Blanchard2-3 at Quebec Tankard Qualifier

SKIP
Pierre
Blanchard

Third
Maxime
Mailloux

Second
Jonathan
Martel

Lead
Adam
Rocheleau

Pierre Blanchard (Noranda, QC) finished 2-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blanchard lost 6-3 to Matthew Kennerknecht (Montreal, QC), droppimg another game, 9-8 to Stephane Michaud (Trois-Rivieres, QC) where Blanchard responded with a 7-4 win over Michel Lachance (Sept-Iles, QC). Blanchard won 7-0 against Kennerknecht. Blanchard went on to lose 7-4 against Gregory Bornais (Trois-Rivieres, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Blanchard earned 1.069 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Blanchard move up 76 spots after posting a net gain of 0.936 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 426th overall with 1.603 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Blanchard ranks 372nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.069 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

Manitoba's Kate Cameron (Photo: Curling Canada) announced on Monday that the team will look different for the new Olympic quadrennial.