Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher qualified for the Boston Pizza Cup playoffs with a 7-3 win in nine ends over Jamie King of St. Albert Friday night in Wainwright, Alta.
Bottcher opened the B-final blanking the first before scoring a single in the second and stealing a point in three for a 2-0 lead. King took one in the fourth and Bottcher added a deuce in five to go up 4-1.
King was held to another single point in six and Bottcher scored two again in the seventh to make it 6-2. The rinks traded singles through eight and nine.
Bottcher is off to the page playoff A-vs-B game and faces Calgary’s Kevin Koe.
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King drops to the C-bracket finals and plays Mick Lizmore, who earned a 7-1 win over Daylan Vavrek.
Aaron Sluchinski knocked out Brock Virtue with a 9-1 rout to make the other C-final game where he takes on Matthew Blandford, who eliminated Tom Sallows 8-5.
