Fournier Reaches Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Quarters

SKIP
Michael
Fournier

Third
Kevin
Flewwelling

Second
Sean
Harrison

Lead
Zander
Elmes

Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON) qualified for the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-1 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Fournier finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fournier defeated Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) 4-3, then won 7-3 against Jayden King (Guelph, ON) and 6-3 against Scott Jones (Moncton, NB). Fournier went on to lose 4-3 against Epping in their final qualifying round match.

Fournier earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 43rd place overall with 83.992 total points. Fournier ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 50.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	24	21	0	0.533	6-1	3-2	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	308	239	238	7.76	7.73	0.03	4.71	4.48	1.65	1.72	0.81

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	143	162	65	8	6-1	10-6	29-9	1.13	0.45	0.33	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	165	77	173	17	0-4	5-12	16-37	0.47	1.05	0.45	0.31

2023: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

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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