Fournier Runner-Up at 2021 Finale du Circuit

Fourth
Felix
Asselin

Third
Martin
Crete

SKIP
Michael
Fournier

Lead
Jean-Francois
Trepanier

Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) lost 6-4 to Vincent Roberge (LÃ©vis, QC) in the Final of the Finale du Circuit, held December 3 - 5, 2021 at the Aurèle Racine Curling Club in Tracy, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Fournier won 4-3 over Alek Bedard (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2021 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada; and won 8-2 over Yannick Martel (Sept-Iles, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada;

Fournier finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fournier defeated Zackary Wise (Montreal , QC) 7-1, then won 6-1 against Robin Duguay (Thurso, QC) and 6-5 against Guy Hemmings (Aurele-Racine, QC). Fournier went on to lose 6-3 against Martel in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Finale du Circuit, Fournier take home 12.910 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN prize, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 28th place overall with 145.193 total points. Fournier ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 86.031 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	28	16	0	0.636	9-3	3-5	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	329	273	215	8.30	6.54	1.76	4.59	4.44	1.81	1.47	0.97

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	166	206	55	15	9-2	14-1	42-4	1.24	0.33	0.43	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	163	67	160	17	1-1	3-9	15-34	0.41	0.98	0.57	0.26

2023: Yannick Martel
Yannick Martel, Louis Quevillon, Jean-Francois Charest, Bradley Lequin
Saguenay, QC
2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Vincent Roberge
Vincent Roberge, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Julien Tremblay , Eric Sylvain
LÃ©vis, QC
2018: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Maxime Elmaleh, Jasmin Gibeau, Philippe Brassard
Levis, QC
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Steven Munroe, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC

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