# 2016 Elite 10

The 2016 Elite 10 was held from March 17 to 20, 2016 at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia. It was the fourth Grand Slam of Curling event held in the 2015–16 curling season. The tournament was held between ten teams; nine teams were joined by two-time Canadian women's champions Team Homan.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Brendan Bottcher | Tom Appelman | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Reid Carruthers | Braeden Moskowy | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Kristian Lindström | Christoffer Sundgren | Karlstad, Sweden |
| John Epping | Mat Camm | Patrick Janssen | Tim March | Toronto, Ontario |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Brett Gallant | Geoff Walker | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Joanne Courtney | Lisa Weagle | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | Calgary, Alberta |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Charley Thomas | Matt Dunstone | Brandon Klassen | D. J. Kidby | Calgary, Alberta |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
| Pool A | W | EEW | EEL | L | EW | EL | Pts |
| Kevin Koe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 |
| Mike McEwen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Steve Laycock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 1 |
| Pool B | W | EEW | EEL | L | EW | EL | Pts |
| Brad Gushue | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 11 |
| Reid Carruthers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 10 |
| John Epping | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Rachel Homan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8).

### Draw 1

Thursday, March 17, 11:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | 2 |
| Brad Gushue | | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | | ✓ | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
| Brendan Bottcher | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | | 3 |

### Draw 2

Thursday, March 17, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | | | | ✓ | | | | X | 1 |
| Niklas Edin | | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | | | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | 2 |
| Steve Laycock | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | | ✓ | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | 4 |
| Rachel Homan | | | | | | X | X | X | 0 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, March 17, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | ✓ | ✓ | | | | ✓ | ✓ | X | 4 |
| Mike McEwen | | | | | ✓ | | | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rachel Homan | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | | 2 |
| Reid Carruthers | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | | ✓ | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | X | 3 |
| Charley Thomas | ✓ | | | | | | | X | 1 |

### Draw 4

Friday, March 18, 8:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rachel Homan | | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | 2 |
| Charley Thomas | | | | | | | ✓ | | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | X | X | 4 |
| Niklas Edin | | | | | ✓ | | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | X | X | 3 |
| John Epping | | | | | | | X | X | 0 |

### Draw 5

Friday, March 18, 11:30 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | | | 2 |
| John Epping | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | | | | | | | X | X | 0 |
| Kevin Koe | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | | X | X | 3 |

### Draw 6

Friday, March 18, 3:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | | | | | | X | X | X | 0 |
| Kevin Koe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | | X | 3 |
| Rachel Homan | ✓ | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | 2 |
| Steve Laycock | ✓ | | | | | | | | 1 |

### Draw 7

Friday, March 18, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | | | | | | X | X | X | 0 |
| Brad Gushue | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | X | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | ✓ | | | ✓ | | ✓ | X | X | 3 |
| Brendan Bottcher | | | | | | | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | 3 |
| Reid Carruthers | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Brad Gushue | 3 | | |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | Steve Laycock | 2 | | |
| Steve Laycock | 3 | | | Brad Gushue | 4 |
| | | | | Reid Carruthers | 3 |
| | | Reid Carruthers | 3 | | |
| Kevin Koe | 4 | Kevin Koe | 2 | | |
| John Epping | 0 | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 19, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | | | 2 |
| Steve Laycock | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | 3 |
Player percentages :
| Team McEwen | Team McEwen | Team Laycock | Team Laycock |
| Denni Neufeld | 95% | Dallan Muyres | 90% |
| Matt Wozniak | 94% | Colton Flasch | 79% |
| B. J. Neufeld | 95% | Kirk Muyres | 84% |
| Mike McEwen | 82% | Steve Laycock | 90% |
| Total | 91% | Total | 86% |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | 4 |
| John Epping | | | | | | X | X | X | 0 |
Player percentages :
| Team Koe | Team Koe | Team Epping | Team Epping |
| Ben Hebert | 95% | Tim March | 100% |
| Brent Laing | 90% | Patrick Janssen | 98% |
| Marc Kennedy | 93% | Mathew Camm | 93% |
| Kevin Koe | 93% | John Epping | 60% |
| Total | 93% | Total | 88% |

### Semifinals

Saturday, March 19, 7:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | | | ✓ | 3 |
| Steve Laycock | | | | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | 2 |
Player percentages :
| Team Gushue | Team Gushue | Team Laycock | Team Laycock |
| Geoff Walker | 98% | Dallan Muyres | 98% |
| Brett Gallant | 90% | Colton Flasch | 92% |
| Mark Nichols | 96% | Kirk Muyres | 86% |
| Brad Gushue | 80% | Steve Laycock | 77% |
| Total | 91% | Total | 88% |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | 3 |
| Kevin Koe | ✓ | | | | | | | ✓ | | 2 |
Player percentages :
| Team Carruthers | Team Carruthers | Team Koe | Team Koe |
| Colin Hodgson | 96% | Ben Hebert | 87% |
| Derek Samagalski | 76% | Brent Laing | 81% |
| Braeden Moskowy | 85% | Marc Kennedy | 77% |
| Reid Carruthers | 74% | Kevin Koe | 64% |
| Total | 83% | Total | 77% |

### Final

Sunday, March 20, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | 4 |
| Reid Carruthers | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | | 3 |
Player percentages :
| Team Gushue | Team Gushue | Team Carruthers | Team Carruthers |
| Geoff Walker | 88% | Colin Hodgson | 97% |
| Brett Gallant | 73% | Derek Samagalski | 86% |
| Mark Nichols | 75% | Braeden Moskowy | 77% |
| Brad Gushue | 70% | Reid Carruthers | 62% |
| Total | 77% | Total | 81% |