Asselin Runner-Up at 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC) lost 9-3 to Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 10 - 14, 2021 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Asselin won 6-5 over Travis Colter (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 6-3 over Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Asselin finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Asselin defeated Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) 5-2, then went on to lose 6-2 against Thompson. Asselin lost 5-4 to Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) where Asselin responded with a 5-3 win over Scott Jones (Moncton, NB). Asselin won 3-2 against Ryan McNeil Lamswood (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, Asselin take home 25.097 world rankings points along with the $4,500CDN prize. Asselin move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 22.53 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 32nd overall with 110.838 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Asselin ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.676 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	28	16	0	0.636	9-3	3-5	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	329	273	215	8.30	6.54	1.76	4.59	4.44	1.81	1.47	0.97

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	166	206	55	15	9-2	14-1	42-4	1.24	0.33	0.43	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	163	67	160	17	1-1	3-9	15-34	0.41	0.98	0.57	0.26

2023: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, 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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