Bouchard/Desjardins Reaches 2023 Goldline Mixed Doubles Trois-Rivieres Semifinals

Veronique Bouchard/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) run at the 2023 Goldline Mixed Doubles Trois-Rivieres came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-3 loss to Laurie St-Georges/Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC). of the 2023 Goldline Mixed Doubles Trois-Rivieres in Trois Rivieres, Quebec; Bouchard/Desjardins advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-3 win over Sophie Morissette/Patrick Martin (Trois-Rivieres, QC). of the 2023 Goldline Mixed Doubles Trois-Rivieres in Trois Rivieres, Quebec;

Bouchard/Desjardins finished 3-0 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bouchard/Desjardins defeated Karine Marchand/Louis-Francois Brassard (Chicoutimi, QC) 8-5, then won 10-9 against Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS) and 8-1 against Marie-Jo Billo/Dominic Simard (Chicoutimi, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Bouchard/Desjardins earned 12.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Goldline Mixed Doubles Trois-Rivieres. Bouchard/Desjardins move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of -6.219 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 603rd overall with 104.284 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bouchard/Desjardins ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 90.377 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	42	26	0	0.618	3-2	2-1	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	473	489	363	10.34	7.67	2.66	5.24	4.67	1.97	1.64	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	242	380	99	0	29-2	33-3	38-18	1.57	0.41	0.41	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	231	109	264	4	0-7	9-22	16-46	0.47	1.14	0.51	0.32

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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