2017 Meridian Canadian Open

The 2017 Meridian Canadian Open was held from January 3 to 8 at the North Battleford Civic Centre in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. This was the fourth Grand Slam of Curling event and third "major" of the 2016–17 curling season.

On the men's side, Newfoundland's Brad Gushue rink played in their fourth straight Canadian Open final, defeating the Niklas Edin team from Sweden, who were hoping to win their third Slam of the season. It was Gushue's seventh career Grand Slam. Gushue played a perfect game, curling 100% en route to defeating Edin 8-3.

On the women's side, the little-known Casey Scheidegger rink from Lethbridge, Alberta won their first Grand Slam title in their first ever Grand Slam event (excluding defunct events, which are not counted in media reports). They defeated the Silvana Tirinzoni rink from Switzerland who lost their second straight Slam final.

Men

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale	OOM rank
Greg Balsdon	Jonathan Beuk	David Staples	Scott Chadwick	Ontario Kingston, Ontario	21
Brendan Bottcher	Darren Moulding	Brad Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Alberta Edmonton, Alberta	14
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba	2
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Rasmus Wranå	Christoffer Sundgren	Sweden Karlstad, Sweden	4
John Epping	Mat Camm	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Ontario Toronto, Ontario	5
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	1
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Ontario Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	6
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Ben Hebert	Alberta Calgary, Alberta	3
Bruce Korte	Kevin Marsh	Dan Marsh	Matt Lang	Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	28
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	8
Heath McCormick	Christopher Plys	Korey Dropkin	Thomas Howell	United States Blaine, Minnesota	31
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba	7
Jim Cotter (Fourth)	John Morris (Skip)	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	British Columbia Vernon, British Columbia	11
John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	United States Duluth, Minnesota	17
Kyle Smith	Thomas Muirhead	Kyle Waddell	Cammy Smith	Scotland Stirling, Scotland	13
Charley Thomas	Nathan Connolly	Brandon Klassen	Craig Savill	Alberta Edmonton, Alberta	12

Knockout Draw Brackets

A Event

First Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 1

Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue	8
Saskatchewan Bruce Korte	7		Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue	4
Ontario Brad Jacobs	5		Ontario Brad Jacobs	5
Scotland Kyle Smith	4					Ontario Brad Jacobs	8
Alberta Kevin Koe	7				Alberta Kevin Koe	4
Alberta Charley Thomas	6		Alberta Kevin Koe	8
Ontario John Epping	4		Ontario Greg Balsdon	2
Ontario Greg Balsdon	7

First Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 2

Sweden Niklas Edin	4
United States Heath McCormick	3		Sweden Niklas Edin	7
Manitoba Mike McEwen	5		Manitoba Mike McEwen	5
British Columbia John Morris	3					Sweden Niklas Edin	7
Manitoba Reid Carruthers	7				United States John Shuster	6
United States John Shuster	8		United States John Shuster	5
Saskatchewan Steve Laycock	4		Alberta Brendan Bottcher	3
Alberta Brendan Bottcher	7

B Event

Second Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 3

Saskatchewan Bruce Korte	9
Scotland Kyle Smith	5		Saskatchewan Bruce Korte	4
Ontario John Epping	5		Alberta Charley Thomas	5
Alberta Charley Thomas	6					Alberta Charley Thomas	4
				United States John Shuster	7

Second Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 4

United States Heath McCormick	3
British Columbia John Morris	9		British Columbia John Morris	6
Manitoba Reid Carruthers	8		Manitoba Reid Carruthers	3
Saskatchewan Steve Laycock	3					British Columbia John Morris	6
				Alberta Kevin Koe	2

Second Knockout		Qualifier 5

Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue	5
Ontario Greg Balsdon	4		Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue	6
Manitoba Mike McEwen	8		Manitoba Mike McEwen	4
Alberta Brendan Bottcher	7

C Event

Third Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 6

Scotland Kyle Smith	3
Ontario John Epping	6		Ontario John Epping	3
		Alberta Brendan Bottcher	8
					Alberta Brendan Bottcher	6
				Alberta Kevin Koe	4

Third Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 7

United States Heath McCormick	1
Saskatchewan Steve Laycock	9		Saskatchewan Steve Laycock	8
		Ontario Greg Balsdon	4
					Saskatchewan Steve Laycock	7
				Alberta Charley Thomas	3

Third Knockout		Qualifier 8

Manitoba Reid Carruthers	4
Saskatchewan Bruce Korte	8		Saskatchewan Bruce Korte	1
		Manitoba Mike McEwen	7

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Sweden Niklas Edin

Alberta Brendan Bottcher

Sweden Niklas Edin

British Columbia John Morris

British Columbia John Morris

United States John Shuster

Sweden Niklas Edin

Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue

Ontario Brad Jacobs

Manitoba Mike McEwen

Ontario Brad Jacobs

Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue

Saskatchewan Steve Laycock

Quarterfinals

Saturday, January 7, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
British Columbia John Morris 🔨	0	2	0	0	1	4	X	X	7
United States John Shuster	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1

Player percentages
British Columbia Team Morris	United States Team Shuster
Rick Sawatsky	73%	John Landsteiner	94%
Tyrel Griffith	88%	Matt Hamilton	64%
John Morris	77%	Tyler George	74%
Jim Cotter	84%	John Shuster	78%
Total	81%	Total	77%

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ontario Brad Jacobs 🔨	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	7
Manitoba Mike McEwen	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3

Player percentages
Ontario Team Jacobs	Manitoba Team McEwen
Ryan Harnden	82%	Denni Neufeld	95%
E.J. Harnden	82%	Matt Wozniak	84%
Ryan Fry	100%	B.J. Neufeld	87%
Brad Jacobs	99%	Mike McEwen	90%
Total	92%	Total	89%

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden Niklas Edin 🔨	2	0	0	4	1	X	X	X	7
Alberta Brendan Bottcher	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Player percentages
Sweden Team Edin	Alberta Team Bottcher
Christoffer Sundgren	87%	Karrick Martin	86%
Rasmus Wranå	84%	Brad Thiessen	75%
Oskar Eriksson	91%	Darren Moulding	68%
Niklas Edin	97%	Brendan Bottcher	69%
Total	89%	Total	75%

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 🔨	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	X	5
Saskatchewan Steve Laycock	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Player percentages
Newfoundland and Labrador Team Gushue	Saskatchewan Team Laycock
Geoff Walker	87%	Dallan Muyres	85%
Brett Gallant	84%	Colton Flasch	85%
Mark Nichols	76%	Kirk Muyres	81%
Brad Gushue	100%	Steve Laycock	80%
Total	87%	Total	83%

Semifinals

Saturday, January 7, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden Niklas Edin 🔨	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	7
British Columbia John Morris	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4

Player percentages
Sweden Team Edin	British Columbia Team Morris
Christoffer Sundgren	91%	Rick Sawatsky	82%
Rasmus Wranå	67%	Tyrel Griffith	92%
Oskar Eriksson	83%	John Morris	86%
Niklas Edin	82%	Jim Cotter	84%
Total	81%	Total	86%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ontario Brad Jacobs 🔨	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	X	4

Player percentages
Ontario Team Jacobs	Newfoundland and Labrador Team Gushue
Ryan Harnden	79%	Geoff Walker	93%
E.J. Harnden	86%	Brett Gallant	92%
Ryan Fry	71%	Mark Nichols	90%
Brad Jacobs	70%	Brad Gushue	92%
Total	77%	Total	92%

Final

Sunday, January 8, 11:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden Niklas Edin 🔨	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue	0	4	0	1	0	3	X	X	8

Player percentages
Sweden Team Edin	Newfoundland and Labrador Team Gushue
Christoffer Sundgren	93%	Geoff Walker	95%
Rasmus Wranå	91%	Brett Gallant	90%
Oskar Eriksson	70%	Mark Nichols	91%
Niklas Edin	77%	Brad Gushue	100%
Total	83%	Total	95%

Women

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale	OOM rank
Chelsea Carey	Amy Nixon	Jocelyn Peterman	Laine Peters	Alberta Calgary, Alberta	8
Kerri Einarson	Selena Kaatz	Liz Fyfe	Kristin MacCuish	Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba	10
Michelle Englot	Kate Cameron	Leslie Wilson-Westcott	Raunora Westcott	Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba	14
Allison Flaxey	Clancy Grandy	Lynn Kreviazuk	Morgan Court	Ontario Caledon, Ontario	6
Tracy Fleury	Crystal Webster	Jenna Walsh	Amanda Gates	Ontario Sudbury, Ontario	12
Jacqueline Harrison	Janet Murphy	Stephanie Matheson	Melissa Foster	Ontario Mississauga, Ontario	20
Anna Hasselborg	Sara McManus	Agnes Knochenhauer	Sofia Mabergs	Sweden Sundbyberg, Sweden	7
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Joanne Courtney	Lisa Weagle	Ontario Ottawa, Ontario	1
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes	Jill Officer	Dawn McEwen	Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba	2
Briane Meilleur	Rhonda Varnes	Janelle Vachon	Sarah Neufeld	Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba	33
Kelsey Rocque	Laura Crocker	Taylor McDonald	Jen Gates	Alberta Edmonton, Alberta	9
Casey Scheidegger	Cary-Anne McTaggart	Jessie Scheidegger	Stephanie Enright	Alberta Lethbridge, Alberta	22
Anna Sidorova	Margarita Fomina	Alexandra Raeva	Nkeiruka Ezekh	Russia Moscow, Russia	11
Val Sweeting	Lori Olson-Johns	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown	Alberta Edmonton, Alberta	4
Silvana Tirinzoni	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Esther Neuenschwander	Marlene Albrecht	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland	3
Wang Bingyu	Zhou Yan	Liu Jinli	Yang Ying	China Harbin, China	27

Knockout Draw Brackets

A Event

First Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 1

Ontario Rachel Homan	4
Ontario Jacqueline Harrison	5		Ontario Jacqueline Harrison	6
Alberta Kelsey Rocque	5		Alberta Kelsey Rocque	4
Alberta Casey Scheidegger	4					Ontario Jacqueline Harrison	3
Sweden Anna Hasselborg	3				Alberta Val Sweeting	6
China Wang Bingyu	5		China Wang Bingyu	5
Alberta Val Sweeting	10		Alberta Val Sweeting	6
Russia Anna Sidorova	2

First Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 2

Manitoba Jennifer Jones	4
Manitoba Briane Meilleur	5		Manitoba Briane Meilleur	5
Manitoba Michelle Englot	5		Manitoba Michelle Englot	6
Alberta Chelsea Carey	4					Manitoba Michelle Englot	3
Ontario Allison Flaxey	9				Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni	8
Ontario Tracy Fleury	7		Ontario Allison Flaxey	5
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni	5		Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni	7
Manitoba Kerri Einarson	4

B Event

Second Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 3

Ontario Rachel Homan	4
Alberta Casey Scheidegger	10		Alberta Casey Scheidegger	6
Sweden Anna Hasselborg	7		Sweden Anna Hasselborg	7
Russia Anna Sidorova	5					Sweden Anna Hasselborg	4
				Manitoba Michelle Englot	2

Second Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 4

Manitoba Jennifer Jones	8
Alberta Chelsea Carey	3		Manitoba Jennifer Jones	6
Manitoba Kerri Einarson	5		Manitoba Kerri Einarson	5
Ontario Tracy Fleury	2					Manitoba Jennifer Jones	8
				Ontario Jacqueline Harrison	4

Second Knockout		Qualifier 5

Alberta Kelsey Rocque	4
China Wang Bingyu	3		Alberta Kelsey Rocque	3
Manitoba Briane Meilleur	5		Ontario Allison Flaxey	7
Ontario Allison Flaxey	11

C Event

Third Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 6

Ontario Rachel Homan	8
Russia Anna Sidorova	3		Ontario Rachel Homan	6
		Manitoba Briane Meilleur	0
					Ontario Rachel Homan	3
				Ontario Jacqueline Harrison	7

Third Knockout		Semifinals			Qualifier 7

Alberta Chelsea Carey	2
Ontario Tracy Fleury	8		Ontario Tracy Fleury	5
		China Wang Bingyu	4
					Ontario Tracy Fleury	6
				Manitoba Michelle Englot	5

Third Knockout		Qualifier 8

Alberta Casey Scheidegger	7
Manitoba Kerri Einarson	4		Alberta Casey Scheidegger	9
		Alberta Kelsey Rocque	4

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni

Ontario Jacqueline Harrison

Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni

Sweden Anna Hasselborg

Sweden Anna Hasselborg

Ontario Allison Flaxey

Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni

Alberta Casey Scheidegger

Alberta Val Sweeting

Ontario Tracy Fleury

Alberta Val Sweeting

Alberta Casey Scheidegger

Manitoba Jennifer Jones

Alberta Casey Scheidegger

Quarterfinals

Saturday, January 7, 4:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 🔨	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	X	6
Ontario Jacqueline Harrison	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	2

Player percentages
Switzerland Team Tirinzoni	Ontario Team Harrison
Marlene Albrecht	79%	Melissa Foster	94%
Esther Neuenschwander	77%	Stephanie Matheson	84%
Cathy Overton-Clapham	88%	Janet Murphy	90%
Silvana Tirinzoni	78%	Jacqueline Harrison	77%
Total	81%	Total	86%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden Anna Hasselborg 🔨	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	7
Ontario Allison Flaxey	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5

Player percentages
Sweden Team Hasselborg	Ontario Team Flaxey
Sofia Mabergs	89%	Morgan Court	94%
Agnes Knochenhauer	76%	Lynn Kreviazuk	73%
Sara McManus	84%	Clancy Grandy	82%
Anna Hasselborg	78%	Allison Flaxey	77%
Total	82%	Total	79%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alberta Val Sweeting 🔨	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	X	7
Ontario Tracy Fleury	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	4

Player percentages
Alberta Team Sweeting	Ontario Team Fleury
Rachelle Brown	76%	Amanda Gates	86%
Dana Ferguson	93%	Jenna Walsh	66%
Lori Olson-Johns	80%	Crystal Webster	52%
Val Sweeting	91%	Tracy Fleury	70%
Total	85%	Total	68%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 🔨	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Alberta Casey Scheidegger	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	6

Player percentages
Manitoba Team Jones	Alberta Team Scheidegger
Dawn McEwen	92%	Stephanie Enright	79%
Jill Officer	80%	Jessie Scheidegger	77%
Kaitlyn Lawes	77%	Cary-Anne McTaggart	85%
Jennifer Jones	63%	Casey Scheidegger	80%
Total	78%	Total	80%

Semifinals

Saturday, January 7, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 🔨	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	X	7
Sweden Anna Hasselborg	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4

Player percentages
Switzerland Team Tirinzoni	Sweden Team Hasselborg
Marlene Albrecht	72%	Sofia Mabergs	97%
Esther Neuenschwander	77%	Agnes Knochenhauer	81%
Cathy Overton-Clapham	87%	Sara McManus	69%
Silvana Tirinzoni	87%	Anna Hasselborg	64%
Total	81%	Total	78%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alberta Val Sweeting 🔨	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	3
Alberta Casey Scheidegger	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	X	7

Player percentages
Alberta Team Sweeting	Alberta Team Scheidegger
Rachelle Brown	89%	Stephanie Enright	95%
Dana Ferguson	93%	Jessie Scheidegger	98%
Lori Olson-Johns	61%	Cary-Anne McTaggart	98%
Val Sweeting	45%	Casey Scheidegger	89%
Total	72%	Total	95%

Final

Sunday, January 8, 3:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 🔨	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
Alberta Casey Scheidegger	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	5

Player percentages
Switzerland Team Tirinzoni	Alberta Team Scheidegger
Marlene Albrecht	77%	Stephanie Enright	87%
Esther Neuenschwander	98%	Jessie Scheidegger	80%
Cathy Overton-Clapham	87%	Cary-Anne McTaggart	79%
Silvana Tirinzoni	58%	Casey Scheidegger	86%
Total	80%	Total	83%

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