2015 Players' Championship

This article is about the curling tournament. For the golf tournament, see 2015 Players Championship.

The 2015 Players' Championship was held from April 7 to 12 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the fifth and final Grand Slam of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour.

2015 Players' Championship
Host city	Toronto, Ontario
Arena	Mattamy Athletic Centre
Dates	April 7–12
Men's winner	Team Jacobs
Curling club	Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Skip	Brad Jacobs
Third	Ryan Fry
Second	E. J. Harnden
Lead	Ryan Harnden
Finalist	Mike McEwen
Women's winner	Team Muirhead
Curling club	Dunkeld CC, Pitlochry
Skip	Eve Muirhead
Third	Anna Sloan
Second	Vicki Adams
Lead	Sarah Reid
Finalist	Anna Sidorova
« 2014 2016 »

Sault Ste. Marie's Brad Jacobs rink won their first men's title, while Scotland's Eve Muirhead rink won their second women's title.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Brendan Bottcher	Tom Appelman	Brad Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	West St. Paul, Manitoba
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Kristian Lindström	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping	Mat Camm	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Richard Hart	Jon Mead	Craig Savill	Penetanguishene, Ontario
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Ben Hebert	Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sven Michel	Florian Meister	Simon Gempeler	Stefan Meienberg	Adelboden, Switzerland
Jeff Stoughton	Rob Fowler	Alex Forrest	Connor Njegovan	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Round-robin standings

Final Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Pool A W L PF PA Mike McEwen 5 0 27 14 Brad Gushue 3 2 20 18 Kevin Koe 3 2 31 20 Brendan Bottcher 3 2 30 22 Sven Michel 1 4 18 33 Niklas Edin 0 5 20 36

Pool B W L PF PA Brad Jacobs 4 1 26 15 John Epping 3 2 24 14 Glenn Howard 3 2 19 23 Steve Laycock 2 3 14 21 Jeff Stoughton 2 3 16 21 Reid Carruthers 1 4 18 23

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Tuesday, April 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	7
Sven Michel	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	5

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

Draw 2

Wednesday, April 8, 8:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	X	5
Brendan Bottcher	4	0	2	2	0	1	2	X	11

Draw 3

Wednesday, April 8, 12:00 pm

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
John Epping	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	4
Steve Laycock	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3

Draw 4

Wednesday, April 8, 3:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	1	0	2	0	1	3	X	X	7
Sven Michel	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

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

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

Draw 5

Wednesday, April 8, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	1	0	3	0	0	4	2	X	10
Glenn Howard	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	5
Steve Laycock	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4
John Epping	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	5

Draw 7

Thursday, April 9, 12:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brendan Bottcher	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	X	7
Sven Michel	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	X	6
Niklas Edin	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1
John Epping	0	1	2	0	3	1	X	X	7

Draw 9

Thursday, April 9, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	4

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brad Jacobs	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Reid Carruthers	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	5

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

Draw 11

Friday, April 10, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	6
Reid Carruthers	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	5

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	5
Steve Laycock	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4

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

Draw 12

Friday, April 10, 4:00 pm

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

Draw 13

Friday, April 10, 7:30 pm

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

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

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Reid Carruthers	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4

Tiebreaker

Saturday, April 20, 8:30 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4
Brendan Bottcher	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	6

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Mike McEwen	7
	Kevin Koe	4			John Epping	3
	John Epping	6							Mike McEwen	3
									Brad Jacobs	4
					Brad Jacobs	6
	Brad Gushue	4			Brendan Bottcher	5
	Brendan Bottcher	6

Quarterfinals

Saturday, April 11, 3:30 pm

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Brendan Bottcher	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	6

Semifinals

Sunday, April 12, 10:00 am

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	6
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	5

Final

Sunday, April 12, 7:00 pm

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

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Binia Feltscher	Irene Schori	Franziska Kaufmann	Christine Urech	Flims, Switzerland
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Joanne Courtney	Lisa Weagle	Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes	Jill Officer	Dawn McEwen	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kristy McDonald	Kate Cameron	Lisa Blixhavn	Raunora Westcott	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sherry Middaugh	Jo-Ann Rizzo	Lee Merklinger	Leigh Armstrong	Coldwater, Ontario
Eve Muirhead	Anna Sloan	Vicki Adams	Sarah Reid	Pitlochry, Scotland
Heather Nedohin	Amy Nixon	Jocelyn Peterman	Laine Peters	Edmonton, Alberta
Alina Pätz	Nadine Lehmann	Marisa Winkelhausen	Nicole Schwägli	Baden, Switzerland
Anna Sidorova	Margarita Fomina	Aleksandra Saitova	Ekaterina Galkina	Moscow, Russia
Maria Prytz (fourth)	Christina Bertrup	Alison Kreviazuk	Margaretha Sigfridsson (skip)	Skellefteå, Sweden
Valerie Sweeting	Lori Olson-Johns	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown	Edmonton, Alberta
Silvana Tirinzoni	Manuela Siegrist	Esther Neuenschwander	Marlene Albrecht	Aarau, Switzerland

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Pool A W L PF PA Alina Pätz 4 1 37 25 Heather Nedohin 3 2 28 28 Eve Muirhead 3 2 35 22 Anna Sidorova 3 2 29 28 Jennifer Jones 1 4 22 35 Binia Feltscher 1 4 24 37

Pool B W L PF PA Valerie Sweeting 4 1 31 22 Rachel Homan 4 1 35 25 Sherry Middaugh 3 2 30 29 Silvana Tirinzoni 2 3 29 31 Kristy McDonald 2 3 23 28 Margaretha Sigfridsson 0 5 21 34

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Tuesday, April 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	1	0	2	2	2	0	3	X	10
Margaretha Sigfridsson	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Valerie Sweeting	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4
Sherry Middaugh	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	3	0	1	1	4	X	9
Kristy McDonald	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 2

Wednesday, April 8, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alina Pätz	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	8
Eve Muirhead	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Sidorova	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
Binia Feltscher	2	0	1	2	0	2	1	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Heather Nedohin	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	5
Jennifer Jones	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2

Draw 3

Wednesday, April 8, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sherry Middaugh	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Kristy McDonald	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Margaretha Sigfridsson	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	6
Valerie Sweeting	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	7

Draw 4

Wednesday, April 8, 3:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	1	2	0	4	0	2	X	X	9
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Heather Nedohin	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	4
Anna Sidorova	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	X	7

Draw 5

Wednesday, April 8, 7:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alina Pätz	3	1	0	2	0	1	2	X	9
Binia Feltscher	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Eve Muirhead	0	1	3	2	0	3	X	X	9

Draw 6

Thursday, April 9, 8:30 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	5
Kristy McDonald	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sherry Middaugh	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	X	7
Margaretha Sigfridsson	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5
Valerie Sweeting	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	6

Draw 7

Thursday, April 9, 12:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Heather Nedohin	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3
Eve Muirhead	1	1	1	0	3	0	2	X	8

Draw 8

Thursday, April 9, 3:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kristy McDonald	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	5
Margaretha Sigfridsson	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	6
Sherry Middaugh	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Valerie Sweeting	2	0	4	0	3	X	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Alina Pätz	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	6
Anna Sidorova	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Jennifer Jones	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	6
Binia Feltscher	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5

Draw 10

Friday, April 10, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Jennifer Jones	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	7
Anna Sidorova	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Alina Pätz	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	6
Heather Nedohin	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	1	0	4	0	1	5	X	X	11
Binia Feltscher	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Valerie Sweeting	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
Kristy McDonald	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4

Draw 11

Friday, April 10, 12:00 pm

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Margaretha Sigfridsson	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	5

Draw 12

Friday, April 10, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Heather Nedohin	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	X	8
Binia Feltscher	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Sidorova	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	6
Eve Muirhead	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	X	5
Alina Pätz	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Rachel Homan	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	9
Sherry Middaugh	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	6

Tiebreaker

Saturday, April 11, 8:30 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Sidorova	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	7
Sherry Middaugh	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	5

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Rachel Homan	7
	Heather Nedohin	4			Eve Muirhead	8
	Eve Muirhead	7							Eve Muirhead	4
									Anna Sidorova	2
					Valerie Sweeting	3
	Alina Pätz	3			Anna Sidorova	5
	Anna Sidorova	6

Quarterfinals

Saturday, April 11, 12:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Heather Nedohin	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4
Eve Muirhead	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alina Pätz	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
Anna Sidorova	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	X	6

Semifinals

Sunday, April 12, 10:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	7
Eve Muirhead	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Valerie Sweeting	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	3
Anna Sidorova	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	X	5

Final

Sunday, April 12, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4
Anna Sidorova	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2