CHAMPION: Arsenault Wins Superstore Monctonian Challenge

Levis, Quebec

Fourth
Julien
Tremblay

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Arsenault

Second
Jesse
Mullen

Lead
Philippe
Brassard

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.08
PA/G:	5.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Jean-Michel Arsenault (Levis, QC) won 6-5 over Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Superstore Monctonian Challenge, held December 8 - 10 in Moncton, New Brunswick. To advance to the championship game, Arsenault won 7-2 over James Grattan (Oromocto , NB) in the semifinals of the Superstore Monctonian Challenge in Moncton, New Brunswick; and won 7-6 over Greg Smith (St. John's , NL) in the quarterfinals. of the Superstore Monctonian Challenge in Moncton, New Brunswick;

Arsenault finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Arsenault defeated Jason Roach (Fredericton, NB) 8-3, then went on to lose 4-3 against Thompson. Arsenault responded with a 6-5 win over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS). Arsenault won 5-4 against Scott Jones (Moncton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Superstore Monctonian Challenge Championship title, Arsenault earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $2,300CDN first prize cheque. Arsenault move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 9.375 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 51st overall with 68.633 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Arsenault ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 50.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	36	15	0	0.706	6-3	1-5	2-3	0-0	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	395	341	238	8.63	6.03	2.61	5.01	4.05	1.72	1.49	0.94

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	193	264	42	23	10-0	16-4	56-6	1.37	0.22	0.48	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	202	77	196	14	2-2	0-6	13-46	0.38	0.97	0.59	0.28

2023: Jean-Michel Arsenault
Julien Tremblay, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Philippe Brassard , Eric Sylvain
Levis, QC
2022: Tyler Smith
Tyler Smith, Adam Cocks, Alex MacFadyen, Ed White
Charlottetown, PEI
2021: James Grattan
James Grattan, Paul Dobson, Andy McCann, Jamie Brannen
Oromocto, NB
2019: Scott Jones
Scott Jones, Jeremy Mallais, Brian King, Robert Daley
Moncton, NB

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