Larouche Reaches 2019 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec Quarters

SKIP
Bernard
Larouche

Third
Mario
Dion

Second
Mario
Boutin

Lead
Claude
St-Germain

Bernard Larouche (Val d'Or, QC) qualified for the 2019 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Gerry Savoie (Val d'Or, QC).

Larouche finished 3-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Larouche defeated Bruno Crepeault (Val d'Or, QC) 6-4, then won 8-3 against Maxime Mailloux (Rouyn-Noranda, QC). Larouche went on to lose 9-7 against Mark Homan (Gatineau, QC). Larouche responded with a 4-2 win over Jean-Christophe Pichon (Val d'Or, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Larouche earned 5.720 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec. Larouche move up 98 spots after posting a net gain of 5.262 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 242nd overall with 8.926 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Larouche ranks 187th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.720 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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