Grand Slam of Curling event
The 2017 WestJet Players' Championship was held from April 11 to 16 at Ryerson's Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto .[ 1] It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand Slam event of the 2016–17 curling season .
Sweden's Niklas Edin won the men's event, becoming the first non-Canadian skip to do so. On the women's side, Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones won her six Players' title, the most for any female skip.
Qualification
The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour 's year to date ranking as of March 13 qualify:[ 2]
Men's
Top men's teams as of March 13:[ 3] [ 4]
Niklas Edin
Brad Gushue
Reid Carruthers
Brad Jacobs
John Epping
Mike McEwen
Kevin Koe
Steve Laycock
Kyle Smith
John Morris
Thomas Ulsrud [ a]
Peter de Cruz
Brendan Bottcher
Women's
Top 12 women's teams as of March 13:[ 5]
Rachel Homan
Anna Hasselborg
Jennifer Jones
Silvana Tirinzoni
Allison Flaxey
Val Sweeting
Casey Scheidegger
Eve Muirhead
Michelle Englot
Wang Bingyu
Margaretha Sigfridsson
Tracy Fleury
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
[ 6]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Locale
Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad , Sweden
Kevin Koe
Marc Kennedy
Brent Laing
Scott Pfeifer [ b]
Calgary , Alberta
Mike McEwen
B. J. Neufeld
Matt Wozniak
Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Brendan Bottcher
Darren Moulding
Brad Thiessen
Karrick Martin
Edmonton , Alberta
Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Brett Gallant
Geoff Walker
St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Reid Carruthers
Braeden Moskowy
Derek Samagalski
Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)
Claudio Pätz
Peter de Cruz (Skip)
Valentin Tanner
Geneva , Switzerland
Jim Cotter
John Morris
Catlin Schneider [ c]
Tyrel Griffith
Kelowna / Vernon , British Columbia
Brad Jacobs
Ryan Fry
E. J. Harnden
Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario
Kyle Smith
Thomas Muirhead
Kyle Waddell
Cammy Smith
Stirling , Scotland
Steve Laycock
Kirk Muyres
Matt Dunstone
Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon , Saskatchewan
John Epping
Mat Camm
Pat Janssen
Tim March
Toronto , Ontario
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Tuesday, April 11, 7:00 pm
Draw 3
Wednesday, April 12, 12:00 pm
Draw 5
Wednesday, April 12, 7:00 pm
Draw 6
Thursday, April 13, 8:30 am
Draw 7
Thursday, April 13, 12:00 pm
Draw 8
Thursday, April 13, 3:30 pm
Draw 9
Thursday, April 13, 7:00 pm
Draw 10
Friday, April 14, 8:30 am
Draw 11
Friday, April 14, 12:00 pm
Draw 12
Friday, April 14, 3:30 pm
Tiebreaker
Friday, April 14, 7:00 pm
Tiebreaker 2
Saturday, April 15, 11:00 am
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 15, 3:00 pm
Semifinals
Sunday, April 16, 11:00 am
Final
Sunday, April 16, 3:00 pm
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Locale
Wang Bingyu
Zhou Yan
Liu Jinli
Ma Jingyi [ d]
Harbin , China
Anna Hasselborg
Sara McManus
Agnes Knochenhauer
Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg , Sweden
Casey Scheidegger
Cary-Anne McTaggart
Jessie Scheidegger
Kristie Moore
Lethbridge , Alberta
Allison Flaxey
Clancy Grandy
Lynn Kreviazuk
Morgan Court
Caledon, Ontario
Cissi Östlund (Fourth)
Christina Bertrup
Maria Wennerström
Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skip)
Skellefteå , Sweden
Tracy Fleury
Crystal Webster
Jennifer Wylie
Amanda Gates
Sudbury, Ontario
Rachel Homan
Emma Miskew
Joanne Courtney
Lisa Weagle
Ottawa , Ontario
Jennifer Jones
Kaitlyn Lawes
Jill Officer
Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Eve Muirhead
Anna Sloan
Vicki Adams
Kelly Schafer [ e]
Stirling , Scotland
Val Sweeting
Lori Olson-Johns
Dana Ferguson
Rachel Brown
Edmonton , Alberta
Silvana Tirinzoni
Cathy Overton-Clapham [ f]
Esther Neuenschwander
Marlene Albrecht
Aarau , Switzerland
Michelle Englot
Kate Cameron
Leslie Wilson-Westcott
Raunora Westcott
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Tuesday, April 11, 7:00 pm
Draw 2
Wednesday, April 12, 8:30 am
Draw 4
Wednesday, April 12, 3:30 pm
Draw 5
Wednesday, April 12, 7:00 pm
Draw 6
Thursday, April 13, 8:30 am
Draw 7
Thursday, April 13, 12:00 pm
Draw 8
Thursday, April 13, 3:30 pm
Draw 9
Thursday, April 13, 7:00pm
Draw 10
Friday, April 14, 8:30 am
Draw 11
Friday, April 14, 12:00 pm
Draw 12
Friday, April 14, 3:30 pm
Draw 13
Friday, April 14, 7:00 pm
Tiebreaker
Saturday, April 15, 11:00 am
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 15, 7:30 pm
Semifinals
Sunday, April 16, 11:00 am
Final
Sunday, April 16, 7:00 pm
Notes
References