2008 Masters of Curling (January)

The 2008 Masters of Curling was held January 23–27, 2008 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the third Grand Slam event of the 2007-08 curling season.

Glenn Howard's rink won their second straight Masters tournament, defeating Kevin Koe's rink in the final. Howard's rink won $C24,000 and the total purse of the event was $100,000.

The Masters would be held again in November 2008, in the following season in which the same two teams would play in the final.

Draw edit

Pool A edit

Team W L
  Glenn Howard 4 1
  Brad Gushue 3 2
  Martin Ferland 3 2
  Greg McAulay 2 3
  Jeff Stoughton 2 3
  Team Corner 1 4

Pool B edit

Team W L
  Wayne Middaugh 4 1
  Randy Ferbey 4 1
  Kevin Koe 4 1
  Joel Jordison 1 4
  Reid Carruthers 1 4
  Jamie King 1 4

Pool C edit

Team W L
  Kerry Burtnyk 5 0
  Pat Simmons 3 2
  Kevin Martin 3 2
  Thomas Ulsrud 2 3
  Shawn Adams 1 4
  Jason Larway 1 4

Playoffs edit

Tie breakers:

  • Ferland 6-5 Gushue
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Burtnyk 9
  Ferland 3
  Burtnyk 3
  Koe 9
  Ferbey 1
  Koe 8
  Koe 3
  Howard 7
  Howard 4
  Martin 3
  Howard 5
  Middaugh 3
  Middaugh 5
  Simmons 4

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