CHAMPION: Roy Wins 2018 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec

SKIP
Jean-Sebastien
Roy

Third
Robert
Desjardins

Second
Pierre-Luc
Morissette

Lead
Thierry
Fournier

Jean-Sebastien Roy (Saguenay, QC) won 7-4 over Sylvain Bellavance (Boucherville, QC) in the Final of the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec, held November 1 - 4, 2018 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Roy won 10-2 over Ghislain Doyon (Val d'Or, QC) in the semifinals of the 2018 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec; and won 7-2 over Patrick Bedard (Rouyn, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec;

Roy are currently 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Roy defeated Ghislain East (Rouyn, QC) 6-2, then won 5-2 against Jean-Christophe Pichon (Val d'Or, QC) and 6-2 against Mike Dorval (Val d'Or, QC). In their next game, Roy plays.

For winning the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec Championship title, Roy earned 11.905 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Roy move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 4.448 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 47th overall with 82.591 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Roy ranks 65th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.390 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

2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Alek Bedard
Alek Bedard, Louis Quevillon, Emile Asselin, Bradley Lequin
Montreal, QC
2019: Mark Homan
Mark Homan, Mike McLean, Colton Daly, Gary Findley
Gatineau, QC
2018: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Jean-Sebastien Roy, Robert Desjardins, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier, Rene Dubois
Saguenay, QC
2017: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Robert Desjardins, Jean-Sebastien Roy, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier
Chicoutimi, QC

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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