CHAMPION: Fournier Wins 2018 WFG Quebec Tankard

Fourth
Felix
Asselin

SKIP
Michael
Fournier

Second
William
Dion

Lead
Jean-Francois
Trepanier

Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) won 7-5 over Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) in the Final of the WFG Quebec Tankard, held February 2 - 11, 2018 at the Glenmore Curling Club in Dollard Des Ormeaux, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Fournier won 9-8 over Martin Ferland (Levis, QC) in the semifinals of the 2018 WFG Quebec Tankard in Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada;

Fournier finished 6-3 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fournier defeated Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC) 9-4, then won 10-6 against Pier-Luc Trepanier (Valleyfield, QC) and 9-7 against Francois Gagne (Montreal, QC). Fournier won 10-2 against Benoit Vezeau (Montreal, QC), then won 7-4 against Menard and 5-3 against Simon Dupuis (Montreal, QC). Fournier went on to lose 7-1 against Jean-Sebastien Roy (Chicoutimi, QC). Fournier lost 10-6 to Vincent Roberge (Levis, QC). Fournier lost 7-2 to Ferland in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WFG Quebec Tankard Championship title, Fournier earned 16.313 world rankings points. Fournier move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 15.944 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 58th overall with 126.344 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Fournier ranks 73rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.503 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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