The 2019

WFG Tankard The Hardline Quebec Tankard (French: ''Tankard Hardline''), formerly the Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship is the Quebec provincial championship for men's curling. The tournament is run by Curling Québec, the provincial curling associa ...

''(French: Tankard WFG 2019)'' the

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men's provincial

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championship was held from January 13 to 20 at the Arèna de Grand-Mère in

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. The winning

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team represented Quebec at the

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. The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Quebec's provincial women's curling championship. The

skipped rink (which had been skipped by 11-time provincial champion

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in 2018 before he retired) won the event, defeating the 2018 champion

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 in the final.

Teams

Teams were as follows

Preliminary round

Standings

Scores

The scores for the preliminary round were as follows:

January 13

;Draw 1 *Fournier 8-5 Munroe *Ferland 10-7 Hill *Martel 11-7 Jo. Stewart ;Draw 2 *Crête 11-5 Homan *Roy 9-1 Michaud *Gagné 9-3 Holdaway

January 14

;Draw 3 *Jo. Stewart 7-0 Munroe *Ferland 8-4 Je. Stewart *Martel 10-6 Hill ;Draw 4 *Homan 7-4 Holdaway *Roy 7-5 Bédard *Gagné 7-1 Michaud ;Draw 5 *Je. Stewart 12-5 Martel *Fournier 8-5 Jo. Stewart *Munroe 9-3 Hill ;Draw 6 *Gagné 6-2 Bédard *Crête 10-2 Holdaway *Homan 6-4 Michaud

January 15

;Draw 7 *Jo. Stewart 7-6 Hill *Ferland 9-7 Munroe *Fournier 10-3 Je. Stewart ;Draw 8 *Michaud 5-3 Holdaway *Roy 12-7 Homan *Crête 11-3 Bédard ;Draw 9 *Fournier 10-3 Martel *Hill 5-4 Je. Stewart *Ferland 9-4 Jo. Stewart 4 ;Draw 10 *Crête 10-9 Gagné *Bédard 9-5 Michaud *Roy 8-6 Holdaway

January 16

;Draw 11 *Roy 9-6 Gagné *Crête 10-0 Michaud *Bédard 8-7 Homan ;Draw 12 *Martel 6-4 Ferland *Fournier 11-3 Hill *Munroe 8-7 Je. Stewart ;Draw 13 *Bédard 11-6 Holdaway *Roy 6-5 Crête *Homan 9-3 Gagné ;Draw 14 *Je. Stewart 7-6 Jo. Stewart *Fournier 8-2 Ferland *Munroe 9-7 Martel

Tiebreakers

''January 17, 09:00'' *Homan 7-2 Gagné *Munroe 5-4 Martel

Championship round

Standings

Scores

January 17

;Draw 15 *Crête 10-6 Ferland *Roy 7-4 Munroe *Fournier 9-7 Homan ;Draw 16 *Homan 8-3 Munroe *Fournier 7-4 Crête *Roy 11-4 Ferland

January 18

;Draw 17 *Roy 7-5 Fournier *Homan 8-2 Ferland *Crête 8-2 Munroe

Playoffs

1 vs 2

''Friday, January 19, 09:00''

3 vs 4

''Friday, January 19, 09:00''

Semifinal

''Saturday, January 19, 15:00''

Final

''Sunday, January 20, 13:00''

References

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External links

Official website

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