# 2006 Masters of Curling (February)

The February 2006 Masters of Curling men's Grand Slam curling tournament was held February 23 to 26, 2006 at the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The total purse for the event was $100,000. The tournament format was a triple knock out with an 8 team playoff.
Randy Ferbey and his team of David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer and Marcel Rocque of Edmonton defeated their same-city rivals Team Kevin Martin in the final to pick up the top prize of $30,000. It was Ferbey's first Slam win. Ferbey won the game 6–3. Martin blamed his team's loss as having too many of his rocks pick. Ferbey defeated Glenn Howard 9–6 and Martin defeated Shawn Adams 8–5 in the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, Ferbey beat Vic Peters 9–3 and Martin beat Wayne Middaugh 5–3.
Sportsnet carried the semifinals and finals on television.
The event was overshadowed by the final of curling event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, which was held on the same weekend, and featured the hometown Brad Gushue rink. That, and a snow storm in St. John's, kept many would-be spectators at home.

## Teams

The teams were as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Shawn Adams | Paul Flemming | Craig Burgess | Kelly Mittelstadt | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Martin Ferland | Don Westphal | Philippe Lemay | Marco Berthelot | Buckingham, Quebec |
| Mark Dacey | Bruce Lohnes | Rob Harris | Andrew Gibson | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| David Nedohin | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Graham Freeman | Scott Ramsay | Cory Barkley | Dwayne Barkley | Virden, Manitoba |
| Ryan Fry | Mike McEwen | Ross McFadyen | Cory Naharnie | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Sean Geall | Mark Olson | Chad Hofmann | Robert Hockley | White Rock, British Columbia |
| Glenn Howard | Richard Hart | Brent Laing | Craig Savill | Coldwater, Ontario |
| Steve Laycock | Darren Moulding | Mike Jantzen | Chris Schille | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Wayne Middaugh | Peter Corner | Phil Loevenmark | Scott Bailey | Toronto, Ontario |
| John Morris | Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Paul Moffatt | Calgary, Alberta |
| Mark Noseworthy | Rick Rowsell | Brent Hamilton | David Noftall | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Vic Peters | Daley Peters | Chris Neufeld | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Pat Simmons | Jeff Sharp | Chris Haichert | Ben Hebert | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jon Mead | Garry Vandenberghe | Steve Gould | Winnipeg, Manitoba |

## Prize money

| Rank | Team | Prize (CA$) |
| 1 | Randy Ferbey | $30,000 |
| 2 | Kevin Martin | $18,000 |
| 3 | Glenn Howard | $12,000 |
| 3 | Shawn Adams | $12,000 |
| 5 | Jeff Stoughton | $7,000 |
| 5 | John Morris | $7,000 |
| 5 | Wayne Middaugh | $7,000 |
| 5 | Vic Peters | $7,000 |

## Playoffs

The playoff scores were as follows:
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| John Morris | John Morris | 5 | | | | | | |
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 | | | | | | |
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 | | | |
| | | | Randy Ferbey | Randy Ferbey | 9 | | | |
| Randy Ferbey | Randy Ferbey | 9 | Randy Ferbey | Randy Ferbey | 9 | | | |
| Vic Peters | Vic Peters | 3 | | | | | | |
| Vic Peters | Vic Peters | 3 | | | | Randy Ferbey | Randy Ferbey | 6 |
| | | | | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 3 |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 6 | | | | | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 3 |
| Shawn Adams | Shawn Adams | 7 | | | | | | |
| Shawn Adams | Shawn Adams | 7 | Shawn Adams | Shawn Adams | 5 | | | |
| | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 8 | | | |
| Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 5 | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 8 | | | |
| Wayne Middaugh | Wayne Middaugh | 3 | | | | | | |

## Final

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Randy Ferbey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |