# 2018 Elite 10 (March)

The 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 was held from March 15 to 18 at St. James Civic Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was the fifth Grand Slam of Curling event held in the 2017–18 curling season. The tournament was held between ten men's teams.

## Format

Instead of normal curling scoring rules, the Elite 10 uses a match play system in which scoring is based on ends won, rather than rocks scored. An end is won by stealing or scoring two with the hammer, similar to skins curling. Unlike skins, however, there are no carry-overs. In the event of a tie, a draw to the button competition is held to determine the winner. In the standings, wins are worth three points, draw to the button wins are worth two points, and draw to the button losses are worth one point.

## Teams

The top 10 teams in the World Curling Tour's year-to-date rankings as of February 5, 2018, were invited to compete in the Elite 10. If any teams declined, the next-highest team was invited until the field of 10 teams was complete.
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Reid Carruthers | Jeff Stoughton | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Rasmus Wranå | Christoffer Sundgren | Karlstad, Sweden |
| John Epping | Mat Camm | Patrick Janssen | Tim March | Toronto, Ontario |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | Alex Forrest | Ian McMillan | Connor Njegovan | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Brett Gallant | Geoff Walker | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Glenn Howard | Adam Spencer | David Mathers | Scott Howard | Tiny, Ontario |
| Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | Calgary, Alberta |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Duluth, United States |

## Round-robin standings

| Pool A | W | EEW | EEL | L | EF | EA | Pts |
| Brad Gushue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| Glenn Howard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
| John Epping | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
| Reid Carruthers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
| Pool B | W | EEW | EEL | L | EF | EA | Pts |
| Mike McEwen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 12 |
| Kevin Koe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| Brad Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

### Draw 1

Thursday, March 15, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | 4 |
| Niklas Edin | | ✓ | | | | | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | | | | | ✓ | | X | X | 1 |
| John Shuster | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | | ✓ | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | ✓ | 4 |
| Glenn Howard | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | | 3 |

### Draw 2

Thursday, March 15, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | ✓ | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | | 3 |
| Brad Gushue | | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | | | | ✓ | | | | X | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Shuster | | | | | ✓ | | | X | 1 |
| Brad Jacobs | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | X | 4 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, March 15, 8:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | 5 |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | | | | | | X | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | 4 |
| Reid Carruthers | | ✓ | | | | | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | | 3 |
| Brad Gushue | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | 4 |

### Draw 4

Friday, March 16, 8:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
| Glenn Howard | | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | 3 |
| Brad Jacobs | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | 2 |
| Kevin Koe | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | 3 |

### Draw 5

Friday, March 16, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | 4 |
| Brad Jacobs | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | 4 |
| John Epping | | | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | 2 |

### Draw 6

Friday, March 16, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Shuster | | | ✓ | | | | X | X | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Reid Carruthers | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | 3 |
| Niklas Edin | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | ✓ | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | | 3 |
| John Epping | | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | 2 |

### Draw 7

Friday, March 16, 8:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | X | X | 3 |
| Reid Carruthers | | | | | | | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Shuster | | | | ✓ | | | | X | 1 |
| Kevin Koe | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | | | | | | ✓ | ✓ | X | 2 |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | | | | | | | | X | 0 |

### Tiebreaker

Saturday, March 17, 8:30 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | | | | | | X | X | X | 0 |
| John Epping | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Mike McEwen | 4 | | |
| Glenn Howard | 3 | Glenn Howard | 3 | | |
| Brad Jacobs | 1 | | | Mike McEwen | 4 |
| | | | | Brad Gushue | 1 |
| | | Kevin Koe | 1 | | |
| Brad Gushue | 4 | Brad Gushue | 2 | | |
| John Epping | 2 | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 17, 12:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | X | 3 |
| Brad Jacobs | ✓ | | | | | | | X | 1 |
Player percentages :
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | Brad Jacobs | Brad Jacobs |
| Scott Howard | 97% | Ryan Harnden | 88% |
| David Mathers | 84% | E. J. Harnden | 74% |
| Adam Spencer | 100% | Ryan Fry | 76% |
| Glenn Howard | 97% | Brad Jacobs | 73% |
| Total | 94% | Total | 78% |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | X | 4 |
| John Epping | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | | X | 2 |
Player percentages :
| Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | John Epping | John Epping |
| Geoff Walker | 86% | Tim March | 94% |
| Brett Gallant | 91% | Patrick Janssen | 93% |
| Mark Nichols | 95% | Mat Camm | 83% |
| Brad Gushue | 93% | John Epping | 71% |
| Total | 91% | Total | 85% |

### Semifinals

Saturday, March 17, 4:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | 3 |
| Mike McEwen | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | 4 |
Player percentages :
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen |
| Scott Howard | 69% | Denni Neufeld | 90% |
| David Mathers | 94% | Matt Wozniak | 94% |
| Adam Spencer | 89% | B.J. Neufeld | 75% |
| Glenn Howard | 63% | Mike McEwen | 86% |
| Total | 79% | Total | 86% |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | | | | | ✓ | | | | 1 |
| Brad Gushue | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | | | 2 |
Player percentages :
| Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue |
| Ben Hebert | 87% | Geoff Walker | 80% |
| Brent Laing | 83% | Brett Gallant | 81% |
| Marc Kennedy | 74% | Mark Nichols | 89% |
| Kevin Koe | 76% | Brad Gushue | 76% |
| Total | 80% | Total | 81% |

### Final

Sunday March 18, 9:30 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | X | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | | | | | ✓ | | | X | 1 |
Player percentages :
| Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue |
| Denni Neufeld | 90% | Geoff Walker | 88% |
| Matt Wozniak | 92% | Brett Gallant | 71% |
| B.J. Neufeld | 98% | Mark Nichols | 79% |
| Mike McEwen | 79% | Brad Gushue | 56% |
| Total | 90% | Total | 74% |