Laplante/Gibeau Reaches 2021 GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles Quarters

Audrey Laplante/Jasmin Gibeau (Thurso, QC) qualified for the 2021 GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-3 against Lauren Horton/Pierre-Luc Morissette (QuÃ©bec, QC).

Laplante/Gibeau finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laplante/Gibeau lost 8-3 to Kelly Tremblay/Pierre Lanoue (Montreal, QC), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Roxane Perron/Julien Tremblay (Quebec, QC) where Laplante/Gibeau responded with a 10-1 win over Louise Desrosiers/Alain Bellemare (QuÃ©bec, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Laplante/Gibeau earned 10.035 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8.432 after improving upon their best so far this season. Laplante/Gibeau ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.094 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	7	12	0	0.368	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	115	93	97	8.09	8.43	-0.35	5.04	4.96	1.60	1.70	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	53	51	32	0	0-0	5-2	10-6	0.96	0.60	0.28	0.42

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	62	42	65	0	0-4	3-5	9-6	0.68	1.05	0.57	0.44

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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