Fournier4-3 at 2023 Ontario Tankard

SKIP
Michael
Fournier

Third
Kevin
Flewwelling

Second
Sean
Harrison

Lead
Zander
Elmes

Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON) finished 4-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fournier defeated John Willsey (Oakville, ON) 10-8, then won 8-6 against Dayna Deruelle (Harriston, ON). Fournier went on to lose 9-7 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON). Fournier responded with a 9-8 win over Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON). Fournier won 10-8 against Landan Rooney (Whitby, ON). Fournier went on to lose 7-2 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Fournier lost 8-2 to Mike McEwen (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Fournier earned 6.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Fournier move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 4.875 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 58th overall with 66.074 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Fournier ranks 58th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	23	18	0	0.561	2-1	4-2	1-0	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	291	236	215	8.11	7.39	0.72	4.71	4.26	1.72	1.73	1.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	141	165	51	16	7-2	10-4	30-5	1.17	0.36	0.38	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	150	71	164	14	1-3	8-14	7-34	0.47	1.09	0.45	0.29

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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