2014 The National (November)

The 2014 The National in November was held from November 19 to 23 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The National was the second men's Grand Slam event of the season.

2014 The National (November)
Host citySault Ste. Marie, Ontario
ArenaEssar Centre
DatesNovember 19–23
WinnerManitoba Mike McEwen
Curling clubFort Rouge CC,
Winnipeg, MB
SkipMike McEwen
ThirdB.J. Neufeld
SecondMatt Wozniak
LeadDenni Neufeld
FinalistOntario Brad Jacobs
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Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Matthew Blandford Darren Moulding Brent Hamilton Brad Chyz   Calgary, Alberta
Brendan Bottcher Tom Appelman Bradley Thiessen Karrick Martin   Edmonton, Alberta
Reid Carruthers Braeden Moskowy Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson   Winnipeg, Manitoba
Adam Casey Josh Barry Anson Carmody Robbie Doherty   Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Benoît Schwarz (fourth) Claudio Pätz Peter de Cruz (skip) Valentin Tanner   Geneva, Switzerland
John Epping Travis Fanset Patrick Janssen Tim March   Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker   Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard Richard Hart Jon Mead Craig Savill   Penetanguishene, Ontario
Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden   Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Mark Kean Mathew Camm David Mathers Scott Howard   Toronto, Ontario
Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert   Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock Kirk Muyres Colton Flasch Dallan Muyres   Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Heath McCormick Christopher Plys Joe Polo Ryan Brunt   Blaine, Minnesota
Mike McEwen B. J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Denni Neufeld   Winnipeg, Manitoba
John Morris Pat Simmons Scott Bailey Nolan Thiessen   Calgary, Alberta
Rob Rumfeldt Adam Spencer Brad Kidd Jake Higgs   Guelph, Ontario
John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner   Duluth, Minnesota
Jeff Stoughton Rob Fowler Alex Forrest Connor Njegovan   Winnipeg, Manitoba

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L
  Glenn Howard 5 0
  Brad Jacobs 3 2
  Matthew Blandford 2 3
  John Epping 2 3
  Adam Casey 2 3
  Mark Kean 1 4
Pool B W L
  Reid Carruthers 5 0
  Brendan Bottcher 4 1
  Peter de Cruz 2 3
  Brad Gushue 2 3
  Kevin Koe 2 3
  Rob Rumfeldt 0 5
Pool C W L
  Steve Laycock 3 2
  Heath McCormick 3 2
  Mike McEwen 3 2
  John Morris 3 2
  Jeff Stoughton 2 3
  John Shuster 1 4

Round-robin results edit

The draw is listed as follows:[2]

Draw 1 edit

Wednesday, November 19, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brad Jacobs 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 9
  Mark Kean   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Glenn Howard   3 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 8
  Adam Casey 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kevin Koe   2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6
  Peter de Cruz 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Jeff Stoughton 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 X 7
  John Shuster   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Mike McEwen   2 0 3 1 1 0 0 X 7
  Heath McCormick 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 X 4

Draw 2 edit

Thursday, November 20, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  John Epping 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 7
  Matthew Blandford   1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  John Shuster   2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
  Heath McCormick 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  John Morris 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
  Steve Laycock   2 0 2 1 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brad Gushue   0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
  Brendan Bottcher 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Reid Carruthers   0 2 0 2 2 X X X 6
  Rob Rumfeldt 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1

Draw 3 edit

Thursday, November 20, 12:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Steve Laycock 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 7
  John Shuster   3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kevin Koe 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
  Brendan Bottcher   0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Brad Jacobs 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
  Adam Casey   0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Peter de Cruz 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 3
  Reid Carruthers   2 0 2 0 0 5 X X 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Glenn Howard 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 6
  Mark Kean   2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5

Draw 4 edit

Thursday, November 20, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brad Gushue   2 0 2 1 0 3 X X 8
  Rob Rumfeldt 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Matthew Blandford 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
  Mark Kean   1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Mike McEwen 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 7
  Jeff Stoughton   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  John Morris 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
  Heath McCormick   0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  John Epping 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 5
  Adam Casey   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4

Draw 5 edit

Thursday, November 20, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kevin Koe 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4
  Reid Carruthers   0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brad Jacobs   1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
  Glenn Howard 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brendan Bottcher   0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 7
  Peter de Cruz 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Jeff Stoughton 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 7
  Steve Laycock   1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  John Morris 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 7
  Mike McEwen   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

Draw 6 edit

Friday, November 21, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Mike McEwen   1 2 0 3 0 0 1 X 7
  John Shuster 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Rob Rumfeldt 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5
  Brendan Bottcher   0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Matthew Blandford   0 1 1 0 3 0 0 X 5
  Adam Casey 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  John Epping 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6
  Mark Kean   0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brad Gushue 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 4
  Reid Carruthers   0 0 3 1 0 0 2 X 6

Draw 7 edit

Friday, November 21, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Steve Laycock 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 6
  Heath McCormick   1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brad Gushue 0 0 1 1 0 X X X 2
  Peter de Cruz   2 3 0 0 4 X X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  John Epping 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 5
  Glenn Howard   0 1 1 0 3 0 3 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  John Morris   3 3 0 2 2 X X X 10
  John Shuster 0 0 2 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kevin Koe 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 X 6
  Rob Rumfeldt   0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 8 edit

Friday, November 21, 3:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Adam Casey   0 1 0 3 3 2 X X 9
  Mark Kean 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Jeff Stoughton   0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
  Heath McCormick 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Reid Carruthers   1 3 2 0 3 X X X 9
  Brendan Bottcher 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Mike McEwen   2 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 5
  Steve Laycock 0 2 0 3 0 0 4 X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brad Jacobs   0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4
  Matthew Blandford 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3

Draw 9 edit

Friday, November 21, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Glenn Howard 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 5
  Matthew Blandford   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brad Jacobs   2 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 5
  John Epping 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Brad Gushue   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
  Kevin Koe 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Peter de Cruz   2 0 2 0 0 3 X X 7
  Rob Rumfeldt 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  John Morris 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 X 7
  Jeff Stoughton   1 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 4

Playoffs edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
  Glenn Howard 5
  Heath McCormick 6
  Heath McCormick 2
  Mike McEwen 5
  Steve Laycock 4
  Mike McEwen 5
  Mike McEwen 5
  Brad Jacobs 2
  Reid Carruthers 3
  Brad Jacobs 6
  Brad Jacobs 8
  Brendan Bottcher 2
  Brendan Bottcher 7
  John Morris 1

Quarterfinals edit

Saturday, November 22, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Glenn Howard   1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5
  Heath McCormick 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
Player percentages
  Team Howard   Team McCormick
Craig Savill 90% Ryan Brunt 88%
Jon Mead 88% Joe Polo 76%
Richard Hart 81% Christopher Plys 83%
Glenn Howard 92% Heath McCormick 97%
Total 87% Total 86%
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Steve Laycock 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4
  Mike McEwen   0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
Player percentages
  Team Laycock   Team McEwen
Dallan Muyres 96% Denni Neufeld 81%
Colton Flasch 83% Matt Wozniak 91%
Kirk Muyres 91% B. J. Neufeld 93%
Steve Laycock 89% Mike McEwen 94%
Total 90% Total 90%
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Reid Carruthers   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
  Brad Jacobs 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 6
Player percentages
  Team Carruthers   Team Jacobs
Colin Hodgson 92% Ryan Harnden 89%
Derek Samagalski 84% E. J. Harnden 92%
Braeden Moskowy 84% Ryan Fry 84%
Reid Carruthers 78% Brad Jacobs 84%
Total 85% Total 87%
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brendan Bottcher   3 1 1 1 0 1 X X 7
  John Morris 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Player percentages
  Team Bottcher   Team Morris
Karrick Martin 100% Nolan Thiessen 90%
Bradley Thiessen 89% Scott Bailey 81%
Tom Appelman 87% Pat Simmons 83%
Brendan Bottcher 72% John Morris 50%
Total 85% Total 76%

Semifinals edit

Saturday, November 22, 3:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Heath McCormick   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
  Mike McEwen 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 5
Player percentages
  Team McCormick   Team McEwen
Colin Hufman 87% Denni Neufeld 95%
Joe Polo 72% Matt Wozniak 93%
Christopher Plys 83% B. J. Neufeld 94%
Heath McCormick 70% Mike McEwen 87%
Total 78% Total 92%
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Brad Jacobs 0 2 1 2 0 3 X X 8
  Brendan Bottcher   1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Player percentages
  Team Jacobs   Team Bottcher
Ryan Harnden 99% Karrick Martin 89%
E. J. Harnden 82% Bradley Thiessen 74%
Ryan Fry 89% Tom Appelman 69%
Brad Jacobs 99% Brendan Bottcher 64%
Total 92% Total 74%

Final edit

Sunday, November 23, 3:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Mike McEwen   0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5
  Brad Jacobs 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Player percentages
  Team McEwen   Team Jacobs
Denni Neufeld 94% Ryan Harnden 85%
Matt Wozniak 92% E. J. Harnden 80%
B. J. Neufeld 86% Ryan Fry 81%
Mike McEwen 81% Brad Jacobs 77%
Total 88% Total 81%

References edit

  1. ^ "Jacobs headlines field for hometown National". Grand Slam of Curling. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. ^ "National Schedule 2014-15". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

External links edit