Fournier Runner-Up at 2021 Capital Curling Fall Mens

Montreal, Quebec

SKIP
Michael
Fournier

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Felix
Asselin

Lead
Jean-Francois
Trepanier

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.74
PA/G:	4.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) lost 8-3 to Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI) in the Final of the Capital Curling Fall Mens, held September 23 - 26, 2021 at the RCMP Curling Club in Ottawa, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Fournier won 8-3 over Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) in the semifinals of the 2021 Capital Curling Fall Mens in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and won 5-4 over Shane Latimer (Ajax, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Fournier finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fournier defeated Greg Inglis (Carrying Place, ON) 7-3, then won 8-0 against Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) and 7-1 against Sandy MacEwan (Sudbury, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Capital Curling Fall Mens, Fournier take home 20.305 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN prize, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 29th place overall with 79.467 total points. Fournier ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 20.305 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	28	16	0	0.636	9-3	3-5	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	329	273	215	8.30	6.54	1.76	4.59	4.44	1.81	1.47	0.97

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	166	206	55	15	9-2	14-1	42-4	1.24	0.33	0.43	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	163	67	160	17	1-1	3-9	15-34	0.41	0.98	0.57	0.26

2022: Jason Camm
Jason Camm, Ian Dickie, Zack Shurtleff, Punit Sthankiya
Navan, ON
2019: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Riku Yanagisawa, Satoshi Koizumi, Fukuhiro Ohno, Taisei Kanai
Nagano, JPN
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2016: Michael Fournier
Michael Fournier, Felix Asselin, William Dion, Miguel Bernard
Montreal, QC
2015: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Ritchie Gillan, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski
Carp, ON
2014: Brian Lewis
Brian Lewis, Chris Lewis, David Staples, Kyle Thompson
Ottawa, ON
2013: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2012: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Martin Ferland
Martin Ferland, Francois Roberge, Shawn Fowler, Maxime Elmaleh
Trois-Rivieres, QC
2008: Howard Rajala
Martin Ferland, Francois Roberge, Shawn Fowler, Maxime Elmaleh
Ottawa, ON
2007: Howard Rajala
Howard Rajala, Chris Fulton, Jeff Henderson, Craig Cordiner
Ottawa, ON
2006: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Chris Fulton, Jeff Henderson, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2005: Pierre Charette
Pierre Charette, Martin Ferland, Philippe Lemay, Marco Berthelot
, QC
2004: Anne Merklinger
Anne Merklinger, Theresa Breen, Susan Froud, Audrey Frey
Ottawa, ON
2003: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Bill Gamble, Ian MacAulay, John Steski
, ON

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