2017_Players'_Championship

2017 Players' Championship
2017 Players' Championship
Host city	Toronto, Ontario
Arena	Mattamy Athletic Centre
Dates	April 11–16
Men's winner	Niklas Edin
Curling club	Karlstads Curlingklubb, Karlstad
Skip	Niklas Edin
Third	Oskar Eriksson
Second	Rasmus Wranå
Lead	Christoffer Sundgren
Finalist	Mike McEwen
Women's winner	Jennifer Jones
Curling club	St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg
Skip	Jennifer Jones
Third	Kaitlyn Lawes
Second	Jill Officer
Lead	Dawn McEwen
Finalist	Val Sweeting
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2017 Players' Championship

Grand Slam of Curling event

The 2017 WestJet Players' Championship was held from April 11 to 16 at Ryerson's Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto.^[1] It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand Slam event of the 2016–17 curling season.

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Sweden's Niklas Edin won the men's event, becoming the first non-Canadian skip to do so. On the women's side, Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones won her six Players' title, the most for any female skip.

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Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Rasmus Wranå	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Scott Pfeifer^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Calgary, Alberta
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Brendan Bottcher	Darren Moulding	Brad Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)	Claudio Pätz	Peter de Cruz (Skip)	Valentin Tanner	Geneva, Switzerland
Jim Cotter	John Morris	Catlin Schneider^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Tyrel Griffith	Kelowna / Vernon, British Columbia
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kyle Smith	Thomas Muirhead	Kyle Waddell	Cammy Smith	Stirling, Scotland
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Matt Dunstone	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
John Epping	Mat Camm	Pat Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peter de Cruz	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	4
Steve Laycock	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kyle Smith	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	X	8
John Epping	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	X	7
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	0	3	0	4	X	X	7
John Morris	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	7
Peter de Cruz	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	3	0	1	0	3	1	X	X	8
Kyle Smith	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	6
John Epping	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brendan Bottcher	2	0	2	1	0	2	X	X	7
Reid Carruthers	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	X	8
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Peter de Cruz	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	8
Kyle Smith	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	4	0	2	0	5	X	X	11
Steve Laycock	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Player percentages
Team Carruthers		Team Laycock
Colin Hodgson	98%	Dallan Muyres	80%
Derek Samagalski	87%	Matt Dunstone	79%
Braeden Moskowy	81%	Kirk Muyres	56%
Reid Carruthers	99%	Steve Laycock	61%
Total	69%	Total	91%

Player percentages
Team Morris		Team Carruthers
Tyrel Griffith	93%	Colin Hodgson	93%
Caitlin Schneider	85%	Derek Samagalski	94%
John Morris	89%	Braeden Moskowy	91%
Jim Cotter	72%	Reid Carruthers	73%
Total	85%	Total	88%

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

1	Mike McEwen	4

8	Reid Carruthers	2
			1	Mike McEwen	5

			4	Brad Gushue	4
4	Brad Gushue	6

5	Kevin Koe	1
						1	Mike McEwen	3

						6	Niklas Edin	5
2	Brad Jacobs	6

7	Kyle Smith	7
			7	Kyle Smith	2

			6	Niklas Edin	6
3	Peter de Cruz	3

6	Niklas Edin	4

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Player percentages
Team McEwen		Team Carruthers
Denni Neufeld	85%	Colin Hodgson	98%
Matt Wozniak	96%	Derek Samagalski	84%
B.J. Neufeld	82%	Braeden Moskowy	76%
Mike McEwen	96%	Reid Carruthers	87%
Total	90%	Total	86%

Player percentages
Team Gushue		Team Koe
Geoff Walker	100%	Scott Pfeifer	94%
Brett Gallant	88%	Brent Laing	93%
Mark Nichols	94%	Marc Kennedy	72%
Brad Gushue	95%	Kevin Koe	69%
Total	95%	Total	82%

Player percentages
Team de Cruz		Team Edin
Valentin Tanner	93%	Christoffer Sundgren	88%
Peter de Cruz	91%	Rasmus Wranå	94%
Claudio Pätz	75%	Oskar Eriksson	95%
Benoît Schwarz	82%	Niklas Edin	96%
Total	85%	Total	93%

Player percentages
Team Jacobs		Team Smith
Ryan Harnden	82%	Cammy Smith	71%
E.J. Harnden	85%	Kyle Waddell	90%
Ryan Fry	77%	Thomas Muirhead	82%
Brad Jacobs	82%	Kyle Smith	98%
Total	81%	Total	85%

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Wang Bingyu	Zhou Yan	Liu Jinli	Ma Jingyi^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Harbin, China
Anna Hasselborg	Sara McManus	Agnes Knochenhauer	Sofia Mabergs	Sundbyberg, Sweden
Casey Scheidegger	Cary-Anne McTaggart	Jessie Scheidegger	Kristie Moore	Lethbridge, Alberta
Allison Flaxey	Clancy Grandy	Lynn Kreviazuk	Morgan Court	Caledon, Ontario
Cissi Östlund (Fourth)	Christina Bertrup	Maria Wennerström	Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skip)	Skellefteå, Sweden
Tracy Fleury	Crystal Webster	Jennifer Wylie	Amanda Gates	Sudbury, Ontario
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Joanne Courtney	Lisa Weagle	Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes	Jill Officer	Dawn McEwen	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Eve Muirhead	Anna Sloan	Vicki Adams	Kelly Schafer^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Stirling, Scotland
Val Sweeting	Lori Olson-Johns	Dana Ferguson	Rachel Brown	Edmonton, Alberta
Silvana Tirinzoni	Cathy Overton-Clapham^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Esther Neuenschwander	Marlene Albrecht	Aarau, Switzerland
Michelle Englot	Kate Cameron	Leslie Wilson-Westcott	Raunora Westcott	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	1	0	2	1	4	X	X	X	8
Michelle Englot	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Allison Flaxey	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	X	7
Margaretha Sigfridsson	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	X	7
Jennifer Jones	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	2	2	0	3	3	X	X	X	10
Wang Bingyu	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Val Sweeting	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	X	7
Anna Hasselborg	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1

2017_Players'_Championship

Qualification

Men's

Women's

Men

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 3

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Draw 12

Tiebreaker

Tiebreaker 2

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Women