# 2008 The National

The 2008 edition of The National was held December 3–7, 2008 at the ExpoCité in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2008-09 World Curling Tour season.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Shawn Adams | Paul Flemming | Craig Burgess | Kelly Mittelstadt | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Kerry Burtnyk | Don Walchuk | Richard Daneault | Garth Smith | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| David Nedohin | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Martin Ferland | Philippe Lemay | Marco Berthelot | Christian Cantin | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Ryan Fry | Jamie Korab | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Glenn Howard | Richard Hart | Brent Laing | Craig Savill | Coldwater, Ontario |
| Joel Jordison | Scott Bitz | Aryn Schmidt | Dean Hicke | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Blake MacDonald | Kevin Koe (skip) | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Jason Larway | Colin Hufman | Joel Larway | Bill Todhunter | Seattle, Washington |
| Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Greg McAulay | Ken Maskiewich | Tyrel Griffith | Aaron Watson | Richmond, British Columbia |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | Martin Crête | Éric Sylvain | Jean Gagnon | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Wayne Middaugh | Jon Mead | John Epping | Scott Bailey | Toronto, Ontario |
| Pat Simmons | Jeff Sharp | Gerry Adam | Steve Laycock | Davidson, Saskatchewan |
| Jeff Stoughton | Kevin Park | Rob Fowler | Steve Gould | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Jim Cotter | Bob Ursel (skip) | Kevin Folk | Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna, British Columbia |
| Wang Fengchun | Liu Rui | Xu Xiao Ming | Zang Jia Liang | Harbin, China |
(Money ranking in parentheses)

## Pool A

| Team | W | L |
| Burtnyk (14) | 4 | 1 |
| McEwen (27) | 4 | 1 |
| Middaugh (17) | 4 | 1 |
| Adams (86) | 2 | 3 |
| Howard (1) | 1 | 4 |
| Larway (36) | 0 | 5 |
* Howard 6-2 Larway
* Burtnyk 5-3 McEwen
* Middaugh 7-2 Adams
* Middaugh 5-3 Larway
* McEwen 5-4 Howard (9)
* Burtnyk 6-3 Adams
* McEwen 8-4 Middaugh
* Burtnyk 6-5 Howard (9)
* Adams 6-1 Larway
* Middaugh 6-3 Burtnyk
* Adams 6-0 Howard
* McEwen 6-3 Larway
* McEwen 4-3 Adams
* Burtnyk 7-3 Larway
* Middaugh 6-5 Howard

## Pool B

| Team | W | L |
| Martin (2) | 5 | 0 |
| Gushue (4) | 4 | 1 |
| McAulay (24) | 2 | 3 |
| Simmons (42) | 2 | 3 |
| Ménard (30) | 2 | 3 |
| Wang (10) | 0 | 5 |
* Ménard 7-6 Simmons
* McAulay 9-8 Wang (9)
* Martin 7-6 Gushue (9)
* Martin 6-3 McAulay
* Simmons 7-5 Wang
* Gushue 5-4 Ménard
* Gushue 6-3 McAulay
* Martin 5-3 Simmons
* Gushue 6-4 Wang
* Martin 6-4 Ménard
* Simmons 6-4 McAulay
* McAulay 7-6 Ménard
* Gushue 3-2 Simmons
* Martin 6-3 Wang
* Ménard 8-4 Wang

## Pool C

| Team | W | L |
| Stoughton (6) | 5 | 0 |
| Ferbey (3) | 3 | 2 |
| Ferland (137) | 3 | 2 |
| Koe (8) | 2 | 3 |
| Jordison (9) | 1 | 4 |
| Ursel (28) | 1 | 4 |
* Ferland 5-2 Koe
* Stoughton 6-3 Ursel
* Ferbey 9-4 Jordison
* Ursel 6-4 Ferland
* Koe 12-5 Jordison
* Stoughton 7-5 Ferbey
* Jordison 5-4 Ursel
* Stoughton 6-5 Ferland (9)
* Ferbey 7-3 Ursel
* Stoughton 8-6 Koe
* Ferland 5-4 Jordison
* Koe 6-4 Ursel
* Ferland 6-3 Ferbey
* Stoughton 4-3 Jordison
* Ferbey 6-2 Koe

## Playoffs

Playoffs
| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Martin | Martin | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ferland | Ferland | 4 | | | | | | |
| Ferland | Ferland | 4 | Martin | Martin | 2 | | | |
| | | | Middaugh | Middaugh | 5 | | | |
| Burtnyk | Burtnyk | 5 | Middaugh | Middaugh | 5 | | | |
| Middaugh | Middaugh | 6 | | | | | | |
| Middaugh | Middaugh | 6 | | | | Middaugh | Middaugh | 5 |
| | | | | | | Gushue | Gushue | 3 |
| Stoughton | Stoughton | 6 | | | | | | | Gushue | Gushue | 3 |
| Ferbey | Ferbey | 7 | | | | | | |
| Ferbey | Ferbey | 7 | Ferbey | Ferbey | 5 | | | |
| | | | Gushue | Gushue | 6 | | | |
| Gushue (EE) | Gushue (EE) | 5 | Gushue | Gushue | 6 | | | |
| McEwen | McEwen | 4 | | | | | | |
Final
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Middaugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Gushue | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |