# 2012 The National

The 2012 Pomeroy Inn & Suites National was held from January 25 to 29 at the EnCana Events Centre in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. It was the third 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, Glenn Howard held off Kevin Martin to win the game with a score of 6–5 and clinch his second Grand Slam of the year, his third career Grand Slam at The National, and his tenth career Grand Slam overall.

## CBC drops television coverage

Due to a dispute with iSport Media, the Slam management organization, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which had been covering the Slams for four years, dropped their coverage of the 2012 National event at the last minute. It will make the first time since the 1962 Macdonald Brier that CBC will not be broadcasting curling.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Brent Bawel | Mike Jantzen | Sean O'Connor | Hardi Sulimma | Calgary, Alberta |
| Jim Cotter | Kevin Folk | Tyrel Griffith | Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna/Vernon, British Columbia |
| Niklas Edin | Sebastian Kraupp | Fredrik Lindberg | Viktor Kjäll | Karlstad, Sweden |
| 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 |
| Warren Hassall (fourth) | Jamie King (skip) | Todd Brick | Sean Morris | Edmonton/Calgary, Alberta |
| 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 |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Dan Petryk (fourth) | Steve Petryk (skip) | Colin Hodgson | Brad Chyz | Calgary, Alberta |
| Brent Pierce | Jeff Richard | Kevin Recksiedler | Grant Dezura | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Robert Rumfeldt | Adam Spencer | Scott Hodgson | Greg Robinson | Guelph, Ontario |
| Robert Schlender | Chris Lemishka | Darcy Hafso | Don Bartlett | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jon Mead | Reid Carruthers | Steve Gould | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Oslo, Norway |
| Brock Virtue | J. D. Lind | Dominic Daemen | Matthew Ng | Calgary, Alberta |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA |
| Jim Cotter | 4 | 1 | 30 | 19 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 3 | 2 | 23 | 27 |
| Kevin Koe | 3 | 2 | 27 | 27 |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 3 | 17 | 22 |
| Brock Virtue | 2 | 3 | 25 | 22 |
| Brent Pierce | 1 | 4 | 20 | 35 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA |
| Kevin Martin | 5 | 0 | 41 | 26 |
| Brent Bawel | 3 | 2 | 34 | 28 |
| Niklas Edin | 3 | 2 | 33 | 23 |
| Rob Fowler | 2 | 3 | 20 | 28 |
| Jamie King | 2 | 3 | 27 | 34 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 5 | 19 | 39 |
| Pool C | W | L | PF | PA |
| Glenn Howard | 5 | 0 | 37 | 17 |
| Jeff Stoughton | 3 | 2 | 26 | 26 |
| Brad Gushue | 3 | 2 | 29 | 25 |
| Steve Laycock | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 |
| Robert Rumfeldt | 2 | 3 | 19 | 27 |
| Steve Petryk | 0 | 5 | 18 | 29 |

## Round-robin results

All times listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC-08).

### Draw 1

Wednesday, January 25, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Jim Cotter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | X | X | 9 |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jamie King | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |

### Draw 2

Thursday, January 26, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Steve Petryk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Robert Rumfeldt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brock Virtue | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, January 26, 12:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jamie King | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Brent Bawel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brent Pierce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, January 26, 4:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Jim Cotter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Robert Rumfeldt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Steve Petryk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, January 26, 8:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Steve Laycock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | X | X | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Rob Rumfeldt | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Jamie King | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |

### Draw 6

Friday, January 27, 8:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jamie King | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Steve Petryk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Robert Rumfeldt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jim Cotter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Brent Bawel | 2 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |

### Draw 7

Friday, January 27, 11:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Brent Bawel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Steve Petryk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 8 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brent Pierce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |

### Draw 8

Friday, January 27, 3:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Jim Cotter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Jamie King | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Draw 9

Friday, January 27, 8:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Steve Petryk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Robert Rumfeldt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Robert Schlender | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |

## Tiebreaker

Saturday, January 28, 8:30 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 4 | | | | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 1 | | | | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 1 | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 4 | | | |
| | | | Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 3 | | | |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 3 | Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 3 | | | |
| Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 4 | | | | | | |
| Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 4 | | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 5 |
| | | | | | | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 |
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 8 | | | | | | | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 3 | | | | | | |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 3 | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 8 | | | |
| | | | Jim Cotter | Jim Cotter | 3 | | | |
| Jim Cotter | Jim Cotter | 5 | Jim Cotter | Jim Cotter | 3 | | | |
| Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 3 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Saturday, January 28, 12:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 8 |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Semifinals

Saturday, January 28, 6:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Final

Sunday, January 29, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Glenn Howard | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |