CHAMPION: Deschenes/Epping Wins 2024 GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.11
PA/G:	8.22
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Emily Deschenes/John Epping (Toronto, ON) won 8-6 over Emilia Gagne/Pierre-Luc Morissette (QuÃ©bec, QC) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal, held February 16 - 18, 2024 at the Royal Montreal Curling Club in , Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Deschenes/Epping won 5-3 over Kelly Tremblay/Pierre Lanoue (Boucherville, MTL) in the semifinals of the 2024 GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal in , Quebec; and won 12-9 over Lauren Cheal/Cedric Maurice (Sherbrooke, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal in , Quebec;

Deschenes/Epping finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Deschenes/Epping lost 11-8 to Tremblay/Lanoue, then responded with a 10-2 win over Emilie Padbury/Nicolas Janidlo (Montreal, QC). Deschenes/Epping won 7-6 against Candice Johnston/Sean Harrison (Newmarket, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal Championship title, Deschenes/Epping earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN first prize cheque. Deschenes/Epping move up 12 spots after posting a net gain of 27.626 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 75.438 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Deschenes/Epping ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 75.438 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	22	9	0	0.710	3-1	0-0	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	219	217	158	9.91	7.21	2.69	5.39	4.61	1.84	1.56	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	112	155	41	0	7-0	16-1	19-8	1.38	0.37	0.38	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	107	62	117	0	2-3	4-6	11-25	0.58	1.09	0.51	0.35

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