Violette4-3 at 2019 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

SKIP
Luc
Violette

Third
Riley
Fenson

Second
Ben
Richardson

Lead
Graem
Fenson

Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, WA) finished 4-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Violette lost 7-5 to Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 8-3 win over Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). Violette went on to lose 9-3 against Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC). Violette responded with a 7-5 win over Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL). Violette won 8-4 against Shea Steele (Halifax, NS), then won 6-5 against Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI). Violette went on to lose 8-3 against Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Violette earned 7.661 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Violette move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 2.041 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 74th overall with 64.161 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Violette ranks 82nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.441 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: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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