2014 The National (November)

2014 The National (November)
Host city	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Arena	Essar Centre
Dates	November 19–23
Winner	Mike McEwen
Curling club	Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg, MB
Skip	Mike McEwen
Third	B.J. Neufeld
Second	Matt Wozniak
Lead	Denni Neufeld
Finalist	Brad Jacobs
« 2014 (March) 2015 »

The 2014 The National in November was held from November 19 to 23 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The National was the second men's Grand Slam event of the season.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Matthew Blandford	Darren Moulding	Brent Hamilton	Brad Chyz	Calgary, Alberta
Brendan Bottcher	Tom Appelman	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Adam Casey	Josh Barry	Anson Carmody	Robbie Doherty	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Benoît Schwarz (fourth)	Claudio Pätz	Peter de Cruz (skip)	Valentin Tanner	Geneva, Switzerland
John Epping	Travis Fanset	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	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
Mark Kean	Mathew Camm	David Mathers	Scott Howard	Toronto, Ontario
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Ben Hebert	Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Heath McCormick	Christopher Plys	Joe Polo	Ryan Brunt	Blaine, Minnesota
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
John Morris	Pat Simmons	Scott Bailey	Nolan Thiessen	Calgary, Alberta
Rob Rumfeldt	Adam Spencer	Brad Kidd	Jake Higgs	Guelph, Ontario
John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Duluth, Minnesota
Jeff Stoughton	Rob Fowler	Alex Forrest	Connor Njegovan	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Pool A W L Glenn Howard 5 0 Brad Jacobs 3 2 Matthew Blandford 2 3 John Epping 2 3 Adam Casey 2 3 Mark Kean 1 4

Pool B W L Reid Carruthers 5 0 Brendan Bottcher 4 1 Peter de Cruz 2 3 Brad Gushue 2 3 Kevin Koe 2 3 Rob Rumfeldt 0 5

Pool C W L Steve Laycock 3 2 Heath McCormick 3 2 Mike McEwen 3 2 John Morris 3 2 Jeff Stoughton 2 3 John Shuster 1 4

Round-robin results

The draw is listed as follows:

Draw 1

Wednesday, November 19, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	3	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	9
Mark Kean	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	8
Adam Casey	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	6
Peter de Cruz	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	X	7
Heath McCormick	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	X	4

Draw 2

Thursday, November 20, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
John Epping	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	7
Matthew Blandford	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
John Shuster	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
Heath McCormick	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Steve Laycock	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	X	7

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	2	0	2	2	X	X	X	6
Rob Rumfeldt	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1

Draw 3

Thursday, November 20, 12:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	7
John Shuster	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	8

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4
Adam Casey	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peter de Cruz	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	3
Reid Carruthers	2	0	2	0	0	5	X	X	5

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

Draw 4

Thursday, November 20, 4:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Matthew Blandford	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
Mark Kean	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4
Heath McCormick	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
John Epping	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	5
Adam Casey	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4

Draw 5

Thursday, November 20, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4
Reid Carruthers	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4
Glenn Howard	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	7
Peter de Cruz	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	5

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

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

Draw 6

Friday, November 21, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	X	7
John Shuster	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rob Rumfeldt	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	5
Brendan Bottcher	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Matthew Blandford	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	X	5
Adam Casey	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	6
Mark Kean	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	X	4
Reid Carruthers	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	X	6

Draw 7

Friday, November 21, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	6
Heath McCormick	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	X	2
Peter de Cruz	2	3	0	0	4	X	X	X	9

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	3	3	0	2	2	X	X	X	10
John Shuster	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	X	2

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

Draw 8

Friday, November 21, 3:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Adam Casey	0	1	0	3	3	2	X	X	9
Mark Kean	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Heath McCormick	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	1	3	2	0	3	X	X	X	9
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	2

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4
Matthew Blandford	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

Draw 9

Friday, November 21, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	5
Matthew Blandford	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peter de Cruz	2	0	2	0	0	3	X	X	7
Rob Rumfeldt	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	X	7
Jeff Stoughton	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	4

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Glenn Howard		5
	Heath McCormick		6
						Heath McCormick		2
						Mike McEwen		5
	Steve Laycock		4
	Mike McEwen		5
											Mike McEwen		5
											Brad Jacobs		2
	Reid Carruthers		3
	Brad Jacobs		6
						Brad Jacobs		8
						Brendan Bottcher		2
	Brendan Bottcher		7
	John Morris		1

Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 22, 12:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5
Heath McCormick	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	6

Player percentages
Team Howard		Team McCormick
Craig Savill	90%	Ryan Brunt	88%
Jon Mead	88%	Joe Polo	76%
Richard Hart	81%	Christopher Plys	83%
Glenn Howard	92%	Heath McCormick	97%
Total	87%	Total	86%

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

Player percentages
Team Laycock		Team McEwen
Dallan Muyres	96%	Denni Neufeld	81%
Colton Flasch	83%	Matt Wozniak	91%
Kirk Muyres	91%	B. J. Neufeld	93%
Steve Laycock	89%	Mike McEwen	94%
Total	90%	Total	90%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Brad Jacobs	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	X	6

Player percentages
Team Carruthers		Team Jacobs
Colin Hodgson	92%	Ryan Harnden	89%
Derek Samagalski	84%	E. J. Harnden	92%
Braeden Moskowy	84%	Ryan Fry	84%
Reid Carruthers	78%	Brad Jacobs	84%
Total	85%	Total	87%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brendan Bottcher	3	1	1	1	0	1	X	X	7
John Morris	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Player percentages
Team Bottcher		Team Morris
Karrick Martin	100%	Nolan Thiessen	90%
Bradley Thiessen	89%	Scott Bailey	81%
Tom Appelman	87%	Pat Simmons	83%
Brendan Bottcher	72%	John Morris	50%
Total	85%	Total	76%

Semifinals

Saturday, November 22, 3:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Heath McCormick	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
Mike McEwen	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	5

Player percentages
Team McCormick		Team McEwen
Colin Hufman	87%	Denni Neufeld	95%
Joe Polo	72%	Matt Wozniak	93%
Christopher Plys	83%	B. J. Neufeld	94%
Heath McCormick	70%	Mike McEwen	87%
Total	78%	Total	92%

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

Player percentages
Team Jacobs		Team Bottcher
Ryan Harnden	99%	Karrick Martin	89%
E. J. Harnden	82%	Bradley Thiessen	74%
Ryan Fry	89%	Tom Appelman	69%
Brad Jacobs	99%	Brendan Bottcher	64%
Total	92%	Total	74%

Final

Sunday, November 23, 3:30 pm

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

Player percentages
Team McEwen		Team Jacobs
Denni Neufeld	94%	Ryan Harnden	85%
Matt Wozniak	92%	E. J. Harnden	80%
B. J. Neufeld	86%	Ryan Fry	81%
Mike McEwen	81%	Brad Jacobs	77%
Total	88%	Total	81%

External links

• Official website