2018_Players'_Championship

2018 Players' Championship
2018 Players' Championship
Host city	Toronto, Ontario
Arena	Mattamy Athletic Centre
Dates	April 10-15, 2018
Men's winner	Team Koe
Curling club	Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary
Skip	Kevin Koe
Third	Marc Kennedy
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Ben Hebert
Finalist	Niklas Edin
Women's winner	Team Sinclair
Curling club	St. Paul Curling Club, St. Paul
Skip	Jamie Sinclair
Third	Alex Carlson
Second	Vicky Persinger
Lead	Monica Walker
Finalist	Jennifer Jones
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2018 Players' Championship

Grand Slam of Curling event

The 2018 Players' Championship was held from April 10 to 15, 2018 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand Slam event of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour.

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On the men's side, Calgary's Kevin Koe won his first Players' Championship as a skip (he had previously won in 2004 playing third for John Morris). On the women's side, Minnesota's Jamie Sinclair rink became the first American ever team to win a Grand Slam championship.

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[Rocque-7] Kelsey Rocque, who normally skips the team was unable to make it to the grand slam. Third Laura Crocker moved up to skip and Kendra Lilly spared at third.^[6]

[weagle-9] Weagle normally throws lead stones and Courtney normally throws second stones, but they entered the Players' Championship switching positions. They switched back to their regular positions after their second game.^[7]

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Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Brendan Bottcher	Darren Moulding	Brad Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Reid Carruthers	Jeff Stoughton	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Winnipeg, Manitoba
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
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Bruce Mouat	Grant Hardie	Bobby Lammie	Hammy McMillan Jr.	Edinburgh, Scotland
John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Duluth, Minnesota
Kyle Smith	Thomas Muirhead	Kyle Waddell	Cammy Smith	Stirling, Scotland

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
John Epping	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	5
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
Bruce Mouat	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	6

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	7
Kyle Smith	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	X	7
John Epping	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	X	6
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1
Brendan Bottcher	2	1	1	0	1	2	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kyle Smith	0	2	0	3	2	1	X	X	8
Bruce Mouat	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	3	2	0	0	0	3	X	X	8
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	0	1	1	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	3	0	0	2	4	X	X	9
Brendan Bottcher	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Shuster	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	9
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	4

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

1	Kevin Koe	5

8	John Epping	4
			1	Kevin Koe	5

			5	Mike McEwen	4
4	Jason Gunnlaugson	3

5	Mike McEwen	9
						1	Kevin Koe	6

						2	Niklas Edin	2
2	Niklas Edin	6

7	Kyle Smith	3
			2	Niklas Edin	6

			3	Brad Gushue	5
3	Brad Gushue	6

6	Bruce Mouat	2

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Chelsea Carey	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Jocelyn Peterman	Laine Peters	Calgary, Alberta
Laura Crocker^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Kendra Lilly^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Taylor McDonald	Jen Gates	Edmonton, Alberta
Kerri Einarson	Selena Kaatz	Liz Fyfe	Kristin MacCuish	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Satsuki Fujisawa	Chinami Yoshida	Yumi Suzuki	Yurika Yoshida	Kitami, Japan
Anna Hasselborg	Sara McManus	Agnes Knochenhauer	Sofia Mabergs	Sundbyberg, Sweden
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Lisa Weagle^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Joanne Courtney^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes	Jill Officer	Dawn McEwen	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kim Eun-jung	Kim Kyeong-ae	Kim Seon-yeong	Kim Yeong-mi	Uiseong, South Korea
Eve Muirhead	Anna Sloan	Vicki Adams	Lauren Gray	Stirling, Scotland
Nina Roth	Tabitha Peterson	Aileen Geving	Becca Hamilton	Blaine, United States
Jamie Sinclair	Alex Carlson	Vicky Persinger	Monica Walker	Blaine, United States
Silvana Tirinzoni	Esther Neuenschwander	Manuela Siegrist	Marlene Albrecht	Aarau, Switzerland

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

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

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Hasselborg	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	X	6
Kerri Einarson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chelsea Carey	0	2	2	2	0	4	X	X	10
Satsuki Fujisawa	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	7
Kim Eun-jung	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Nina Roth	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	X	6
Kim Eun-jung	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Laura Crocker	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
Nina Roth	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	X	8
Satsuki Fujisawa	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Team Hasselborg*	1	1	0	4	1	0	X	X	7
Chelsea Carey	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	X	3

2018_Players'_Championship

Qualification

Men's

Women's

Men

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 5

Draw 7

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 12

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Women

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 6

Draw 8

Draw 11

Draw 13

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Notes

References

External links

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