2018 Elite 10 (September)

2018 Princess Auto Elite 10
2018 Princess Auto Elite 10
Host city	Chatham, Ontario
Arena	St. Clair Campus Arena
Dates	September 26–30
Men's winner	Brad Gushue
Curling club	St. John's CC, St. John's, NL
Skip	Brad Gushue
Third	Mark Nichols
Second	Brett Gallant
Lead	Geoff Walker
Finalist	Reid Carruthers
Women's winner	Anna Hasselborg
Curling club	Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg, SWE
Skip	Anna Hasselborg
Third	Sara McManus
Second	Agnes Knochenhauer
Lead	Sofia Mabergs
Coach	Wayne Middaugh
Finalist	Silvana Tirinzoni
	« March 2018

The 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 was held from September 26 to 30 at St. Clair Campus Arena in Chatham, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam of Curling event held in the 2018-19 curling season, and the first time the Elite 10 had a women's division. It was also the last time the event was held, as it was removed from the Grand Slam lineup for the 2019-20 curling season.

On the men's side, defending champions Brad Gushue won the event, their eleventh grand slam, beating out the new Reid Carruthers rink 1 UP in the final.

On the women's side, Olympic champion team Anna Hasselborg won their first grand slam event. They defeated team Silvana Tirinzoni 4-and-2, who were looking for their second ever grand slam victory.

Format

Instead of normal curling scoring rules, the Elite 10 uses a match play system in which scoring is based on ends won, rather than rocks scored. An end is won by stealing or scoring two with the hammer, similar to skins curling. Unlike skins, however, there are no carry-overs. In the event of a tie, a draw to the button competition is held to determine the winner. In the standings, wins are worth three points, draw to the button wins are worth two points, and draw to the button losses are worth one point. At the end of the round robin, the top six teams (regardless of pool) advance to the playoffs, with the top two advancing to the semifinals automatically.^[2]

Qualification

The top 10 men's and women's teams in the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit rankings as of August 1, 2018 were invited to compete in the Elite 10. If any teams declined, the next highest team was invited until the field of 10 teams was complete.^[3]

Men

Top Order of Merit men's teams as of August 1:^[4]

Women

Top Order of Merit women's teams as of August 1:^[5]

Men

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Mike McEwen (Fourth)	Reid Carruthers (Skip)	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Rasmus Wranå	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping	Mat Camm	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Toronto, Ontario
Jason Gunnlaugson	Alex Forrest	Denni Neufeld	Connor Njegovan	Morris, Manitoba
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Scott Howard	David Mathers	Tim March	Penetanguishene, Ontario
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe	B. J. Neufeld	Colton Flasch	Ben Hebert	Calgary, Alberta
Bruce Mouat	Grant Hardie	Bobby Lammie	Hammy McMillan Jr.	Edinburgh, Scotland
Ross Paterson	Kyle Waddell	Duncan Menzies	Michael Goodfellow	Glasgow, Scotland

^[6]

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Pool A	W	EEW	EEL	L	EF	EA	Pts
Glenn Howard	3	0	0	1	12	9	9
Brad Gushue	3	0	0	1	12	4	9
John Epping	2	0	1	1	12	11	7
Bruce Mouat	1	0	0	3	8	13	3
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	1	0	3	7	14	2

Pool B	W	EEW	EEL	L	EF	EA	Pts
Reid Carruthers	3	1	0	0	14	8	11
Kevin Koe	3	0	0	1	13	5	9
Brad Jacobs	2	0	0	2	10	8	6
Ross Paterson	1	0	0	3	9	15	3
Niklas Edin	0	0	1	3	4	14	1

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight time (UTC-4).

Draw 1

Wednesday, September 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	✓	✓	✓		✓		X	X	4
Jason Gunnlaugson				✓			X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers			✓		✓		✓	✓	4
Brad Jacobs	✓			✓		✓			3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	X	X	5
Glenn Howard					✓		X	X	1

Draw 2

Thursday, September 27, 8:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin			✓					X	1
Ross Paterson	✓			✓		✓	✓	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Bruce Mouat		✓		✓	✓		✓	X	4
Jason Gunnlaugson	✓					✓		X	2

Draw 3

Thursday, September 27, 12:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe			✓	✓		✓	X	X	3
Brad Jacobs							X	X	0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue							✓	✓	2
Glenn Howard	✓		✓					✓	3

Draw 4

Thursday, September 27, 4:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Bruce Mouat			✓		✓	✓			3
John Epping	✓	✓		✓			✓	✓	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jason Gunnlaugson			✓					X	1
Glenn Howard				✓	✓	✓	✓	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin					✓		X	X	1
Kevin Koe	✓	✓	✓	✓				X	4

Draw 5

Thursday, September 27, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	X	5
Ross Paterson		✓			✓			X	2

Draw 6

Friday, September 28, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Bruce Mouat		✓						X	1
Glenn Howard	✓		✓		✓		✓	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs		✓		✓	✓	✓	X	X	4
Ross Paterson			✓				X	X	1

Draw 7

Friday, September 28, 12:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Niklas Edin		✓		✓						2
Reid Carruthers			✓				✓		✓	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	✓	✓			✓	✓	X	X	4
John Epping							X	X	0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	X	5
Ross Paterson			✓			✓		X	2

Draw 9

Friday, September 28, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Jason Gunnlaugson		✓					✓		✓	3
John Epping				✓	✓					2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue					✓		✓	X	2
Bruce Mouat								X	0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe			✓						1
Reid Carruthers				✓				✓	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin								X	0
Brad Jacobs		✓		✓			✓	X	3

Playoffs

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Reid Carruthers	3
Glenn Howard	0	John Epping	2
John Epping	4			Reid Carruthers	1
				Brad Gushue	2
		Brad Gushue	4
Kevin Koe	1	Brad Jacobs	2
Brad Jacobs	4

Quarterfinals

Saturday, September 29, 4:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	✓						X	X	1
Brad Jacobs		✓		✓	✓	✓	X	X	4

Player percentages
Kevin Koe		Brad Jacobs
Ben Hebert	89%	Ryan Harnden	79%
Colton Flasch	76%	E. J. Harnden	78%
B. J. Neufeld	79%	Ryan Fry	78%
Kevin Koe	53%	Brad Jacobs	85%
Total	74%	Total	80%

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard						X	X	X	0
John Epping	✓	✓		✓	✓	X	X	X	4

Player percentages
Glenn Howard		John Epping
Tim March	83%	Craig Savill	88%
David Mathers	62%	Brent Laing	80%
Scott Howard	73%	Mat Camm	95%
Glenn Howard	41%	John Epping	92%
Total	65%	Total	89%

Semifinals

Saturday, September 29, 8:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Reid Carruthers					✓		✓		✓	3
John Epping				✓		✓				2

Player percentages
Reid Carruthers		John Epping
Colin Hodgson	88%	Craig Savill	88%
Derek Samagalski	78%	Brent Laing	90%
Reid Carruthers	80%	Mat Camm	70%
Mike McEwen	79%	John Epping	73%
Total	81%	Total	80%

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue			✓	✓	✓			✓	4
Brad Jacobs						✓	✓		2

Player percentages
Brad Gushue		Brad Jacobs
Geoff Walker	91%	Ryan Harnden	88%
Brett Gallant	96%	E. J. Harnden	78%
Mark Nichols	81%	Ryan Fry	79%
Brad Gushue	83%	Brad Jacobs	61%
Total	88%	Total	77%

Final

Sunday, September 30, 4:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers							✓		1
Brad Gushue		✓				✓			2

Player percentages
Reid Carruthers		Brad Gushue
Colin Hodgson	88%	Geoff Walker	93%
Derek Samagalski	78%	Brett Gallant	79%
Reid Carruthers	77%	Mark Nichols	84%
Mike McEwen	56%	Brad Gushue	87%
Total	75%	Total	86%