CHAMPION: Menard Wins 2017 Quebec Tankard

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Jean-Michel Menard (Levis, QC) won 9-6 over Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, QC) in the Final of the Quebec Tankard, held January 6 - 15, 2017 in Levis, Quebec.

Menard finished 6-3 in the 14-team qualifying round. . , then responded with a 6-5 win over Ferland. Menard won 8-3 against Mathieu Beaufort (Sorel-Tracy, QC), then won 9-2 against Steven Munroe (Levis, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Quebec Tankard Championship title, Menard earned 15.750 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 27th place overall with 218.623 total points. Menard ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 83.257 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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