CHAMPION: Menard Wins 2017 Finale du Circuit

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Steven
Munroe

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) won 7-6 over Alek Bedard (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the Finale du Circuit, held November 30 - December 3, 2017 at the Aurèle Racine Curling Club in Tracy, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Menard won 5-3 over Martin Ferland (Levis, QC) in the semifinals of the 2017 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada; and won 4-2 over Vincent Bourget (Buckingham, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada;

Menard finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated Geoff Reid (Baie d'Urfe, QC) 7-2, then went on to lose 6-2 against Bourget. Menard responded with a 8-3 win over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC). Menard won 5-3 against Ferland in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Finale du Circuit Championship title, Menard earned 17.228 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 34th place overall with 184.43 total points. Menard ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 81.296 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

2023: Yannick Martel
Yannick Martel, Louis Quevillon, Jean-Francois Charest, Bradley Lequin
Saguenay, QC
2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Vincent Roberge
Vincent Roberge, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Julien Tremblay , Eric Sylvain
LÃ©vis, QC
2018: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Maxime Elmaleh, Jasmin Gibeau, Philippe Brassard
Levis, QC
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Steven Munroe, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC

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