2014 The National (March)

The 2014 Syncrude National was held from March 12 to 16 at the MacDonald Island Park in Fort McMurray, Alberta as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was the third 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.

2014 The National
Host city	Fort McMurray, Alberta
Arena	MacDonald Island Park
Dates	March 12–16
Winner	Glenn Howard
Curling club	Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene
Skip	Glenn Howard
Third	Wayne Middaugh
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Craig Savill
Finalist	Brad Gushue
« 2013 2014 (Nov) »

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Brendan Bottcher	Micky Lizmore	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Mark Dacey	Stuart Thompson	Stephen Burgess	Andrew Gibson	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Niklas Edin	Sebastian Kraupp	Fredrik Lindberg	Viktor Kjäll	Karlstad, Sweden
Oskar Eriksson	Kristian Lindström	Markus Eriksson	Christoffer Sundgren	Lit, Sweden
Travis Fanset	Chad Allen	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Ontario
Brad Gushue	Brett Gallant	Adam Casey	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Pascal Hess	Florian Meister	Meico Öhninger	Stefan Meienberg	Zug, Switzerland
Glenn Howard	Wayne Middaugh	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Penetanguishene, Ontario
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kim Soo-hyuk	Kim Tae-huan	Park Jong-duk	Nam Yoon-ho	South Korea
Kevin Koe	Pat Simmons	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Kevin Martin	David Nedohin	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
Yusuke Morozumi	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	Tetsuro Shimizu	Kosuke Morozumi	Karuizawa, Japan
Jeff Stoughton	Jon Mead	Reid Carruthers	Mark Nichols	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Brock Virtue	Braeden Moskowy	Chris Schille	D. J. Kidby	Regina, Saskatchewan

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Pool A W L PF PA Sven Michel 5 0 34 23 Glenn Howard 4 1 36 26 Kevin Koe 3 2 32 24 Mark Dacey 2 3 27 33 Pascal Hess 1 4 19 31 Travis Fanset 0 5 20 31

Pool B W L PF PA Mike McEwen 5 0 36 19 Kevin Martin 4 1 32 23 Steve Laycock 3 2 28 26 Jeff Stoughton 2 3 27 22 Brendan Bottcher 1 4 18 22 Yusuke Morozumi 0 5 17 38

Pool C W L PF PA Oskar Eriksson 4 1 36 13 Brad Gushue 4 1 29 27 Niklas Edin 3 2 29 26 Brad Jacobs 2 3 22 30 Kim Soo-hyuk 2 3 24 28 Brock Virtue 0 5 24 40

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time Zone (UTC−7).^[2]

Draw 1

Wednesday, March 12, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Travis Fanset	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	3
Glenn Howard	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	X	6

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Niklas Edin	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Steve Laycock	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6
Jeff Stoughton	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4
Sven Michel	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	5

Draw 2

Thursday, March 13, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brock Virtue	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	6
Brad Jacobs	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kim Soo-hyuk	1	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	3
Oskar Eriksson	0	0	3	2	2	0	X	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Pascal Hess	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4
Mark Dacey	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	6

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kevin Martin	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	6
Steve Laycock	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	5

Draw 3

Thursday, March 13, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mark Dacey	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	X	4
Kevin Koe	3	0	4	0	4	X	X	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	1	2	1	0	2	0	X	X	6
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sven Michel	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	7
Travis Fanset	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Pascal Hess	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Glenn Howard	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yusuke Morozumi	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	3
Mike McEwen	5	0	1	0	4	X	X	X	10

Draw 4

Thursday, March 13, 5:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	0	3	0	2	0	4	0	9
Sven Michel	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	3	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	X	8
Brad Jacobs	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	X	5
Travis Fanset	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brock Virtue	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Oskar Eriksson	1	0	3	3	0	1	X	X	8

Draw 5

Thursday, March 13, 8:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Brock Virtue	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

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

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yusuke Morozumi	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Jeff Stoughton	3	0	4	1	X	X	X	X	8

Draw 6

Friday, March 14, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Niklas Edin	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6
Oskar Eriksson	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	5

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yusuke Morozumi	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	3	0	2	0	2	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kim Soo-hyuk	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	8
Brock Virtue	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mark Dacey	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	5
Glenn Howard	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	6

Draw 7

Friday, March 14, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kim Soo-hyuk	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Brad Jacobs	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Travis Fanset	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	6
Mark Dacey	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	2	0	3	0	1	0	4	X	10
Brock Virtue	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Pascal Hess	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1
Sven Michel	2	1	1	1	0	1	X	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	6
Steve Laycock	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	5

Draw 8

Friday, March 14, 5:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Steve Laycock	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	6
Yusuke Morozumi	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	X	8
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	2	1	2	0	1	2	X	X	8
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Oskar Eriksson	3	1	0	4	X	X	X	X	8
Brad Gushue	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 9

Friday, March 14, 8:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sven Michel	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	6
Mark Dacey	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	1
Oskar Eriksson	3	0	5	X	X	X	X	X	8

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Kim Soo-hyuk	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Travis Fanset	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Pascal Hess	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6

Draw 10

Saturday, March 15, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kim Soo-hyuk	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	5
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	6
Brendan Bottcher	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	5

Tiebreaker

Saturday, March 15, 12:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	5
Niklas Edin	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	4

Player percentages
Kevin Koe		Niklas Edin
Nolan Thiessen	92%	Viktor Kjäll	79%
Carter Rycroft	94%	Fredrik Lindberg	94%
Pat Simmons	86%	Sebastian Kraupp	82%
Kevin Koe	84%	Niklas Edin	81%
Total	89%	Total	84%

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Sven Michel		9
	Kevin Koe		6
						Sven Michel		6
						Brad Gushue		7
	Oskar Eriksson		5
	Brad Gushue		7
											Brad Gushue		6
											Glenn Howard		7
	Mike McEwen		2
	Steve Laycock		5
						Steve Laycock		6
						Glenn Howard		10
	Kevin Martin		3
	Glenn Howard		7

Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 15, 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sven Michel	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	9
Kevin Koe	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	6

Player percentages
Sven Michel		Kevin Koe
Simon Gempeler	92%	Nolan Thiessen	93%
Sandro Trolliet	71%	Carter Rycroft	91%
Claudio Pätz	82%	Pat Simmons	86%
Sven Michel	86%	Kevin Koe	75%
Total	83%	Total	86%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Oskar Eriksson	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	5
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	7

Player percentages
Oskar Eriksson		Brad Gushue
Christoffer Sundgren	92%	Geoff Walker	90%
Markus Eriksson	84%	Adam Casey	85%
Kristian Lindström	77%	Brett Gallant	84%
Oskar Eriksson	72%	Brad Gushue	81%
Total	81%	Total	85%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2
Steve Laycock	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	X	5

Player percentages
Mike McEwen		Steve Laycock
Denni Neufeld	92%	Dallan Muyres	78%
Matt Wozniak	77%	Colton Flasch	80%
B.J. Neufeld	79%	Kirk Muyres	75%
Mike McEwen	65%	Steve Laycock	92%
Total	78%	Total	81%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Martin	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	3
Glenn Howard	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	X	7

Player percentages
Kevin Martin		Glenn Howard
Ben Hebert	92%	Craig Savill	70%
Marc Kennedy	93%	Brent Laing	88%
David Nedohin	86%	Wayne Middaugh	100%
Kevin Martin	77%	Glenn Howard	98%
Total	87%	Total	89%

Semifinals

Saturday, March 15, 6:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sven Michel	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	6
Brad Gushue	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	7

Player percentages
Sven Michel		Brad Gushue
Simon Gempeler	89%	Geoff Walker	94%
Sandro Trolliet	79%	Adam Casey	89%
Claudio Pätz	86%	Brett Gallant	97%
Sven Michel	85%	Brad Gushue	92%
Total	85%	Total	93%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	X	6
Glenn Howard	2	0	2	0	2	0	4	X	10

Player percentages
Steve Laycock		Glenn Howard
Dallan Muyres	89%	Craig Savill	100%
Colton Flasch	70%	Brent Laing	100%
Kirk Muyres	86%	Wayne Middaugh	92%
Steve Laycock	74%	Glenn Howard	90%
Total	80%	Total	95%

Final

Sunday, March 16, 10:00 am

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

Player percentages
Brad Gushue		Glenn Howard
Geoff Walker	98%	Craig Savill	86%
Adam Casey	91%	Brent Laing	93%
Brett Gallant	80%	Wayne Middaugh	73%
Brad Gushue	95%	Glenn Howard	95%
Total	91%	Total	87%