Desjardins Runner-Up at 2022 Summer Series

SKIP
Robert
Desjardins

Third
Francois
Gionest

Second
Pierre-Luc
Morissette

Lead
Rene
Dubois

Robert Desjardins (Quebec, QC) lost 8-3 to Vincent Roberge (Levis, QC) in the Final of the Summer Series, held August 12 - 15, 2022 in St-Felicien, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Desjardins won 8-2 over Mark Kean (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec;

Desjardins finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Desjardins defeated Harold Woods (Accra, NGR) 9-2, then won 9-3 against Andre Desgagnes (Saguenay, QC) and 7-2 against Kean. Desjardins went on to lose 10-5 against Steven Munroe (Saquenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Summer Series, Desjardins take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 39th place overall with 57.174 total points. Desjardins ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	25	21	0	0.543	4-2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	333	271	235	8.14	7.06	1.08	4.86	4.20	1.67	1.68	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	159	203	39	16	7-0	12-3	40-5	1.28	0.25	0.41	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	174	68	196	15	2-6	2-16	11-32	0.39	1.13	0.52	0.27

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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