CHAMPION: Larouche Wins 2012 Mac Ice Classic

SKIP
Marie-France
Larouche

Third
Brenda
Nicholls

Second
Veronique
Gregoire

Lead
Amelie
Blais

Marie-France Larouche (Levis, PQ) won 8-5 over Lauren Horton (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Mac Ice Classic, held October 3 - 8, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Larouche won 11-4 over Laura Payne (Ottawa, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2012 Mac Ice Classic in Ottawa, Ontario; of the 2012 Mac Ice Classic in Ottawa, Ontario;

Larouche finished 4-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Larouche defeated Rhonda Varnes (Ottawa, ON) 7-4, then won 9-1 against Allison Ross (Montreal, PQ) and 9-5 against Katie Morrissey (Ottawa, ON). Larouche won 7-6 against Jaimee Gardner (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mac Ice Classic Championship title, Larouche earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 8 of the event schedule, Larouche did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 39th to 40th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 28.085 total points. Larouche ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.985 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2017: Nathan Martin
Nathan Martin, Nick Moffatt, Carter Adair, Dave Langford
Oshawa, ON
2016: John Steski
Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON
2013: Allison Ross
Allison Ross, Melissa Gannon, Brittany O'Rourke, Pamela Nugent
Montreal, QC
2012: Marie-France Larouche
Marie-France Larouche, Brenda Nicholls, Veronique Gregoire, Amelie Blais
Levis, QC
2011: Jenn Hanna
Jenn Hanna, Pascale Letendre, Stephanie Hanna, Trish Scharf
Ottawa, ON
2010: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2008: Jenn Hanna
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2005: Laura Johnston
Laura Johnston, Lauren Mann, Megan Aldridge, Candice Johnston
, ON

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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