Menard Runner-Up at 2018 WFG Quebec Tankard

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) lost 7-5 to Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the WFG Quebec Tankard, held February 2 - 11, 2018 at the Glenmore Curling Club in Dollard Des Ormeaux, Canada.

Menard finished 8-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated Pier-Luc Trepanier (Valleyfield, QC) 8-2, then won 7-3 against Benoit Vezeau (Montreal, QC) and 8-2 against Simon Dupuis (Montreal, QC). Menard won 6-3 against Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC). Menard went on to lose 7-4 against Fournier. Menard responded with a 10-1 win over Francois Gagne (Montreal, QC). Menard won 8-3 against Vincent Roberge (Levis, QC), then won 10-5 against Martin Ferland (Levis, QC) and 8-5 against Jean-Sebastien Roy (Chicoutimi, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WFG Quebec Tankard, Menard take home 12.817 world rankings points, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 33rd place overall with 210.06 total points. Menard ranks 36th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 106.926 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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