Asselin Reaches 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 Semifinals

SKIP
Felix
Asselin

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Emile
Asselin

Lead
Jean-Francois
Trepanier

Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC) run at the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-2 loss to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Grande Prairie, Alberta; Asselin advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-3 win over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB).

Asselin finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Asselin defeated Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) 10-3, then won 6-2 against Sturmay and 9-5 against Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB). Asselin won 8-2 against Chang-Min Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Asselin earned 21.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 25th place overall with 117.298 total points. Asselin ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	36	9	0	0.800	9-2	1-1	1-2	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	329	311	166	9.45	5.05	4.41	5.17	3.37	1.83	1.50	1.46

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	162	223	32	26	9-2	21-1	35-1	1.38	0.20	0.48	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	167	88	134	22	3-1	4-7	15-28	0.53	0.80	0.60	0.34

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

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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