Dufresne Reaches 2021 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec Quarters

SKIP
Jacques
Dufresne

Third
Glen
Holmstead

Second
Guy
Landry

Lead
Pierre
Berube

Jacques Dufresne (Amos, QC) qualified for the 2021 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-6 against Jean-Sebastien Roy (Chelsea, QC). of the 2021 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec in Val-d, Quebec;

Dufresne finished 3-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dufresne defeated Joel Charbonneau (Amos, QC) 7-6, then won 8-3 against Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC). Dufresne went on to lose 8-3 against Ted Butler (Buckingham, QC). Dufresne responded with a 9-8 win over Bruno Crepeault (Val-d'Or, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Dufresne earned 5.720 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec, moving up 168 spots the World Ranking Standings into 227th place overall with 6.077 total points. Dufresne ranks 154th 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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