2018 Elite 10 (September)

This article is about the bonspiel held in September 2018. For the bonspiel held in March 2018, see 2018 Elite 10 (March).
2018 Princess Auto Elite 10
Host cityChatham, Ontario
ArenaSt. Clair Campus Arena
DatesSeptember 26–30
Men's winner Brad Gushue
Curling clubSt. John's CC, St. John's, NL
SkipBrad Gushue
ThirdMark Nichols
SecondBrett Gallant
LeadGeoff Walker
Finalist Reid Carruthers
Women's winner Anna Hasselborg
Curling clubSundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg, SWE
SkipAnna Hasselborg
ThirdSara McManus
SecondAgnes Knochenhauer
LeadSofia Mabergs
CoachWayne Middaugh[1]
Finalist Silvana Tirinzoni

The 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 was held from September 26 to 30 at St. Clair Campus Arena in Chatham, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam of Curling event held in the 2018-19 curling season, and the first time the Elite 10 had a women's division. It was also the last time the event was held, as it was removed from the Grand Slam lineup for the 2019-20 curling season.

On the men's side, defending champions Brad Gushue won the event, their eleventh grand slam, beating out the new Reid Carruthers rink 1 UP in the final.

On the women's side, Olympic champion team Anna Hasselborg won their first grand slam event. They defeated team Silvana Tirinzoni 4-and-2, who were looking for their second ever grand slam victory.

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. At the end of the round robin, the top six teams (regardless of pool) advance to the playoffs, with the top two advancing to the semifinals automatically.[2]

Qualification

The top 10 men's and women's teams in the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit rankings as of August 1, 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.[3]

Men

Top Order of Merit men's teams as of August 1:[4]

  1. Brad Gushue
  2. Niklas Edin
  3. Kevin Koe
  4. Bruce Mouat
  5. Jason Gunnlaugson
  6. Reid Carruthers
  7. Brad Jacobs
  8. Brendan Bottcher
  9. Peter de Cruz
  10. John Epping
  11. Glenn Howard
  12. Steffen Walstad
  13. John Shuster
  14. Thomas Ulsrud
  15. Kim Chang-min
  16. Ross Paterson

Women

Top Order of Merit women's teams as of August 1:[5]

  1. Jennifer Jones
  2. Anna Hasselborg
  3. Rachel Homan
  4. Eve Muirhead
  5. Tracy Fleury
  6. Laura Walker
  7. Kim Eun-jung
  8. Nina Roth
  9. Jamie Sinclair
  10. Satsuki Fujisawa
  11. Chelsea Carey
  12. Silvana Tirinzoni
  13. Casey Scheidegger

Men

Teams

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Mike McEwen (Fourth) Reid Carruthers (Skip) Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson Winnipeg, Manitoba
Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Rasmus Wranå Christoffer Sundgren Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping Mat Camm Brent Laing Craig Savill Toronto, Ontario
Jason Gunnlaugson Alex Forrest Denni Neufeld Connor Njegovan Morris, Manitoba
Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard Scott Howard David Mathers Tim March Penetanguishene, Ontario
Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe B. J. Neufeld Colton Flasch Ben Hebert Calgary, Alberta
Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Edinburgh, Scotland
Ross Paterson Kyle Waddell Duncan Menzies Michael Goodfellow Glasgow, Scotland

[6]

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Pool A W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts
Glenn Howard 3 0 0 1 12 9 9
Brad Gushue 3 0 0 1 12 4 9
John Epping 2 0 1 1 12 11 7
Bruce Mouat 1 0 0 3 8 13 3
Jason Gunnlaugson 0 1 0 3 7 14 2
Pool B W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts
Reid Carruthers 3 1 0 0 14 8 11
Kevin Koe 3 0 0 1 13 5 9
Brad Jacobs 2 0 0 2 10 8 6
Ross Paterson 1 0 0 3 9 15 3
Niklas Edin 0 0 1 3 4 14 1

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight time (UTC-4).

Draw 1

Wednesday, September 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Brad Gushue ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 4
Jason Gunnlaugson ✓ X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Reid Carruthers ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4
Brad Jacobs ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
John Epping ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 5
Glenn Howard ✓ X X 1

Draw 2

Thursday, September 27, 8:30 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Niklas Edin ✓ X 1
Ross Paterson ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bruce Mouat ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 4
Jason Gunnlaugson ✓ ✓ X 2

Draw 3

Thursday, September 27, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kevin Koe ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 3
Brad Jacobs X X 0
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Brad Gushue ✓ ✓ 2
Glenn Howard ✓ ✓ ✓ 3

Draw 4

Thursday, September 27, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bruce Mouat ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
John Epping ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Jason Gunnlaugson ✓ X 1
Glenn Howard ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Niklas Edin ✓ X X 1
Kevin Koe ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 4

Draw 5

Thursday, September 27, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Reid Carruthers ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 5
Ross Paterson ✓ ✓ X 2

Draw 6

Friday, September 28, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Bruce Mouat ✓ X 1
Glenn Howard ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Brad Jacobs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 4
Ross Paterson ✓ X X 1

Draw 7

Friday, September 28, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Niklas Edin ✓ ✓   2
Reid Carruthers ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Brad Gushue ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 4
John Epping X X 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kevin Koe ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 5
Ross Paterson ✓ ✓ X 2

Draw 9

Friday, September 28, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Jason Gunnlaugson ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
John Epping ✓ ✓   2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Brad Gushue ✓ ✓ X 2
Bruce Mouat X 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kevin Koe ✓ 1
Reid Carruthers ✓ ✓ 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Niklas Edin X 0
Brad Jacobs ✓ ✓ ✓ X 3

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Reid Carruthers 3
Glenn Howard 0 John Epping 2
John Epping 4 Reid Carruthers 1
Brad Gushue 2
Brad Gushue 4
Kevin Koe 1 Brad Jacobs 2
Brad Jacobs 4

Quarterfinals

Saturday, September 29, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Kevin Koe ✓ X X 1
Brad Jacobs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 4
Player percentages
Kevin Koe Brad Jacobs
Ben Hebert 89% Ryan Harnden 79%
Colton Flasch 76% E. J. Harnden 78%
B. J. Neufeld 79% Ryan Fry 78%
Kevin Koe 53% Brad Jacobs 85%
Total 74% Total 80%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Glenn Howard X X X 0
John Epping ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X X 4
Player percentages
Glenn Howard John Epping
Tim March 83% Craig Savill 88%
David Mathers 62% Brent Laing 80%
Scott Howard 73% Mat Camm 95%
Glenn Howard 41% John Epping 92%
Total 65% Total 89%

Semifinals

Saturday, September 29, 8:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Reid Carruthers ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
John Epping ✓ ✓   2
Player percentages
Reid Carruthers John Epping
Colin Hodgson 88% Craig Savill 88%
Derek Samagalski 78% Brent Laing 90%
Reid Carruthers 80% Mat Camm 70%
Mike McEwen 79% John Epping 73%
Total 81% Total 80%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Brad Gushue ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4
Brad Jacobs ✓ ✓ 2
Player percentages
Brad Gushue Brad Jacobs
Geoff Walker 91% Ryan Harnden 88%
Brett Gallant 96% E. J. Harnden 78%
Mark Nichols 81% Ryan Fry 79%
Brad Gushue 83% Brad Jacobs 61%
Total 88% Total 77%

Final

Sunday, September 30, 4:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Reid Carruthers ✓ 1
Brad Gushue ✓ ✓ 2
Player percentages
Reid Carruthers Brad Gushue
Colin Hodgson 88% Geoff Walker 93%
Derek Samagalski 78% Brett Gallant 79%
Reid Carruthers 77% Mark Nichols 84%
Mike McEwen 56% Brad Gushue 87%
Total 75% Total 86%

Women

Teams

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Chelsea Carey Sarah Wilkes Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown Edmonton, Alberta
Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish East St. Paul, Manitoba
Anna Hasselborg Sara McManus Agnes Knochenhauer Sofia Mabergs Sundbyberg, Sweden
Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jocelyn Peterman Dawn McEwen Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nina Roth Tabitha Peterson Aileen Geving Becca Hamilton Blaine, United States
Casey Scheidegger Cary-Anne McTaggart Jessie Scheidegger Kristie Moore Lethbridge, Alberta
Jamie Sinclair Alex Carlson Sarah Anderson Monica Walker Blaine, United States
Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat Aarau, Switzerland
Laura Walker Cathy Overton-Clapham Lori Olson-Johns Laine Peters Edmonton, Alberta

[7]

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Pool A W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts
Jennifer Jones 3 1 0 0 17 6 11
Silvana Tirinzoni 2 0 1 1 12 12 7
Laura Walker 1 1 0 2 10 13 5
Tracy Fleury 0 1 2 1 9 14 4
Chelsea Carey 1 0 0 3 8 11 3
Pool B W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts
Anna Hasselborg 4 0 0 0 14 6 12
Casey Scheidegger 2 0 1 1 11 10 7
Rachel Homan 1 1 0 2 11 12 5
Nina Roth 1 0 0 3 8 10 3
Jamie Sinclair 1 0 0 3 8 14 3

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight time (UTC-4).

Draw 1

Wednesday, September 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Jennifer Jones ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 4
Chelsea Carey X X 0
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anna Hasselborg ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 4
Jamie Sinclair ✓ X X 1

Draw 2

Thursday, September 27, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nina Roth ✓ ✓ 2
Casey Scheidegger ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Tracy Fleury ✓ ✓ ✓   3
Laura Walker ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4

Draw 3

Thursday, September 27, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rachel Homan ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4
Jamie Sinclair ✓ ✓ 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Tracy Fleury X X X 0
Chelsea Carey ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Jennifer Jones ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 5
Silvana Tirinzoni ✓ ✓ X 2

Draw 5

Thursday, September 27, 8:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anna Hasselborg ✓ ✓ ✓ X 3
Casey Scheidegger ✓ X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Jennifer Jones ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 4
Laura Walker ✓ X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Rachel Homan X X 0
Nina Roth ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Chelsea Carey ✓ ✓ X 2
Silvana Tirinzoni ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 4

Draw 6

Friday, September 28, 8:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Laura Walker ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Chelsea Carey ✓ ✓ 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Jamie Sinclair ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4
Nina Roth ✓ ✓ 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Tracy Fleury ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Silvana Tirinzoni ✓ ✓   2

Draw 7

Friday, September 28, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anna Hasselborg ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Nina Roth ✓ 1
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Rachel Homan ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4
Casey Scheidegger ✓ ✓ ✓   3

Draw 8

Friday, September 28, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Laura Walker ✓ ✓ X 2
Silvana Tirinzoni ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Jennifer Jones ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4
Tracy Fleury ✓ ✓ ✓   3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anna Hasselborg ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4
Rachel Homan ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Jamie Sinclair ✓ X 1
Casey Scheidegger ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X 4

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Anna Hasselborg 3
Casey Scheidegger 1 Rachel Homan 2
Rachel Homan 3 Anna Hasselborg 4
Silvana Tirinzoni 0
Jennifer Jones 2
Silvana Tirinzoni 3 Silvana Tirinzoni 3
Laura Walker 1

Quarterfinals

Saturday, September 29, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Casey Scheidegger ✓ X 1
Rachel Homan ✓ ✓ ✓ X 3
Player percentages
Casey Scheidegger Rachel Homan
Kristie Moore 86% Lisa Weagle 87%
Jessie Haughian 73% Joanne Courtney 78%
Cary-Anne McTaggart 56% Emma Miskew 73%
Casey Scheidegger 44% Rachel Homan 60%
Total 65% Total 75%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Silvana Tirinzoni ✓ ✓ ✓ X 3
Laura Walker ✓ X 1
Player percentages
Silvana Tirinzoni Laura Walker
Melanie Barbezat 83% Laine Peters 83%
Esther Neuenschwander 68% Lori Olson-Johns 83%
Silvana Tirinzoni 90% Cathy Overton-Clapham 74%
Alina Pätz 61% Laura Walker 40%
Total 76% Total 70%

Semifinals

Saturday, September 29, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anna Hasselborg ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Rachel Homan ✓ ✓ 2
Player percentages
Anna Hasselborg Rachel Homan
Sofia Mabergs 76% Lisa Weagle 83%
Agnes Knochenhauer 86% Joanne Courtney 69%
Sara McManus 77% Emma Miskew 76%
Anna Hasselborg 85% Rachel Homan 60%
Total 81% Total 72%
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Jennifer Jones ✓ ✓ 2
Silvana Tirinzoni ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Player percentages
Jennifer Jones Silvana Tirinzoni
Dawn McEwen 78% Melanie Barbezat 76%
Jocelyn Peterman 81% Esther Neuenschwander 79%
Kaitlyn Lawes 78% Silvana Tirinzoni 64%
Jennifer Jones 78% Alina Pätz 85%
Total 79% Total 76%

Final

Sunday, September 30, 12:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Anna Hasselborg ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 4
Silvana Tirinzoni X X 0
Player percentages
Anna Hasselborg Silvana Tirinzoni
Sofia Mabergs 89% Melanie Barbezat 86%
Agnes Knochenhauer 75% Esther Neuenschwander 74%
Sara McManus 82% Silvana Tirinzoni 58%
Anna Hasselborg 88% Alina Pätz 55%
Total 83% Total 68%

References

  1. ^ "Sweden wins first women's Elite 10 competition".
  2. ^ "Format for the Elite 10". Grand Slam of Curling. Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "Qualification for the Elite 10". Grand Slam of Curling. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  4. ^ CurlingZone
  5. ^ CurlingZone
  6. ^ "Princess Auto Elite 10: Men's Teams". Grand Slam of Curling. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  7. ^ "Princess Auto Elite 10: Women's Teams". Grand Slam of Curling. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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