Ferland Reaches 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) Quarters

SKIP
Martin
Ferland

Third
Francois
Roberge

Second
Maxime
Elmaleh

Lead
Jean
Gagnon

Martin Ferland (Levis, QC) qualified for the 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-1 against Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN).

Ferland finished 5-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ferland defeated Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) 7-5, then went on to lose 8-1 against Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON). Ferland responded with a 9-3 win over Frank O'Driscoll (St. John's, NL). Ferland won 5-2 against Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Ferland went on to lose 4-2 against Mike McLean (Ottawa, ON). Ferland responded with a 7-5 win over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC). Ferland won 8-3 against Murphy in their final qualifying round match.

Ferland earned 20.494 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena), moving up 20 spots the World Ranking Standings into 79th place overall with 57.074 total points. Ferland ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.283 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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