CHAMPION: Munroe Wins 2022 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle

SKIP
Steven
Munroe

Third
Yannick
Martel

Second
Philippe
Brassard

Lead
Jean-Francois
Charest

Steven Munroe (Saquenay, QC) won 7-6 over Jasmin Gibeau (Buckingham, QC) in the Final of the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle, held October 27 - 30, 2022 in Val-d'Or, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Munroe won 7-6 over Robert Desjardins (Quebec, QC) in the semifinals of the 2022 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle in Val-d'Or, Quebec; and won 4-2 over Mathieu Gravel (val-d'Or, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle in Val-d'Or, Quebec;

Munroe finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Munroe defeated Bernard Larouche (val-d'Or, QC) 11-1, then won 6-0 against Paulo Bienvenue (val-d'Or, QC) and 7-3 against Denis Jolin (Noranda, QC). Munroe won 5-3 against Roger Bertrand (Buckingham, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle Championship title, Munroe earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $3,100CDN first prize cheque. Munroe move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 12.75 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 73rd overall with 53.339 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Munroe ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	26	11	0	0.703	9-0	2-2	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	261	229	174	8.77	6.67	2.11	4.98	4.06	1.76	1.64	0.96

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	123	166	32	10	5-0	14-0	30-9	1.35	0.26	0.43	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	138	63	142	15	2-5	3-6	9-30	0.46	1.03	0.51	0.29

2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Alek Bedard
Alek Bedard, Louis Quevillon, Emile Asselin, Bradley Lequin
Montreal, QC
2019: Mark Homan
Mark Homan, Mike McLean, Colton Daly, Gary Findley
Gatineau, QC
2018: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Jean-Sebastien Roy, Robert Desjardins, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier, Rene Dubois
Saguenay, QC
2017: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Robert Desjardins, Jean-Sebastien Roy, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier
Chicoutimi, QC

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