Dufresne Reaches 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open Quarters

SKIP
Maxime
Dufresne

Third
Joel
Charbonneau

Second
Marc-Andre
Chartrand

Lead
Jean-Christophe
Pichon

Maxime Dufresne (Montreal, QC) qualified for the 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Brian Lewis (Ottawa, ON).

Dufresne finished 4-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dufresne defeated Helene Pelchat (Montreal, QC) 7-2, then went on to lose 8-1 against Sylvain Dicaire (Val d'Or, QC). Dufresne responded with a 7-2 win over Sylvain Bellavance (Montreal, QC). Dufresne won 5-3 against Steve Holdaway (Montreal, QC), then won 7-3 against Susan Froud (Waterloo, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Dufresne earned 6.305 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open, moving up 192 spots the World Ranking Standings into 267th place overall with 6.838 total points. Dufresne ranks 141st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.305 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

2016: Adam Freilich
Adam Freilich, Ariel Krasik-Geiger, Gabriel Kempenich, Jeff Lutz
Jerusalem, ISR
2017: Sylvain Dicaire
Ghislain Doyon, Sylvain Dicaire, Claude St-Germain, Kurtis Hanna
Val d'Or, QC
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON

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