Francois Gagne (Montreal, PQ) finished 4-5 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gagne lost 7-3 to Philippe Lemay (Trois-Rivieres, PQ), droppimg another game, 9-5 to Jean-Michel Menard (Levis, PQ). Gagne lost 9-8 to Steeve Gagnon (Rosemere, PQ). Gagne lost 4-3 to Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, PQ). Gagne lost 8-5 to Michael Fournier (Riverbend, PQ) where Gagne responded with a 8-4 win over Serge Reid (Kenogami, PQ). Gagne won 7-2 against Denis Robichaud (Aurele, PQ), then won 8-2 against Alexandre Ferland (Kenogami, PQ) and 7-1 against Robert Desjardins (Baie d'Urfe, PQ) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 23 of the event schedule, Gagne did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 99th place on the World Ranking Standings with 15.236 total points. Gagne ranks 108th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.235 points earned so far this season.