Martel Runner-Up at 2022 Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial

SKIP
Yannick
Martel

Third
Jean-Francois
Charest

Second
Philippe
Brassard

Lead
Rene
Dubois

Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) lost 5-1 to Robert Desjardins (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, Martel won 5-3 over Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) in the semifinals of the 2022 Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial in Maniwaki, Quebec;

Martel finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martel defeated Zackary Wise (Montreal , QC) 9-1, then won 6-3 against Louis Biron (Buckingham, QC) and 7-1 against Vincent Courteau (Gatineau, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial, Martel take home 8.645 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 89th place overall with 36.143 total points. Martel ranks 89th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.143 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	16	16	0	0.500	1-2	2-6	0-4	0-2	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	225	159	164	7.07	7.29	-0.22	4.04	4.80	1.75	1.52	1.16

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	122	127	54	14	5-0	8-4	24-9	1.04	0.44	0.34	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	103	32	110	12	1-4	1-5	7-17	0.31	1.07	0.63	0.19

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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