# 2017 Elite 10

The 2017 Princess Auto Elite 10 was held from March 16 to 20 at Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. It was the fifth Grand Slam of Curling event held in the 2016–17 curling season. The tournament was held between ten men's teams.
It was won by John Morris.

## 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 | Pat Janssen | Tim March | Toronto, Ontario |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Brett Gallant | Tom Sallows | 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 | Scott Pfeifer | Calgary, Alberta |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Matt Dunstone | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Jim Cotter (Fourth) | John Morris (Skip) | Tyrel Griffith | Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna / Vernon, British Columbia |
| Jeff Stoughton | David Nedohin | Nolan Thiessen | Jamie Korab | Manitoba Alberta Texas Newfoundland and Labrador (Elite 10 Select) |

## Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
| Pool A | W | EEW | EEL | L | EF | EA | Pts |
| Brad Jacobs | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 |
| Peter de Cruz | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 7 |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| John Epping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Pool B | W | EEW | EEL | L | EF | EA | Pts |
| John Morris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| Jeff Stoughton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
| Reid Carruthers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 6 |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 1 |

## Round robin results

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

### Draw 1

Thursday, March 16, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | | 3 |
| Brad Gushue | | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Peter de Cruz | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | 5 |
| Kevin Koe | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | | ✓ | | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | X | X | 4 |
| John Epping | | | | | ✓ | | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 2

Thursday, March 16, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | | 3 |
| Steve Laycock | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | 2 |
| Brad Jacobs | | | ✓ | | | ✓ | | ✓ | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | | | | | | | X | X | 0 |
| John Morris | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | | ✓ | X | X | 4 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, March 16, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | 4 |
| Peter de Cruz | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | | ✓ | ✓ | | | ✓ | | ✓ | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | | | | | | | | X | 0 |
| Brad Jacobs | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | | X | 2 |

### Draw 4

Friday, March 17, 10:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Morris | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | | | | | | X | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | | | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | 3 |
| Steve Laycock | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peter de Cruz | | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | X | 3 |
| Niklas Edin | ✓ | | | | | | | X | 1 |

### Draw 5

Friday, March 17, 1:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | 3 |
| Peter de Cruz | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | | ✓ | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Kevin Koe | | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | X | 4 |
| John Morris | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | X | 2 |

### Draw 6

Friday, March 17, 4:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | X | X | X | 4 |
| Niklas Edin | | | | | | X | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | | 2 |
| Brad Gushue | ✓ | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | 4 |

### Draw 7

Friday, March 17, 8:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | | | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
| Jeff Stoughton | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | | | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | | ✓ | | | | X | X | X | 1 |
| John Morris | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | | | | | | | X | X | 0 |
| Brad Jacobs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | | ✓ | X | X | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Kevin Koe | 1 | | |
| Peter de Cruz | 1 | Brad Jacobs | 4 | | |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | | | Brad Jacobs | 2 |
| | | | | John Morris | 3 |
| | | Reid Carruthers | 1 | | |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | John Morris | 5 | | |
| Reid Carruthers | 2 | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 18, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | | | | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | 2 |
| Peter de Cruz | | | | | | | ✓ | | | 1 |
Player percentages :
| Team Koe | Team Koe | Team de Cruz | Team de Cruz |
| Scott Pfeifer | 94% | Valentin Tanner | 92% |
| Brent Laing | 88% | Peter de Cruz | 93% |
| Marc Kennedy | 92% | Claudio Pätz | 92% |
| Kevin Koe | 86% | Benoit Schwarz | 83% |
| Total | 90% | Total | 90% |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | | | | | | | | X | 0 |
| Reid Carruthers | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | X | 2 |
Player percentages :
| Team Stoughton | Team Stoughton | Team Carruthers | Team Carruthers |
| Jamie Korab | 86% | Colin Hodgson | 78% |
| Nolan Thiessen | 95% | Derek Samagalski | 78% |
| David Nedohin | 82% | Braeden Moskowy | 77% |
| Jeff Stoughton | 92% | Reid Carruthers | 94% |
| Total | 89% | Total | 81% |

### Semifinals

Saturday, March 18, 5:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | ✓ | | | | | | X | X | 1 |
| Brad Jacobs | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | 4 |
Player percentages :
| Team Koe | Team Koe | Team Jacobs | Team Jacobs |
| Scott Pfeifer | 86% | Ryan Harnden | 97% |
| Brent Laing | 69% | E.J. Harnden | 90% |
| Marc Kennedy | 100% | Ryan Fry | 75% |
| Kevin Koe | 44% | Brad Jacobs | 79% |
| Total | 75% | Total | 85% |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | | | ✓ | | | | X | X | 1 |
| John Morris | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | 5 |
Player percentages :
| Team Carruthers | Team Carruthers | Team Morris | Team Morris |
| Colin Hodgson | 84% | Rick Sawatsky | 90% |
| Derek Samagalski | 87% | Tyrel Griffith | 68% |
| Braeden Moskowy | 95% | John Morris | 91% |
| Reid Carruthers | 54% | Jim Cotter | 87% |
| Total | 80% | Total | 84% |

### Final

Sunday, March 19, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | | 2 |
| John Morris | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | 3 |
Player percentages :
| Team Jacobs | Team Jacobs | Team Morris | Team Morris |
| Ryan Harnden | 86% | Rick Sawatsky | 86% |
| E.J. Harnden | 87% | Tyrel Griffith | 69% |
| Ryan Fry | 92% | John Morris | 90% |
| Brad Jacobs | 72% | Jim Cotter | 95% |
| Total | 84% | Total | 85% |