CHAMPION: Desjardins Wins 2022 Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial

SKIP
Robert
Desjardins

Third
Francois
Gionest

Second
Pierre-Luc
Morissette

Lead
Marc-Alexandre
Dion

Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) won 5-1 over Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) in the Final of the Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial, held March 11 - 13, 2022 in Maniwaki, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Desjardins won 4-3 over Roger Bertrand (Buckingham, QC) in the semifinals of the 2022 Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial in Maniwaki, Quebec;

Desjardins finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Desjardins defeated Mathieu Paquet (Quebec, QC) 3-2, then won 4-3 against Bertrand and 4-3 against Claude DaPrato (Gatineau, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial Championship title, Desjardins earned 11.789 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 54th place overall with 61.566 total points. Desjardins ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 61.566 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	22	16	0	0.579	1-3	1-2	0-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	274	197	203	7.19	7.41	-0.22	4.74	4.27	1.52	1.74	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	141	158	47	15	5-2	7-3	31-4	1.12	0.33	0.34	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	133	39	156	12	1-6	0-11	4-24	0.29	1.17	0.54	0.24

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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