Éric Sylvain

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Éric Sylvain
Flag of Canada Team Ménard
Alternate
Lead Jean Gagnon
Second Éric Sylvain
Third Martin Crete
Skip Jean-Michel Ménard
Club Club de curling Victoria, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada & Club de curling Etchemin, Saint-Romuald, Quebec, Canada
Medal record
Men's Curling
World Curling Championships
Silver 2006 Lowell

Éric Sylvain (born June 16, 1971 in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a Canadian curler from Lévis. He currently plays second for Jean-Michel Ménard.

Sylvain joined up with Ménard in 2003, and qualified for his first Brier in 2005 as a member of Team Quebec. The lost in the 3-4 game to Nova Scotia (Shawn Adams, skip).

In 2006, the qualified for the Brier once again, this time winning it all, defeating Ontario (Glenn Howard) in the final. The team became the first francophone team from Quebec to win the Brier. This qualified them to represent Team Canada at the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship. The lost in the final to Scotland (David Murdoch).

The team failed to qualify for the 2007 Brier- losing to Pierre Charette in the provincial final. The team broke up that year, but Sylvain stuck with Ménard. They won the 2008 provincial final, qualifying them for the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier, but the new team failed to make the playoffs.