2012 Canadian Open of Curling

The 2012 Canadian Open of Curling was held from December 12 to 16 at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was the second men's Grand Slam event of the season.^[1] The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CAD$100,000.^[2] In the final, Glenn Howard won his second Canadian Open title and his eleventh Grand Slam title with a win over Brad Jacobs, clinching the victory with a score of 3–1 after a steal in the final end.

2012 Canadian Open of Curling
Host city	Kelowna, British Columbia
Arena	Prospera Place
Dates	December 12–16
Winner	Glenn Howard
Curling club	Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater
Skip	Glenn Howard
Third	Wayne Middaugh
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Craig Savill
Finalist	Brad Jacobs
« 2011 (Dec) 2013 »

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[3][4][5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Jim Cotter	Jason Gunnlaugson	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna/Vernon, British Columbia
Benoît Schwarz (fourth)	Peter de Cruz (skip)	Dominik Märki	Valentin Tanner	Geneva, Switzerland
John Epping	Scott Bailey	Scott Howard	David Mathers	Toronto, Ontario
Rob Fowler	Allan Lyburn	Richard Daneault	Derek Samagalski	Brandon, Manitoba
Brad Gushue	Adam Casey	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Brent Ross (fourth)	Jake Higgs (skip)	Codey Maus	Bill Buchanan	Harriston, Ontario
Glenn Howard	Wayne Middaugh	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Coldwater, Ontario
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Mark Kean	Travis Fanset	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario
Kevin Koe	Pat Simmons	Carter Rycroft	D. J. Kidby[a]	Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
William Lyburn	James Kirkness	Alex Forrest	Tyler Forrest	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jean-Michel Ménard	Martin Crête	Éric Sylvain	Philippe Ménard	Quebec City, Quebec
John Morris[b]	Joe Frans	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Edmonton, Alberta
Brent Pierce	Jeff Richard	Kevin Recksiedler	Grant Dezura	New Westminster, British Columbia
Robert Rumfeldt	Adam Spencer	Scott Hodgson	Greg Robinson	Guelph, Ontario
Jeff Stoughton	Jon Mead	Reid Carruthers	Mark Nichols	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[8][9]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Pool A W L Glenn Howard 5 0 Brad Jacobs 4 1 Jeff Stoughton 3 2 Jean-Michel Ménard 1 4 Robert Rumfeldt 1 4 William Lyburn 1 4

Pool B W L Brad Gushue 3 2 Kevin Koe 3 2 Jim Cotter 3 2 Jake Higgs 3 2 Steve Laycock 2 3 John Epping 1 4

Pool C W L Mike McEwen 4 1 Mark Kean 3 2 Rob Fowler 3 2 John Morris 2 3 Brent Pierce 2 3 Peter de Cruz 1 4

Round robin results

All draw times listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8).^[8][10]

Draw 1

Wednesday, December 12, 7:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kevin Koe	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Jim Cotter	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	2	0	0	5	1	1	X	X	9
Peter de Cruz	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	X	7
William Lyburn	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Draw 2

Thursday, December 13, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rob Fowler	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	X	4
Brent Pierce	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	6
Mark Kean	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Robert Rumfeldt	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	5
Jean-Michel Ménard	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	1	2	0	X	X	X	X	3
Jake Higgs	4	0	0	6	X	X	X	X	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4
Brad Gushue	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	5

Draw 3

Thursday, December 13, 12:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jean-Michel Ménard	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	8
William Lyburn	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
John Epping	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Steve Laycock	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	6
Robert Rumfeldt	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jake Higgs	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	6

Draw 4

Thursday, December 13, 4:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
Peter de Cruz	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	X	5

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	2	0	3	0	1	0	X	X	6
Brent Pierce	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rob Fowler	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5
Mark Kean	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	4

Draw 5

Thursday, December 13, 8:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brent Pierce	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	6
Peter de Cruz	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	4
Rob Fowler	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	7
Jake Higgs	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	1	2	0	4	1	X	X	8
William Lyburn	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Draw 6

Friday, December 14, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	7
Brent Pierce	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
William Lyburn	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
Robert Rumfeldt	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mark Kean	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	5
Peter de Cruz	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	7
Jean-Michel Ménard	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Draw 7

Friday, December 14, 12:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4
Mark Kean	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	3	0	3	0	2	X	X	X	8
Jean-Michel Ménard	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	5	10
Rob Fowler	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	7
Robert Rumfeldt	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jake Higgs	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	7
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Draw 8

Friday, December 14, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	5
Jake Higgs	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	8

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	8
William Lyburn	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peter de Cruz	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Rob Fowler	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	7
Steve Laycock	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	5

Draw 9

Friday, December 14, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	X	7
Jean-Michel Ménard	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brent Pierce	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	6
Mark Kean	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	7

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1
Mike McEwen	0	3	0	2	2	X	X	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	5
Robert Rumfeldt	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4

Tiebreakers

Saturday, December 15, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jake Higgs	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3
Jim Cotter	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	6

Player percentages
Jake Higgs		Jim Cotter
Bill Buchanan	62%	Rick Sawatsky	70%
Codey Maus	69%	Tyrel Griffith	77%
Jake Higgs	63%	Jason Gunnlaugson	83%
Brent Ross	67%	Jim Cotter	71%
Total	65%	Total	76%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	1	0	2	0	2	2	X	X	7
Rob Fowler	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Player percentages
Jeff Stoughton		Rob Fowler
Mark Nichols	86%	Derek Samagalski	96%
Reid Carruthers	87%	Richard Daneault	76%
Jon Mead	86%	Allan Lyburn	70%
Jeff Stoughton	87%	Rob Fowler	64%
Total	86%	Total	76%

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Glenn Howard		7
	Jim Cotter		2
						Glenn Howard		5
						Mark Kean		3
	Brad Gushue		4
	Mark Kean		7
											Glenn Howard		3
											Brad Jacobs		1
	Mike McEwen		4
	Jeff Stoughton		1
						Mike McEwen		5
						Brad Jacobs		8
	Brad Jacobs		6
	Kevin Koe		5

Quarterfinals

Saturday, December 15, 12:30 pm

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

Player percentages
Glenn Howard		Jim Cotter
Craig Savill	73%	Rick Sawatsky	66%
Brent Laing	84%	Tyrel Griffith	72%
Wayne Middaugh	65%	Jason Gunnlaugson	74%
Glenn Howard	75%	Jim Cotter	43%
Total	74%	Total	64%

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4
Mark Kean	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	7

Player percentages
Brad Gushue		Mark Kean
Geoff Walker	82%	Tim March	77%
Brett Gallant	60%	Patrick Janssen	84%
Adam Casey	79%	Travis Fanset	80%
Brad Gushue	78%	Mark Kean	89%
Total	75%	Total	83%

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	4
Jeff Stoughton	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1

Player percentages
Mike McEwen		Jeff Stoughton
Denni Neufeld	65%	Mark Nichols	78%
Matt Wozniak	73%	Reid Carruthers	70%
B. J. Neufeld	73%	Jon Mead	77%
Mike McEwen	81%	Jeff Stoughton	65%
Total	73%	Total	73%

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	6
Kevin Koe	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	5

Player percentages
Brad Jacobs		Kevin Koe
Ryan Harnden	93%	D. J. Kidby	84%
E. J. Harnden	77%	Carter Rycroft	80%
Ryan Fry	80%	Pat Simmons	91%
Brad Jacobs	68%	Kevin Koe	77%
Total	80%	Total	83%

Semifinals

Saturday, December 15, 4:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	5
Mark Kean	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3

Player percentages
Glenn Howard		Mark Kean
Craig Savill	91%	Tim March	98%
Brent Laing	98%	Patrick Janssen	84%
Wayne Middaugh	96%	Travis Fanset	88%
Glenn Howard	95%	Mark Kean	83%
Total	95%	Total	88%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	5
Brad Jacobs	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	X	8

Player percentages
Mike McEwen		Brad Jacobs
Denni Neufeld	81%	Ryan Harnden	83%
Matt Wozniak	83%	E. J. Harnden	84%
B. J. Neufeld	65%	Ryan Fry	84%
Mike McEwen	73%	Brad Jacobs	82%
Total	76%	Total	83%

Final

Sunday, December 16, 10:00 am

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

Player percentages
Glenn Howard		Brad Jacobs
Craig Savill	90%	Ryan Harnden	93%
Brent Laing	79%	E. J. Harnden	84%
Wayne Middaugh	89%	Ryan Fry	79%
Glenn Howard	74%	Brad Jacobs	73%
Total	83%	Total	82%

Notes

1. Kidby subbed in for Nolan Thiessen, who was at home with his expectant wife.^[6]
2. Morris skipped in place of Kevin Martin, who was scheduled to undergo surgery for a hernia.^[7] Joe Frans will sub in for Martin.^[6]