2018 Meridian Canadian Open

2018 Meridian Canadian Open
2018 Meridian Canadian Open
Host city	Camrose, Alberta
Arena	Encana Arena
Dates	January 16–21
Men's winner	Team de Cruz
Curling club	CC Genève, Geneva
Skip	Peter de Cruz
Fourth	Benoît Schwarz
Third	Claudio Pätz
Lead	Valentin Tanner
Finalist	Niklas Edin
Women's winner	Team Carey
Curling club	The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Skip	Chelsea Carey
Third	Cathy Overton-Clapham
Second	Jocelyn Peterman
Lead	Laine Peters
Finalist	Michelle Englot
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The 2018 Meridian Canadian Open was held from January 16–21 at the Encana Arena in Camrose, Alberta. This was the fourth Grand Slam of Curling event and third "major" of the 2017–18 curling season.

In the Men's final Peter de Cruz and his team from Geneva, Switzerland won their first Grand Slam title and the first by a Swiss men's team. They also became just the third non-Canadian team to win a Grand Slam as they defeated Niklas Edin. This marked the second straight Grand Slam event in which two non-Canadian men's teams contested the final.

In the Women's final Chelsea Carey and her rink from Calgary won their first Grand Slam title of the season, the second of Carey's career, as they defeated Michelle Englot who was looking to win her first Grand Slam title since 2008.

Men

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale	OOM Ranking^{[dead link]}
Steve Laycock^[a]	Darren Moulding	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta	12
Benoit Schwarz (Fourth)	Claudio Pätz	Peter de Cruz (Skip)	Valentin Tanner	Geneva, Switzerland	5
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Winnipeg, Manitoba	7
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Rasmus Wranå	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden	2
John Epping	Mat Camm	Pat Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario	13
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	1
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	10
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Ben Hebert	Calgary, Alberta	3
Jason Gunnlaugson	Alex Forrest	Ian McMillan	Connor Njegovan	Winnipeg, Manitoba	6
Kim Chang-min	Seong Se-hyeon	Oh Eun-soo	Lee Ki-bok	Uiseong, South Korea	8
Liu Rui	Xu Xiaoming	Jiang Dongxu	Zang Jialiang	Harbin, China	11
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba	4
John Morris	Matt Dunstone^[b]	Catlin Schneider	Don Bartlett^[c]	Vernon, British Columbia	29
John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Duluth, Minnesota	20
Bruce Mouat	Grant Hardie	Bobby Lammie	Hammy McMillan Jr.	Edinburgh, Scotland	9
Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Håvard Vad Petersson	Christoffer Svae	Oslo, Norway	14

Knockout Draw Brackets

A Event

^[1]

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

Kim Chang-min	4
Brad Gushue	9	Brad Gushue	3
Thomas Ulsrud	3	Peter de Cruz	5
Peter de Cruz	6			Peter de Cruz	3
Liu Rui	3			Brad Jacobs	6
Brad Jacobs	7	Brad Jacobs	7
Mike McEwen	6	Mike McEwen	3
Team Bottcher	1

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 2

Niklas Edin	5
John Shuster	6	John Shuster	5
John Morris	3	John Epping	6
John Epping	5			John Epping	7
Kevin Koe	4			Jason Gunnlaugson	8
Bruce Mouat	6	Bruce Mouat	4
Jason Gunnlaugson	9	Jason Gunnlaugson	6
Reid Carruthers	3

B event

Second Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

Kim Chang-min	2
Thomas Ulsrud	5	Thomas Ulsrud	2
Liu Rui	3	Team Bottcher	5
Team Bottcher	6			Team Bottcher	8
				John Epping	1

Second Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

Niklas Edin	7
John Morris	4	Niklas Edin	4
Kevin Koe	6	Reid Carruthers	8
Reid Carruthers	7			Reid Carruthers	3
				Peter de Cruz	8

Second Knockout		Qualifier 5

Brad Gushue	3
Mike McEwen	6	Mike McEwen	6
Bruce Mouat	8	Bruce Mouat	1
John Shuster	5

C Event

Third Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 6

Kim Chang-min	5
Liu Rui	4	Kim Chang-min	3
		John Shuster	6
				John Shuster	3
				Reid Carruthers	9

Third Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 7

John Morris	5
Kevin Koe	6	Kevin Koe	7
		Brad Gushue	6
				Kevin Koe	7
				John Epping	4

Third Knockout		Qualifier 8

Thomas Ulsrud	5
Niklas Edin	6	Niklas Edin	8
		Bruce Mouat	7

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

1	Brad Jacobs	7

8	Reid Carruthers	3
			1	Brad Jacobs	2

			4	Peter de Cruz	5
4	Peter de Cruz	7

5	Team Bottcher	6
						4	Peter de Cruz	4

						6	Niklas Edin	3
2	Jason Gunnlaugson	3

7	Kevin Koe	6
			7	Kevin Koe	5

			6	Niklas Edin	6
3	Mike McEwen	2

6	Niklas Edin	3

Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs 🔨	2	0	2	0	3	0	X	X	7
Reid Carruthers	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Player percentages
Brad Jacobs		Reid Carruthers
Ryan Harnden	96%	Colin Hodgson	79%
E.J. Harnden	88%	Derek Samagalski	81%
Ryan Fry	95%	Braeden Moskowy	82%
Brad Jacobs	94%	Reid Carruthers	92%
Total	93%	Total	84%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peter de Cruz 🔨	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	7
Team Bottcher	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	6

Player percentages
Peter de Cruz		Team Bottcher
Valentin Tanner	81%	Karrick Martin	90%
Peter de Cruz	85%	Bradley Thiessen	85%
Claudio Pätz	74%	Darren Moulding	69%
Benoît Schwarz	78%	Steve Laycock	66%
Total	80%	Total	78%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jason Gunnlaugson 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3
Kevin Koe	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	6

Player percentages
Jason Gunnlaugson		Kevin Koe
Connor Njegovan	77%	Ben Hebert	86%
Ian McMillan	78%	Brent Laing	69%
Alex Forrest	49%	Marc Kennedy	79%
Jason Gunnlaugson	82%	Kevin Koe	81%
Total	71%	Total	79%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Mike McEwen 🔨	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Niklas Edin	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3

Player percentages
Mike McEwen		Niklas Edin
Denni Neufeld	80%	Christoffer Sundgren	93%
Matt Wozniak	78%	Rasmus Wranå	86%
B.J. Neufeld	83%	Oskar Eriksson	83%
Mike McEwen	84%	Niklas Edin	92%
Total	81%	Total	89%

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs 🔨	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
Peter de Cruz	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	5

Player percentages
Brad Jacobs		Peter de Cruz
Ryan Harnden	82%	Valentin Tanner	80%
E.J. Harnden	83%	Peter de Cruz	74%
Ryan Fry	96%	Claudio Pätz	81%
Brad Jacobs	71%	Benoît Schwarz	87%
Total	83%	Total	81%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	5
Niklas Edin 🔨	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	6

Player percentages
Kevin Koe		Niklas Edin
Ben Hebert	95%	Christoffer Sundgren	100%
Brent Laing	81%	Rasmus Wranå	81%
Marc Kennedy	87%	Oskar Eriksson	76%
Kevin Koe	76%	Niklas Edin	82%
Total	85%	Total	85%

Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peter de Cruz 🔨	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	4
Niklas Edin	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3

Player percentages
Peter de Cruz		Niklas Edin
Valentin Tanner	89%	Christoffer Sundgren	84%
Peter de Cruz	76%	Rasmus Wranå	68%
Claudio Pätz	69%	Oskar Eriksson	92%
Benoît Schwarz	96%	Niklas Edin	70%
Total	82%	Total	79%

Women

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale	OOM Rankings
Chelsea Carey	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Jocelyn Peterman	Laine Peters	Calgary, Alberta	3
Kerri Einarson	Selena Kaatz	Liz Fyfe	Kristin MacCuish	Winnipeg, Manitoba	6
Michelle Englot	Kate Cameron	Leslie Wilson-Westcott	Raunora Westcott	Winnipeg, Manitoba	26
Allison Flaxey	Clancy Grandy	Lynn Kreviazuk	Morgan Court	Caledon, Ontario	6
Kim Eun-jung	Kim Kyeong-ae	Kim-Seon-yeong	Kim Yeong-mi	Uiseong, South Korea	22
Alina Pätz	Nadine Lehmann	Marisa Winkelhausen	Nicole Schwägli	Baden, Switzerland	10
Anna Hasselborg	Sara McManus	Agnes Knochenhauer	Sofia Mabergs	Sundbyberg, Sweden	2
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Joanne Courtney	Lisa Weagle	Ottawa, Ontario	5
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes / Shannon Birchard^[2]	Jill Officer	Dawn McEwen	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1
Darcy Robertson	Karen Klein	Vanessa Foster	Theresa Cannon	Winnipeg, Manitoba	13
Kelsey Rocque (Fourth)	Laura Crocker (Skip)	Taylor McDonald	Jennifer Gates	Edmonton, Alberta	9
Casey Scheidegger	Cary-Anne McTaggart	Jessie Scheidegger	Kristie Moore	Lethbridge, Alberta	19
Nina Roth	Tabitha Peterson	Aileen Geving	Becca Hamilton	Blaine, Minnesota	8
Val Sweeting	Lori Olson-Johns	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown	Edmonton, Alberta	14
Silvana Tirinzoni	Manuela Siegrist	Esther Neuenschwander	Marlene Albrecht	Aarau, Switzerland	7
Jamie Sinclair	Alex Carlson	Vicky Persinger	Monica Walker	Blaine, Minnesota	11

Knockout Draw Brackets

A Event

^[3]

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

Darcy Robertson	5
Jennifer Jones	3	Darcy Robertson	4
Casey Scheidegger	3	Allison Flaxey	5
Allison Flaxey	7			Allison Flaxey	9
Laura Crocker	8			Michelle Englot	4
Silvana Tirinzoni	4	Laura Crocker	3
Michelle Englot	9	Michelle Englot	8
Val Sweeting	2

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 2

Anna Hasselborg	8
Kim Eun-jung	2	Anna Hasselborg	4
Kerri Einarson	6	Kerri Einarson	8
Chelsea Carey	4			Kerri Einarson	3
Jamie Sinclair	2			Rachel Homan	7
Rachel Homan	7	Rachel Homan	8
Alina Pätz	0	Nina Roth	1
Nina Roth	8

B Event

^[3]

Second Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

Casey Scheidegger	4
Jennifer Jones	5	Jennifer Jones	6
Silvana Tirinzoni	6	Silvana Tirinzoni	4
Val Sweeting	5			Jennifer Jones	9
				Kerri Einarson	3

Second Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

Kim Eun-jung	1
Chelsea Carey	9	Chelsea Carey	9
Jamie Sinclair	9	Jamie Sinclair	2
Alina Pätz	2			Chelsea Carey	8
				Michelle Englot	1

Second Knockout		Qualifier 5

Darcy Robertson	5
Laura Crocker	7	Laura Crocker	6
Anna Hasselborg	7	Anna Hasselborg	4
Nina Roth	4

C Event

Third Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 6

Casey Scheidegger	6
Val Sweeting	3	Casey Scheidegger	4
		Nina Roth	7
				Nina Roth	4
				Michelle Englot	6

Third Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 7

Kim Eun-jung	7
Alina Pätz	4	Kim Eun-jung	8
		Darcy Robertson	4
				Kim Eun-jung	6
				Kerri Einarson	3

Third Knockout		Qualifier 8

Silvana Tirinzoni	7
Jamie Sinclair	3	Silvana Tirinzoni	5
		Anna Hasselborg	4

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

1	Rachel Homan	4

8	Kim Eun-jung	7
			8	Kim Eun-jung	4

			4	Chelsea Carey	6
4	Chelsea Carey	8

5	Laura Crocker	5
						4	Chelsea Carey	10

						7	Michelle Englot	5
2	Allison Flaxey	4

7	Michelle Englot	5
			7	Michelle Englot	10

			3	Jennifer Jones	4
3	Jennifer Jones	6

6	Silvana Tirinzoni	3

Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan 🔨	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	4
Kim Eun-jung	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	X	7

Player percentages
Rachel Homan		Kim Eun-jung
Lisa Weagle	95%	Kim Yeong-mi	84%
Joanne Courtney	91%	Kim Seon-yeong	83%
Emma Miskew	70%	Kim Kyeong-ae	90%
Rachel Homan	57%	Kim Eun-jung	81%
Total	79%	Total	85%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chelsea Carey	0	1	0	3	1	0	3	X	8
Laura Crocker 🔨	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Player percentages
Chelsea Carey		Laura Crocker
Laine Peters	84%	Jen Gates	80%
Jocelyn Peterman	56%	Taylor McDonald	85%
Cathy Overton-Clapham	71%	Laura Crocker	55%
Chelsea Carey	83%	Kelsey Rocque	70%
Total	74%	Total	73%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Allison Flaxey 🔨	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Michelle Englot	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	6

Player percentages
Allison Flaxey		Michelle Englot
Morgan Court	70%	Raunora Westcott	70%
Lynn Kreviazuk	75%	Leslie Wilson-Westcott	67%
Clancy Grandy	62%	Kate Cameron	58%
Allison Flaxey	57%	Michelle Englot	75%
Total	66%	Total	67%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones 🔨	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	X	6
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3

Player percentages
Jennifer Jones		Silvana Tirinzoni
Dawn McEwen	93%	Marlene Albrecht	85%
Jill Officer	87%	Manuela Siegrist	74%
Kaitlyn Lawes	91%	Esther Neuenschwander	79%
Jennifer Jones	82%	Silvana Tirinzoni	74%
Total	88%	Total	78%

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kim Eun-jung	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Chelsea Carey 🔨	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	X	6

Player percentages
Kim Eun-jung		Chelsea Carey
Kim Yeong-mi	82%	Laine Peters	94%
Kim Seon-yeong	87%	Jocelyn Peterman	73%
Kim Kyeong-ae	70%	Cathy Overton-Clapham	84%
Kim Eun-jung	75%	Chelsea Carey	71%
Total	78%	Total	80%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michelle Englot	0	1	0	3	1	0	5	X	10
Jennifer Jones 🔨	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4

Player percentages
Michelle Englot		Jennifer Jones
Raunora Westcott	91%	Dawn McEwen	94%
Leslie Wilson-Westcott	77%	Jill Officer	86%
Kate Cameron	72%	Kaitlyn Lawes	86%
Michelle Englot	93%	Jennifer Jones	55%
Total	83%	Total	80%

Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chelsea Carey 🔨	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	10
Michelle Englot	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	5

Player percentages
Chelsea Carey		Michelle Englot
Laine Peters	60%	Raunora Westcott	87%
Jocelyn Peterman	76%	Leslie Wilson-Westcott	70%
Cathy Overton-Clapham	86%	Kate Cameron	81%
Chelsea Carey	77%	Michelle Englot	78%
Total	75%	Total	79%

Notes

↑ Steve Laycock replaced Brendan Bottcher.
↑ Matt Dunstone replaced Jim Cotter.
↑ Don Bartlett replaced Tyrel Griffith.

References

↑ "2018 Meridian Canadian Open: Men's Triple Knockout Brackets". www.thegrandslamofcurling.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-27.
↑ Jonathan Brazeau (19 January 2018). "Birchard honoured to sub for Lawes on Team Jones". Sportsnet. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
1 2 "2018 Meridian Canadian Open: Women's Triple Knockout Brackets". www.thegrandslamofcurling.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29.

External links

Official website
Men's results from the CurlingZone database
Women's results from the CurlingZone database

[1] Steve Laycock replaced Brendan Bottcher.

[2] Matt Dunstone replaced Jim Cotter.

[3] Don Bartlett replaced Tyrel Griffith.

[4] "2018 Meridian Canadian Open: Men's Triple Knockout Brackets". www.thegrandslamofcurling.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-27.

[5] Jonathan Brazeau (19 January 2018). "Birchard honoured to sub for Lawes on Team Jones". Sportsnet. Retrieved May 29, 2024.

[thegrandslamofcurling.com-6] 1 2 "2018 Meridian Canadian Open: Women's Triple Knockout Brackets". www.thegrandslamofcurling.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29.

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