CHAMPION: Martel Wins 2023 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle

Saguenay, Quebec

SKIP
Yannick
Martel

Third
Louis
Quevillon

Second
Jean-Francois
Charest

Lead
Bradley
Lequin

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	11.14
PA/G:	4.55
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) won 8-2 over Robert Desjardins (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, Martel won 7-4 over Gerry Savoie (Val-d'Or, QC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle in Val-d, Quebec; and won 8-6 over Ghislain Doyon (Val d'Or, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle in Val-d, Quebec;

Martel finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martel defeated Bernard Larouche (Val-d'Or, QC) 5-2, then won 5-3 against Jean-Yves Lemay (Amos, QC) and 9-1 against Caroline Hains (Val-d'Or, QC). Martel won 7-2 against Patrick Bedard (Rouyn-Noranda, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle Championship title, Martel earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $3,100CDN first prize cheque, dropping 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 76th place overall with 47.064 total points. Martel ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.750 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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