# 2017 Masters of Curling

The 2017 Masters of Curling was held from October 24 to 29, at the Lloydminster Centennial Civic Centre in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. This was the second Grand Slam and first major of the 2017–18 curling season.

## Qualification

The top 14 men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour order of merit standing as of September 19, 2017, qualified for the event, along with the winners of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 event (Jason Gunnlaugson and Kerri Einarson respectively). One team, the Steffen Walstad rink from Norway declined their invitation and were replaced with the next best team on the WCT OOM ranking (Pat Simmons).

## Men
### Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Reid Carruthers | Braeden Moskowy | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Benoît Schwarz (Fourth) | Claudio Pätz | Peter de Cruz (Skip) | Valentin Tanner | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 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 |
| Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | Calgary, Alberta |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Matt Dunstone | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Jim Cotter (Fourth) | John Morris (Skip) | Catlin Schneider | Tyrel Griffith | Vernon, British Columbia |
| John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Pat Simmons | Colton Lott | Kyle Doering | Rob Gordon | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Kyle Smith | Thomas Muirhead | Kyle Waddell | Cammy Smith | Stirling, Scotland |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Oslo, Norway |

### Round-robin standings

Final Standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreakers
| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA |
| Kevin Koe | 4 | 0 | 27 | 9 |
| Niklas Edin | 3 | 1 | 21 | 15 |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 2 | 2 | 21 | 24 |
| John Epping | 1 | 3 | 17 | 23 |
| John Morris | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA |
| Brad Gushue | 4 | 0 | 27 | 20 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 2 | 2 | 17 | 22 |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 |
| Kyle Smith | 1 | 3 | 21 | 20 |
| John Shuster | 1 | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| Pool C | W | L | PF | PA |
| Brad Jacobs | 4 | 0 | 24 | 11 |
| Reid Carruthers | 3 | 1 | 26 | 20 |
| Peter de Cruz | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 |
| Steve Laycock | 1 | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| Pat Simmons | 0 | 4 | 16 | 25 |

#### Tiebreaker

Friday, Oct 27, 8:00pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |

#### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Brad Jacobs | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mike McEwen | 6 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mike McEwen | 6 | 8 | Mike McEwen | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Niklas Edin | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Niklas Edin | 4 | 4 | Niklas Edin | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Reid Carruthers | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Reid Carruthers | 3 | | | | 4 | Niklas Edin | 4 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Brad Gushue | 8 |
| 2 | Kevin Koe | 8 | | | | | | | 3 | Brad Gushue | 8 |
| 7 | Jason Gunnlaugson | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Jason Gunnlaugson | 2 | 2 | Kevin Koe | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Brad Gushue | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Brad Gushue | 6 | 3 | Brad Gushue | 6 | | | |
| 6 | Peter de Cruz | 3 | | | | | | |

##### Quarterfinals

Saturday, Oct 28, 3:00pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike McEwen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Reid Carruthers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | X | 8 |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Peter de Cruz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |

##### Semifinals

Saturday, Oct 28, 7:00pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Brad Gushue | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 7 |

##### Final

Sunday, Oct 29, 11:00am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |

## Women
### Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Kerri Einarson | Selena Kaatz | Liz Fyfe | Kristin MacCuish | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Michelle Englot | Kate Cameron | Leslie Wilson-Westcott | Raunora Westcott | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Allison Flaxey | Clancy Grandy | Lynn Kreviazuk | Alison Kreviazuk Morgan Court | Caledon, Ontario |
| Jacqueline Harrison | Janet Murphy | Stephanie Matheson | Melissa Foster | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Anna Hasselborg | Sara McManus | Agnes Knochenhauer | Sofia Mabergs | Sundbyberg, Sweden |
| Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Joanne Courtney | Lisa Weagle | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn McEwen | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Sherry Middaugh | Jo-Ann Rizzo | Kim Tuck | Leigh Armstrong | Coldwater, Ontario |
| Eve Muirhead | Anna Sloan | Vicki Adams | Lauren Gray | Stirling, Scotland |
| Alina Pätz | Nadine Lehmann | Marisa Winkelhausen | Nicole Schwägli | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Casey Scheidegger | Cary-Anne McTaggart | Jessie Scheidegger | Kristie Moore | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Anna Sidorova | Margarita Fomina | Alexandra Raeva | Nkeiruka Ezekh Alina Kovaleva | Moscow, Russia |
| Jamie Sinclair | Alexandra Carlson | Vicky Persinger | Monica Walker | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Val Sweeting | Lori Olson-Johns | Dana Ferguson | Rachelle Brown | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | Manuela Siegrist | Esther Neuenschwander | Marlene Albrecht | Aarau, Switzerland |

### Round-robin standings

Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreakers
| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA |
| Eve Muirhead | 3 | 1 | 27 | 24 |
| Anna Hasselborg | 3 | 1 | 26 | 22 |
| Anna Sidorova | 2 | 2 | 24 | 22 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 2 | 2 | 18 | 18 |
| Allison Flaxey | 0 | 4 | 18 | 27 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA |
| Kerri Einarson | 4 | 0 | 29 | 10 |
| Casey Scheidegger | 3 | 1 | 24 | 19 |
| Michelle Englot | 1 | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| Val Sweeting | 1 | 3 | 17 | 23 |
| Rachel Homan | 1 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| Pool C | W | L | PF | PA |
| Jennifer Jones | 4 | 0 | 33 | 13 |
| Alina Pätz | 3 | 1 | 26 | 22 |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 2 | 2 | 24 | 19 |
| Jacqueline Harrison | 1 | 3 | 18 | 28 |
| Sherry Middaugh | 0 | 4 | 11 | 30 |

#### Tiebreaker

Friday, Oct 27, 8:00pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anna Sidorova | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |

#### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jennifer Jones | 5 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jamie Sinclair | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jamie Sinclair | 4 | 1 | Jennifer Jones | 10 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Anna Hasselborg | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Casey Scheidegger | 1 | 5 | Anna Hasselborg | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Anna Hasselborg | 6 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Anna Hasselborg | 6 | | | | 1 | Jennifer Jones | 6 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Kerri Einarson | 5 |
| 2 | Kerri Einarson | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | Kerri Einarson | 5 |
| 7 | Silvana Tirinzoni | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Silvana Tirinzoni | 3 | 2 | Kerri Einarson | 6 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Eve Muirhead | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Eve Muirhead | 5 | 3 | Eve Muirhead | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Alina Pätz | 4 | | | | | | |

##### Quarterfinals

Saturday, Oct 28, 11:00am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Casey Scheidegger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Anna Hasselborg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kerri Einarson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 7 |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Eve Muirhead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Alina Pätz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Jennifer Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

##### Semifinals

Saturday, Oct 28, 7:00pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jennifer Jones | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Anna Hasselborg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kerri Einarson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Eve Muirhead | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

##### Final

Sunday, Oct 29, 11:00am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jennifer Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kerri Einarson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |