# 2017 WFG Tankard

The 2017 WFG Tankard, the Quebec men's provincial curling championship was held from January 8 to 15 at the Aréna de Lévis in Lévis, Quebec. The winning Jean-Michel Ménard team represented Quebec at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

## Teams

Teams are as follows
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club(s) |
| Jean-Michel Arsenault | Mathieu Beaufort (skip) | Erik Lachance | Maxime H. Benoit | | Aurèle-Racine |
| Simon Benoit | Jean-François Trépanier | Martin Trépanier | Pier-Luc Trépanier | | Valleyfield / Aurèle-Racine |
| Dale Ness | Shane McRae | Shawn Blair (skip) | Scott McClintock | Taylor Lamb | Ormstown |
| Marc-André Chartrand | Pierre Blanchard | Maxime Mailloux | Jonathan Martel | Gabriel Saindon | Noranda / La Sarre |
| Mathieu Drapeau | Yanick Lefebvre | Hugo Chapdelaine | David Bergeron | | Drummondville |
| Martin Ferland | François Roberge | Maxime Elmaleh | Jean Gagnon | | Laviolette / Etchemin |
| Mike Fournier | Félix Asselin | William Dion | Miguel Bernard | | Glenmore |
| Fred Lawton | Derek Lockwood | Matt Greene | Charles Gagnon | | Baie d'Urfé |
| Yannick Martel | François Gionest | Jean-François Charest | Alexandre Ferland | | Kénogami / Riverbend |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | Martin Crête | Eric Sylvain | Philippe Ménard | | Etchemin |
| Pierre-Luc Morissette | Robert Desjardins | Thierry Fournier | René Dubois | | Chicoutimi / Victoria |
| Steven Munroe | François Gagné | Philippe Brassard | Christian Bouchard | | Etchemin/ Portneuf / TMR |
| Jean-Sébastien Roy | Jasmin Gibeau | Dan deWaard | Vincent Bourget | | Thurso / Buckingham / Trois-Rivières |
| Matt Kennerknecht | Ben Vezeau (skip) | Cameron Maclean | Jon Spring | Denis Robichaud | Glenmore |

## Round-robin standings

Key :
* Teams to Championship Round
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Pool A | W | L |
| Roy | 5 | 1 |
| Morissette | 4 | 2 |
| Ménard | 3 | 3 |
| Martel | 3 | 3 |
| Benoit | 3 | 3 |
| Blair | 2 | 4 |
| Lawton | 1 | 5 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Ferland | 6 | 0 |
| Munroe | 5 | 1 |
| Beaufort | 3 | 3 |
| Fournier | 3 | 3 |
| Chartrand | 2 | 4 |
| Drapeau | 1 | 5 |
| Vezeau | 1 | 5 |

## Scores
### Draw 1

* Roy 11-5 Blair
* Morissette 9-4 Lawton
* Benoit 8-4 Martel
* Ferland 9-2 Beaufort
* Fournier 9-6 Vezeau

### Draw 2

* Munroe 6-3 Chartrand
* Beaufort 7-5 Vezeau
* Ferland 8-2 Drapeau
* Martel 8-6 Ménard
* Benoit 10-5 Lawton

### Draw 3

* Morissette 7-3 Blair

### Draw 4

* Fournier 11-3 Drapeau
* Roy 7-4 Martel
* Munroe 9-4 Vezeau
* Ménard 9-3 Lawton
* Ferland 8-4 Chartrand

### Draw 5

* Morissette 6-3 Martel
* Ménard 6-5 Blair
* Roy 8-7 Benoit

### Draw 6

* Vezeau 6-4 Chartrand
* Munroe 7-5 Fournier
* Beaufort 9-1 Drapeau

### Draw 7

* Ménard 7-0 Benoit
* Roy 5-4 Morissette
* Martel 9-3 Lawton

### Draw 8

* Ferland 8-1 Vezeau
* Fournier 8-3 Chartrand
* Munroe 7-5 Beaufort

### Draw 9

* Beaufort 6-5 Fournier
* Ferland 9-5 Munroe
* Drapeau 6-3 Vezeau

### Draw 10

* Benoit 8-7 Morissette
* Martel 9-7 Blair
* Roy 7-6 Ménard

### Draw 11

* Ferland 10-5 Fournier
* Chartrand 9-5 Beaufort
* Munroe 6-3 Drapeau

### Draw 12

* Lawton 7-4 Roy
* Morissette 7-5 Ménard
* Blair 6-5 Benoit

### Draw 13

* Chartrand 4-3 Drapeau
* Blair 8-6 Lawton

### Tiebreakers

* Ménard 8-5 Martel
* Beaufort 3-2 Fournier

## Championship round

Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Skip | W | L |
| Morissette | 7 | 2 |
| Ferland | 7 | 2 |
| Roy | 7 | 2 |
| Ménard | 6 | 3 |
| Munroe | 5 | 4 |
| Beaufort | 3 | 6 |

### Scores
#### Draw 14

* Ménard 6-5 Ferland
* Roy 9-5 Beaufort
* Morissette 9-4 Munroe

#### Draw 15

* Roy 8-3 Munroe
* Morissette 8-4 Ferland
* Ménard 8-3 Beaufort

#### Draw 16

* Morissette 5-3 Beaufort
* Ménard 9-2 Munroe
* Ferland 7-6 Roy

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Pierre-Luc Morissette | 6 | | | | 2 | Martin Ferland | 6 |
| 2 | Martin Ferland | 10 | | | | 4 | Jean-Michel Menard | 9 |
| | | | 1 | Pierre-Luc Morissette | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Jean-Michel Ménard | 7 | | | |
| 3 | Jean-Sébastien Roy | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Jean-Michel Ménard | 7 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs 2

Saturday, January 15, 7:30 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Martin Ferland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Pierre-Luc Morissette | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### 3 vs 4

Saturday, January 15, 7:30 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jean-Sébastien Roy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 7 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, January 16, 8:15 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Pierre-Luc Morissette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Final

Sunday, January 16, 3:45 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Martin Ferland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jean-Michel Menard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
* 2017 WFG Tankard
* Jean-Michel Ménard 11th Quebec Provincial Championship title