2012 Canada Cup of Curling

The 2012 Capital One Canada Cup of Curling was held from November 28 to December 2 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.^[2] This was Moose Jaw's first time hosting the Canada Cup, and Saskatchewan's second time hosting the Canada Cup, which was held in Yorkton in 2009.^[3] TSN broadcast the tenth edition of the Canada Cup.

2012 Capital One Canada Cup of Curling
Host city	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Arena	Mosaic Place
Dates	November 28 – December 2
Attendance	33,160[1]
Men's winner	Jeff Stoughton
Curling club	Charleswood CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Jeff Stoughton
Third	Jon Mead
Second	Reid Carruthers
Lead	Mark Nichols
Finalist	Glenn Howard
Women's winner	Stefanie Lawton
Curling club	Nutana CC, Saskatoon
Skip	Stefanie Lawton
Third	Sherry Anderson
Second	Sherri Singler
Lead	Marliese Kasner
Finalist	Team Jones
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In the women's final, Stefanie Lawton won her third Canada Cup title with a win over Jennifer Jones's rink, skipped by Kaitlyn Lawes. Lawton secured the win with a draw to get one point, winning the game with a score of 6–4.^[4] In the men's final, Jeff Stoughton won his first Canada Cup title with a win over last year's runner-up Glenn Howard, drawing for one point in the final end to win the game with a score of 4–3.^[1]

The winners, Jeff Stoughton and Stefanie Lawton, qualified for the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which will determine Canada's representatives for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.^[5] The winners will also be selected by the Canadian Curling Association to represent Team North America at the 2014 Continental Cup of Curling in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Qualification

A total of fourteen teams, seven men's and seven women's teams, have qualified for the Canada Cup through various means:^[6][7][8]

Men

• Defending champion: Kevin Martin
• 2012 Tim Hortons Brier champion: Glenn Howard
• 2011–12 CTRS team: Mike McEwen
• 2011–12 CTRS team: Kevin Koe
• 2011–12 CTRS team: John Epping
• 2011–12 CTRS team: Jeff Stoughton
• 2011–12 CTRS team: Brad Gushue

Women

• Defending champion: Jennifer Jones
• 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion: Heather Nedohin
• 2011–12 CTRS team: Sherry Middaugh
• 2011–12 CTRS team: Cathy Overton-Clapham
• 2011–12 CTRS team: Stefanie Lawton
• 2011–12 CTRS team: Chelsea Carey
• 2011–12 CTRS team: Crystal Webster

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[9]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
John Epping	Scott Bailey	Scott Howard	David Mathers	Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue	Adam Casey	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Wayne Middaugh	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Coldwater, Ontario
Kevin Koe	Pat Simmons	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Edmonton, Alberta
Kevin Martin	John Morris	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Edmonton, Alberta
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jeff Stoughton	Jon Mead	Reid Carruthers	Mark Nichols	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Skip	W	L
Jeff Stoughton	5	1
Glenn Howard	4	2
Kevin Koe	4	2
Mike McEwen	4	2
John Epping	3	3
Kevin Martin	1	5
Brad Gushue	0	6

Round-robin results

All times listed in Central Time Zone (UTC-6).^[10]

Draw 1

Wednesday, November 28, 9:00 am^[11]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Martin	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	6
John Epping	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Stoughton	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	9
Glenn Howard	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Draw 2

Wednesday, November 28, 2:00 pm^[12]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2
Mike McEwen	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	X	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	5
John Epping	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	3

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 28, 7:00 pm^[13]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	7
Kevin Koe	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Martin	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	10
Brad Gushue	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	6
Mike McEwen	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	7

Draw 4

Thursday, November 29, 9:00 am^[14]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
John Epping	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	8
Mike McEwen	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	8
Brad Gushue	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	7

Draw 5

Thursday, November 29, 2:00 pm^[15]

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	X	10
Kevin Martin	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	X	X	4
Glenn Howard	3	2	0	1	0	0	4	X	X	X	10

Draw 6

Thursday, November 29, 7:00 pm^[16]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	5
Jeff Stoughton	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	4
Glenn Howard	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	6	X	12

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	8
Kevin Martin	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	6

Draw 7

Friday, November 30, 9:00 am^[17]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	8
Jeff Stoughton	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Glenn Howard	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
Kevin Martin	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 8

Friday, November 30, 2:00 pm^[18]

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4
Kevin Koe	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Gushue	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
John Epping	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	6

Draw 9

Friday, November 30, 7:00 pm^[19]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Martin	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	3
Kevin Koe	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	X	7
Brad Gushue	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5
Jeff Stoughton	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	7

Tiebreaker

Saturday, December 1, 8:00 am^[20]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	7
Mike McEwen	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	9

Player percentages
Kevin Koe		Mike McEwen
Nolan Thiessen	88%	Denni Neufeld	89%
Carter Rycroft	73%	Matt Wozniak	83%
Pat Simmons	78%	B. J. Neufeld	96%
Kevin Koe	81%	Mike McEwen	85%
Total	80%	Total	88%

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Jeff Stoughton	4
	2	Glenn Howard	9			2	Glenn Howard	3
	3	Mike McEwen	6

Semifinal

Saturday, December 1, 6:30 pm^[21]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	X	9
Mike McEwen	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	6

Player percentages
Glenn Howard		Mike McEwen
Craig Savill	90%	Denni Neufeld	94%
Brent Laing	94%	Matt Wozniak	92%
Wayne Middaugh	93%	B. J. Neufeld	67%
Glenn Howard	92%	Mike McEwen	82%
Total	92%	Total	84%

Final

Sunday, December 2, 2:30 pm^[22]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Stoughton	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
Glenn Howard	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3

Player percentages
Jeff Stoughton		Glenn Howard
Mark Nichols	88%	Craig Savill	91%
Reid Carruthers	80%	Brent Laing	85%
Jon Mead	91%	Wayne Middaugh	81%
Jeff Stoughton	89%	Glenn Howard	93%
Total	87%	Total	88%

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[9]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Chelsea Carey	Kristy Jenion	Kristen Foster	Lindsay Titheridge	Morden, Manitoba
Kaitlyn Lawes	Kirsten Wall[a]	Jill Officer	Dawn Askin	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Stefanie Lawton	Sherry Anderson	Sherri Singler	Marliese Kasner	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Sherry Middaugh	Jo-Ann Rizzo	Lee Merklinger	Leigh Armstrong	Coldwater, Ontario
Heather Nedohin	Beth Iskiw	Jessica Mair	Laine Peters	Edmonton, Alberta
Cathy Overton-Clapham	Jenna Loder	Ashley Howard	Breanne Meakin	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Crystal Webster	Erin Carmody	Geri-Lynn Ramsay	Samantha Preston	Calgary, Alberta

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Skip	W	L
Stefanie Lawton	5	1
Team Jones	4	2
Heather Nedohin	4	2
Crystal Webster	3	3
Chelsea Carey	2	4
Sherry Middaugh	2	4
Cathy Overton-Clapham	1	5

Round-robin results

All times listed in Central Time Zone (UTC-6).^[10]

Draw 1

Wednesday, November 28, 9:00 am^[24]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sherry Middaugh	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	4
Stefanie Lawton	0	2	2	3	0	1	0	2	X	X	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Jones	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	9
Crystal Webster	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	7

Draw 2

Wednesday, November 28, 2:00 pm^[25]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Crystal Webster	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	X	7
Chelsea Carey	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Stefanie Lawton	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	8
Heather Nedohin	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sherry Middaugh	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	8
Cathy Overton-Clapham	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	X	5

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 28, 7:00 pm^[26]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cathy Overton-Clapham	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	6
Team Jones	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heather Nedohin	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	9
Chelsea Carey	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	7

Draw 4

Thursday, November 29, 9:00 am^[27]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Chelsea Carey	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5
Stefanie Lawton	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heather Nedohin	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	8
Sherry Middaugh	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cathy Overton-Clapham	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Crystal Webster	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	8

Draw 5

Thursday, November 29, 2:00 pm^[28]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Crystal Webster	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	7
Sherry Middaugh	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Stefanie Lawton	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	7
Team Jones	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

Draw 6

Thursday, November 29, 7:00 pm^[29]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Jones	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Heather Nedohin	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chelsea Carey	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	7
Cathy Overton-Clapham	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4

Draw 7

Friday, November 30, 9:00 am^[30]

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sherry Middaugh	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	8
Team Jones	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Crystal Webster	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	4
Stefanie Lawton	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	X	8

Draw 8

Friday, November 30, 2:00 pm^[31]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Heather Nedohin	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	6
Crystal Webster	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Stefanie Lawton	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
Cathy Overton-Clapham	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chelsea Carey	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	9
Sherry Middaugh	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7

Draw 9

Friday, November 30, 7:00 pm^[32]

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Jones	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	7
Chelsea Carey	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Cathy Overton-Clapham	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	8
Heather Nedohin	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	10

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Stefanie Lawton	6
	2	Heather Nedohin	5			3	Team Jones	4
	3	Team Jones	9

Semifinal

Saturday, December 1, 12:30 pm^[33]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heather Nedohin	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5
Team Jones	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	9

Player percentages
Heather Nedohin		Team Jones
Laine Peters	86%	Dawn Askin	85%
Jessica Mair	90%	Jill Officer	78%
Beth Iskiw	73%	Kirsten Wall	69%
Heather Nedohin	83%	Kaitlyn Lawes	94%
Total	80%	Total	81%

Final

Sunday, December 2, 9:30 am^[34]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Stefanie Lawton	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6
Team Jones	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

Player percentages
Stefanie Lawton		Team Jones
Marliese Kasner	83%	Dawn Askin	85%
Sherri Singler	81%	Jill Officer	76%
Sherry Anderson	76%	Kirsten Wall	78%
Stefanie Lawton	74%	Kaitlyn Lawes	80%
Total	78%	Total	80%

Notes

1. Kirsten Wall replaced Jennifer Jones, who was recovering from knee surgery and had recently given birth. The team competed as "Team Jones".^[23]