CHAMPION: Bedard Wins 2020 WFG Quebec Tankard

SKIP
Alek
Bedard

Third
Louis
Quevillon

Second
Emile
Asselin

Lead
Charles
Auclair

Alek Bedard (Lacolle, QC) won 7-2 over Vincent Roberge (Levis, QC) in the Final of the WFG Quebec Tankard, held January 19 - 26, 2020 in Valleyfield, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Bedard won 9-8 over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2020 WFG Quebec Tankard in Valleyfield, Quebec;

Bedard finished 7-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bedard lost 8-7 to Roberge, then responded with a 6-4 win over Jean-Sebastien Roy (Saguenay, QC). Bedard won 11-2 against Alexandre Leduc (Valleyfield, QC), then won 7-6 against Steve Holdaway (Montreal , QC) and 10-7 against John Stewart (Valleyfield, QC). Bedard won 10-3 against Mark Homan (Gatineau, QC), then won 7-6 against Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC). Bedard went on to lose 8-6 against Fournier. Bedard responded with a 9-4 win over Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WFG Quebec Tankard Championship title, Bedard earned 18.683 world rankings points. Bedard move up 29 spots after posting a net gain of 13.788 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 99th overall with 43.290 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bedard ranks 98th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.394 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

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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