2018 Elite 10 (March)
{{short description|Grand Slam of Curling event}}
{{About|the bonspiel held in March 2018|the bonspiel held in September 2018|2018 Elite 10 (September)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{infobox curling
|Name=2018 Princess Auto Elite 10
|Logo=
|Size=
|Arena=St. James Civic Centre
|Dates=March 15–18
| Winner = {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen
| Curling club = Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg
| Skip = Mike McEwen
| Third = B.J. Neufeld
| Second = Matt Wozniak
| Lead = Denni Neufeld
| Finalist = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
|prev=2017
|next=September 2018
}}
The 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 was held from March 15 to 18 at St. James Civic Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was the fifth Grand Slam of Curling event held in the 2017–18 curling season. The tournament was held between ten men's teams.
Format
Instead of normal curling scoring rules, the Elite 10 uses a match play system in which scoring is based on ends won, rather than rocks scored. An end is won by stealing or scoring two with the hammer, similar to skins curling. Unlike skins, however, there are no carry-overs. In the event of a tie, a draw to the button competition is held to determine the winner. In the standings, wins are worth three points, draw to the button wins are worth two points, and draw to the button losses are worth one point.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/elite-10/elite-10-format/|title=Format for the Elite 10|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331193519/http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/elite-10/elite-10-format/|archive-date=March 31, 2018|url-status=dead}}
Teams
The top 10 teams in the World Curling Tour's year-to-date rankings as of February 5, 2018, were invited to compete in the Elite 10. If any teams declined, the next-highest team was invited until the field of 10 teams was complete.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/elite-10/elite-10-qualification/|title=Qualification for the Elite 10|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-date=April 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401024716/http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/elite-10/elite-10-qualification/|url-status=dead}}
| class=wikitable | ||||
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reid Carruthers | Jeff Stoughton | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson | {{flagicon|MB}} Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Rasmus Wranå | Christoffer Sundgren | {{flagicon|SWE}} Karlstad, Sweden |
| John Epping | Mat Camm | Patrick Janssen | Tim March | {{flagicon|ON}} Toronto, Ontario |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | Alex Forrest | Ian McMillan | Connor Njegovan | {{flagicon|MB}} Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Brett Gallant | Geoff Walker | {{flagicon|NL}} St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Glenn Howard | Adam Spencer | David Mathers | Scott Howard | {{flagicon|ON}} Tiny, Ontario |
| Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | {{flagicon|ON}} Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | {{flagicon|AB}} Calgary, Alberta |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | {{flagicon|MB}} Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | {{flagicon|USA}} Duluth, United States |
Round-robin standings
| table
|valign=top width=10%| {| class=wikitable | |||||||
| width=175| Pool A | width=40| W | width=40| {{tooltip|EEW|Extra end wins}} | width=40| {{tooltip|EEL|Extra end losses}} | width=40| L | width=40| {{tooltip|EF|Ends for}} | width=40| {{tooltip|EA|Ends against}} | width=40| Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ffffcc
| {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| bgcolor=#ffffcc
| {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
| {{flagicon|ON}} John Epping | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Edin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
| {{flagicon|MB}} Reid Carruthers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
|valign=top width=10%|
| class=wikitable | |||||||
| width=175| Pool B | width=40| W | width=40| {{tooltip|EEW|Extra end wins}} | width=40| {{tooltip|EEL|Extra end losses}} | width=40| L | width=40| {{tooltip|EF|Ends for}} | width=40| {{tooltip|EA|Ends against}} | width=40| Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ffffcc
| {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 12 |
| bgcolor=#ffffcc
| {{flagicon|AB}} Kevin Koe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| bgcolor=#ffffcc
| {{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| {{flagicon|MB}} Jason Gunnlaugson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
|}
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
=Draw 1=
Thursday, March 15, 12:00 pm
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| sheet = A
| team1 = {{flagicon|ON}} John Epping
|||✓|✓|✓|✓|X|X||4
| team2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Edin {{X}}
||✓|||||X|X||1
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = B
| team1 = {{flagicon|MB}} Jason Gunnlaugson
|||||✓||X|X||1
| team2 = {{flagicon|USA}} John Shuster {{X}}
|✓||✓|✓||✓|X|X||4
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = C
| team1 = {{flagicon|MB}} Reid Carruthers {{X}}
||✓|✓|||✓|||✓|4
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard
||||✓|✓||✓|| |3
}}
=Draw 2=
Thursday, March 15, 4:00 pm
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = A
| team1 = {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard {{X}}
|✓|✓||||✓||||3
| team2 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
|||||✓||✓|||2
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = B
| team1 = {{flagicon|AB}} Kevin Koe
||||✓||||X||1
| team2 = {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen {{X}}
|||✓||✓|✓||X||3
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = C
| team1 = {{flagicon|USA}} John Shuster
|||||✓|||X||1
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs {{X}}
|✓||✓|||✓|✓|X||4
}}
=Draw 3=
Thursday, March 15, 8:00 pm
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = A
| team1 = {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen {{X}}
|✓|✓|✓|✓|✓|X|X|X||5
| team2 = {{flagicon|MB}} Jason Gunnlaugson
||||||X|X|X||0
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = B
| team1 = {{flagicon|ON}} John Epping
|✓||✓||✓|✓|X|X||4
| team2 = {{flagicon|MB}} Reid Carruthers {{X}}
||✓|||||X|X||1
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = C
| team1 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Edin
||✓|✓|||||✓| |3
| team2 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue {{X}}
||||✓|✓||✓||✓|4
}}
=Draw 4=
Friday, March 16, 8:30 am
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = A
| team1 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Edin
|✓||||✓||✓|✓||4
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard {{X}}
|||✓|✓||✓||||3
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = B
| team1 = {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen
||||✓||✓||✓||3
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs {{X}}
|||✓||✓|||||2
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = C
| team1 = {{flagicon|MB}} Jason Gunnlaugson
||||✓|✓|||||2| team2 = {{flagicon|AB}} Kevin Koe {{X}}
|✓|||||✓||✓||3}}
=Draw 5=
Friday, March 16, 12:00 pm
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = A
| team1 = {{flagicon|AB}} Kevin Koe
|||✓||✓|✓||✓||4
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs {{X}}
||✓||✓||||||2}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = B
| team1 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
||✓|✓||✓|||✓||4
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} John Epping {{X}}
||||||✓|✓|||2}}
=Draw 6=
Friday, March 16, 4:00 pm
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = A
| team1 = {{flagicon|USA}} John Shuster {{X}}
|||✓||||X|X||1
| team2 = {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen
|✓|✓||✓|✓|✓|X|X||5
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = B
| team1 = {{flagicon|MB}} Reid Carruthers
||✓||✓||||✓| |3
| team2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Edin {{X}}
|✓||✓||||✓||✓|4
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = C
| team1 = {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard
|✓|✓|||||✓|||3
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} John Epping {{X}}
|||✓||✓|||||2
}}
=Draw 7=
Friday, March 16, 8:00 pm
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = A
| team1 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
|||✓|✓||✓|X|X||3
| team2 = {{flagicon|MB}} Reid Carruthers {{X}}
|||||||X|X||0
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = B
| team1 = {{flagicon|USA}} John Shuster
||||✓||||X||1
| team2 = {{flagicon|AB}} Kevin Koe {{X}}
|✓||✓|||✓|✓|X||4
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet = C
| team1 = {{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs
||||||✓|✓|X||2
| team2 = {{flagicon|MB}} Jason Gunnlaugson {{X}}
||||||||X||0
}}
=Tiebreaker=
Saturday, March 17, 8:30 am
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet =
| team1 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Edin {{X}}
||||||X|X|X||0
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} John Epping
|✓||✓|✓|✓|X|X|X||4
}}
Playoffs
{{6TeamBracket|seeds=no
| RD1= Quarterfinals
| RD2= Semifinals
| RD3= Final
| team-width= 150px
| RD1-team1= {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard
| RD1-score1= 3
| RD1-team2= {{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs
| RD1-score2= 1
| RD1-team3= {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
| RD1-score3= 4
| RD1-team4= {{flagicon|ON}} John Epping
| RD1-score4= 2
| RD2-team1= {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen
| RD2-score1= 4
| RD2-team2= {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard
| RD2-score2= 3
| RD2-team3= {{flagicon|AB}} Kevin Koe
| RD2-score3= 1
| RD2-team4= {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
| RD2-score4= 2
| RD3-team1= {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen
| RD3-score1= 4
| RD3-team2= {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
| RD3-score2= 1
}}
=Quarterfinals=
''Saturday, March 17, 12:00 pm
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet =
| team1 = {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard
| |✓ | |✓ | | |✓ |X ||3
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs {{X}}
|✓ | | | | | | |X||1
}}
{{Player percentages
| team1 = {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard
| Scott Howard | 97%
| David Mathers | 84%
| Adam Spencer | 100%
| Glenn Howard | 97%
| teampct1 = 94%
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} Brad Jacobs
| Ryan Harnden | 88%
| E. J. Harnden | 74%
| Ryan Fry | 76%
| Brad Jacobs | 73%
| teampct2 = 78%
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet =
| team1 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
| |✓ |✓ | |✓ | |✓ |X ||4
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} John Epping {{X}}
|✓ | | |✓ | | | |X ||2
}}
{{Player percentages
| team1 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
| Geoff Walker | 86%
| Brett Gallant | 91%
| Mark Nichols | 95%
| Brad Gushue | 93%
| teampct1 = 91%
| team2 = {{flagicon|ON}} John Epping
| Tim March | 94%
| Patrick Janssen | 93%
| Mat Camm | 83%
| John Epping | 71%
| teampct2 = 85%
}}
=Semifinals=
Saturday, March 17, 4:00 pm
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet =
| team1 = {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard {{X}}
|✓ | |✓ | | |✓ | | ||3
| team2 = {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen
| |✓ | |✓ |✓ | |✓ | ||4
}}
{{Player percentages
| team1 = {{flagicon|ON}} Glenn Howard
| Scott Howard | 69%
| David Mathers | 94%
| Adam Spencer | 89%
| Glenn Howard | 63%
| teampct1 = 79%
| team2 = {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen
| Denni Neufeld | 90%
| Matt Wozniak | 94%
| B.J. Neufeld | 75%
| Mike McEwen | 86%
| teampct2 = 86%
}}
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet =
| team1 = {{flagicon|AB}} Kevin Koe {{X}}
| | | | |✓ | | | ||1
| team2 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
|✓ |✓ | | | | | | ||2
}}
{{Player percentages
| team1 = {{flagicon|AB}} Kevin Koe
| Ben Hebert | 87%
| Brent Laing | 83%
| Marc Kennedy | 74%
| Kevin Koe | 76%
| teampct1 = 80%
| team2 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
| Geoff Walker | 80%
| Brett Gallant | 81%
| Mark Nichols | 89%
| Brad Gushue | 76%
| teampct2 = 81%
}}
=Final=
Sunday March 18, 9:30 am
{{Curlingbox8
| sheet =
| team1 = {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen
|✓ |✓ | |✓ | | |✓ |X ||4
| team2 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue {{X}}
| | | | |✓ | | |X ||1
}}
{{Player percentages
| team1 = {{flagicon|MB}} Mike McEwen
| Denni Neufeld | 90%
| Matt Wozniak | 92%
| B.J. Neufeld | 98%
| Mike McEwen | 79%
| teampct1 = 90%
| team2 = {{flagicon|NL}} Brad Gushue
| Geoff Walker | 88%
| Brett Gallant | 71%
| Mark Nichols | 79%
| Brad Gushue | 56%
| teampct2 = 74%
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/elite-10/}}
{{2017–18 curling season}}
Category:2018 in Canadian curling
Category:Curling competitions in Winnipeg