# 2018 Icebreaker at The Granite

The 2018 GOLDLINE Icebreaker at The Granite was held from August 24 to 26 at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was the second event on the World Curling Tour for the 2018–19 season. The men's event was held in a double knockout format and the women's event was held in a round robin format.
On the men's side, Braden Calvert's rink from Winnipeg defeated John Shuster's team from Duluth 4–3 in the final. Team Calvert also won the event the previous season. On the women's side, Team Darcy Robertson also from Winnipeg defeated Russia's Anna Sidorova from Moscow 9–8 in the final. Team Robertson finished runner-up at the event in 2017.

## Men

The teams are listed as follows:

### Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Braden Calvert | Kyle Kurz | Ian McMillan | Rob Gordon | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Ty Dilello | Hayden Forrester | Brennan Sampson | Brendan Wilson | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Matt Dunstone | Braeden Moskowy | Catlin Schneider | Dustin Kidby | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Sean Grassie | Devin McArthur | Lucas Van Den Bosch | Chad Barkman | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | Alex Forrest | Denni Neufeld | Connor Njegovan | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Kirk Muyres | Kevin Marsh | Dan Marsh | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| John Shuster | Chris Plys | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Duluth, United States |
| Brett Walter | Chase Dussesoy | Lawson Yates | Liam Tod | Winnipeg, Manitoba |

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 3 | 1 |
| Braden Calvert | 2 | 2 |
| Kirk Muyres | 2 | 2 |
| Brett Walter | 0 | 4 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| John Shuster | 3 | 1 |
| Sean Grassie | 2 | 2 |
| Ty Dilello | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Dunstone | 2 | 2 |

### Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).

#### Draw 1

Friday, August 24, 6:00 pm
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Sean Grassie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Braden Calvert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ty Dilello | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kirk Muyres | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Matt Dunstone | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brett Walter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 7 |

#### Draw 2

Friday, August 24, 9:00 pm
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brett Walter | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Matt Dunstone | 1 | 1 | 5 | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kirk Muyres | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Braden Calvert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sean Grassie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 5 |
| Ty Dilello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 1 |

#### Draw 4

Saturday, August 25, 3:30 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Matt Dunstone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Braden Calvert | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 5 |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kirk Muyres | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sean Grassie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brett Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ty Dilello | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

#### Draw 5

Saturday, August 25, 7:00 pm
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kirk Muyres | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 7 |
| Ty Dilello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brett Walter | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sean Grassie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Braden Calvert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Matt Dunstone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | John Shuster | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Sean Graisse | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Sean Graisse | 3 | 1 | John Shuster | 3 |
| | | | 3 | Braden Calvert | 4 |
| 2 | Jason Gunnlaugson | 2 | 3 | Braden Calvert | 4 |
| 3 | Braden Calvert | 7 | | | |

#### Semifinals

Sunday, August 26, 12:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sean Graisse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Braden Calvert | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | 7 |

#### Final

Sunday, August 26, 3:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Braden Calvert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |

## Women

The teams are listed as follows:

### Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Kaitlyn Bowman | Ashley Becker | Ashley Green | Jade Bloor | Weyburn, Saskatchewan |
| Katie Chappellaz | Kristin McLellan | Kortney Teale | Lorelle Pegus | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Cory Christensen | Vicky Persinger | Jenna Martin | Madison Bear | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Kerri Einarson | Val Sweeting | Shannon Birchard | Briane Meilleur | Gimli, Manitoba |
| Allison Flaxey | Kate Cameron | Taylor McDonald | Raunora Westcott | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Tracy Fleury | Selena Njegovan | Liz Fyfe | Kristin MacCuish | East St. Paul, Manitoba |
| Sherry Just | Hanna Anderson | Ellen Redlick | Kimberly Osemlak | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Beth Peterson | Jenna Loder | Katherine Doerksen | Melissa Gordon | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Darcy Robertson | Karen Klein | Vanessa Foster | Theresa Cannon | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Anna Sidorova | Margarita Fomina | Alexandra Raeva | Nkeirouka Ezekh | Moscow, Russia |

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L |
| Anna Sidorova | 3 | 1 |
| Allison Flaxey | 3 | 1 |
| Tracy Fleury | 3 | 1 |
| Katie Chappellaz | 1 | 3 |
| Sherry Just | 0 | 4 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Darcy Robertson | 4 | 0 |
| Cory Christensen | 3 | 1 |
| Kerri Einarson | 2 | 2 |
| Beth Peterson | 1 | 3 |
| Kaitlyn Bowman | 0 | 4 |

### Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).

#### Draw 1

Friday, August 24, 6:00 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Tracy Fleury | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Sherry Just | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Allison Flaxey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Katie Chappellaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kerri Einarson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Kaitlyn Bowman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Darcy Robertson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Beth Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

#### Draw 2

Friday, August 24, 9:00 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Cory Christensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Kaitlyn Bowman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kerri Einarson | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Beth Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anna Sidorova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Sherry Just | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Tracy Fleury | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Katie Chappellaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

#### Draw 3

Saturday, August 25, 12:00 pm
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Tracy Fleury | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Anna Sidorova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Allison Flaxey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Sherry Just | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kerri Einarson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Cory Christensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Darcy Robertson | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Kaitlyn Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 0 |

#### Draw 4

Saturday, August 25, 3:30 pm
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Beth Peterson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Kaitlyn Bowman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Darcy Robertson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Cory Christensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Katie Chappellaz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Sherry Just | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Allison Flaxey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Anna Sidorova | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |

#### Draw 5

Saturday, August 25, 7:00 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anna Sidorova | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Katie Chappellaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Tracy Fleury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Allison Flaxey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Cory Christensen | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Beth Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kerri Einarson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Darcy Robertson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Darcy Robertson | 7 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Cory Christensen | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Tracy Fleury | 4 | 5 | Cory Christensen | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Cory Christensen | 7 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Cory Christensen | 7 | | | | 1 | Darcy Robertson | 9 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Anna Sidorova | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Anna Sidorova | 8 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Allison Flaxey | 3 | | | |

#### Quarterfinal

Sunday, August 26, 9:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Tracy Fleury | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Cory Christensen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

#### Semifinals

Sunday, August 26, 12:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Darcy Robertson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Cory Christensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anna Sidorova | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Allison Flaxey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

#### Final

Sunday, August 26, 3:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Darcy Robertson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Anna Sidorova | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |