2012 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship
# 2012 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship

The 2012 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship (also known as the Quebec Tankard) was held January 24–29, 2012 at the Club de Curling Kénogami in Jonquière, Quebec. The winning team of Robert Desjardins, represented Quebec at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

## Format changes

The 2011–2012 season saw a new format for both the men and women's provincial playdowns. The men's tournament consisted of twelve teams in a triple knockout format, and playing for spots in a four team page playoff. Eight teams, four from east Quebec and four from the west Quebec, will qualify through zones playdowns, and four teams will qualify through the points system. This change means the defending champion from the previous season will no longer receive an automatic berth into the provincial playdowns and will see two additional teams compete in the provincial playdown.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Robert Desjardins | Jean-Sébastien Roy | Steven Munroe | Steeve Villeneuve | Chicoutimi |
| Simon Dupuis | Don Westphal | Louis Biron | Maurice Cayouette | Thurso / Buckingham |
| Martin Ferland | François Roberge | Shawn Fowler | Maxime Elmaleh | Etchemin |
| François Gagné | Ghyslain Richard | Christian Bouchard | Benoit Vezeau | Mount Royal / Laval |
| Steeve Gagnon | Martin Roy | Mike Coolidge | Olivier Beaulieu | Rosemère / Glenmore |
| Pierre Gervais | René Bouffard | Alain Maillette | Éric Lemaire | Trois-Rivières |
| Kevin Golberg | Chris Labar | Matthew Kennerknecht | Tyler Cooper | Pointe-Claire |
| Simon Hébert | Denis Laflamme | Bernard Gingras | Steve Tremblay | Baie-Comeau / Sept-Îles |
| Philippe Lemay | Mathieu Beaufort | Jean-Michel Arsenault | Erik Lachance | Laviolette |
| Frédéric Marchand | François Boudreau | Joey Fraser | Simon Brunelle | Laviolette |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | Martin Crête | Éric Sylvain | Philippe Ménard | Etchemin |
| Serge Reid | François Gionest | Simon Collin | Marc Côté | Kénogami / Alma / Roberval |

## Draw Brackets

### A Event

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | A Qualifier | A Qualifier | A Qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | A5 | Ménard | 8 | | | | | | |
| Marchand | Marchand | 7 | A1 | Marchand | 3 | | | | | | |
| Gagnon | Gagnon | 6 | | | | A5 | Ménard | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | A2 | Lemay | 8 | | | |
| | | | A2 | Lemay | 9 | | | | | | |
| Lemay | Lemay | 8 | A6 | Reid | 4 | | | | | | |
| Gervais | Gervais | 3 | | | | | | | A2 | Lemay | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | A4 | Gagné | 3 |
| | | | A7 | Desjardins | 2 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Dupuis | 9 | A3 | Dupuis | 6 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Golberg | 3 | | | | A3 | Dupuis | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | A4 | Gagné | 9 | | | |
| | | | A4 | Gagné | 7 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Gagné | 9 | A8 | Ferland | 6 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Hébert | 1 | | | | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | B Qualifier | B Qualifier | B Qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Dupuis | Dupuis | 4 | | | | | | |
| Reid | Reid | 5 | Gagnon | Gagnon | 8 | | | | | | |
| Gagnon | Gagnon | 8 | | | | Gagnon | Gagnon | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Desjardins | Desjardins | 8 | | | |
| | | | Ménard | Ménard | 6 | | | | | | |
| Desjardins | Desjardins | 9 | Desjardins | Desjardins | 8 | | | | | | |
| Gervais | Gervais | 6 | | | | | | | Desjardins | Desjardins | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | Gagné | Gagné | 4 |
| | | | | | | Hébert | Hébert | 5 | | | |
| A8 | Ferland | 8 | | | | Gagné | Gagné | 6 | | | |
| A3 | Golberg | 9 | Golberg | Golberg | 4 | | | | | | |
| A5 | Marchand | 8 | Hébert | Hébert | 5 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Hébert | 11 | | | | | | | | | |

### C Event

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | C Qualifier 1 | C Qualifier 1 | C Qualifier 1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Gervais | Gervais | 8 | | | |
| Reid | Reid | 6 | Hébert | Hébert | 7 | | | |
| Gervais | Gervais | 7 | | | | Gervais | Gervais | 9 |
| | | | | | | Gagnon | Gagnon | 11 |
| | | | Golberg | Golberg | 5 | | | |
| | | | Gagnon | Gagnon | 8 | | | |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | C Qualifier 2 | C Qualifier 2 | C Qualifier 2 |
| Ferland | Ferland | 9 | | | | | | |
| Dupuis | Dupuis | 4 | Ferland | Ferland | 6 | | | |
| Marchand | Marchand | 3 | Ménard | Ménard | 11 | | | |
| Ménard | Ménard | 9 | | | | Gagné | Gagné | 4 |
| | | | | | | Ménard | Ménard | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A | Philippe Lemay | 8 | | | | A | Philippe Lemay | 7 |
| B | Robert Desjardins | 5 | | | | B | Robert Desjardins | 8 |
| | | | B | Robert Desjardins | 7 | | | |
| | | | C2 | Jean-Michel Ménard | 4 | | | |
| C1 | Steeve Gagnon | 7 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Jean-Michel Ménard | 10 | | | | | | |

### C1 vs. C2

January 28, 19:00

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ménard | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Gagnon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |

### A vs. B

January 28, 19:00

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lemay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Semifinal

January 29, 09:00

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Desjardins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Ménard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Final

January 29, 14:00

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lemay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

* 2012 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship
* Robert Desjardins Quebec Provincial Championship title
