Grand Slam of Curling event
The 2018 Players' Championship was held from April 10 to 15, 2018 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto , Ontario . It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand Slam event of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour .
On the men's side, Calgary's Kevin Koe won his first Players' Championship as a skip (he had previously won in 2004 playing third for John Morris ). On the women's side, Minnesota's Jamie Sinclair rink became the first American ever team to win a Grand Slam championship.
The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour 's year to date ranking as of March 12 qualify:[ 1]
Top men's teams as of March 12:[ 2]
Niklas Edin
Brad Gushue
Kevin Koe
Mike McEwen
Peter de Cruz
Brad Jacobs
Brendan Bottcher
Reid Carruthers
Jason Gunnlaugson
Bruce Mouat
John Epping
John Shuster
Kim Chang-min
Thomas Ulsrud
Liu Rui
Kyle Smith
Top 12 women's teams as of March 12:[ 3]
Jennifer Jones
Anna Hasselborg
Chelsea Carey
Eve Muirhead
Rachel Homan
Kerri Einarson
Silvana Tirinzoni
Kim Eun-jung
Nina Roth
Satsuki Fujisawa
Jamie Sinclair
Kelsey Rocque (Laura Crocker )
The teams are listed as follows:[ 4]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Locale
Brendan Bottcher
Darren Moulding
Brad Thiessen
Karrick Martin
Edmonton , Alberta
Reid Carruthers
Jeff Stoughton
Derek Samagalski
Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg , Manitoba
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
Mike McEwen
B. J. Neufeld
Matt Wozniak
Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Bruce Mouat
Grant Hardie
Bobby Lammie
Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh , Scotland
John Shuster
Tyler George
Matt Hamilton
John Landsteiner
Duluth , Minnesota
Kyle Smith
Thomas Muirhead
Kyle Waddell
Cammy Smith
Stirling , Scotland
Round-robin standings [ edit ]
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Round-robin results [ edit ]
All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00 ).
Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, April 11, 8:30 am
Wednesday, April 11, 12:00 pm
Wednesday, April 11, 8:00 pm
Thursday, April 12, 12:00 pm
Thursday, April 12, 8:00 pm
Friday, April 13, 8:00 am
Friday, April 13, 4:00 pm
Friday, April 13, 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 14, 11:30 am
Saturday, April 14, 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 15, 12:30 pm
The teams are listed as follows:[ 5]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Locale
Chelsea Carey
Cathy Overton-Clapham
Jocelyn Peterman
Laine Peters
Calgary , Alberta
Laura Crocker [ a]
Kendra Lilly [ a]
Taylor McDonald
Jen Gates
Edmonton , Alberta
Kerri Einarson
Selena Kaatz
Liz Fyfe
Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Satsuki Fujisawa
Chinami Yoshida
Yumi Suzuki
Yurika Yoshida
Kitami , Japan
Anna Hasselborg
Sara McManus
Agnes Knochenhauer
Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg , Sweden
Rachel Homan
Emma Miskew
Lisa Weagle [ b]
Joanne Courtney [ b]
Ottawa , Ontario
Jennifer Jones
Kaitlyn Lawes
Jill Officer
Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Kim Eun-jung
Kim Kyeong-ae
Kim Seon-yeong
Kim Yeong-mi
Uiseong , South Korea
Eve Muirhead
Anna Sloan
Vicki Adams
Lauren Gray
Stirling , Scotland
Nina Roth
Tabitha Peterson
Aileen Geving
Becca Hamilton
Blaine , United States
Jamie Sinclair
Alex Carlson
Vicky Persinger
Monica Walker
Blaine , United States
Silvana Tirinzoni
Esther Neuenschwander
Manuela Siegrist
Marlene Albrecht
Aarau , Switzerland
Round-robin standings [ edit ]
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Round-robin results [ edit ]
All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00 ).
Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, April 11, 8:30 am
Wednesday, April 11, 12:00 pm
Wednesday, April 11, 4:00 pm
Thursday, April 12, 8:30 am
Thursday, April 12, 4:00 pm
Friday, April 13, 12:00 pm
Friday, April 13, 8:00 pm
*Hasselborg missed the game due to illness. The team was skipped by Sara McManus for this game.[ 8]
Saturday, April 14, 8:00 am
Saturday, April 14, 3:30 pm
Saturday, April 14, 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 15, 5:00 pm
^ a b Kelsey Rocque , who normally skips the team was unable to make it to the grand slam. Third Laura Crocker moved up to skip and Kendra Lilly spared at third.[ 6]
^ a b Weagle normally throws lead stones and Courtney normally throws second stones, but they entered the Players' Championship switching positions. They switched back to their regular positions after their second game.[ 7]
^ "Qualification for the Players' Championship" . Archived from the original on 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2018-04-06 .
^ CurlingZone
^ CurlingZone
^ "Players' Championship -- Teams" . CurlingZone . Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
^ "Players' Championship -- Teams" . CurlingZone . Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
^ Brazeau, Jonathan (April 11, 2018). "Crocker completes comeback vs. Kim at Players' Championship" . Sportsnet . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ Brazeau, Jonathan (April 12, 2018). "EunJung Kim holds off Rachel Homan at GSOC Players' Championship" . Sportsnet . Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
^ Brazeau, Jonathan (April 13, 2018). "McManus skips Team Hasselborg past Carey at Players' Championship" . Sportsnet . Retrieved March 25, 2020 .