CHAMPION: Dicaire Wins 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open

Fourth
Ghislain
Doyon

SKIP
Sylvain
Dicaire

Second
Claude
St-Germain

Lead
Kurtis
Hanna

Sylvain Dicaire (Val d'Or, QC) won 6-2 over Brian Lewis (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open, held October 19 - 22, 2017 in Buckingham, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Dicaire won 6-4 over Chris Gardner (Buckingham, QC) in the semifinals of the 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Buckingham, Quebec; and won 8-5 over Jamie Birtwistle (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Buckingham, Quebec;

Dicaire finished 3-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dicaire defeated Isabelle Neron (Chicoutimi, QC) 6-2, then won 8-1 against Maxime Dufresne (Montreal, QC) and 8-5 against Louis Biron (Buckingham, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open Championship title, Dicaire earned 14.712 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 290 spots the World Ranking Standings into 185th place overall with 15.123 total points. Dicaire ranks 88th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.712 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

2016: Adam Freilich
Adam Freilich, Ariel Krasik-Geiger, Gabriel Kempenich, Jeff Lutz
Jerusalem, ISR
2017: Sylvain Dicaire
Ghislain Doyon, Sylvain Dicaire, Claude St-Germain, Kurtis Hanna
Val d'Or, QC
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON

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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