Martel Runner-Up at 2023 Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial

Saguenay, Quebec

SKIP
Yannick
Martel

Third
Jean-Francois
Charest

Second
Jean-Pierre
Larouche

Lead
Martin
Asselin

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	10.61
PA/G:	4.24
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) lost 5-3 to Mathieu Paquet (Saguenay, QC) in the Final of the Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial, held March 3 - 5, 2023 in Maniwaki, Quebec. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Martel won 9-3 over Normand Bornais (Montreal, QC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial in Maniwaki, Quebec;

Martel finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martel defeated Robin Duguay (Buckingham, QC) 7-1, then won 9-2 against Claude Daptrao (Outaouais, QC) and 7-3 against Bornais in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tournoi Hommes Circuit Provincial, Martel take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $800CDN prize. For week 31 of the event schedule, Martel did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Martel 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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