# 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling (December)

The 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling in December was held from December 14 to 18 at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eleventh time the tournament has been held. The purse was CAD$100,000.
In the final, Mike McEwen won the final over Jeff Stoughton in seven ends with a score of 5–2. He successfully defended his title from the last edition of the BDO Canadian Open, won his first Grand Slam title of the year, and won his third career Grand Slam title.

## Five-rock rule

A new five-rock rule was implemented at this edition of the Canadian Open. The rule, a slight alteration to the free guard zone rule, was tested at the event in an attempt to increase offence in the game. The new rule was predicted to favour teams who play more offence, as the rule allows for a fifth guard to be placed in the free guard zone. However, concerns were raised that the new rule may possibly hinder teams that are more defence-oriented, an opinion echoed by the Canadian Curling Association. Since the Canadian Open is a Grand Slam event, the Open carried many points on the Canadian Team Ranking System, which plays a role in determining Olympic trials participants. If a team were to miss qualifying for the 2013 trials because of a poor performance at the Open influenced by the five rock rule, the team could raise complaints to the CCA. As a result, the CCA stated that it would not sanction the event unless all players participating in the Open express written consent in regards to the five-rock rule. Not all players had agreed not to challenge the outcome of the Open, but the event went ahead as planned, with the five-rock rule in place.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Tom Brewster | Greg Drummond | Scott Andrews | Michael Goodfellow | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Jim Cotter | Kevin Folk | Tyrel Griffith | Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna/Vernon, British Columbia |
| Niklas Edin | Sebastian Kraupp | Fredrik Lindberg | Viktor Kjäll | Karlstad, Sweden |
| John Epping | Scott Bailey | Scott Howard | David Mathers | Toronto, Ontario |
| David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Ted Appelman | Brendan Melnyk | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Rob Fowler | Allan Lyburn | Richard Daneault | Derek Samagalski | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Brad Gushue | Ryan Fry | Geoff Walker | Adam Casey | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Glenn Howard | Wayne Middaugh | Brent Laing | Craig Savill | Coldwater, Ontario |
| Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Scott Seabrook | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Mark Kean | Andrew Clayton | Patrick Janssen | Tim March | Toronto, Ontario |
| Kevin Koe | Pat Simmons | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Steve Laycock | Joel Jordison | Brennen Jones | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Dale Matchett | Ryan Werenich | Jeff Gorda | Shawn Kaufman | Bradford, Ontario |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | Martin Crête | Éric Sylvain | Philippe Ménard | Gatineau/Lévis, Quebec |
| Robert Schlender | Chris Lemishka | Darcy Hafso | Don Bartlett | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jon Mead | Reid Carruthers | Steve Gould | Winnipeg, Manitoba |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA |
| Mike McEwen | 5 | 0 | 34 | 12 |
| Niklas Edin | 4 | 1 | 29 | 20 |
| Brad Gushue | 2 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| Tom Brewster | 2 | 3 | 23 | 25 |
| John Epping | 1 | 4 | 17 | 33 |
| Mark Kean | 1 | 4 | 24 | 32 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA |
| Brad Jacobs | 4 | 1 | 30 | 21 |
| Kevin Martin* | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 3 | 2 | 27 | 26 |
| Kevin Koe | 3 | 2 | 28 | 26 |
| Randy Ferbey | 1 | 4 | 23 | 36 |
| Robert Schlender | 1 | 4 | 18 | 25 |
| Pool C | W | L | PF | PA |
| Jeff Stoughton | 4 | 1 | 38 | 27 |
| Rob Fowler | 4 | 1 | 32 | 21 |
| Glenn Howard | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 |
| Jim Cotter | 2 | 3 | 32 | 32 |
| Dale Matchett | 1 | 4 | 23 | 38 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 5 | 14 | 38 |
*Kevin Martin advances directly to the playoffs by virtue of a draw to the button contest between Kevin Koe, Jean-Michel Ménard, and Martin.

## Round-robin results
### Draw 1

Wednesday, December 14, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Mark Kean | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brad Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 2

Thursday, December 15, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Dale Matchett | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Jim Cotter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Randy Ferbey | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Robert Schlender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Tom Brewster | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, December 15, 12:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 9 |
| Randy Ferbey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Dale Matchett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Jim Cotter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Robert Schlender | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, December 15, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Brad Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Tom Brewster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 6 |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mark Kean | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, December 15, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| John Epping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Dale Matchett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Tom Brewster | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mark Kean | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Draw 6

Friday, December 16, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Robert Schlender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Mark Kean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Dale Matchett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | 8 |
| Tom Brewster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Randy Ferbey | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 7

Friday, December 16, 12:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Randy Ferbey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| John Epping | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 7 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jim Cotter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 9 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 4 |

### Draw 8

Friday, December 16, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Mark Kean | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Dale Matchett | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 |

### Draw 9

Friday, December 16, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Tom Brewster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Randy Ferbey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

## Tiebreaker

Saturday, December 17, 9:30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 6 | | | | | | |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | Jean-Michel Ménard | 5 | | | | | | |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | Jean-Michel Ménard | 5 | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 8 | | | |
| | | | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 2 | | | |
| Rob Fowler | Rob Fowler | 6 | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 2 | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 7 | | | | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 7 | | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 5 |
| | | | | | | Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 2 |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 5 | | | | | | | Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 2 |
| Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 2 | | | | | | |
| Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 2 | Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 8 | | | |
| | | | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 | | | |
| Brad Jacobs | Brad Jacobs | 3 | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 | | | |
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Saturday, December 17, 2:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jean-Michel Ménard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Niklas Edin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Kevin Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Glenn Howard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |

### Semifinals

Saturday, December 17, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 8 |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 |

### Final

Sunday, December 18, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |