2018 Elite 10 (September)

This article is about the bonspiel held in September 2018. For the bonspiel held in March 2018, see 2018 Elite 10 (March).

The 2018 Princess Auto Elite 10 was held from September 26 to 30 at St. Clair Campus Arena in Chatham, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam of Curling event held in the 2018-19 curling season, and the first time the Elite 10 had a women's division. It was also the last time the event was held, as it was removed from the Grand Slam lineup for the 2019-20 curling season.

2018 Princess Auto Elite 10
Host city	Chatham, Ontario
Arena	St. Clair Campus Arena
Dates	September 26–30
Men's winner	Brad Gushue
Curling club	St. John's CC, St. John's, NL
Skip	Brad Gushue
Third	Mark Nichols
Second	Brett Gallant
Lead	Geoff Walker
Finalist	Reid Carruthers
Women's winner	Anna Hasselborg
Curling club	Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg, SWE
Skip	Anna Hasselborg
Third	Sara McManus
Second	Agnes Knochenhauer
Lead	Sofia Mabergs
Coach	Wayne Middaugh[1]
Finalist	Silvana Tirinzoni
« March 2018

On the men's side, defending champions Brad Gushue won the event, their eleventh grand slam, beating out the new Reid Carruthers rink 1 UP in the final.

On the women's side, Olympic champion team Anna Hasselborg won their first grand slam event. They defeated team Silvana Tirinzoni 4-and-2, who were looking for their second ever grand slam victory.

Format

Instead of normal curling scoring rules, the Elite 10 uses a match play system in which scoring is based on ends won, rather than rocks scored. An end is won by stealing or scoring two with the hammer, similar to skins curling. Unlike skins, however, there are no carry-overs. In the event of a tie, a draw to the button competition is held to determine the winner. In the standings, wins are worth three points, draw to the button wins are worth two points, and draw to the button losses are worth one point. At the end of the round robin, the top six teams (regardless of pool) advance to the playoffs, with the top two advancing to the semifinals automatically.^[2]

Qualification

The top 10 men's and women's teams in the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit rankings as of August 1, 2018 were invited to compete in the Elite 10. If any teams declined, the next highest team was invited until the field of 10 teams was complete.^[3]

Men

Top Order of Merit men's teams as of August 1:^[4]

1. Brad Gushue
2. Niklas Edin
3. Kevin Koe
4. Bruce Mouat
5. Jason Gunnlaugson
6. Reid Carruthers
7. Brad Jacobs
8. Brendan Bottcher
9. Peter de Cruz
10. John Epping
11. Glenn Howard
12. Steffen Walstad
13. John Shuster
14. Thomas Ulsrud
15. Kim Chang-min
16. Ross Paterson

Women

Top Order of Merit women's teams as of August 1:^[5]

1. Jennifer Jones
2. Anna Hasselborg
3. Rachel Homan
4. Eve Muirhead
5. Tracy Fleury
6. Laura Walker
7. Kim Eun-jung
8. Nina Roth
9. Jamie Sinclair
10. Satsuki Fujisawa
11. Chelsea Carey
12. Silvana Tirinzoni
13. Casey Scheidegger

Men

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Mike McEwen (Fourth)	Reid Carruthers (Skip)	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Rasmus Wranå	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping	Mat Camm	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Toronto, Ontario
Jason Gunnlaugson	Alex Forrest	Denni Neufeld	Connor Njegovan	Morris, Manitoba
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Scott Howard	David Mathers	Tim March	Penetanguishene, Ontario
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe	B. J. Neufeld	Colton Flasch	Ben Hebert	Calgary, Alberta
Bruce Mouat	Grant Hardie	Bobby Lammie	Hammy McMillan Jr.	Edinburgh, Scotland
Ross Paterson	Kyle Waddell	Duncan Menzies	Michael Goodfellow	Glasgow, Scotland

^[6]

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Pool A W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts Glenn Howard 3 0 0 1 12 9 9 Brad Gushue 3 0 0 1 12 4 9 John Epping 2 0 1 1 12 11 7 Bruce Mouat 1 0 0 3 8 13 3 Jason Gunnlaugson 0 1 0 3 7 14 2

Pool B W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts Reid Carruthers 3 1 0 0 14 8 11 Kevin Koe 3 0 0 1 13 5 9 Brad Jacobs 2 0 0 2 10 8 6 Ross Paterson 1 0 0 3 9 15 3 Niklas Edin 0 0 1 3 4 14 1

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight time (UTC-4).

Draw 1

Wednesday, September 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	✓	✓	✓		✓		X	X	4
Jason Gunnlaugson				✓			X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers			✓		✓		✓	✓	4
Brad Jacobs	✓			✓		✓			3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	X	X	5
Glenn Howard					✓		X	X	1

Draw 2

Thursday, September 27, 8:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin			✓					X	1
Ross Paterson	✓			✓		✓	✓	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Bruce Mouat		✓		✓	✓		✓	X	4
Jason Gunnlaugson	✓					✓		X	2

Draw 3

Thursday, September 27, 12:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe			✓	✓		✓	X	X	3
Brad Jacobs							X	X	0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue							✓	✓	2
Glenn Howard	✓		✓					✓	3

Draw 4

Thursday, September 27, 4:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Bruce Mouat			✓		✓	✓			3
John Epping	✓	✓		✓			✓	✓	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jason Gunnlaugson			✓					X	1
Glenn Howard				✓	✓	✓	✓	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin					✓		X	X	1
Kevin Koe	✓	✓	✓	✓				X	4

Draw 5

Thursday, September 27, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	X	5
Ross Paterson		✓			✓			X	2

Draw 6

Friday, September 28, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Bruce Mouat		✓						X	1
Glenn Howard	✓		✓		✓		✓	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs		✓		✓	✓	✓	X	X	4
Ross Paterson			✓				X	X	1

Draw 7

Friday, September 28, 12:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Niklas Edin		✓		✓						2
Reid Carruthers			✓				✓		✓	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	✓	✓			✓	✓	X	X	4
John Epping							X	X	0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	X	5
Ross Paterson			✓			✓		X	2

Draw 9

Friday, September 28, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Jason Gunnlaugson		✓					✓		✓	3
John Epping				✓	✓					2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue					✓		✓	X	2
Bruce Mouat								X	0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe			✓						1
Reid Carruthers				✓				✓	2

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

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Reid Carruthers	3
	Glenn Howard	0			John Epping	2
	John Epping	4							Reid Carruthers	1
									Brad Gushue	2
					Brad Gushue	4
	Kevin Koe	1			Brad Jacobs	2
	Brad Jacobs	4

Quarterfinals

Saturday, September 29, 4:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	✓						X	X	1
Brad Jacobs		✓		✓	✓	✓	X	X	4

Player percentages
Kevin Koe		Brad Jacobs
Ben Hebert	89%	Ryan Harnden	79%
Colton Flasch	76%	E. J. Harnden	78%
B. J. Neufeld	79%	Ryan Fry	78%
Kevin Koe	53%	Brad Jacobs	85%
Total	74%	Total	80%

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard						X	X	X	0
John Epping	✓	✓		✓	✓	X	X	X	4

Player percentages
Glenn Howard		John Epping
Tim March	83%	Craig Savill	88%
David Mathers	62%	Brent Laing	80%
Scott Howard	73%	Mat Camm	95%
Glenn Howard	41%	John Epping	92%
Total	65%	Total	89%

Semifinals

Saturday, September 29, 8:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Reid Carruthers					✓		✓		✓	3
John Epping				✓		✓				2

Player percentages
Reid Carruthers		John Epping
Colin Hodgson	88%	Craig Savill	88%
Derek Samagalski	78%	Brent Laing	90%
Reid Carruthers	80%	Mat Camm	70%
Mike McEwen	79%	John Epping	73%
Total	81%	Total	80%

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue			✓	✓	✓			✓	4
Brad Jacobs						✓	✓		2

Player percentages
Brad Gushue		Brad Jacobs
Geoff Walker	91%	Ryan Harnden	88%
Brett Gallant	96%	E. J. Harnden	78%
Mark Nichols	81%	Ryan Fry	79%
Brad Gushue	83%	Brad Jacobs	61%
Total	88%	Total	77%

Final

Sunday, September 30, 4:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers							✓		1
Brad Gushue		✓				✓			2

Player percentages
Reid Carruthers		Brad Gushue
Colin Hodgson	88%	Geoff Walker	93%
Derek Samagalski	78%	Brett Gallant	79%
Reid Carruthers	77%	Mark Nichols	84%
Mike McEwen	56%	Brad Gushue	87%
Total	75%	Total	86%

Women

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Chelsea Carey	Sarah Wilkes	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown	Edmonton, Alberta
Tracy Fleury	Selena Njegovan	Liz Fyfe	Kristin MacCuish	East St. Paul, Manitoba
Anna Hasselborg	Sara McManus	Agnes Knochenhauer	Sofia Mabergs	Sundbyberg, Sweden
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Joanne Courtney	Lisa Weagle	Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes	Jocelyn Peterman	Dawn McEwen	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nina Roth	Tabitha Peterson	Aileen Geving	Becca Hamilton	Blaine, United States
Casey Scheidegger	Cary-Anne McTaggart	Jessie Scheidegger	Kristie Moore	Lethbridge, Alberta
Jamie Sinclair	Alex Carlson	Sarah Anderson	Monica Walker	Blaine, United States
Alina Pätz (Fourth)	Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)	Esther Neuenschwander	Melanie Barbezat	Aarau, Switzerland
Laura Walker	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Lori Olson-Johns	Laine Peters	Edmonton, Alberta

^[7]

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Pool A W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts Jennifer Jones 3 1 0 0 17 6 11 Silvana Tirinzoni 2 0 1 1 12 12 7 Laura Walker 1 1 0 2 10 13 5 Tracy Fleury 0 1 2 1 9 14 4 Chelsea Carey 1 0 0 3 8 11 3

Pool B W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts Anna Hasselborg 4 0 0 0 14 6 12 Casey Scheidegger 2 0 1 1 11 10 7 Rachel Homan 1 1 0 2 11 12 5 Nina Roth 1 0 0 3 8 10 3 Jamie Sinclair 1 0 0 3 8 14 3

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight time (UTC-4).

Draw 1

Wednesday, September 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones		✓		✓	✓	✓	X	X	4
Chelsea Carey							X	X	0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Hasselborg	✓		✓		✓	✓	X	X	4
Jamie Sinclair		✓					X	X	1

Draw 2

Thursday, September 27, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Nina Roth		✓			✓				2
Casey Scheidegger	✓		✓	✓					3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Tracy Fleury		✓				✓		✓		3
Laura Walker				✓	✓		✓		✓	4

Draw 3

Thursday, September 27, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	✓				✓		✓	✓	4
Jamie Sinclair				✓		✓			2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Tracy Fleury						X	X	X	0
Chelsea Carey	✓	✓	✓		✓	X	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones		✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	X	5
Silvana Tirinzoni	✓					✓		X	2

Draw 5

Thursday, September 27, 8:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Hasselborg				✓	✓		✓	X	3
Casey Scheidegger						✓		X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones			✓	✓	✓	✓	X	X	4
Laura Walker	✓						X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan							X	X	0
Nina Roth	✓		✓	✓			X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chelsea Carey			✓		✓			X	2
Silvana Tirinzoni		✓		✓		✓	✓	X	4

Draw 6

Friday, September 28, 8:30 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Laura Walker		✓		✓				✓	3
Chelsea Carey					✓	✓			2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jamie Sinclair	✓			✓		✓		✓	4
Nina Roth			✓				✓		2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Tracy Fleury			✓		✓				✓	3
Silvana Tirinzoni							✓	✓		2

Draw 7

Friday, September 28, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Hasselborg		✓		✓				✓	3
Nina Roth						✓			1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Rachel Homan		✓				✓	✓		✓	4
Casey Scheidegger				✓	✓			✓		3

Draw 8

Friday, September 28, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Laura Walker	✓				✓			X	2
Silvana Tirinzoni		✓	✓	✓		✓		X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Jennifer Jones			✓	✓			✓		✓	4
Tracy Fleury	✓				✓			✓		3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Hasselborg		✓				✓	✓	✓	4
Rachel Homan			✓	✓	✓				3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jamie Sinclair				✓				X	1
Casey Scheidegger	✓		✓		✓		✓	X	4

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Anna Hasselborg	3
	Casey Scheidegger	1			Rachel Homan	2
	Rachel Homan	3							Anna Hasselborg	4
									Silvana Tirinzoni	0
					Jennifer Jones	2
	Silvana Tirinzoni	3			Silvana Tirinzoni	3
	Laura Walker	1

Quarterfinals

Saturday, September 29, 12:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Casey Scheidegger			✓					X	1
Rachel Homan	✓			✓		✓		X	3

Player percentages
Casey Scheidegger		Rachel Homan
Kristie Moore	86%	Lisa Weagle	87%
Jessie Haughian	73%	Joanne Courtney	78%
Cary-Anne McTaggart	56%	Emma Miskew	73%
Casey Scheidegger	44%	Rachel Homan	60%
Total	65%	Total	75%

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni		✓			✓	✓		X	3
Laura Walker			✓					X	1

Player percentages
Silvana Tirinzoni		Laura Walker
Melanie Barbezat	83%	Laine Peters	83%
Esther Neuenschwander	68%	Lori Olson-Johns	83%
Silvana Tirinzoni	90%	Cathy Overton-Clapham	74%
Alina Pätz	61%	Laura Walker	40%
Total	76%	Total	70%

Semifinals

Saturday, September 29, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Hasselborg		✓	✓			✓			3
Rachel Homan	✓				✓				2

Player percentages
Anna Hasselborg		Rachel Homan
Sofia Mabergs	76%	Lisa Weagle	83%
Agnes Knochenhauer	86%	Joanne Courtney	69%
Sara McManus	77%	Emma Miskew	76%
Anna Hasselborg	85%	Rachel Homan	60%
Total	81%	Total	72%

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones		✓					✓		2
Silvana Tirinzoni			✓			✓		✓	3

Player percentages
Jennifer Jones		Silvana Tirinzoni
Dawn McEwen	78%	Melanie Barbezat	76%
Jocelyn Peterman	81%	Esther Neuenschwander	79%
Kaitlyn Lawes	78%	Silvana Tirinzoni	64%
Jennifer Jones	78%	Alina Pätz	85%
Total	79%	Total	76%

Final

Sunday, September 30, 12:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Hasselborg			✓	✓	✓	✓	X	X	4
Silvana Tirinzoni							X	X	0

Player percentages
Anna Hasselborg		Silvana Tirinzoni
Sofia Mabergs	89%	Melanie Barbezat	86%
Agnes Knochenhauer	75%	Esther Neuenschwander	74%
Sara McManus	82%	Silvana Tirinzoni	58%
Anna Hasselborg	88%	Alina Pätz	55%
Total	83%	Total	68%