His successes during that season qualified the team for the 2009 Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials, where he lost in the C-qualifier semi-final to Bob Ursel.

Coming from a very competitive province, Appelman has never made to the Brier, but he lost in the semi-final at the 2010 Boston Pizza Cup (Alberta's provincial championship) in an attempt to do so.

His top Grand Slam event was the 2009 Players' Championships where his team lost in the quarterfinals.

In 2011–2012, he joined forces with Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin and Brendan Melnyk.

After a successful World Curling Tour season, the team failed to qualify for Northern Alberta Regionals, losing in the Edmonton Zones to Kevin Park.