Laplante/Gibeau Reaches 2023 Goldline Tour Finals Quarters

Audrey Laplante/Jasmin Gibeau (Outaouais, QC) qualified for the 2023 Goldline Tour Finals playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-7 against Veronique Bouchard/Jean-Francois Charest (Saguenay, QC).

Laplante/Gibeau finished 3-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laplante/Gibeau defeated Anne Sophie Gionest/Yannick Martel (Chicoutimi, QC) 7-5, then won 7-5 against Marianne Brassard/Philippe Brassard (Quebec , QC) and 9-4 against Valerie Tanguay/Denis Robichaud (Quebec, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Laplante/Gibeau earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Goldline Tour Finals, remaining in 709th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.414 after improving upon their best so far this season. Laplante/Gibeau ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 66.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	16	11	0	0.593	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	195	178	151	9.13	7.74	1.38	5.64	4.26	1.62	1.82	0.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	90	106	39	1	2-1	10-1	18-6	1.18	0.43	0.34	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	105	72	112	1	1-8	3-5	13-17	0.69	1.07	0.45	0.47

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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