CHAMPION: Munroe Wins 2022 Finale du Circuit

Saquenay, Quebec

SKIP
Steven
Munroe

Third
Yannick
Martel

Second
Philippe
Brassard

Lead
Jean-Francois
Charest

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	8.57
PA/G:	3.43
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.89
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Steven Munroe (Saquenay, QC) won 4-2 over Mathieu Paquet (Saguenay, QC) in the Final of the Finale du Circuit, held December 2 - 4, 2022 at the Aurèle Racine Curling Club in Tracy, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Munroe won 6-1 over Frederic Lawton (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2022 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada;

Munroe finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Munroe defeated Paquet 6-5, then won 7-3 against Zackary Wise (Montreal, QC) and 7-1 against Quebec's Nicholas Gosselin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Finale du Circuit Championship title, Munroe earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Munroe move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 5.25 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 78th overall with 56.321 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Munroe ranks 65th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	26	11	0	0.703	9-0	2-2	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	261	229	174	8.77	6.67	2.11	4.98	4.06	1.76	1.64	0.96

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	123	166	32	10	5-0	14-0	30-9	1.35	0.26	0.43	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	138	63	142	15	2-5	3-6	9-30	0.46	1.03	0.51	0.29

2023: Yannick Martel
Yannick Martel, Louis Quevillon, Jean-Francois Charest, Bradley Lequin
Saguenay, QC
2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Vincent Roberge
Vincent Roberge, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Julien Tremblay , Eric Sylvain
LÃ©vis, QC
2018: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Maxime Elmaleh, Jasmin Gibeau, Philippe Brassard
Levis, QC
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Steven Munroe, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC

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