Brendan Bottcher
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Brendan Bottcher nicknamed "The Bottcher Express", is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 curler
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 from Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

. He has had several successes during his junior career; the most notable being the 2010 Alberta Junior men's champion. He was also the 2007 Alberta Juvenile Runner Up.

Team

Brendan currently skips his own team out of the Saville Sports Centre
Saville Sports Centre
The Saville Sports Centre is a sports facility run by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Recreation, where it is located in Edmonton, Alberta. It features a curling rink, tennis courts and a gymnasium....

 in Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

, consisting of third Brad Thiessen, second Landon Bucholz, and lead Bryce Bucholz. They are led by their coach Bernie Panich. They had numerous successes in their 2009-2010 season winning 4 junior bonspiels as well as being a runner-up in another. In the Saville Men's Super-League, they posted a .500 record. In a few exhibition games throughout the season, they played Olympic caliber teams such as Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin (curler)
Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

 and Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal....

just prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. They also won the Alberta Junior Provincials beating their seasonal rival Curtis Bale 6-4 in the final. At Junior Nationals in Sorel-Tracy they had mixed success going 6-6. At the 2011 Alberta Junior Provincials they lost the semi-final to Scott Smith of Calgary. At the end of the 2011 season, third Brad Thiessen aged out of junior competition. Brendan and the team added long time Alberta Junior competitor Evan Asmussen to the lineup prior to the 2011/2012 season.

Accomplishments

  • 2006 Alberta Winter Games Participant
  • 2007 Alberta Juvenile Runner Up
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Alberta Junior Provincials Participant
  • 2010 Alberta Junior Provincials Champion
  • 2011 CIS Nationals Semifinalist
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