2005 Canadian Open of Curling

The 2005 Canadian Open curling Grand Slam tournament was held January 27–30, 2005 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1]

The final was an all-Edmonton match between Kevin Martin's rink and his rivals, the Randy Ferbey rink. Martin won the game 8–7, taking home $30,000 for his team. Team Ferbey fourth David Nedohin had a shot to win the game, but came centimetres short on his last throw, a wick-draw attempt.^[2]

Following the game, Nedohin stated "It sucks. It's brutal... It's a bad loss. (Team Martin) never deserved to win, but whatever, it happens... (Martin) thinks he's god, he always will." Nedohin was referring to their rivalry, where he believed Martin undermined their team's successes at the Brier in the early 2000s because top teams in the country like Martin had boycotted the event. In response, Martin stated "I sure don't think I am (god)... Our rivalry's great... But this game was so important for us to try and get to the (2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials) so really, the rivalry had to take a backseat". With the win, Martin became the first team to earn over $1,000,000 in their career.^[2]

At the box office, the event was an "unprecedented" success, with a total paid attendance of 46,808.^[3]

Teams

The teams were as follows:^[4]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Dave Boehmer	Pat Spiring	Richard Daneault	Don Harvey	Petersfield, Manitoba
Kerry Burtnyk	Ken Tresoor	Rob Fowler	Keith Fenton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
David Nedohin	Randy Ferbey (skip)	Scott Pfeifer	Marcel Rocque	Edmonton, Alberta
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Keith Ryan	Jamie Korab	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Guy Hemmings	Martin Ferland	François Gagné	Dale Ness	Montreal, Quebec
Glenn Howard	Richard Hart	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Midland, Ontario
Blake MacDonald	Jamie King (skip)	Wade Johnston	Todd Brick	Edmonton, Alberta
Kevin Martin	Don Walchuk	Carter Rycroft	Don Bartlett	Edmonton, Alberta
Jean-Michel Ménard	François Roberge	Éric Sylvain	Maxime Elmaleh	Sainte-Foy, Quebec
Wayne Middaugh	Graeme McCarrel	Joe Frans	Scott Bailey	Midland, Ontario
John Morris	Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Paul Moffatt	Calgary, Alberta
Vic Peters	Daley Peters	Chris Neufeld	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Brent Scales	Gord Hardy	Grant Spicer	Todd Trevellyan	Swan River, Manitoba
Jeff Stoughton	Jon Mead	Garry Vandenberghe	Steve Gould	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pål Trulsen	Lars Vågberg	Flemming Davanger	Bent Ånund Ramsfjell	Oslo, Norway

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Pool A W L Jean-Michel Ménard 3 1 Dave Boehmer 2 2 Wayne Middaugh 2 2 Pål Trulsen 2 2 Jeff Stoughton 1 3

Pool B W L John Morris 3 1 Vic Peters 3 1 Randy Ferbey 2 2 Kerry Burtnyk 2 2 Guy Hemmings 0 4

Pool C W L Kevin Martin 4 0 Glenn Howard 3 1 Brad Gushue 1 3 Jamie King 1 3 Brent Scales 1 3

Tie breakers

The scores for the tie breaker matches were as follows:^[5]

• Burtnyk 6-5 Boehmer
• Trulsen 9-5 Middaugh

Playoffs

The playoff bracket was as follows:^[6][7][8]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Kevin Martin		8
	Pål Trulsen		6
						Kevin Martin		7
						Glenn Howard		6
	Glenn Howard		9
	Vic Peters		4
											Kevin Martin		8
											Randy Ferbey		7
	Jean-Michel Ménard		2
	Randy Ferbey		10
						Randy Ferbey		7
						John Morris		6
	John Morris		10
	Kerry Burtnyk		6

Final

^[9]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Randy Ferbey	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	7
Kevin Martin	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	8