Martel4-2 at Hardline Quebec Tankard

SKIP
Yannick
Martel

Third
Jean-Francois
Charest

Second
James
Trahan

Lead
Louis-Francois
Brassard

Yannick Martel (Chicoutimi, QC) finished 4-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martel defeated Pascal Gagnon (Noranda, QC) 7-6, then won 11-6 against Zackary Wise (Montreal, QC). Martel went on to lose 7-3 against Jean-Michel Arsenault (Levis, QC). Martel responded with a 8-5 win over Pascal Girard (Chicoutimi, QC). Martel went on to lose 5-4 against Jasmin Gibeau (Buckingham, QC). Martel responded with a 10-4 win over Mathieu Gravel (Belvedere, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Martel earned 4.000 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Hardline Quebec Tankard, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 78th place overall with 43.900 total points. Martel ranks 71st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	11	0	0.750	0-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	302	296	193	9.80	6.39	3.41	5.03	4.30	1.95	1.48	0.66

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	142	195	47	10	4-1	27-3	31-3	1.37	0.33	0.47	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	160	101	146	10	6-1	8-10	11-28	0.63	0.91	0.59	0.34

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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