CHAMPION: Bedard Wins 2021 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec

SKIP
Alek
Bedard

Third
Louis
Quevillon

Second
Emile
Asselin

Lead
Bradley
Lequin

Alek Bedard (Montreal, QC) won 7-4 over Jean-Sebastien Roy (Chelsea, QC) in the Final of the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec, held October 28 - 31, 2021 in Val-d, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Bedard won 6-3 over Pierre-Luc Morissette (Saguenay, QC) in the semifinals of the 2021 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec in Val-d, Quebec; and won 4-3 over Zackary Wise (Montreal , QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec in Val-d, Quebec;

Bedard finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bedard defeated Denis Jolin (Noranda, QC) 6-3, then won 8-3 against Mathieu Gravel (Val-d'Or, QC) and 4-3 against Roger Bertrand (Buckingham, QC). Bedard won 6-3 against Jerome Adam (Quebec, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec Championship title, Bedard earned 14.299 world rankings points along with the $3,100CDN first prize cheque, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 64th place overall with 50.063 total points. Bedard ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.718 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: Yannick Martel
Yannick Martel, Louis Quevillon, Jean-Francois Charest, Bradley Lequin
Saguenay, QC
2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Alek Bedard
Alek Bedard, Louis Quevillon, Emile Asselin, Bradley Lequin
Montreal, QC
2019: Mark Homan
Mark Homan, Mike McLean, Colton Daly, Gary Findley
Gatineau, QC
2018: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Jean-Sebastien Roy, Robert Desjardins, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier, Rene Dubois
Saguenay, QC
2017: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Robert Desjardins, Jean-Sebastien Roy, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier
Chicoutimi, QC

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