Desjardins Runner-Up at 2023 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle

Saguenay, Quebec

SKIP
Robert
Desjardins

Third
Francois
Gionest

Second
Pierre-Luc
Morissette

Lead
Rene
Dubois

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.68
PA/G:	5.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) lost 8-2 to Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) in the Final of the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle, held October 26 - 29, 2023 in Val-d, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Desjardins won 8-1 over Sylvain Bellavance (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle in Val-d, Quebec; and won 3-1 over Zackary Wise (Montreal , QC) in the quarterfinals.

Desjardins finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Desjardins defeated Paulo Bienvenue (Val-d'Or, QC) 6-5, then won 9-1 against Adam Bedard (Rouyn-Noranda, QC) and 8-3 against Denis Duval (Val-d'Or, QC). Desjardins won 11-6 against Gerry Savoie (Val-d'Or, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle, Desjardins take home 2.750 world rankings points along with the $1,940CDN prize, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 67th place overall with 51.187 total points. Desjardins ranks 82nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	24	17	0	0.585	2-0	1-4	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	284	235	206	8.27	7.25	1.02	4.47	4.44	1.85	1.63	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	135	165	57	12	7-0	15-3	25-12	1.22	0.42	0.38	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	149	70	149	19	1-4	5-9	14-29	0.47	1.00	0.52	0.29

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