CHAMPION: Asselin Wins 2023 Hardline Quebec Tankard

SKIP
Felix
Asselin

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Emile
Asselin

Lead
Jean-Francois
Trepanier

Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC) won 12-6 over Vincent Roberge (Levis, QC) in the Final of the Hardline Quebec Tankard, held January 10 - 14, 2023 in Saguenay, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Asselin won 9-5 over Robert Desjardins (Quebec, QC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Hardline Quebec Tankard in Saguenay, Quebec;

Asselin finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Asselin defeated Francis Godin (Riviere-du-Loup, QC) 11-3, then won 11-3 against Zackary Wise (Montreal, QC) and 8-4 against Desjardins. Asselin won 7-1 against Roberge in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Hardline Quebec Tankard Championship title, Asselin earned 15.000 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 134.044 total points. Asselin ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 105.875 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

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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