Gagne Reaches 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open Quarters

Benoit Gagne (Montreal, QC) qualified for the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON). of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Gatineau, Quebec;

Gagne finished 3-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gagne defeated Dan Elie (Montreal, QC) 7-3, then won 8-6 against Greg Sleno (Montreal, QC) and 8-1 against Roxane Perron (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Gagne earned 4.990 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open. Gagne move up 221 spots after posting a net gain of 4.97 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 287th overall with 5.155 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gagne ranks 164th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.990 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

2016: Adam Freilich
Adam Freilich, Ariel Krasik-Geiger, Gabriel Kempenich, Jeff Lutz
Jerusalem, ISR
2017: Sylvain Dicaire
Ghislain Doyon, Sylvain Dicaire, Claude St-Germain, Kurtis Hanna
Val d'Or, QC
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON

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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