2017 Masters of Curling

The 2017 Masters of Curling was held from October 24 to 29, at the Lloydminster Centennial Civic Centre in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. This was the second Grand Slam and first major of the 2017–18 curling season.

2017 Masters of Curling
Host city	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
Arena	Lloydminster Centennial Civic Centre
Dates	October 24–29
Men's winner	Brad Gushue
Curling club	Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's, NL
Skip	Brad Gushue
Third	Mark Nichols
Second	Brett Gallant
Lead	Geoff Walker
Finalist	Niklas Edin
Women's winner	Jennifer Jones
Curling club	St. Vital CC, Winnipeg, MB
Skip	Jennifer Jones
Third	Kaitlyn Lawes
Second	Jill Officer
Lead	Dawn McEwen
Finalist	Kerri Einarson
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Qualification

The top 14 men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour order of merit standing as of September 19, 2017, qualified for the event, along with the winners of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 event (Jason Gunnlaugson and Kerri Einarson respectively). One team, the Steffen Walstad rink from Norway declined their invitation and were replaced with the next best team on the WCT OOM ranking (Pat Simmons).

Men

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)	Claudio Pätz	Peter de Cruz (Skip)	Valentin Tanner	Geneva, Switzerland
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Rasmus Wranå	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping	Mat Camm	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario
Jason Gunnlaugson	Alex Forrest	Ian McMillan	Connor Njegovan	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Ben Hebert	Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Matt Dunstone	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jim Cotter (Fourth)	John Morris (Skip)	Catlin Schneider	Tyrel Griffith	Vernon, British Columbia
John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Duluth, Minnesota
Pat Simmons	Colton Lott	Kyle Doering	Rob Gordon	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kyle Smith	Thomas Muirhead	Kyle Waddell	Cammy Smith	Stirling, Scotland
Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Oslo, Norway

Round-robin standings

Final Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Pool A W L PF PA Kevin Koe 4 0 27 9 Niklas Edin 3 1 21 15 Jason Gunnlaugson 2 2 21 24 John Epping 1 3 17 23 John Morris 0 4 11 26

Pool B W L PF PA Brad Gushue 4 0 27 20 Thomas Ulsrud 2 2 17 22 Mike McEwen 2 2 20 14 Kyle Smith 1 3 21 20 John Shuster 1 3 15 27

Pool C W L PF PA Brad Jacobs 4 0 24 11 Reid Carruthers 3 1 26 20 Peter de Cruz 2 2 19 18 Steve Laycock 1 3 15 26 Pat Simmons 0 4 16 25

Tiebreaker

Friday, Oct 27, 8:00pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	2	0	1	0	5	X	X	X	8
Thomas Ulsrud	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Brad Jacobs	3
	8	Mike McEwen	6
						8	Mike McEwen	2
						4	Niklas Edin	4
	4	Niklas Edin	4
	5	Reid Carruthers	3
											4	Niklas Edin	4
											3	Brad Gushue	8
	2	Kevin Koe	8
	7	Jason Gunnlaugson	2
						2	Kevin Koe	1
						3	Brad Gushue	6
	3	Brad Gushue	6
	6	Peter de Cruz	3

Quarterfinals

Saturday, Oct 28, 3:00pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
Mike McEwen	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
Reid Carruthers	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	X	8
Jason Gunnlaugson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	8
Peter de Cruz	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	3

Semifinals

Saturday, Oct 28, 7:00pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Niklas Edin	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1
Brad Gushue	3	1	0	0	2	1	X	X	7

Final

Sunday, Oct 29, 11:00am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Brad Gushue	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	X	8

Women

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Kerri Einarson	Selena Kaatz	Liz Fyfe	Kristin MacCuish	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Michelle Englot	Kate Cameron	Leslie Wilson-Westcott	Raunora Westcott	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Allison Flaxey	Clancy Grandy	Lynn Kreviazuk	Alison Kreviazuk Morgan Court	Caledon, Ontario
Jacqueline Harrison	Janet Murphy	Stephanie Matheson	Melissa Foster	Mississauga, Ontario
Anna Hasselborg	Sara McManus	Agnes Knochenhauer	Sofia Mabergs	Sundbyberg, Sweden
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Joanne Courtney	Lisa Weagle	Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes	Jill Officer	Dawn McEwen	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sherry Middaugh	Jo-Ann Rizzo	Kim Tuck	Leigh Armstrong	Coldwater, Ontario
Eve Muirhead	Anna Sloan	Vicki Adams	Lauren Gray	Stirling, Scotland
Alina Pätz	Nadine Lehmann	Marisa Winkelhausen	Nicole Schwägli	Zürich, Switzerland
Casey Scheidegger	Cary-Anne McTaggart	Jessie Scheidegger	Kristie Moore	Lethbridge, Alberta
Anna Sidorova	Margarita Fomina	Alexandra Raeva	Nkeiruka Ezekh Alina Kovaleva	Moscow, Russia
Jamie Sinclair	Alexandra Carlson	Vicky Persinger	Monica Walker	Blaine, Minnesota
Val Sweeting	Lori Olson-Johns	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown	Edmonton, Alberta
Silvana Tirinzoni	Manuela Siegrist	Esther Neuenschwander	Marlene Albrecht	Aarau, Switzerland

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Pool A W L PF PA Eve Muirhead 3 1 27 24 Anna Hasselborg 3 1 26 22 Anna Sidorova 2 2 24 22 Jamie Sinclair 2 2 18 18 Allison Flaxey 0 4 18 27

Pool B W L PF PA Kerri Einarson 4 0 29 10 Casey Scheidegger 3 1 24 19 Michelle Englot 1 3 14 26 Val Sweeting 1 3 17 23 Rachel Homan 1 3 15 21

Pool C W L PF PA Jennifer Jones 4 0 33 13 Alina Pätz 3 1 26 22 Silvana Tirinzoni 2 2 24 19 Jacqueline Harrison 1 3 18 28 Sherry Middaugh 0 4 11 30

Tiebreaker

Friday, Oct 27, 8:00pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Sidorova	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Jamie Sinclair	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	X	8

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Jennifer Jones	5
	8	Jamie Sinclair	4
						1	Jennifer Jones	10
						5	Anna Hasselborg	3
	4	Casey Scheidegger	1
	5	Anna Hasselborg	6
											1	Jennifer Jones	6
											2	Kerri Einarson	5
	2	Kerri Einarson	7
	7	Silvana Tirinzoni	3
						2	Kerri Einarson	6
						3	Eve Muirhead	3
	3	Eve Muirhead	5
	6	Alina Pätz	4

Quarterfinals

Saturday, Oct 28, 11:00am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Casey Scheidegger	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1
Anna Hasselborg	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kerri Einarson	0	3	0	2	0	2	X	X	7
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
Alina Pätz	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Jennifer Jones	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
Jamie Sinclair	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4

Semifinals

Saturday, Oct 28, 7:00pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	7	0	1	2	0	X	X	X	10
Anna Hasselborg	0	2	0	0	2	X	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kerri Einarson	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	X	6
Eve Muirhead	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	3

Final

Sunday, Oct 29, 11:00am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	6
Kerri Einarson	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5

External links

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