Gauthier Reaches 2022 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel Quarters

SKIP
Jacques
Gauthier

Third
Sterling
Middleton

Second
Jason
Ginter

Lead
Alex
Horvath

Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC) qualified for the 2022 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-3 against Brent Pierce (Kelowna, BC).

Gauthier finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gauthier lost 6-5 to Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA), then responded with a 7-4 win over Yeongseok Jeong (GangWon, KOR). Gauthier won 5-4 against Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Gauthier earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel. Gauthier move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 5.25 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 54th overall with 62.177 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gauthier ranks 76th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	40	30	0	0.571	7-3	7-7	1-4	1-0	1-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	539	409	351	7.59	6.51	1.08	4.68	4.14	1.62	1.57	1.19

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	252	292	69	29	3-0	27-5	55-9	1.16	0.27	0.38	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	287	117	282	35	3-3	6-21	17-58	0.41	0.98	0.53	0.28

2022: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Haruto Ouchi, Shinya Abe, Minori Suzuki, Sota Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Jason Montgomery
Jason Montgomery, Cameron de Jong, Miles Craig, William Duggan
Victoria, BC
2016: John Morris
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2002: Pat Ryan
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
, BC
2001: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan
, BC
2000: Doug Wilcock
Pat Ryan
New Westminster, BC
1999: Rick Folk
Rick Folk, Jeff Richard, Tyler Orme, Gerry Richard
Kelowna, BC
1998: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Darin Fenton
New Westminster, BC
1994: Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Vancouver, BC
1992: Steve Skillings
Steve Skillings, Mike Wood, Sean Cromarty, Colin Atkinson
Victoria, 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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