Émile Asselin (born November 15, 1996) is a

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curler from

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. He currently plays

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on Team

Félix Asselin Félix Asselin (born November 17, 1994) is a Canadian curler from Montreal. He currently skips his own team out of Montreal, Quebec. Career Asselin skipped Quebec at four Canadian Junior Curling Championships during his junior career in 2012, ...

Career

Playing lead for his brother

, Émile won back-to-back Quebec Junior Curling Championships in 2015 and 2016. The team had a strong showing at the

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, qualifying for the championship pool with a 6–0 record. They then went 1–3 in the championship pool, qualifying for the tiebreaker. Team Asselin defeated Alberta in the tiebreaker before losing to Saskatchewan in the second, ultimately being eliminated. The team just missed the playoffs the following season, finishing tied for fourth place with a 6–4 record. After Félix aged out of juniors, Émile joined the Alek Bédard rink out of Lacolle for his final two years of juniors. The team consisted of Bédard at skip, Louis Quevillon at third, Asselin at second and

Bradley Lequin Bradley Lequin (born May 30, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Lacolle, Quebec. He currently plays lead on Team Yannick Martel. Career Lequin won his first Quebec Junior Curling Championship in 2018, playing lead for Alek Bédard with Louis Qu ...

at lead. After failing to win the provincial championship in 2017, the team won the Quebec Junior Curling Championship in 2018. This qualified them for the

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, held January 13–21 in

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. At the championship, the team finished the round robin with a 4–2 record, which was enough to qualify them for the championship pool. They then lost three of their four games, finishing the tournament in seventh place with a 5–5 record. In 2019, Émile played second on Félix's team at the

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, which also included Laurie St-Georges at third and

Emily Riley Emily Riley (born September 23, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Pincourt, Quebec. She currently plays second on Team Laurie St-Georges. Career Riley is an accomplished junior curler, having participated in three Canadian Junior Curling Champio ...

at lead. The team finished on top of the standings after the championship pool with an 8–2 record before losing in the semifinal to Nova Scotia. They bounced back in the bronze medal game, defeating Ontario for the bronze medal. After being the alternate for the

Mike Fournier Michael "Mike" Fournier (born November 24, 1971) is a Canadian curler originally from Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec. He currently skips his own team out of Toronto, Ontario. Career Fournier played in his first Quebec Tankard in 2014 at the 2 ...

rink during the 2018–19 season, Asselin rejoined the Bédard rink for the 2019–20 season, Team Bédard competed in four tour events but only found success in one, the

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, where they reached the semifinals. At the

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, the team qualified for the championship round with a 5–1 record. They then went 2–1 in their next three games, good enough to earn them a spot in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game. They then defeated Martin Ferland 9–8 in the 3 vs. 4 game, upset

9–8 in the semifinal and beat

Vincent Roberge Vincent Roberge (born December 16, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Lévis, Quebec. Career Roberge won his first Quebec Junior Curling Championship in 2017, skipping his team of Julien Tremblay, Étienne Elmaleh and Fabien Roberge. This qual ...

7–2 to claim the championship title. Their win earned them a berth to the

2020 Tim Hortons Brier The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 29 to March 8 at the Leon's Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The winning Brad Gushue rink was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Men's Curli ...

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. There, they finished with a 1–6 record, only managing to beat Team Nunavut. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. Curling Québec then decided to select Team Fournier to represent Quebec at the

2021 Tim Hortons Brier The 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 14 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. In the final, Team Alberta, skipped by Brendan Bottcher defeated Team ...

, meaning Team Bédard would not have the opportunity to repeat as back-to-back provincials champions. Team Bédard had a strong start to the 2021–22 season, reaching the final of the Moosehead Classic. They then won the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec, beating the

Jean-Sébastien Roy Jean-Sébastien Roy (born August 14, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Gatineau, Quebec. Career Roy is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 1995 as the third for Yanick Gaudreault and in 1997 as the third for Philippe Lemay. At the ...

rink in the final game. They had two more playoff appearances during the season at the

and the Finale du Circuit where they reached the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. The Quebec Tankard was once again cancelled due to the pandemic and the Fournier rink was appointed as the provinces representatives, ending Team Bédard's season. After the season,

moved to Ontario and Asselin joined the team which was taken over by his brother Félix. The team also included

Martin Crête Martin Crête (born March 12, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Lévis, Quebec. He was the long time third for Jean-Michel Ménard from 2007 to 2018. Career Crête played as a competitive junior skip near the beginning of his career, finishing as ...

and

Jean-François Trépanier Jean-François "J-F" Trépanier (born February 20, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Quebec. He currently plays lead on Team Félix Asselin. Career Trépanier began playing with the Mike Fournier rink with Félix ...

. Asselin won the 2022 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship as a member of his brother Félix's Quebec team.

Personal life

Asselin is currently a physiotherapy student at the

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. His brother is

, who currently skips his team.

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Asselin, Émile 1996 births Living people Canadian male curlers Curlers from Quebec Sportspeople from Montreal People from Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Université de Montréal alumni Canadian mixed curling champions