2013 Canadian Open of Curling

The 2013 Canadian Open of Curling was held from November 13 to 17 at Medicine Hat Arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was the second men's Grand Slam event of the season. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CAD$100,000.

2013 Canadian Open of Curling
Host city	Medicine Hat, Alberta
Arena	Medicine Hat Arena
Dates	November 13–17
Winner	Kevin Koe
Curling club	Glencoe CC, Calgary
Skip	Kevin Koe
Third	Pat Simmons
Second	Carter Rycroft
Lead	Nolan Thiessen
Finalist	Brad Gushue
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Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Brendan Bottcher	Micky Lizmore	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Benoît Schwarz (fourth)	Peter de Cruz (skip)	Dominik Märki	Valentin Tanner	Geneva, Switzerland
Niklas Edin	Sebastian Kraupp	Fredrik Lindberg	Viktor Kjäll	Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping	Scott Bailey	Collin Mitchell	David Mathers	Toronto, Ontario
Oskar Eriksson	Kristian Lindström	Markus Eriksson	Christoffer Sundgren	Lit, Sweden
Rob Fowler	Allan Lyburn	Brendan Taylor	Derek Samagalski	Brandon, Manitoba
Brad Gushue	Brett Gallant	Adam Casey	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Glenn Howard	Wayne Middaugh	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Penetanguishene, Ontario
Mark Kean	Travis Fanset	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario
Kevin Koe	Pat Simmons	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
William Lyburn	Alex Forrest	Connor Njegovan	Tyler Forrest	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kevin Martin	David Nedohin	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Edmonton, Alberta
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jim Cotter (fourth)	John Morris (skip)	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Vernon, British Columbia
Rob Rumfeldt	Adam Spencer	Scott Howard	Colin Hodgson	Guelph, Ontario
Jeff Stoughton	Jon Mead	Reid Carruthers	Mark Nichols	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 Brad Gushue 3 2 Jeff Stoughton 3 2 Peter de Cruz 3 2 Steve Laycock 1 4 William Lyburn 1 4

Pool B W L Kevin Koe 4 1 John Epping 3 2 Mike McEwen 3 2 John Morris 2 3 Rob Fowler 2 3 Brendan Bottcher 1 4

Pool C W L Glenn Howard 4 1 Mark Kean 4 1 Rob Rumfeldt 3 2 Niklas Edin 2 3 Thomas Ulsrud 1 4 Oskar Eriksson 1 4

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).

Draw 1

Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	2	0	1	0	0	4	1	X	8
Steve Laycock	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	X	6
Peter de Cruz	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	4
Oskar Eriksson	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mark Kean	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	6
Thomas Ulsrud	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	3

Draw 2

Thursday, November 14, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mark Kean	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	7
Niklas Edin	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rob Rumfeldt	2	0	1	2	1	1	X	X	7
Oskar Eriksson	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	6
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	X	6
William Lyburn	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2

Draw 3

Thursday, November 14, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	8
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	6
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thomas Ulsrud	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	4
Rob Rumfeldt	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	7
John Epping	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	10

Draw 4

Thursday, November 14, 5:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Oskar Eriksson	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	2
Thomas Ulsrud	5	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
John Epping	3	0	2	0	2	X	X	X	7

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	6
William Lyburn	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peter de Cruz	1	1	0	2	1	1	X	X	6
Steve Laycock	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 5

Thursday, November 14, 8:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	8
Steve Laycock	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	6

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5
Peter de Cruz	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
Rob Fowler	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	5

Draw 6

Friday, November 15, 10:00am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4
John Morris	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	2	0	1	0	4	X	X	7
William Lyburn	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	X	7
Oskar Eriksson	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

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

Draw 7

Friday, November 15, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mark Kean	0	1	0	2	1	0	4	X	8
Rob Rumfeldt	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	5
Peter de Cruz	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	7
Thomas Ulsrud	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	9
John Morris	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	X	7
Brendan Bottcher	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4

Draw 8

Friday, November 15, 5:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Niklas Edin	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
Thomas Ulsrud	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rob Fowler	0	4	1	0	3	X	X	X	7
John Epping	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Oskar Eriksson	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	4
Mark Kean	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	X	8

Draw 9

Friday, November 15, 8:30 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	2	0	2	0	3	2	X	9
Steve Laycock	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4

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

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	1
Rob Rumfeldt	1	1	4	0	2	X	X	X	8

Tiebreakers

Saturday, November 16, 10:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6
Peter de Cruz	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4

Player percentages
Jeff Stoughton		Peter de Cruz
Mark Nichols	91%	Valentin Tanner	91%
Reid Carruthers	89%	Dominik Märki	86%
Jon Mead	86%	Peter de Cruz	85%
Jeff Stoughton	92%	Benoît Schwarz	83%
Total	89%	Total	86%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Mike McEwen	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	6
Rob Rumfeldt	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	7

Player percentages
Mike McEwen		Rob Rumfeldt
Denni Neufeld	84%	Colin Hodgson	94%
Matt Wozniak	94%	Scott Howard	85%
B. J. Neufeld	96%	Adam Spencer	85%
Mike McEwen	75%	Rob Rumfeldt	80%
Total	87%	Total	86%

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Kevin Koe		7
	Rob Rumfeldt		4
						Kevin Koe		4
						Glenn Howard		3
	Glenn Howard		6
	John Epping		3
											Kevin Koe		5
											Brad Gushue		4
	Mark Kean		5
	Jeff Stoughton		6
						Jeff Stoughton		2
						Brad Gushue		4
	Kevin Martin		4
	Brad Gushue		7

Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 16, 10:00 am

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

Player percentages
Glenn Howard		John Epping
Craig Savill	85%	David Mathers	96%
Brent Laing	96%	Collin Mitchell	86%
Wayne Middaugh	95%	Scott Bailey	97%
Glenn Howard	95%	John Epping	86%
Total	93%	Total	91%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	7

Player percentages
Kevin Martin		Brad Gushue
Ben Hebert	86%	Geoff Walker	90%
Marc Kennedy	82%	Adam Casey	82%
David Nedohin	85%	Brett Gallant	88%
Kevin Martin	86%	Brad Gushue	95%
Total	85%	Total	89%

Saturday, November 16, 3:00 pm

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

Player percentages
Kevin Koe		Rob Rumfeldt
Nolan Thiessen	77%	Colin Hodgson	94%
Carter Rycroft	95%	Scott Howard	81%
Pat Simmons	89%	Adam Spencer	85%
Kevin Koe	80%	Rob Rumfeldt	78%
Total	86%	Total	85%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mark Kean	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	5
Jeff Stoughton	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	6

Player percentages
Mark Kean		Jeff Stoughton
Tim March	75%	Mark Nichols	88%
Patrick Janssen	78%	Reid Carruthers	75%
Travis Fanset	86%	Jon Mead	96%
Mark Kean	69%	Jeff Stoughton	92%
Total	77%	Total	88%

Semifinals

Saturday, November 16, 6:30pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kevin Koe	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
Glenn Howard	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3

Player percentages
Kevin Koe		Glenn Howard
Nolan Thiessen	83%	Craig Savill	95%
Carter Rycroft	80%	Brent Laing	79%
Pat Simmons	92%	Wayne Middaugh	92%
Kevin Koe	85%	Glenn Howard	84%
Total	85%	Total	87%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Brad Gushue	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4

Player percentages
Jeff Stoughton		Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols	85%	Geoff Walker	92%
Reid Carruthers	72%	Adam Casey	97%
Jon Mead	90%	Brett Gallant	84%
Jeff Stoughton	73%	Brad Gushue	95%
Total	80%	Total	92%

Final

Sunday, November 17, 11:00am

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

Player percentages
Kevin Koe		Brad Gushue
Nolan Thiessen	92%	Geoff Walker	93%
Carter Rycroft	94%	Adam Casey	96%
Pat Simmons	91%	Brett Gallant	84%
Kevin Koe	85%	Brad Gushue	79%
Total	90%	Total	88%