2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event

2021 Canadian Curling Trials
Direct-Entry Event
Host cityOttawa, Ontario
ArenaRA Centre
DatesSeptember 22–26

The 2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event was held from September 22 to 26 at the RA Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.[1] The event was held to qualify two men's teams and three women's teams for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.

On the men's side, Teams Mike McEwen and Matt Dunstone secured the two Trials berths, both finishing 5–1 through the round robin and qualifying rounds.[2] McEwen's only loss came to Dunstone in Draw 2 with Dunstone dropping their first game to Glenn Howard before running the table.[3] The three teams who did not qualify, Colton Flasch, Jason Gunnlaugson, and Glenn Howard, will still have a chance to reach the Olympic Trials, as they drop into the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.

On the women's side, Teams Casey Scheidegger, Kelsey Rocque, and Laura Walker all secured berths to the trials, beating out Corryn Brown and Suzanne Birt for the three spots.[4] After the round robin concluded, Teams Scheidegger and Rocque both had 3–1 records, qualifying them directly to the trials. Team Walker posted a 2–2 record while Teams Brown and Birt shared 1–3 records. Due to Brown beating Birt in the round robin, they earned the spot in the playoff against Team Walker for the third spot.[2] In the playoff, Brown needed to beat Walker twice to earn the trials spot, whereas Walker only needed one win to clinch the spot. Brown defeated Walker in the first game, however, Walker then won the second game to earn the third and final spot at the trials in Saskatoon.[5] Teams Corryn Brown and Suzanne Birt will now play in the Pre-Trials for a second opportunity to earn their spot in the Olympic Trials.

Qualification process

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Five men's teams and five women's teams qualified for the event based on qualifications standards over the previous seasons. Teams who had not automatically qualified for the trials qualified for this event if they met one of the following three criteria:
• Canadian teams in the top 18 of the World Curling Team Ranking as of August 31, 2020,
• Eligible teams that finished in the top 9 of the Canadian Team Ranking System in 2019–20,
• Eligible teams that finished in the top 7 of the Canadian Team Ranking System in 2018–19.

The teams that didn't qualify for the trials via this event had a second chance to make the trials through the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials scheduled for October 26 to 31 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[6]

For the men's tournament, there were 2 spots available in the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials for direct-entry. For the women's tournament, there were 3 spots available.

Men

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Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[7]

Skip Third Second Lead Club
Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Kirk Muyres Dustin Kidby Saskatchewan Highland CC, Regina, Saskatchewan
Colton Flasch Catlin Schneider Kevin Marsh Dan Marsh Saskatchewan Nutana CC, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Jason Gunnlaugson Adam Casey Matt Wozniak Connor Njegovan Manitoba Morris CC, Morris, Manitoba
Glenn Howard Scott Howard David Mathers Tim March Ontario Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene, Ontario
Mike McEwen Reid Carruthers Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson Manitoba West St. Paul CC, West St. Paul, Manitoba

Round Robin

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Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings[8]

Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Manitoba Mike McEwen 3 1 25 17 15 13 3 5
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 3 1 28 21 18 14 3 7
Ontario Glenn Howard 2 2 18 27 12 14 4 5
Saskatchewan Colton Flasch 1 3 20 21 12 13 2 4
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 1 3 21 26 15 18 2 4

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[9]

Draw 1
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Wednesday, September 22, 8:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Mike McEwen 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
Saskatchewan Colton Flasch (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Glenn Howard (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 9
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Draw 2
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Thursday, September 23, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 8
Manitoba Mike McEwen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Colton Flasch 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X 4
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 X X 8
Draw 3
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Thursday, September 23, 8:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Colton Flasch (has hammer) 2 4 1 0 2 X X X X X 9
Ontario Glenn Howard 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X X 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Manitoba Mike McEwen 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 X 8
Draw 4
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Friday, September 24, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Glenn Howard 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 7
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 X X X 8
Saskatchewan Colton Flasch (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 X X X 4
Draw 5
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Friday, September 24, 8:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Mike McEwen (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 X X X 7
Ontario Glenn Howard 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 2

Qualifying round

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Qualifying round standings

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Final qualifying round standings[10]
Note: one game (Flasch vs. Howard) was not played as Dunstone and McEwen had already qualified.

Key
Teams to Trials
Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Manitoba Mike McEwen 5 1 43 29 25 20 4 8
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 5 1 42 32 29 21 5 10
Ontario Glenn Howard 2 3 24 35 16 20 4 5
Saskatchewan Colton Flasch 1 4 24 30 14 19 3 4
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 1 5 34 41 23 27 4 5

Qualifying round results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[9]

Draw 6
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Saturday, September 25, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Mike McEwen (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 X 9
Saskatchewan Colton Flasch 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 4
Draw 7
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Saturday, September 25, 9:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Ontario Glenn Howard (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 8
Manitoba Mike McEwen 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 9
Draw 8
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Sunday, September 26, 10:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Colton Flasch 0
Ontario Glenn Howard 0

(Not played; unnecessary)

Women

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Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[11]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club
Suzanne Birt Marie Christianson Meaghan Hughes Michelle McQuaid Prince Edward Island Cornwall CC, Cornwall & Montague CC, Montague, Prince Edward Island
Corryn Brown Erin Pincott Dezaray Hawes Samantha Fisher British Columbia Kamloops CC, Kamloops, British Columbia
Kelsey Rocque Danielle Schmiemann Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown Alberta Saville Community SC, Edmonton, Alberta
Casey Scheidegger Cary-Anne McTaggart Jessie Haughian Kristie Moore Alberta Lethbridge CC, Lethbridge, Alberta
Laura Walker Kate Cameron Taylor McDonald Heather Rogers[a] Nadine Scotland[a] Alberta Saville Community SC, Edmonton, Alberta

Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings[12]

Key
Teams to Trials
Teams to Playoff
Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Alberta Casey Scheidegger 3 1 29 21 17 14 0 6
Alberta Kelsey Rocque 3 1 27 25 18 17 3 1
Alberta Laura Walker 2 2 28 25 17 15 3 3
British Columbia Corryn Brown 1 3 24 30 14 19 3 2
Prince Edward Island Suzanne Birt 1 3 22 29 15 16 1 5

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[13]

Draw 1

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Thursday, September 23, 4:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island Suzanne Birt 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 7
British Columbia Corryn Brown (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Laura Walker (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 X X 9
Alberta Casey Scheidegger 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 4

Draw 2

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Friday, September 24, 12:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Casey Scheidegger 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 X 10
Alberta Kelsey Rocque (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia Corryn Brown 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 6
Alberta Laura Walker (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 X 9

Draw 3

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Friday, September 24, 8:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Kelsey Rocque (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 7
Alberta Laura Walker 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Casey Scheidegger (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 1 3 1 X X X 9
Prince Edward Island Suzanne Birt 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 2

Draw 4

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Saturday, September 25, 1:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia Corryn Brown 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
Alberta Casey Scheidegger (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island Suzanne Birt 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
Alberta Kelsey Rocque (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6

Draw 5

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Saturday, September 25, 9:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Laura Walker (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
Prince Edward Island Suzanne Birt 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Kelsey Rocque (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 8
British Columbia Corryn Brown 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5

Playoff

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  • Team Walker had to be beaten twice.
Game 1 Game 2
1 Alberta Laura Walker 8
1 Alberta Laura Walker 8 2 British Columbia Corryn Brown 4
2 British Columbia Corryn Brown 9

Game 1

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Sunday, September 26, 3:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Alberta Laura Walker (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 8
British Columbia Corryn Brown 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 9

Game 2

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Sunday, September 26, 8:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Laura Walker (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 X 8
British Columbia Corryn Brown 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Heather Rogers played lead during the tournament, replacing Nadine Scotland who was on maternity leave. Scotland was still listed as the teams alternate on the roster, however.

References

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  1. ^ "Big events in Ottawa!". Curling Canada. August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "More trials spots awarded!". Curling Canada. September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Setting the tone!". Curling Canada. September 22, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Patience persists!". Curling Canada. September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Great win for Grassie!". Curling Canada. September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Pre-Trials in Liverpool!". Curling Canada. March 18, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Men's Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Men's Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Men's Scores". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "Men's Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  12. ^ "Women's Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  13. ^ "Women's Scores". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
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