2013 The National

The 2013 National was held from January 23 to 27 at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. It was the third men's Grand Slam event of the 2012–13 curling season.^[1] The purse for the event was CAD$100,000.^[2] In the final, Jeff Stoughton defeated a struggling Mike McEwen with a score of 8–2 in six ends.

2013 The National
Host city	Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
Arena	Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre
Dates	January 23–27
Winner	Jeff Stoughton
Curling club	Charleswood CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Jeff Stoughton
Third	Jon Mead
Second	Reid Carruthers
Lead	Mark Nichols
Finalist	Mike McEwen
« 2012 2014 (March) »

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Greg Balsdon	Mark Bice	Tyler Morgan	Jamie Farnell	Toronto, Ontario
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
Niklas Edin	Sebastian Kraupp	Fredrik Lindberg	Viktor Kjäll	Karlstad, Sweden
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
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	Nolan Thiessen	Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Kevin Martin	John Morris	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Edmonton, Alberta
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sven Michel	Claudio Pätz	Sandro Trolliet	Simon Gempeler	Adelboden, Switzerland
Rob Rumfeldt	Adam Spencer	Scott Hodgson	Greg Robinson	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^[4]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Pool A W L PF PA Rob Fowler 4 0 29 13 Niklas Edin 3 2 24 25 Greg Balsdon 2 3 24 31 Glenn Howard 2 3 27 29 Sven Michel 2 3 30 28 John Epping 1 4 21 34

Pool B W L PF PA Brad Jacobs 4 1 25 12 Mike McEwen 4 1 27 15 Jeff Stoughton 3 2 22 22 Jim Cotter 2 3 21 26 Peter de Cruz 1 4 20 30 Mark Kean 1 4 19 29

Pool C W L PF PA Kevin Martin 5 0 35 23 Kevin Koe 3 2 27 23 Brad Gushue 3 2 27 28 Steve Laycock 3 2 25 22 Thomas Ulsrud 1 4 28 30 Rob Rumfeldt 0 5 16 32

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4).^[5]

Draw 1

Wednesday, January 23, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	7
Brad Gushue	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	4

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	6
Thomas Ulsrud	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	6
Sven Michel	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	5

Draw 2

Thursday, January 24, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Peter de Cruz	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	5

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rob Rumfeldt	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2
Steve Laycock	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Greg Balsdon	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	4
Rob Fowler	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	6

Draw 3

Thursday, January 24, 12:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	X	6
Greg Balsdon	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Sven Michel	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	0	0	3	0	0	X	X	X	3
Rob Fowler	0	2	0	3	4	X	X	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	7
Rob Rumfeldt	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4

Draw 4

Thursday, January 24, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sven Michel	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	7
John Epping	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1
Brad Jacobs	4	1	0	4	X	X	X	X	9

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

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mark Kean	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	9
Peter de Cruz	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	X	6

Draw 5

Thursday, January 24, 8:00 pm

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

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

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

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

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

Draw 6

Friday, January 25, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	2
Rob Fowler	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	0	3	0	2	0	2	X	X	7
Mike McEwen	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4
Greg Balsdon	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	7

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Rob Rumfeldt	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	5

Draw 7

Friday, January 25, 12:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	1	0	1	0	3	0	4	X	9
Greg Balsdon	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	6
Thomas Ulsrud	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	4	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	7
Mark Kean	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sven Michel	0	1	2	0	0	1	X	X	4
Rob Fowler	2	0	0	3	2	0	X	X	7

Draw 8

Friday, January 25, 4:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thomas Ulsrud	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
Brad Gushue	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
John Epping	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	5
Niklas Edin	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	6

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	6
Rob Rumfeldt	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	4
Mark Kean	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	3

Draw 9

Friday, January 25, 8:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peter de Cruz	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Mike McEwen	2	0	1	2	0	4	X	X	9

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2
Rob Fowler	0	1	0	3	0	3	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sven Michel	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	6
Greg Balsdon	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	7
Jim Cotter	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4

Tiebreaker

Saturday, January 26, 10:30 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	6
Steve Laycock	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

Player percentages
Brad Gushue		Steve Laycock
Geoff Walker	94%	Dallan Muyres	88%
Adam Casey	86%	Colton Flasch	88%
Brett Gallant	71%	Kirk Muyres	91%
Brad Gushue	90%	Steve Laycock	74%
Total	86%	Total	85%

Playoffs

The playoffs draw is listed as follows:^[6]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Kevin Martin		5
	Brad Gushue		4
						Kevin Martin		4
						Mike McEwen		5
	Mike McEwen		7
	Niklas Edin		1
											Mike McEwen		2
											Jeff Stoughton		8
	Rob Fowler		3
	Kevin Koe		4
						Kevin Koe		3
						Jeff Stoughton		5
	Brad Jacobs		4
	Jeff Stoughton		6

Quarterfinals

Saturday, January 26, 4:30 pm

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

Player percentages
Kevin Martin		Brad Gushue
Ben Hebert	95%	Geoff Walker	88%
Marc Kennedy	96%	Adam Casey	93%
John Morris	93%	Brett Gallant	89%
Kevin Martin	84%	Brad Gushue	86%
Total	92%	Total	89%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	X	7
Niklas Edin	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1

Player percentages
Mike McEwen		Niklas Edin
Denni Neufeld	76%	Viktor Kjäll	82%
Matt Wozniak	85%	Fredrik Lindberg	55%
B. J. Neufeld	87%	Sebastian Kraupp	78%
Mike McEwen	87%	Niklas Edin	81%
Total	84%	Total	74%

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

Player percentages
Rob Fowler		Kevin Koe
Derek Samagalski	88%	Nolan Thiessen	85%
Richard Daneault	64%	Carter Rycroft	81%
Allan Lyburn	70%	Pat Simmons	90%
Rob Fowler	70%	Kevin Koe	84%
Total	73%	Total	85%

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

Player percentages
Brad Jacobs		Jeff Stoughton
Ryan Harnden	81%	Mark Nichols	89%
E.J. Harnden	90%	Reid Carruthers	85%
Ryan Fry	75%	Jon Mead	89%
Brad Jacobs	73%	Jeff Stoughton	88%
Total	80%	Total	88%

Semifinals

Saturday, January 26, 8:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Mike McEwen	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Player percentages
Kevin Martin		Mike McEwen
Ben Hebert	90%	Denni Neufeld	90%
Marc Kennedy	78%	Matt Wozniak	98%
John Morris	80%	B. J. Neufeld	86%
Kevin Martin	82%	Mike McEwen	90%
Total	82%	Total	91%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	3
Jeff Stoughton	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	X	5

Player percentages
Kevin Koe		Jeff Stoughton
Nolan Thiessen	87%	Mark Nichols	86%
Carter Rycroft	93%	Reid Carruthers	99%
Pat Simmons	84%	Jon Mead	77%
Kevin Koe	78%	Jeff Stoughton	94%
Total	86%	Total	86%

Final

Sunday, January 27, 2:30 pm

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

Player percentages
Mike McEwen		Jeff Stoughton
Denni Neufeld	88%	Mark Nichols	90%
Matt Wozniak	86%	Reid Carruthers	91%
B. J. Neufeld	82%	Jon Mead	90%
Mike McEwen	54%	Jeff Stoughton	99%
Total	78%	Total	92%