Menard Runner-Up at 2014 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) lost 5-3 to Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau, held October 23 - 26, 2014 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Menard won 5-2 over Don Bowser (Kingston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2014 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; and won 4-3 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;

Menard finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated Ian MacAulay (Ottawa, ON) 4-3, then won 6-1 against Mark Kean (Stoney Creek, ON). Menard went on to lose 7-2 against McEwen. Menard responded with a 7-6 win over Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON). Menard went on to lose 6-4 against Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Menard responded with a 7-1 win over Ian Fitzner-Leblanc (Halifax, NS). Menard won 7-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau, Menard take home 25.000 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN prize, remaining in 17th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 104.615 total points. Menard ranks 17th 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

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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