CHAMPION: Paquet Wins 2023 Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial

Saguenay, Quebec

Fourth
Pierre
Lajoie

Third
Benoit
Gagne

Second
Maxime
Bilodeau

SKIP
Mathieu
Paquet

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	9.09
PA/G:	3.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Mathieu Paquet (Saguenay, QC) won 5-3 over Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) in the Final of the Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial, held March 3 - 5, 2023 in Maniwaki, Quebec. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Paquet won 7-3 over Zackary Wise (Montreal, QC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial in Maniwaki, Quebec; of the 2023 Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial in Maniwaki, Quebec;

Paquet finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paquet defeated Jasmin Gibeau (Buckingham, QC) 6-5, then won 8-2 against Daniel Desrosiers (Outaouais, QC) and 4-0 against Louis Biron (Buckingham, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial Championship title, Paquet earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 31 of the event schedule, Paquet did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Paquet ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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