CHAMPION: Laplante/Gibeau Wins 2020 GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles

Audrey Laplante/Jasmin Gibeau (Thurso, QC) won 8-4 over Edith Cottenoir/Pierre Lanoue (Chicoutimi, QC) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Laplante/Gibeau won 9-4 over Sophie Sanscartier/Maxandre Caron (Quebec, QC) in the semifinals of the 2020 GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles in Valleyfield, Quebec; and won 7-4 over Genevieve Frappier/Martin Begin (Rosemere, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles in Valleyfield, Quebec;

Laplante/Gibeau finished 3-0 in the 16 team GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles qualifying round, held January 10 - 12, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Laplante/Gibeau defeated Ginette Simard/Marc Cote (Saguenay, QC) 9-1, then won 7-4 against Karina Theriault/Joe Beland (Riviere-du-Loup, QC) and 7-6 against Frappier/Begin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles Championship title, Laplante/Gibeau earned 12.047 world rankings points along with the $310CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.046 after improving upon their best so far this season. Laplante/Gibeau ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.876 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	6	0	0	1.000	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
2020	44	47	23	10.68	5.23	5.45	6.59	3.41	1.62	1.53	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	17	27	3	0	1-0	2-0	6-0	1.59	0.18	0.53	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	27	20	20	0	0-0	1-1	3-6	0.74	0.74	0.42	0.56

Kerri Einarson (photo: Andrew Klaver / Curling Canada) was able to get by Ontario's Rachel Homan to claim her second-consecutive Scotties title.

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