CHAMPION: Freilich Wins 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open

SKIP
Adam
Freilich

Third
Ariel
Krasik-Geiger

Second
Gabriel
Kempenich

Lead
Jeff
Lutz

Adam Freilich (Jerusalem, ISR) won 9-3 over Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open, held October 14 - 23, 2016 in Buckingham, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Freilich won 4-3 over Jean-Sebastien Roy (Thurso, QC) in the semifinals of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Buckingham, Quebec; and won 7-6 over Robbie MacLean (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Buckingham, Quebec;

Freilich finished 3-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Freilich defeated Dennis Mellerup (New York, USA) 8-3, then won 5-1 against Roxane Perron (Quebec, QC). Freilich went on to lose 3-0 against Alex Berube (Mt-Bruno, QC). Freilich responded with a 7-0 win over Denis Letendre (Trois-Rivieres, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open Championship title, Freilich earned 12.776 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 147 spots the World Ranking Standings into 171st place overall with 16.877 total points. Freilich ranks 90th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.776 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

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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