Bottcher and Peterman earn bye through to Sunday's Provincial Final

Brendan Bottcher and his Edmonton based rink playing out of the Saville Sports Centre knew that if he could grab just one more round-robin win, he would secure him self a bye straight through to Sunday's final. In draw 6, Bottcher had his toughest game where his early duece proved to be enough where teams otherwise traded singles in a game against Dylan Webster. Bottcher's record remains undefeated at 6-0 and no other team will be able to match him since the closest team already has a three-loss record. In fact, there are five teams with 3-3 records heading into the final round-robin draw, all tied for second place.


Jordan Steinke kept his playoff hopes realistic by obtaining a 10-5 win over Sexsmith's Brett Vavrek friday evening. Elsewhere, Scott Smith of Calgary beat Kyler Kleibrink 7-4 and Dylan Gousseau clipped Shane Parcels 10-5 leaving Parcels with slim tiebreaker hopes. For Parcels to make a tiebreaker, he must win his final round-robin game and require Bottcher and Kleibrink to pick up wins which would then create a 4-way tie for the third and final playoff spot. In other games, Webster and Steinke control their own destiny as they match off Saturday morning. The winner guarantees themselves at least a tiebreaker, pending other results.


Jocelyn Peterman proved to the crowd that her experience is enough to earn her a bye straight through to Sunday's provincial final as well. On Friday, Peterman picked up wins against both Brittany Whittemore and Keely Brown to improve her record to 5-1. Also, in Friday evenings draw, both Athena Sturmay and Megan Orr made their playoff hopes realistic as Sturmay defeated Brittany Whittemore 11-6 and Orr defeated Courtney Missikewitz 10-4 to create a log-jam of teams tied for the final playoff position. All tied teams tied for the third playoff spot with 3-3 records play each other Saturday morning and a win will secure at themselves at least a tiebreaker.


The other game Friday evening saw Kellie Henricks of Grande Prarie pick up her first win against Peace rival Stephanie Powell, eliminating Powell from the playoff picture. The final round-robin draw goes Saturday morning at 9:00am where in both fields, a 4-3 record will guarantee at least a tiebreaker.