CHAMPION: Morissette Wins Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle

Quebec city, Quebec

SKIP
Pierre-Luc
Morissette

Third
Pierre
Lajoie

Second
Marc-Alexandre
Dion

Lead
Pierre
Lanoue

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	8.68
PA/G:	4.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Pierre-Luc Morissette (Quebec city, QC) won 7-2 over Jean-Sebastien Roy (Des Collines, QC) in the Final of the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle, held October 31 - November 3 in Val-d, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Morissette won 8-6 over Francois Roberge (Levis, QC) in the semifinals of the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle in Val-d, Quebec; and won 6-0 over Guy Simard (Amos, QC) in the quarterfinals.

Morissette finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morissette defeated Paulo Bienvenue (Val d'Or, QC) 7-5, then won 5-4 against Sonny Melancon (La Sarre, QC) and 6-3 against Guillaume Rousseau (Riviere-du-Loup, QC). Morissette won 7-6 against Sylvain Bellavance (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec/Agnico Eagle Championship title, Morissette earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $3,100CDN first prize cheque. For week 14 of the event schedule, Morissette did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Morissette ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2023: Yannick Martel
Yannick Martel, Louis Quevillon, Jean-Francois Charest, Bradley Lequin
Saguenay, QC
2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Alek Bedard
Alek Bedard, Louis Quevillon, Emile Asselin, Bradley Lequin
Montreal, QC
2019: Mark Homan
Mark Homan, Mike McLean, Colton Daly, Gary Findley
Gatineau, QC
2018: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Jean-Sebastien Roy, Robert Desjardins, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier, Rene Dubois
Saguenay, QC
2017: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Robert Desjardins, Jean-Sebastien Roy, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier
Chicoutimi, QC

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