CHAMPION: Menard Wins 2016 Capital Curling Classic

Gatineau, Quebec

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	14.29
PA/G:	6.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.72
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) won 6-1 over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the Capital Curling Classic, held October 7 - 10, 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Menard won 12-3 over Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2016 Capital Curling Classic in Ottawa, Ontario; and won 8-2 over Martin Ferland (Levis, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Capital Curling Classic in Ottawa, Ontario;

Menard finished 2-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated Ritchie Gillan (Ottawa, ON) 10-5, then went on to lose 8-6 against Mathieu Beaufort (Sorel-Tracy, QC). Menard responded with a 8-5 win over Bryan Cochrane (Russell, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Capital Curling Classic Championship title, Menard earned 22.659 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 24th place overall with 161.348 total points. Menard ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.982 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

2022: Jason Camm
Jason Camm, Ian Dickie, Zack Shurtleff, Punit Sthankiya
Navan, ON
2021: Howard Rajala
Howard Rajala, Rich Moffatt, Chris Fulton, Paul Madden
Ottawa, ON
2019: Jason Camm
Jason Camm, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Kurt Armstrong, Brett Lyon-Hatcher
Ottawa, ON
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON
2017: Francois Gagne
Francois Gagne, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Erik Lachance, Christian Bouchard
Montreal, QC
2016: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2015: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Quebec, QC
2014: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2013: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2012: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2010: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Rich Moffatt, Chris Fulton, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2008: Jean-Michel Menard
Bryan Cochrane, Rich Moffatt, Chris Fulton, John Steski
Quebec, QC
2007: Jean-Michel Menard
Bryan Cochrane, Rich Moffatt, Chris Fulton, John Steski
Québec City/Gatineau, QC
2006: Pierre Charette
Martin Ferland, Pierre Charette, Philippe Lemay, Marco Berthelot
Gatineau, QC
2005: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Chris Fulton, Jeff Henderson, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2004: Don Westphal
Don Westphal, Dwayne Fowler, Shawn Fowler, Marco Berthelot
Buckingham, QC

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