Best Canadian players
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Hey Kid I was playing beside joe when he lit into dave......held my match up for 10 min's........which i was winning......held on for the win, but was very distraught they didn't ask joe to leave.....way , way, out of line. When i asked the TD's why he was allowed to continue.......there response was , he apologized . Sorry,not good enuf............when you threaten someone's life over a 9ball tourney, you should be gone!............Have been freinds with joe for years ........but he has lost it~~!!cardiac kid said:
I'm not Canadian , and I have to admit I haven't seen all the players listed in this thread, but I have watched Potier, Horsfall, Hewitt, Martel, and Salvas on numerous occasions.
I really believe that Luc Salvas is Canada's best nine-baller. I might add that his demeanor and etiquette are as impressive as his game. Great guy, great player. A true genetleman.
I really believe that Luc Salvas is Canada's best nine-baller. I might add that his demeanor and etiquette are as impressive as his game. Great guy, great player. A true genetleman.
Hi trophycue,
Agreed on Joe. I spent a few hours with Jeff White at the Midwest last week. He remembers the incident pretty much like you and me. I had forgotten about Joe throwing his cue while playing Alex P. I was appalled to find out that Le Scratche Oshawa still has the same liquor stained cloth from two years ago on the tables! Too much bar business I guess.
Regardless, Martin Daigle placed me on the "B" side of the board in Oshawa. Having played most of Eastern Canada's best, from Gerry Watson, Paul Thornley, Jeff and the rest of the usual suspects, I have great respect for Martin's game. If he travelled more, like Danny, I think his game would go right to the top! I haven't seen anyone mention Edwin Montel. Is he a Canadian secret?
We have a Joss Tour Stop at Classic Billiards in April of 2005. Perhaps the Toronto / Rochester fast ferry will be running again. Hope to see you here! Please consider this a personal invitaion.
Agreed on Joe. I spent a few hours with Jeff White at the Midwest last week. He remembers the incident pretty much like you and me. I had forgotten about Joe throwing his cue while playing Alex P. I was appalled to find out that Le Scratche Oshawa still has the same liquor stained cloth from two years ago on the tables! Too much bar business I guess.
Regardless, Martin Daigle placed me on the "B" side of the board in Oshawa. Having played most of Eastern Canada's best, from Gerry Watson, Paul Thornley, Jeff and the rest of the usual suspects, I have great respect for Martin's game. If he travelled more, like Danny, I think his game would go right to the top! I haven't seen anyone mention Edwin Montel. Is he a Canadian secret?
We have a Joss Tour Stop at Classic Billiards in April of 2005. Perhaps the Toronto / Rochester fast ferry will be running again. Hope to see you here! Please consider this a personal invitaion.
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Eric Horjdsen???
Not sure of the spelling there...........but Eric I beleive to be quite young , beat Alex,Archer , Buddy all in sucession a the U.S. open this year. finished 9\10th i think. 2nd place in the Canadians this year, has to be considered one of the best in Canada rite now. Maybe some of you western players can give more info about him.
Not sure of the spelling there...........but Eric I beleive to be quite young , beat Alex,Archer , Buddy all in sucession a the U.S. open this year. finished 9\10th i think. 2nd place in the Canadians this year, has to be considered one of the best in Canada rite now. Maybe some of you western players can give more info about him.
Eric Hjorfelson (spelling may be off on that) from Winnepeg I believe. He shoots real strong, he is young, maybe 25 now, if that. He won the Northern Lights tournament as his first major win, it was a tough tourney too. He is tall and thin and has red hail, wears a baseball cap almost all the times I have seen him. He gambles real well, destroyed alot of action in Vegas for us shortstop Canadians as noone who played Eric wanted anything to do with any Canadians after he was through with em. He got second in the Canadian's last year, he will be in the Worlds this year that means. He is definately a solid player, can beat anyone in Canada on any given day, very confident. Is he top 5? He is in that kind of area for sure, there are probably 10-20 players that would be argueable in the top 5, I would say only Alex is the sure thing in the top spot, the other 4 are largely based on opinion as the next 19 are so close to each other.
sjm, thank you! I would rank Luc on top of this list, when he is truly on you can forget just Canadian players cause he can beat anyone in the world, case in point would be this years WPM in Holland, Luc opened the tournament on fire sending Archer packing in the first round, in the second round he beat Thorsten Hohmann 8-0 in 25 minutes. Funny thing is the event was made into one hour programs for each match and Matchroom sport had to fill the second half of the program for Luc's match with interviews and behind the scene stuff.
Edwin Montal is probably one of Canada's best "unknowns" Playing money games the only Canadian that would beat him is Alex. Does anybody know what Gerry Watson is doing nowadays?
Edwin Montal is probably one of Canada's best "unknowns" Playing money games the only Canadian that would beat him is Alex. Does anybody know what Gerry Watson is doing nowadays?
I haven't heard of anyone talking about Frenchy. I'm not sure of his name but I think it was Alain Boutain? (sp). He is entertaining as hell to watch and has an incredible talent at balancing things on his nose. Does he still play? He used to play very fast, one stroke, then hit the ball, run around the table and wait for the cue ball to stop rolling then fire again.
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Eric Horleifson is definitely the guy to watch in Canada in the years to come. Fortunately I got to see everyone play at the Canadian championship in july and Eric is the player who impressed me most. I don't think he has Alex P.'s talent (bu who does?) but he's on top of the new generation of top players in Canada. Imagine, the guy has to travel at least 5 hours to play a tournament on regular 9 foot tables! This kid loves pool, he's serious, has a good mind and is very talented. All the good ingredients.
As far as Luc Salvas, in the last year, he has been playing some of the best pool in his career. He won the provincial championship last weekend and his matches were just awesome (and fast of course). Luc can definitely beat anyone on this planet, but the strenght of his game is also a weakness as sometimes he plays very bad matches and can also lose to almost anyone. But Luc has to be the most exciting player to watch on this planet. Right now Alain Martel is also playing very strong pool. He won 4 of his 5 last tournaments (including the Canadian championship) and he seems to be back on track. On the other hand, Danny Hewitt's game is droping, he shows less and less interest in pool and it shows in his performances.
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As far as Luc Salvas, in the last year, he has been playing some of the best pool in his career. He won the provincial championship last weekend and his matches were just awesome (and fast of course). Luc can definitely beat anyone on this planet, but the strenght of his game is also a weakness as sometimes he plays very bad matches and can also lose to almost anyone. But Luc has to be the most exciting player to watch on this planet. Right now Alain Martel is also playing very strong pool. He won 4 of his 5 last tournaments (including the Canadian championship) and he seems to be back on track. On the other hand, Danny Hewitt's game is droping, he shows less and less interest in pool and it shows in his performances.
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Thierry Layani said:
This is a huge problem in Canada and indeed everywhere. Due to the low amount of money in the game the top players that actually spend money to go to tournies and break into the top realm of pool see the minimal payoffs, they get disolussioned with a sport they are near the top at and yet they make no cash. A guy of Danny's level of skill would be making millions in golf, or hockey, or almost any sport.
Tyler Edey is another Candian not mentioned yet in this post (I dont think). The guy just placed real high in the US Open, beat Strickland, beat some other top name I cannot remember atm, and yet half of the time the guy is practically retired due to the fact there really is little payoff to being a top pool player atm. What he did in the US Open is real tough, and I bet it hardly covered his expenses if that.
If only there was real money in this game that allowed the top players to actually play pool for a living rather then having to tend bar or go out to the rigs in order to save money so they can travel and play afew tournaments. Until we get our sport to a point the top players can be self supporting we are going to lose alot of people to disinterest who are future champs.
lunchmoney said:
Frenchie still plays in the local weekly tournaments in Vancouver Canada and wins his share for sure.He will spot any A player the six up and A+ players the 7 up for cash is not uncommon.He usually wins.He's got a reguliar day job,(what else, pool table mechanic) kids and rarely travels.
He is the most exciting player(pro) in Vancouver.He shoots extremley fast and can use some shots(super juice) that no one else seems to be able to, or at least dares to try.I would love to see him,Luc Salvas, Tony Drago and other known fast players play some 9 ball.These fast shooters are extremley talented and make the game look so easy.If players like that were on TV the sport would surely take off.They are so entertaining.
Here's a drill that I do for nine ball which involves running the 1-12 balls in order.First shot is ball in hand.My record is 38 balls in a row. After a two tries , Frenchie ran all 12 (sprinting around the table) in 59 seconds.I laughed my head off.Here's the drill:
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Give it a try. It looks easy but most A players have a tough time with it the first ten tries,however, Frenchie made it look soooooo easy. I've set this drill up 100's of times and can now do quite good at it.After you make the 12 ball,make sure you get a good angle on the one and keep the run going.
Frenchie is getting older now and doesn't play too much, however, if he did he could give a lot of the worlds best some good competition.RJ
recoveryjones said:
Thanks for the info RJ. I seemed to remember that he had quite a large family like 7 or 8 kids and was known as a dedicated family man. I watched him play in several tournaments in Washington State back in the early 90's, I made sure to sweat everyone of his matches. I would like to see him and Keith Mccready match up, now that would be entertaining.
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