Menard2-3 at 2023 Insitu Players Open

Montreal, Quebec

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Jesse
Mullen

Lead
Philippe
Brassard

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.22
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Jean-Michel Menard (Montreal, QC) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard lost 6-4 to Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO), droppimg another game, 7-5 to Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) where Menard responded with a 8-2 win over Wyatt Wright (Toronto, ON). Menard won 9-3 against Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC). Menard went on to lose 6-0 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Menard earned 5.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 12 of the event schedule, Menard did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 28th to 29th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 128.641 total points. Menard ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	8	0	0.778	6-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	253	231	147	9.13	5.81	3.32	5.02	3.99	1.82	1.46	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	125	179	29	8	5-0	17-1	37-3	1.43	0.23	0.50	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	128	52	118	17	2-3	3-2	6-28	0.41	0.92	0.57	0.27

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