Lafrance/Desjardins Reaches GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno Semifinals

Megan Lafrance/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) run at the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-7 loss to Aline Fellmann/Chris Kovalchuk (Montreal, QC). of the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno in , Quebec; Lafrance/Desjardins advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-3 win over Lauren Cheal/Greg Cheal (Sherbrooke, QC).

Lafrance/Desjardins finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lafrance/Desjardins defeated Cyntia Plouffe/Stephane Paquette (Buckingham, QC) 11-0, then won 9-8 against Candice Johnston/Sean Harrison (Newmarket, ON) and 10-4 against Emily Fortin/Raphael Charbonneau (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Lafrance/Desjardins earned 6.375 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 0.938 after improving upon their best so far this season. Lafrance/Desjardins ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 73.877 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	13	0	0.705	8-1	4-2	4-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	302	291	211	9.64	6.99	2.65	5.33	4.64	1.81	1.51	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	149	205	61	1	11-0	21-2	28-8	1.38	0.41	0.41	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	153	86	150	0	0-5	5-8	14-28	0.56	0.98	0.55	0.41

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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