Desjardins Reaches Invitation Valleyfield Semifinals

SKIP
Robert
Desjardins

Third
Francois
Gionest

Second
Yannick
Martel

Lead
Rene
Dubois

Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) run at the Invitation Valleyfield came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-3 loss to Jean-Michel Arsenault (Levis, QC). of the Invitation Valleyfield in , Quebec; Desjardins advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-2 win over Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN). of the Invitation Valleyfield in , Quebec;

Desjardins finished 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Desjardins defeated Normand Bornais (Quebec, QC) 8-3, then won 7-2 against Mathieu Beaufort (Sorel-Tracy, QC) and 8-1 against Dominique Jean (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Desjardins earned 6.375 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Invitation Valleyfield. Desjardins move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -7.75 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 61st overall with 55.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Desjardins ranks 57th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	24	17	0	0.585	2-0	1-4	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	284	235	206	8.27	7.25	1.02	4.47	4.44	1.85	1.63	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	135	165	57	12	7-0	15-3	25-12	1.22	0.42	0.38	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	149	70	149	19	1-4	5-9	14-29	0.47	1.00	0.52	0.29

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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