Martel Runner-Up at 2023 Summer Series

SKIP
Yannick
Martel

Third
Louis
Quevillon

Second
Jean-Francois
Charest

Lead
Bradley
Lequin

Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) lost 8-5 to Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Summer Series, held August 24 - 27, 2023 in St-Felicien, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Martel won 7-1 over Jayden King (Guelph, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec; and won 7-2 over Sam Steep (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec;

Martel finished 2-2 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martel lost 8-2 to John Epping (Toronto, ON), then responded with a 8-3 win over Stephane Michaud (Saguenay, QC). Martel went on to lose 10-0 against Steep. Martel responded with a 7-6 win over Jean-Michel Arsenault (Levis, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Summer Series, Martel take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN prize, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 79th place overall with 47.852 total points. Martel ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	11	0	0.750	0-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	302	296	193	9.80	6.39	3.41	5.03	4.30	1.95	1.48	0.66

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	142	195	47	10	4-1	27-3	31-3	1.37	0.33	0.47	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	160	101	146	10	6-1	8-10	11-28	0.63	0.91	0.59	0.34

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