Thompson Runner-Up at 2023 Superstore Monctonian Challenge

SKIP
Stuart
Thompson

Third
Cameron
MacKenzie

Second
Travis
Colter

Lead
Philip
Crowell

Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS) lost 6-5 to Jean-Michel Arsenault (Levis, QC) in the Final of the Superstore Monctonian Challenge, held December 8 - 10, 2023 in Moncton, New Brunswick. To advance to the championship game, Thompson won 8-7 over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2023 Superstore Monctonian Challenge in Moncton, New Brunswick; and won 7-1 over Scott Jones (Moncton, NB) in the quarterfinals.

Thompson finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson defeated Rene Comeau (Fredericton, NB) 5-4, then won 4-3 against Arsenault and 5-4 against Tyler Smith (Charlottetown, PEI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Superstore Monctonian Challenge, Thompson take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN prize, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 83rd place overall with 42.000 total points. Thompson ranks 83rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.938 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	18	17	0	0.514	3-3	0-4	2-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	258	182	186	7.05	7.21	-0.16	4.73	4.22	1.49	1.71	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	118	126	38	10	0-1	8-2	29-4	1.07	0.32	0.34	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	140	56	148	17	1-3	1-10	10-37	0.40	1.06	0.39	0.29

2023: Jean-Michel Arsenault
Julien Tremblay, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Philippe Brassard , Eric Sylvain
Levis, QC
2022: Tyler Smith
Tyler Smith, Adam Cocks, Alex MacFadyen, Ed White
Charlottetown, PEI
2021: James Grattan
James Grattan, Paul Dobson, Andy McCann, Jamie Brannen
Oromocto, NB
2019: Scott Jones
Scott Jones, Jeremy Mallais, Brian King, Robert Daley
Moncton, NB

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