2014–15 curling season

2014–15 curling season
2014–15 curling season
Sport	Curling
Seasons
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The 2014–15 curling season began in August 2014 and ended in May 2015.

Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners are listed before the women's tournament winners.

Curling Canada sanctioned events edit

This section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by the Canadian Curling Association now known as Curling Canada. The following events in bold have been confirmed by the Curling Canada as are part of the 2014–15 Season of Champions programme.^[1]

Event	Winning team	Runner-up team
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship North Bay, Ontario, Nov. 10–15	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories
Travelers Curling Club Championship Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov. 24–29	Saskatchewan	Ontario
	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Canada Cup Camrose, Alberta, Dec. 3–7	Mike McEwen	Brad Jacobs
Canada Cup Camrose, Alberta, Dec. 3–7	Valerie Sweeting	Rachel Homan
Continental Cup of Curling Calgary, Alberta, Jan. 8–11	Team Canada	Team Europe
Canadian Junior Curling Championships Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Jan. 24 – Feb. 1	Manitoba	Saskatchewan
	Alberta	Ontario
Winter Universiade Granada, Spain, Feb. 5–13	Norway	Russia
Winter Universiade Granada, Spain, Feb. 5–13	Russia	Canada
World Wheelchair Curling Championship Lohja, Finland, Feb. 7–13	Russia	China
Tournament of Hearts Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Feb. 14–22	Manitoba	Alberta
Canada Winter Games Prince George, British Columbia, Feb. 14–28	Manitoba	Ontario
	Ontario	Nova Scotia
Tim Hortons Brier Calgary, Alberta, Feb. 28 – Mar. 8	Canada	Northern Ontario
World Junior Curling Championships Tallinn, Estonia, Feb. 28 – Mar. 8	Canada	Switzerland
	Canada	Scotland
Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials Ottawa, Ontario, Mar. 11–15	Thomas/Park	Abbis-Mills/Bobbie
World Women's Curling Championship Sapporo, Japan, Mar. 14–22	Switzerland	Canada
CIS/CCA University Curling Championships Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Mar. 18–22	Alberta Golden Bears	Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
	Alberta Pandas	Thompson Rivers WolfPack
Canadian Senior Curling Championships Edmonton, Alberta, Mar. 21–29	Manitoba	Quebec
	Alberta	Nova Scotia
CCAA Curling National Championships Olds, Alberta, Mar. 25–28	Fleming Knights	Fanshawe Falcons
	Fanshawe Falcons	Humber Hawks
World Men's Curling Championship Halifax, Nova Scotia, Mar. 28 – Apr. 5	Sweden	Norway
Canadian Masters Curling Championships Whitehorse, Yukon, Mar. 30 – Apr. 5	Manitoba	Northern Ontario
	British Columbia	Ontario
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Sochi, Russia, Apr. 18–25	Hungary	Sweden
World Senior Curling Championships Sochi, Russia, Apr. 18–25	United States	Canada
	Canada	Italy
Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship Boucherville, Quebec, Apr. 27 – May 3	British Columbia	Quebec

Other events edit

Note: Events that have not been placed on the CCA's list of sanctioned events are listed here. If an event is listed on the CCA's final list for the 2014–15 curling season, it will be moved up to the "CCA-sanctioned events" section.

Event	Winning team		Runner-up team
European Mixed Curling Championship Tårnby, Denmark, Sep. 13–20	Sweden		Norway
European Curling Championships – Group C Zoetermeer, Netherlands, Oct. 6–11	C	Belgium	Israel
	C	Netherlands	Slovakia
World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Lillehammer, Norway, Nov. 1–6	Norway		Germany
Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Karuizawa, Japan, Nov. 8–16	China		Japan
	China		South Korea
European Curling Championships Champéry, Switzerland, Nov. 22–29	A	Sweden	Norway
	A	Switzerland	Russia
	B	Finland	Netherlands
	B	Norway	Hungary
European Junior Curling Challenge Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 3–8	Russia		Spain
	England		Turkey
Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game Banff, Alberta, Jan. 16–18	Team Brad Jacobs		Team John Morris
	Team Rachel Homan		Team Jennifer Jones
Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships Naseby, New Zealand, Jan. 17–24	South Korea		China
	South Korea		China
Americas Challenge Blaine, Minnesota, Jan. 30 – Feb. 1	United States		Brazil

World Curling Tour edit

Grand Slam events in bold.^[2]^[3]

Teams edit

Men's events edit

Week	Event	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
1	Baden Masters Baden, Switzerland, Aug. 29–31	Thomas Ulsrud	Peter de Cruz
2	StuSells Oakville Tankard Oakville, Ontario, Sep. 4–7	Mike McEwen	John Epping
3	HDF Insurance Shoot-Out Edmonton, Alberta, Sep. 11–14	Brendan Bottcher	Steve Laycock
4	AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Brockville, Ontario, Sep. 18–21	Brad Jacobs	Adam Casey
	Twin Cities Open Blaine, Minnesota, Sep. 19–21	Korey Dropkin	Nina Spatola^[a]
	Cloverdale Cash Spiel Surrey, British Columbia, Sep. 19–21	Grant Dezura	Sean Geall
5	Point Optical Curling Classic Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Sep. 26–29	Mike McEwen	John Epping
	KW Fall Classic Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Sep. 25–28	Scott McDonald	Richard Krell
	Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sep. 25–28	Sean Grassie	Steve Irwin
	Gibson's Cashspiel Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Sep. 25–28	Jamie Danbrook	Chad Stevens
6	Swiss Cup Basel Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 3–5	Tom Brewster	Sven Michel
	Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Vernon, British Columbia, Oct. 3–6	Grant Dezura	Brent Pierce
	Avonair Cash Spiel Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 3–5	Kim Soo-hyuk	Daylan Vavrek
7	Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 10–13	Kevin Koe	Steve Laycock
	StuSells Toronto Tankard Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 10–13	Reid Carruthers	Brad Jacobs
	St. Paul Cash Spiel St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 10–12	Mike Farbelow	Korey Dropkin
	KMC Rocktoberfest Regina, Saskatchewan, Oct. 10–13	Randy Bryden	Jamie Schneider
	Alexander Keith's Men's Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 10–13	Ian Fitzner-Leblanc	Tommy Sullivan
8	Canad Inns Men's Classic Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Oct. 17–20	Mike McEwen	Jeff Stoughton
	Kamloops Crown of Curling Kamloops, British Columbia, Oct. 17–20	Brent Pierce	Sean Geall
	Medicine Hat Charity Classic Medicine Hat, Alberta, Oct. 17–20	Sean O'Connor	Scott Bitz
	Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Stroud, Ontario, Oct. 16–19	Colin Dow	Scott McDonald
	Thompson Curling Challenge Urdorf, Switzerland, Oct. 16–19	Evgeniy Arkhipov	Kevin Wunderlin
9	Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau Gatineau, Quebec, Oct. 22–26	Mike McEwen	Jean-Michel Ménard
	Curling Masters Champéry Champéry, Switzerland, Oct. 24–26	Tom Brewster	Marc Pfister
	Bernick's Miller Lite Open Bemidji, Minnesota, Oct. 25–27	Korey Dropkin	Al Hackner
	McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Airdrie, Alberta, Oct. 24–26	Aaron Sluchinski	Cam Culp
	Moose Jaw Cash Spiel Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Oct. 24–26	Brent Gedak	Jamie Schneider
10	The Masters Grand Slam of Curling Selkirk, Manitoba, Oct. 28 – Nov. 2	Brad Gushue	Mike McEwen
	Dave Jones Molson Mayflower Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Mike Flemming	Adam Casey
	Shamrock Shotgun Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Mick Lizmore	Robert Schlender
	Swift Current Cash Spiel Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Josh Heidt	Chris Haichert
11	Whites Drug Store Classic Swan River, Manitoba, Nov. 7–10	Jeff Stoughton	David Murdoch
	Original 16 WCT Bonspiel Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 7–9	Brock Virtue	Robert Schlender
	Edinburgh International Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 7–9	Aku Kauste	David Šik
	Coronation Business Group Classic Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Nov. 7–10	Neil Dangerfield	Sebastien Robillard
	CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. Cookstown, Ontario, Nov. 6–9	Pat Ferris	Adam Casey
12	Red Deer Curling Classic Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 14–17	Josh Heidt	Brendan Bottcher
	Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic Dauphin, Manitoba, Nov. 14–17	Randy Bryden	Scott Ramsay
	Gord Carroll Curling Classic Whitby, Ontario, Nov. 13–16	John Epping	Chris Gardner
	Copenhagen International Hvidovre, Denmark, Nov. 14–16	Stefan Stähli	Bo Jensen
13	The National Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Nov. 19–23	Mike McEwen	Brad Jacobs
	DEKALB Superspiel Morris, Manitoba, Nov. 20–24	Matt Dunstone	Scott Ramsay
	Vancouver Island Shootout Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov. 21–23	Dean Joanisse	Sean Geall
	Spruce Grove Cashspiel Spruce Grove, Alberta, Nov. 21–23	Kim Seung Min	Mike Hutchings
14	Challenge Casino de Charlevoix Clermont, Quebec, Nov. 27–30	Jean-Michel Ménard	Don Bowser
	Weatherford Curling Classic Estevan, Saskatchewan, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1	Steve Laycock	Brent Pierce
	Coors Light Cash Spiel Duluth, Minnesota, Nov. 28–30	Heath McCormick	Al Hackner
	The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1	Sean Grassie	Ryan Bay
	Black Diamond/High River Cash Black Diamond/High River, Alberta, Nov. 28 – 30	Brock Virtue	Kim Seung Min
15	Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Saint John, New Brunswick, Dec. 5–7	Wayne Tallon	Jeremy Mallais
16	Canadian Open of Curling Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Dec. 10–14	Brad Gushue	Steve Laycock
	Truro Cash Spiel Truro, Nova Scotia, Dec. 11–14	Jamie Murphy	Mike Kennedy
	BV Inn Curling Classic Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Dec. 12–14	Drew Heidt	Jason Ackerman
17	Karuizawa International Curling Championship Karuizawa, Japan, Dec. 18–21	Kevin Koe	Seong Se Hyeon
	Curl Mesabi Classic Eveleth, Minnesota, Dec. 19–21	Mike Farbelow	Al Hackner
	Dumfries Curling Challenge Dumfries, Scotland, Dec. 19–21	Tom Brewster	Kyle Smith
19	U.S. Open of Curling Blaine, Minnesota, Jan. 2–4	Steve Laycock	Reid Carruthers
19	Saskatchewan Players' Championship North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Jan. 2–4	Kevin Marsh	Jason Ackerman
20	Mercure Perth Masters Perth, Scotland, Jan. 8–11	Brad Gushue	Kyle Smith
22	German Masters Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 23–25	Brendan Bottcher	Sven Michel
23	Red Square Classic Moscow, Russia, Jan. 29 – Feb. 2	Alexander Krushelnitsky	Craig Brown
29	Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Grande Prairie, Alberta, Mar. 12–15	Mike McEwen	Niklas Edin
30	Elite 10 Fort McMurray, Alberta, Mar. 18–22	Mike McEwen	Niklas Edin
33	The Players' Championship Toronto, Ontario, Apr. 7–12	Brad Jacobs	Mike McEwen
34	European Masters St. Gallen, Switzerland, Apr. 15–18	Niklas Edin	Kyle Smith

Women's events edit

Week	Event	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
2	StuSells Oakville Tankard Oakville, Ontario, Sep. 4–7	Silvana Tirinzoni	Alina Pätz
3	HDF Insurance Shoot-Out Edmonton, Alberta, Sep. 11–14	Chelsea Carey	Valerie Sweeting
4	AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Brockville, Ontario, Sep. 18–21	Sherry Middaugh	Eve Muirhead
4	Cloverdale Cash Spiel Surrey, British Columbia, Sep. 19–21	Liu Sijia	Sarah Wark
5	Stockholm Ladies Cup Stockholm, Sweden, Sep. 26–28	Margaretha Sigfridsson	Rachel Homan
	KW Fall Classic Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Sep. 25–28	Julie Hastings	Jacqueline Harrison
	Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sep. 25–28	Kristy McDonald	Colleen Kilgallen
	Gibson's Cashspiel Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Sep. 25–28	Mary-Anne Arsenault	Mary Fay
6	Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Vernon, British Columbia, Oct. 3–6	Ayumi Ogasawara	Valerie Sweeting
6	Avonair Cash Spiel Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 3–5	Mari Motohashi	Tiffany Game
7	Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic Calgary, Alberta, Oct. 10–13	Jennifer Jones	Rachel Homan
	Women's Masters Basel Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 10–12	Binia Feltscher	Silvana Tirinzoni
	St. Paul Cash Spiel St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 10–12	Aileen Sormunen	Debbie McCormick
	Skyy Vodka Ladies Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 10–13	Emily Dwyer	Mary-Anne Arsenault
8	Kamloops Crown of Curling Kamloops, British Columbia, Oct. 17–20	Ayumi Ogasawara	Kelly Scott
	Medicine Hat Charity Classic Medicine Hat, Alberta, Oct. 17–20	Casey Scheidegger	Brett Barber
	Atkins Curling Supplies Women's Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 16–20	Janet Harvey	Colleen Kilgallen
	Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Stroud, Ontario, Oct. 16–19	Julie Hastings	Sherry Middaugh
9	Canad Inns Women's Classic Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Oct. 24–27	Jennifer Jones	Jill Thurston
9	Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 24–26	Gim Un-chi	Nicky Kaufman
10	The Masters Grand Slam of Curling Selkirk, Manitoba, Oct. 28 – Nov. 2	Valerie Sweeting	Margaretha Sigfridsson
	Shamrock Shotgun Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Nicky Kaufman	Michèle Jäggi
	Dave Jones Molson Mayflower Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Mary-Anne Arsenault	Kathy O'Rourke
11	Colonial Square Ladies Classic Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Nov. 7–10	Eve Muirhead	Sherry Middaugh
	Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic Kemptville, Ontario, Nov. 6–9	Cathy Auld	Julie Hastings
	Coronation Business Group Classic Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Nov. 7–10	Corryn Brown	Kelly Scott
	CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. Cookstown, Ontario, Nov. 7–9	Patti Lank	Marilyn Bodogh
12	Red Deer Curling Classic Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 14–17	Alina Pätz	Trish Paulsen
	International ZO Women's Tournament Wetzikon, Switzerland, Nov. 14–16	Anna Sidorova	Briar Hürlimann
	Gord Carroll Curling Classic Whitby, Ontario, Nov. 13–16	Susan McKnight	Sherry Middaugh
13	DEKALB Superspiel Morris, Manitoba, Nov. 20–24	Tracy Horgan	Jennifer Jones
	Vancouver Island Shootout Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov. 21–23	Sarah Wark	Diane Gushulak
	Spruce Grove Cashspiel Spruce Grove, Alberta, Nov. 21–23	Shannon Kleibrink	Heather Nedohin
14	Boundary Ford Curling Classic Lloydminster, Alberta, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1	Chelsea Carey	Jolene Campbell
	Molson Cash Spiel Duluth, Minnesota, Nov. 28–30	Cory Christensen	Kendra Lilly
	The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1	Michelle Montford	Barb Spencer
16	Canadian Open of Curling Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Dec. 9–14	Eve Muirhead	Rachel Homan
17	Karuizawa International Curling Championship Karuizawa, Japan, Dec. 18–21	Jennifer Jones	Kim Eun-jung
	Curl Mesabi Classic Eveleth, Minnesota, Dec. 19–21	Tracy Horgan	Erika Brown
	Dumfries Curling Challenge Dumfries, Scotland, Dec. 19–21	Melanie Barbezat	Gina Aitken
20	International Bernese Ladies Cup Bern, Switzerland, Jan. 8–11	Alina Pätz	Silvana Tirinzoni
21	Glynhill Ladies International Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 16–18	Anna Sidorova	Kim Eun-jung
29	Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Grande Prairie, Alberta, Mar. 12–15	Rachel Homan	Silvana Tirinzoni
33	The Players' Championship Toronto, Ontario, Apr. 7–12	Eve Muirhead	Anna Sidorova

WCT Order of Merit rankings edit

Men^[4]

Standings after Week 22
#	Skip	Points
1	Mike McEwen	472.410
2	Brad Jacobs	446.000
3	Brad Gushue	357.083
4	Kevin Koe	260.375
5	Thomas Ulsrud	246.925
6	Glenn Howard	238.750
7	Niklas Edin	229.024
8	Steve Laycock	227.270
9	John Morris	226.195
10	John Epping	192.519

Women^[5]

Standings after Week 22
#	Skip	Points
1	Jennifer Jones	431.285
2	Eve Muirhead	334.757
3	Rachel Homan	333.154
4	Silvana Tirinzoni	261.055
5	Valerie Sweeting	251.918
6	Binia Feltscher	247.060
7	Margaretha Sigfridsson	246.345
8	Anna Sidorova	223.885
9	Sherry Middaugh	203.090
10	Alina Pätz	158.919

WCT Money List edit

Men^[6]

Final standings
#	Skip	$ (CAD)
1	Mike McEwen	$172,500
2	Brad Jacobs	$107,500
3	Brad Gushue	$103,798
4	Kevin Koe	$86,701
5	Brendan Bottcher	$71,722
6	Steve Laycock	$65,766
7	Niklas Edin	$56,468
8	Reid Carruthers	$54,523
9	John Epping	$53,250
10	Glenn Howard	$51,100

Women^[6]

Final standings
#	Skip	$ (CAD)
1	Rachel Homan	$91,608
2	Valerie Sweeting	$87,950
3	Eve Muirhead	$77,000
4	Jennifer Jones	$74,355
5	Heather Nedohin	$47,750
6	Silvana Tirinzoni	$47,473
7	Alina Pätz	$39,077
8	Sherry Middaugh	$38,635
9	Anna Sidorova	$38,447
10	Binia Feltscher	$36,273

Curling Canada MA Cup edit

The MA Cup is awarded to the Curling Canada Member Association (MA) who has had the most success during the season in Curling Canada-sanctioned events. Events included the Canadian mixed championship, men's and women's juniors championships, the Scotties, the Brier, the men's and women's senior championships and the national wheelchair championship. Points were awarded based on placement in each of the events, with the top association receiving 14 points and each association under receiving points in decrements of one point.

Standings edit

Final standings

Rank	Member Association	CMCC	CWJCC	CMJCC	Scotties	Brier	CWSCC	CMSCC	CWhCC	Total Pts.	Avg. Pts.
1	Saskatchewan	14	9	13	11	12	11	7	11	88	11.000
2	Alberta	6	14	10	13	10	14	11	9	87	10.875
3	Manitoba	8	10	14	14	5	9	14	12	86	10.750
4	British Columbia	11	12	8	3	8	12	8	14	76	9.500
5	Ontario	12	13	7	9	7	6	10	10	74	9.250
6	Quebec	9	7	11	4	9	7	13	13	73	9.125
7	Northern Ontario	10	3	9	10	13	10	5	7	67	8.375
8	Nova Scotia	7	11	5	8	1	13	9	5	59	7.375
9	New Brunswick	4	8	12	5	4	5	12	6	56	7.000
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	2	2	4	7	11	8	3	8	45	5.625
11	Prince Edward Island	3	6	6	6	6	3	6	N/A	36	5.143
12	Northwest Territories	13	5	2	2	3	4	4	N/A	33	4.714
13	Yukon	5	4	3	1	2	N/A	1	N/A	16	2.667
14	Nunavut	1	1	1	N/A	N/A	2	2	N/A	7	1.400

Notes edit

^ The finalist, Nina Spatola, skipped a women's team. The event was open to both men's and women's teams.

References edit

^ "Championship Events". Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ "Men's Schedule". World Curling Tour. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
^ "Women's Schedule". World Curling Tour. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
^ "World Curling Team Ranking: Men". CurlingZone. April 20, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
^ "World Curling Team Ranking: Women". CurlingZone. April 20, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "World Curling Tour: Men's Ranking". World Curling Tour. June 29, 2015. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

External links edit

Preceded by 2013–14	2014–15 curling season August 2014 – May 2015	Succeeded by 2015–16

[4] The finalist, Nina Spatola, skipped a women's team. The event was open to both men's and women's teams.

[1] "Championship Events". Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[2] "Men's Schedule". World Curling Tour. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

[3] "Women's Schedule". World Curling Tour. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

[5] "World Curling Team Ranking: Men". CurlingZone. April 20, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

[6] "World Curling Team Ranking: Women". CurlingZone. April 20, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

[Money_List-7] "World Curling Tour: Men's Ranking". World Curling Tour. June 29, 2015. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

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