Martin Ferland (born November 8, 1970) is a

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curler from

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

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Career

Born in

Drummondville Drummondville () is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste. Drummondville ...

, Ferland was a member of the 2007 Quebec champion team, that was skipped by

Pierre Charette Pierre G. "The Duffer" Charette (born June 23, 1955) is a Canadian curler from Gatineau, Quebec. He currently coaches the Silvana Tirinzoni rink and the Jean-Michel Ménard rink. Career Born in Masson, Quebec, Charette has played in thirteen ...

. Ferland threw last stones for the team. At that first Brier, Ferland's team finished with a 4-7 record. Ferland was also the 1989 provincial junior champion skip. He skipped Quebec at the

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, but lost to Dean Joanisse of

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in the final. Ferland has been one of the more visible Quebec based teams on the

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(WCT). During the 2010s, he regularly competed in

events, while other Quebec rinks were less visible. Despite this, Ferland had regularly played second-fiddle to

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 ...

when it came to Quebec Brier playdowns. Since winning the 2007 provincial championship with Charette, Ferland lost three straight provincial finals frin 2008 to 2010, the first two were against Ménard. Following his 2010 defeat, Ferland would not make the playoffs at a Quebec championship until the

2014 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship The 2014 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship, also known as the Quebec Tankard, was held from January 11 to 19 at the Club de curling Desjardins in Val-d'Or, Quebec. The winning Jean-Michel Ménard rink from Saint-Romuald represented Q ...

, where he finished 4th. Ferland has won a total of four WCT events, including one

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event, The National in 2003. It remains the only Grand Slam victory for a Quebec-based team.

Grand Slam record

Ferland has not competed in any Grand Slam events since the 2012–13 season.

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