Fournier Runner-Up at 2019 Quebec WFG Tankard

SKIP
Michael
Fournier

Third
Felix
Asselin

Second
William
Dion

Lead
Jean-Francois
Trepanier

Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) lost 8-7 to Martin Crete (Levis, QC) in the Final of the Quebec WFG Tankard, held January 13 - 19, 2019 in Shawinigan, Quebec.

Fournier finished 8-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fournier defeated Steven Munroe (Levis, QC) 8-5, then won 8-5 against John Stewart (Valleyfield, QC) and 10-3 against Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC). Fournier won 10-3 against Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC), then won 11-3 against Scott Hill (Ormstown, QC) and 8-2 against Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, QC). Fournier won 9-7 against Mark Homan (Des Collines, QC), then won 7-4 against Crete. Fournier went on to lose 7-5 against Jean-Sebastien Roy (Saguenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Quebec WFG Tankard, Fournier take home 14.143 world rankings points. For week 23 of the event schedule, Fournier did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Fournier ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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