CHAMPION: Fournier Wins 2016 Capital Curling Fall Open Men

Montreal, Quebec

SKIP
Michael
Fournier

Third
Felix
Asselin

Second
William
Dion

Lead
Miguel
Bernard

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	9.55
PA/G:	5.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) won 7-6 over Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the Capital Curling Fall Open Men, held September 22 - 25, 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Fournier won 8-6 over Pierre-Luc Morissette (Quebec, QC) in the semifinals of the 2016 Capital Curling Fall Open Men in Ottawa, Ontario; and won 10-5 over Doug Brewer (Cornwall, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Capital Curling Fall Open Men in Ottawa, Ontario;

Fournier finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fournier defeated Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) 5-2, then won 4-3 against Jean-Sebastien Roy (Thurso, QC) and 8-3 against Kurtis Byrd (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Capital Curling Fall Open Men Championship title, Fournier earned 18.900 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 71st place overall with 51.231 total points. Fournier ranks 34th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.195 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

2023: Jayden King
Jayden King, Dylan Niepage, Gavin Lydiate, Daniel Del Conte , Jennifer Cuddie
Guelph, ON
2022: Jason Camm
Jason Camm, Ian Dickie, Zack Shurtleff, Punit Sthankiya
Navan, ON
2019: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Riku Yanagisawa, Satoshi Koizumi, Fukuhiro Ohno, Taisei Kanai
Nagano, JPN
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2016: Michael Fournier
Michael Fournier, Felix Asselin, William Dion, Miguel Bernard
Montreal, QC
2015: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Ritchie Gillan, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski
Carp, ON
2014: Brian Lewis
Brian Lewis, Chris Lewis, David Staples, Kyle Thompson
Ottawa, ON
2013: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2012: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Martin Ferland
Martin Ferland, Francois Roberge, Shawn Fowler, Maxime Elmaleh
Trois-Rivieres, QC
2008: Howard Rajala
Martin Ferland, Francois Roberge, Shawn Fowler, Maxime Elmaleh
Ottawa, ON
2007: Howard Rajala
Howard Rajala, Chris Fulton, Jeff Henderson, Craig Cordiner
Ottawa, ON
2006: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Chris Fulton, Jeff Henderson, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2005: Pierre Charette
Pierre Charette, Martin Ferland, Philippe Lemay, Marco Berthelot
, QC
2004: Anne Merklinger
Anne Merklinger, Theresa Breen, Susan Froud, Audrey Frey
Ottawa, ON
2003: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Bill Gamble, Ian MacAulay, John Steski
, ON

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