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Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher picks up first victory at Brier

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WATCH ABOVE: On Feb. 27, 2017, Quinn Phillips filed this report about Alberta having two representatives at the Brier this winter. One of those two skips is making his first trip to the national curling championship – Feb 27, 2017

Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher has his first victory at the Tim Hortons Brier.

He defeated New Brunswick’s Mike Kennedy 7-2 on Monday afternoon at Mile One Centre.

Like Kennedy, Bottcher and his Edmonton-based teammates are 1-3 after six draws of round-robin play.

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Manitoba’s Mike McEwen and Canada’s Kevin Koe are the only unbeaten rinks at 3-0.

Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs defeated Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories 9-5, Quebec’s Jean-Michel Menard beat Saskatchewan’s Adam Casey 8-3 and B.C.’s John Morris edged Nova Scotia’s Jamie Murphy 4-3.

Round-robin play continues through Friday morning. The medal games are scheduled for Sunday.

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