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 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba.

2019 WFG Tankard
Host city	Grand-Mère, Quebec
Arena	Arèna de Grand-Mère
Dates	January 13–20, 2019
Winner	Team Crête
Curling club	CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald, CC Grand-Mère, Grand-Mère & Mt. Bruno CC, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Skip	Martin Crête
Third	Philippe Lemay
Second	Éric Sylvain
Lead	Philippe Ménard
Finalist	Mike Fournier
« 2018 2020 »

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

The Martin Crête skipped rink (which had been skipped by 11-time provincial champion Jean-Michel Ménard in 2018 before he retired) won the event, defeating the 2018 champion Mike Fournier rink in the final.

Teams

Teams were as follows^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club(s)
Alek Bédard	Louis Quevillon	Julien Tremblay	Charles Auclair		Boucherville/Rimouski/Etchemin
Martin Crête	Philippe Lemay	Eric Sylvain	Philippe Ménard		Etchemin/Grand-Mère/Mont-Bruno
Martin Ferland	Don Bowser	Jason Camm	Vincent Bourget		Grand-Mère/des Collines/Trois-Rivières
Mike Fournier	Félix Asselin	William Dion	Jean-François Trépanier	Émile Asselin	Glenmore/Valleyfield/Drummondville
François Gagné	Jean-Michel Arsenault	Erik Lachance	Christian Bouchard		TMR
Scott Hill	Scott McClintock	Shawn Blair	Shane McRae		Ormstown
Steve Holdaway	Zackary Wise	Stewart Yaxley	Mike Chuipka		Glenmore
Mark Homan	Mike McLean	Colton Daly	Gary Findley		Des Collines
Yannick Martel	Jean-François Charest	Carl Lévesque	Stéphane Palin	François Gionest	Kénogami
Stéphane Michaud	David Jutras	Sylvain Proulx	Luc Bellefeuille		Trois-Rivières
Steven Munroe	Maxime Elmaleh	Jasmin Gibeau	Philippe Brassard		Etchemin/Thurso
Jean-Sébastien Roy	Robert Desjardins	Pierre-Luc Morissette	René Dubois		Des Collines/Chicoutimi/Kenogami/Victoria
Jeffrey Stewart	Matt Kennerknecht	Ben Vezeau	Jonathan Spring	Andrew Leigh	Glenmore
John Stewart	Blake Stoughton	François Hallé	David-Lee Amos		Valleyfield

Preliminary round

Standings

Key
	Teams to Championship Round
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Pool A W L Fournier 6 0 Ferland 4 2 Munroe 3 3 Martel 3 3 Je. Stewart 2 4 Jo. Stewart 2 4 Hill 1 5

Pool B W L Roy 6 0 Crête 5 1 Homan 3 3 Gagné 3 3 Bédard 3 3 Michaud 1 5 Holdaway 0 6

Scores

The scores for the preliminary round were as follows:^[2]

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

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Skip	W	L
Roy	9	0
Fournier	8	1
Crête	7	2
Homan	5	4
Ferland	4	5
Munroe	3	6

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

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Jean-Sébastien Roy	2								2	Mike Fournier	7
	2	Mike Fournier	8								3	Martin Crête	8
						1	Jean-Sébastien Roy	6
						3	Martin Crête	7
	3	Martin Crête	6
	4	Mark Homan	5

1 vs 2

Friday, January 19, 09:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jean-Sébastien Roy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
Mike Fournier	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	X	8

3 vs 4

Friday, January 19, 09:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Martin Crête	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	6
Mark Homan	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	5

Semifinal

Saturday, January 19, 15:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jean-Sébastien Roy	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	6
Martin Crête	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	7

Final

Sunday, January 20, 13:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike Fournier	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7
Martin Crête	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	8

2019 WFG Tankard
Martin Crête 8th Quebec Provincial Championship title