CHAMPION: Menard Wins 2015 Quebec Tankard

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) won 7-2 over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the Quebec Tankard, held January 10 - 18, 2015 in Victoria, Quebec.

Menard finished 9-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated Steven Munroe (Quebec, QC) 7-2, then won 8-3 against Steeve Gagnon (Montreal, QC) and 8-1 against Maxime Dufresne (Amos, QC). Menard won 8-5 against Quebec's Denis Laflamme, then won 8-3 against Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) and 8-3 against Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, QC). Menard won 5-2 against Quebec's Simon Benoit, then won 10-7 against Ghyslain Richard (Quebec, QC) and 7-2 against Fournier in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Quebec Tankard Championship title, Menard earned 5.520 world rankings points, remaining in 17th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 120.960 total points. Menard ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.720 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

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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