Jean-François "J-F" Trépanier (born February 20, 1987) is a

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curler from Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Quebec. 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 throws fourth stones on his team which is skipped by Jean-Michel Ménard. Career Asselin skipped Quebec at four Canadian Junior Curling Championships du ...

which is skipped by

Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard (born January 19, 1976) is a Canadian curler from Aylmer, Quebec. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006. In 2022 h ...

Career

Trépanier began playing with 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 with

at third and

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at second for the 2017–18 season. He previously played for Denis Robichaud, Simon Hebert and Guy Hemmings. In their first season together, Team Fournier won the 2018 WFG Tankard. The team qualified for the playoffs as the fourth seed and won three straight games to claim the provincial title. At the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, they finished 3–5 record, finishing in tenth place. They could not defend their provincial title the following year, losing to Martin Crête in the final of the

2019 WFG Tankard The 2019 WFG Tankard ''(French: Tankard WFG 2019)'' the Quebec men's provincial curling championship was held from January 13 to 20 at the Arèna de Grand-Mère in Grand-Mère, Quebec. The winning Martin Crête team represented Quebec at the ...

. Trépanier qualified for his first

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event during the 2019–20 season at the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2. His team qualified for the playoffs with a perfect 4–0 record. They then defeated Jamie Murphy in the quarterfinals before losing to eventual winners Korey Dropkin in the semifinal. Also during the 2019–20 season, Team Fournier finished third at the 2020 Quebec Tankard. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled.

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then decided to appoint 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, skip (curling), skipped by Brendan Bottch ...

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. The event was played in a bio-secure bubble to prevent the spread of the virus. At the Brier, they finished with a 4–4 record, failing to qualify for the championship round. In their first event of the 2021–22 season, Team Fournier reached the final of the Capital Curling Fall Open. Because of their previous successes on tour, the team had enough points to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials. At the Pre-Trials, the team finished the round robin with a 3–3 record, missing the playoff round. Later in the season, they won the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix and reached the final of both the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic and the Finale du Circuit. The

Quebec 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 ...

was once again cancelled due to the pandemic and Team Fournier were named as the provinces representatives for the

2022 Tim Hortons Brier The 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4 to 13 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. In the final, the defending Olympic bronze medallist Brad Gushue Wild Card #1 team, which also inclu ...

. At the Brier, the team finished once again with a 4–4, placing sixth in their pool. Following the season, skip

moved to Ontario and

took over as skip of the team with

Émile Asselin Émile Asselin (born November 15, 1996) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Montreal, Quebec. He currently plays Second (curling), second on Team Michael Fournier, Mike Fournier. Career Playing lead for his brother Félix Asselin, Émi ...

coming in to play second.

Personal life

Trépanier is employed as a manager at

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. He is married to Melissa Gilbert Paquette, and has three children. Prior to his curling career, Trépanier played ice hockey. He spent four seasons in the

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playing for the Valleyfield Braves from 2004 to 2008 and played for the Botany Swarm in the

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from 2008 to 2009.

Teams

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trépanier, Jean-François 1987 births Living people Canadian male curlers Curlers from Quebec Sportspeople from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield New Zealand Ice Hockey League players Ice hockey people from Montérégie Canadian ice hockey forwards 21st-century Canadian sportsmen