Munroe Advances To 2018 Finale du Circuit Final

Levis, Quebec

SKIP
Steven
Munroe

Third
Maxime
Elmaleh

Second
Jasmin
Gibeau

Lead
Philippe
Brassard

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.64
PA/G:	5.54
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Steven Munroe (Levis, QC) is set to play Alek Bedard (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the 2018 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Munroe won 7-5 over Martin Crete (St-Romuald, QC) in the semifinals and won 6-2 over Francois Gagne (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals.

Munroe finished 4-2 in the 14 team Finale du Circuit qualifying round, held November 29 - December 2, 2018 at the Aurèle Racine Curling Club in Tracy, Canada. In their opening game, Munroe lost 9-5 to Steve Holdaway (Montreal, QC), then responded with a 8-1 win over Mathieu Drapeau (Drummondville, QC). Munroe won 7-2 against Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, QC), then won 6-1 against Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC). Munroe went on to lose 7-6 against Yannick Martel (Kenogami, QC). Munroe responded with a 9-4 win over Jean-Sebastien Roy (Saguenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Finale du Circuit Championship title, Munroe earned 18.941 world rankings points along with the $4,320CDN first prize cheque. Munroe move up 22 spots after posting a net gain of 15.453 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 74th overall with 59.588 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Munroe ranks 69th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.149 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	6	2	0	0.750	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	56	54	31	9.64	5.54	4.11	5.89	3.57	1.64	1.55	0.54

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	27	34	7	2	2-0	0-0	9-1	1.26	0.26	0.44	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	29	20	24	1	0-1	2-1	2-5	0.69	0.83	0.50	0.48

2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Steven Munroe, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2018: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Maxime Elmaleh, Jasmin Gibeau, Philippe Brassard
Levis, QC

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