# 2010 The National (January)

The 2010 The National was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2009-10 curling season. It was held January 6–10 at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph, Ontario.
The event featured just two international teams, gearing up for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. John Shuster's Team USA failed to make the playoffs while Great Britain's David Murdoch lost in the quarter final. Also, Canada's Olympic representative, Kevin Martin failed to make the playoffs at a Slam for the first time since 2003.
The final game featured Brad Gushue's rink from St. John's, Newfoundland against Randy Ferbey's Edmonton rink. Gushue, who lost last year's event beat Ferbey, and with it won his first Grand Slam title.
Gushue's team won $24,000 out of a total purse of $100,000.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Ted Appelman | Tom Appelman | Brandon Klassen | Brendan Melnyk | Edmonton |
| Kerry Burtnyk | Don Walchuk | Richard Daneault | Garth Smith | Winnipeg |
| David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | Edmonton |
| Sean Geall | Brent Pierce | Kevin Recksiedler | Mark Olson | New Westminster |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | Justin Richter | Braden Zawada | Tyler Forrest | Beausejour |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Ryan Fry | Jamie Korab | St. John's |
| Glenn Howard | Richard Hart | Brent Laing | Craig Savill | Coldwater |
| Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Caleb Flaxey | Sault Ste. Marie |
| Kevin Koe | Blake MacDonald | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | Edmonton |
| Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | Edmonton |
| Dale Matchett | Ryan Werenich | Jeff Gorda | Shawn Kaufman | Bradford |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg |
| Wayne Middaugh | Jon Mead | John Epping | Scott Bailey | Islington |
| David Murdoch | Ewan MacDonald | Peter Smith | Euan Byers | Lockerbie |
| John Shuster | Jason Smith | Jeff Isaacson | John Benton | Duluth |
| Pat Simmons | Gerry Adam | Jeff Sharp | Steve Laycock | Davidson |
| Jeff Stoughton | Kevin Park | Rob Fowler | Steve Gould | Winnipeg |
| Jim Cotter (fourth) | Bob Ursel (skip) | Kevin Folk | Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna |

## Standings
### Pool A

| Skip | W | L |
| Stoughton | 5 | 0 |
| Middaugh | 4 | 1 |
| Howard | 3 | 2 |
| Shuster | 2 | 3 |
| Appelman | 1 | 4 |
| Matchett | 0 | 5 |
Scores:
* Howard 5-2 Matchett
* Stoughton 6-3 Middaugh
* Shuster 8-3 Appelman
* Middaugh 6-5 Matchett
* Stoughton 7-4 Howard
* Stoughton 4-3 Appelman
* Shuster 5-4 Matchett
* Middaugh 6-4 Howard
* Stoughton 6-5 Shuster
* Appelman 8-3 Matchett
* Howard 7-1 Shuster
* Middaugh 8-3 Appelman
* Stoughton 8-4 Matchett
* Middaugh 4-3 Shuster
* Howard 9-4 Appelman

### Pool B

| Skip | W | L |
| Koe | 5 | 0 |
| McEwen | 4 | 1 |
| Ursel | 3 | 2 |
| Simmons | 2 | 3 |
| Martin | 1 | 4 |
| Jacobs | 0 | 5 |
* McEwen 8-3 Jacobs
* Koe 8-6 Ursel
* Simmons 6-4 Martin
* Ursel 10-5 Jacobs
* Koe 6-4 McEwen
* Martin 5-2 Jacobs
* McEwen 7-2 Simmons
* Ursel 7-3 Martin
* Ursel 10-6 Simmons
* Koe 10-5 Jacobs
* McEwen 8-5 Martin
* Koe 7-3 Simmons
* McEwen 8-4 Ursel
* Koe 7-4 Martin
* Simmons 7-5 Jacobs

### Pool C

| Skip | W | L |
| Ferbey | 4 | 1 |
| Burtnyk | 3 | 2 |
| Gushue | 3 | 2 |
| Murdoch | 3 | 2 |
| Geall | 1 | 4 |
| Gunnlaugson | 1 | 4 |
* Burtnyk 6-5 Murdoch
* Gushue 7-4 Gunnlaugson
* Ferbey 8-3 Geall
* Burtnyk 7-2 Gunnlaugson
* Murdoch 4-3 Gushue
* Gunnlaugson 7-5 Geall
* Burtnyk 9-3 Ferbey
* Ferbey 7-2 Murdoch
* Gushue 7-1 Geall
* Murdoch 5-4 Geall
* Ferbey 6-1 Gunnlaugson
* Gushue 7-3 Burtnyk
* Geall 5-3 Burtnyk
* Murdoch 6-2 Gunnlaugson
* Ferbey 6-5 Gushue

## Tie breakers

* Murdoch 7-5 Burtnyk
* Howard 9-5 Ursel

## Playoffs

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| Koe | 5 | | | | |
| Murdoch | 3 | | | | |
| Murdoch | 3 | Koe | 5 | | |
| | | Ferbey | 9 | | |
| Ferbey | 7 | Ferbey | 9 | | |
| Middaugh | 5 | | | | |
| Middaugh | 5 | | | Ferbey | 4 |
| | | | | Gushue | 6 |
| McEwen | 3 | | | | | Gushue | 6 |
| Gushue | 6 | | | | |
| Gushue | 6 | Gushue | 6 | | |
| | | Howard | 5 | | |
| Stoughton | 4 | Howard | 5 | | |
| Howard | 6 | | | | |