2011 World Cup of Curling

2011 GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling
Host city	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Arena	Essar Centre
Dates	November 2–6
Winner	Glenn Howard
Curling club	Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater
Skip	Glenn Howard
Third	Wayne Middaugh
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Craig Savill
Finalist	John Epping

The 2011 GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling was held from November 2 to 6 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eleventh time the tournament has been held. The purse for the event was CAD$100,000. Glenn Howard won his fifth World Cup of Curling and his ninth Grand Slam title overall after he and his team defeated John Epping in the final with a score of 6–4.

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Greg Balsdon	Chris Ciasnocha	Tyler Morgan	Jamie Farnell	Kingston, Ontario
Jim Cotter	Kevin Folk	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna/Vernon, British Columbia
Niklas Edin	Sebastian Kraupp	Fredrik Lindberg	Viktor Kjäll	Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping	Scott Bailey	Scott Howard	David Mathers	Toronto, Ontario
David Nedohin (fourth)	Randy Ferbey (skip)	Ted Appelman	Brendan Melnyk	Edmonton, Alberta
Rob Fowler	Allan Lyburn	Richard Daneault	Derek Samagalski	Brandon, Manitoba
Brad Gushue	Ryan Fry	Geoff Walker	Adam Casey	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Wayne Middaugh	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Coldwater, Ontario
Brad Jacobs	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Scott Seabrook	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Mark Kean	Andrew Clayton	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario
Kevin Koe	Pat Simmons	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Edmonton, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Joel Jordison	Brennen Jones	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Kevin Martin	John Morris	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Edmonton, Alberta
Dale Matchett	Ryan Werenich	Jeff Gorda	Shawn Kaufman	Bradford, Ontario
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Robert Schlender	Chris Lemishka	Darcy Hafso	Don Bartlett	Edmonton, Alberta
Jeff Stoughton	Jon Mead	Reid Carruthers	Steve Gould	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Oslo, Norway

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Pool A W L Kevin Martin 4 1 Greg Balsdon 3 2 Niklas Edin 3 2 Randy Ferbey 3 2 Dale Matchett 1 4 Thomas Ulsrud 1 4

Pool B W L Brad Gushue 4 1 Mike McEwen 4 1 Kevin Koe 3 2 Rob Fowler 2 3 Steve Laycock 1 4 Robert Schlender 1 4

Pool C W L Jeff Stoughton 5 0 Glenn Howard 4 1 John Epping 3 2 Brad Jacobs 2 3 Jim Cotter 1 4 Mark Kean 0 5

Round robin results

Draw 1

Wednesday, November 2, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thomas Ulsrud	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	6
Randy Ferbey	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	6
Brad Jacobs	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	2	0	0	4	0	3	X	X	9
Rob Fowler	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	X	5
Jim Cotter	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	5
Brad Gushue	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	7

Draw 2

Thursday, November 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Mark Kean	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4
Brad Jacobs	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
John Epping	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	7
Jim Cotter	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	X	8
Robert Schlender	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	7
Dale Matchett	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	X	7
Greg Balsdon	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Draw 3

Thursday, November 3, 12:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Brad Gushue	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	6
Kevin Koe	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Jeff Stoughton	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	5
Mark Kean	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rob Fowler	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	X	6
Robert Schlender	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	7
John Epping	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3

Draw 4

Thursday, November 3, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	6
Rob Fowler	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	X	7
Randy Ferbey	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	4
Greg Balsdon	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	7
Brad Gushue	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Thomas Ulsrud	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	6
Dale Matchett	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	5

Draw 5

Thursday, November 3, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	6
Thomas Ulsrud	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	X	8
Glenn Howard	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	6
Jim Cotter	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	1	0	3	0	3	X	X	X	7
Mark Kean	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Greg Balsdon	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	6
Randy Ferbey	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	7

Draw 6

Friday, November 4, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	X	6
Robert Schlender	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Dale Matchett	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	3
Greg Balsdon	2	1	0	0	3	0	2	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
John Epping	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	4	0	1	0	1	X	X	6
Randy Ferbey	2	0	2	0	5	0	X	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Rob Fowler	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	6
Steve Laycock	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5

Draw 7

Friday, November 4, 12:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	2	2	0	2	0	1	X	X	7
Steve Laycock	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	7
Thomas Ulsrud	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	2	1	0	2	1	X	X	X	6
Robert Schlender	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	X	4
Dale Matchett	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	6
Mark Kean	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	5

Draw 8

Friday, November 4, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	X	6
Jim Cotter	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rob Fowler	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
Brad Gushue	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	X	5
Mark Kean	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thomas Ulsrud	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
Greg Balsdon	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	5
Brad Jacobs	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Draw 9

Friday, November 4, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kevin Martin	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Niklas Edin	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Brad Jacobs	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Dale Matchett	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
Randy Ferbey	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	X	6
Steve Laycock	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Mike McEwen	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	8
Robert Schlender	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	9

Tiebreakers

Saturday, November 5, 8:30 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Randy Ferbey	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Niklas Edin	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	6
Greg Balsdon	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Jeff Stoughton		3
	Niklas Edin		5
						Niklas Edin		2
						Glenn Howard		5
	Glenn Howard		4
	Mike McEwen		2
											Glenn Howard		6
											John Epping		4
	Brad Gushue		4
	John Epping		7
						John Epping		4
						Kevin Martin		3
	Kevin Martin		8
	Kevin Koe		3

Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 5, 12:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	3
Niklas Edin	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
Mike McEwen	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	4
John Epping	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	2	0	1	0	4	1	X	X	8
Kevin Koe	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Semifinals

Saturday, November 5, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Glenn Howard	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
Kevin Martin	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3

Final

Sunday, November 6, 1:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	X	6
John Epping	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	4

External links

• Event Home Page
• Results from the CurlingZone database
• Final on YouTube