CHAMPION: Lafrance/Desjardins Wins 2022 Goldline Christmas Madness

Megan Lafrance/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) won 10-6 over Lisianne Ouellet/Guillaume Rousseau (Riviere-du-Loup, QC) in the Final of the Goldline Christmas Madness, held December 27 - 29, 2022 at the Chicoutimi Curling Club in Chicoutimi, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Lafrance/Desjardins won 9-0 over Emy Lafrance/Raphael Tremblay (Saguenay, QC) in the semifinals

Lafrance/Desjardins finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lafrance/Desjardins defeated Lafrance/Tremblay 10-7, then won 8-7 against Anne Sophie Gionest/Yannick Martel (Chicoutimi, QC) and 9-5 against Sabrina Beaulieu/David Simard (Chicoutimi, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Goldline Christmas Madness Championship title, Lafrance/Desjardins earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $320CDN first prize cheque. For week 22 of the event schedule, Lafrance/Desjardins did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 548th to 564th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 114.847 total points. Lafrance/Desjardins ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 73.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	42	26	0	0.618	3-2	2-1	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	473	489	363	10.34	7.67	2.66	5.24	4.67	1.97	1.64	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	242	380	99	0	29-2	33-3	38-18	1.57	0.41	0.41	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	231	109	264	4	0-7	9-22	16-46	0.47	1.14	0.51	0.32

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