team made it back-to-back winning the Players’ Championship and closed out the season claiming their third in a row at the Humpty’s Champions Cup.

2019-20 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling results

Masters

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	McEwen	W 11-4
Round Robin	Dunstone	L 2-7
Round Robin	Edin	W 4-3
Round Robin	Gushue	W 5-3
Quarterfinals	Gushue	L 2-6

KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge (Tier 1)

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Dunstone	W 7-5
Round Robin	Jacobs	W 9-4
Round Robin	Schwaller	W 9-6
Round Robin	Gunnlaugson	W 6-5
Quarterfinals	McEwen	W 6-2
Semifinals	Jacobs	L 3-7

2018-19 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling results

Tour Challenge (Tier 1)

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Jacobs	L 4-5
Round Robin	Howard	W 5-4
Round Robin	Koe	W 8-1
Round Robin	Calvert	W 7-4
Quarterfinals	Ruohonen	W 5-1
Semifinals	Howard	W 5-2
Final	Jacobs	L 5-6

Meridian Canadian Open

Stage	Opponent	Result
Triple Knockout A	Carruthers	W 8-4
Triple Knockout A	Dunstone	W 6-3
Triple Knockout A	De Cruz	W 9-5
Quarterfinals	Jacobs	W 5-2
Semifinals	Gushue	W 6-5
Final	Epping	W 6-3

Players’ Championship

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	De Cruz	W 6-5
Round Robin	Jacobs	L 4-7
Round Robin	Gushue	L 3-8
Round Robin	Dunstone	W 7-6
Round Robin	Epping	W 7-1
Quarterfinals	Edin	W 7-5
Semifinals	Paterson	W 7-4
Final	Koe	W 6-1

Humpty’s Champions Cup

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Dunstone	W 9-8
Round Robin	Tardi	W 6-5
Round Robin	Mouat	W 9-5
Round Robin	Carruthers	W 7-2
Quarterfinals	Jacobs	W 4-1
Semifinals	Mouat	W 7-2
Final	Koe	W 6-5