Kean Reaches 2012 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau Quarters

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
Mark
Kean

Third
Travis
Fanset

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Tim
March

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	8.80
PA/G:	6.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Mark Kean (Toronto, ON) qualified for the 2012 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-7 against Mark Dacey (Halifax, NS).

Kean finished 5-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kean defeated Mark Homan (Ottawa, ON) 7-4, then went on to lose 6-3 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS). Kean responded with a 7-5 win over Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, PQ). Kean went on to lose 5-2 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON). Kean responded with a 8-1 win over Mike Jakubo (Sudbury, NONT). Kean won 5-1 against Craig Brown (Madison, WI), then won 5-1 against Michael Fournier (Montreal, PQ) in their final qualifying round match.

Kean earned 12.025 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau, remaining in 15th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 112.821 total points. Kean ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 65.260 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

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

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