Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON) lost
6-5 to
Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) in the Final of the Moosehead Fall Open Men, held September 21 - 24, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Kean won
5-3 over
Jean-Sebastien Roy (Chicoutimi, QC) in the semifinals of the 2017 Moosehead Fall Open Men in Ottawa, Ontario; and won
5-4 over
Mike McLean (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals.
Kean finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kean defeated
Adam Freilich (Jerusalem, ISR) 9-8, then won
7-2 against
Chris Gardner (Buckingham, QC) and
5-2 against
Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Moosehead Fall Open Men, Kean take home
18.728 world rankings points along with the $1,400CDN prize, moving up 9 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 62nd place overall with
61.673 total points. Kean ranks 33rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
20.248 points earned so far this season.
