Menard4-7 at 2016 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) finished 4-7 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard lost 7-2 to Pat Simmons (Calgary, CAN), droppimg another game, 5-4 to Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) where Menard responded with a 4-2 win over Adam Casey (Summerside, PEI). Menard went on to lose 7-3 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Menard responded with a 6-5 win over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Menard won 9-5 against Glenn Howard (Toronto, ON). Menard went on to lose 9-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Menard lost 7-6 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) where Menard responded with a 9-7 win over Mike Kennedy (Moncton, NB). Menard went on to lose 8-6 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Menard lost 8-5 to Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT) in their final qualifying round match.

Menard earned 12.668 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 20th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8.506 after improving upon their best so far this season. Menard ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 135.366 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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