Desjardins Reaches 2023 Hardline Quebec Tankard Semifinals

SKIP
Robert
Desjardins

Third
Francois
Gionest

Second
Pierre-Luc
Morissette

Lead
Rene
Dubois

Robert Desjardins (Quebec, QC) run at the 2023 Hardline Quebec Tankard came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-5 loss to Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC). of the 2023 Hardline Quebec Tankard in Saguenay, Quebec;

Desjardins finished 5-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Desjardins defeated Richard Faguy (Buckingham, QC) 9-5, then won 7-5 against Leandre Girard (Quebec, QC). Desjardins went on to lose 8-4 against Asselin. Desjardins lost 7-6 to Alexandre Leduc (Valleyfield, QC) where Desjardins responded with a 7-2 win over Gregory Bornais (Trois-Rivieres, QC). Desjardins won 11-6 against Girard, then won 9-2 against Quebec's Pascal Girard in their final qualifying round match.

Desjardins earned 8.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Hardline Quebec Tankard. Desjardins move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 7.375 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 55th overall with 67.766 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Desjardins ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	25	21	0	0.543	4-2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	333	271	235	8.14	7.06	1.08	4.86	4.20	1.67	1.68	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	159	203	39	16	7-0	12-3	40-5	1.28	0.25	0.41	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	174	68	196	15	2-6	2-16	11-32	0.39	1.13	0.52	0.27

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