Fournier Runner-Up at 2015 Quebec Tankard

SKIP
Michael
Fournier

Third
Francois
Gionest

Second
Yannick
Martel

Lead
Jean-Francois
Charest

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

Fournier finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fournier defeated Quebec's Simon Benoit 7-5, then won 7-2 against Quebec's Denis Laflamme and 9-1 against Steeve Gagnon (Montreal, QC). Fournier won 8-4 against Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC). Fournier went on to lose 8-6 against Steven Munroe (Quebec, QC). Fournier responded with a 9-3 win over Ghyslain Richard (Quebec, QC). Fournier went on to lose 8-1 against Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, QC). Fournier responded with a 9-3 win over Maxime Dufresne (Amos, QC). Fournier went on to lose 7-2 against Menard in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Quebec Tankard, Fournier take home 3.450 world rankings points, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 85th place overall with 19.040 total points. Fournier ranks 80th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.175 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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