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2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event

The 2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event was held from September 22 to 26 at the RA Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.[1] The event was held to qualify two men's teams and three women's teams for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.

2021 Canadian Curling Trials
Direct-Entry Event
Host cityOttawa, Ontario
ArenaRA Centre
DatesSeptember 22–26

On the men's side, Teams Mike McEwen and Matt Dunstone secured the two Trials berths, both finishing 5–1 through the round robin and qualifying rounds.[2] McEwen's only loss came to Dunstone in Draw 2 with Dunstone dropping their first game to Glenn Howard before running the table.[3] The three teams who did not qualify, Colton Flasch, Jason Gunnlaugson, and Glenn Howard, will still have a chance to reach the Olympic Trials, as they drop into the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.

On the women's side, Teams Casey Scheidegger, Kelsey Rocque, and Laura Walker all secured berths to the trials, beating out Corryn Brown and Suzanne Birt for the three spots.[4] After the round robin concluded, Teams Scheidegger and Rocque both had 3–1 records, qualifying them directly to the trials. Team Walker posted a 2–2 record while Teams Brown and Birt shared 1–3 records. Due to Brown beating Birt in the round robin, they earned the spot in the playoff against Team Walker for the third spot.[2] In the playoff, Brown needed to beat Walker twice to earn the trials spot, whereas Walker only needed one win to clinch the spot. Brown defeated Walker in the first game, however, Walker then won the second game to earn the third and final spot at the trials in Saskatoon.[5] Teams Corryn Brown and Suzanne Birt will now play in the Pre-Trials for a second opportunity to earn their spot in the Olympic Trials.

Qualification process edit

Five men's teams and five women's teams qualified for the event based on qualifications standards over the previous seasons. Teams who had not automatically qualified for the trials qualified for this event if they met one of the following three criteria:
• Canadian teams in the top 18 of the World Curling Team Ranking as of August 31, 2020,
• Eligible teams that finished in the top 9 of the Canadian Team Ranking System in 2019–20,
• Eligible teams that finished in the top 7 of the Canadian Team Ranking System in 2018–19.

The teams that didn't qualify for the trials via this event had a second chance to make the trials through the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials scheduled for October 26 to 31 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[6]

For the men's tournament, there were 2 spots available in the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials for direct-entry. For the women's tournament, there were 3 spots available.

Men edit

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[7]

Skip Third Second Lead Club
Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Kirk Muyres Dustin Kidby   Highland CC, Regina, Saskatchewan
Colton Flasch Catlin Schneider Kevin Marsh Dan Marsh   Nutana CC, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Jason Gunnlaugson Adam Casey Matt Wozniak Connor Njegovan   Morris CC, Morris, Manitoba
Glenn Howard Scott Howard David Mathers Tim March   Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene, Ontario
Mike McEwen Reid Carruthers Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson   West St. Paul CC, West St. Paul, Manitoba

Round Robin edit

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings[8]

Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
  Mike McEwen 3 1 25 17 15 13 3 5
  Matt Dunstone 3 1 28 21 18 14 3 7
  Glenn Howard 2 2 18 27 12 14 4 5
  Colton Flasch 1 3 20 21 12 13 2 4
  Jason Gunnlaugson 1 3 21 26 15 18 2 4

Round-robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[9]

Draw 1 edit

Wednesday, September 22, 8:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike McEwen 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
  Colton Flasch   0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Glenn Howard   1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 9
  Matt Dunstone 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Draw 2 edit

Thursday, September 23, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Dunstone   0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 8
  Mike McEwen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Colton Flasch 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X 4
  Jason Gunnlaugson   2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 X X 8
Draw 3 edit

Thursday, September 23, 8:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Colton Flasch   2 4 1 0 2 X X X X X 9
  Glenn Howard 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X X 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jason Gunnlaugson   0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
  Mike McEwen 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 X 8
Draw 4 edit

Friday, September 24, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Glenn Howard 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 7
  Jason Gunnlaugson   0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Matt Dunstone 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 X X X 8
  Colton Flasch   1 0 0 0 2 0 1 X X X 4
Draw 5 edit

Friday, September 24, 8:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jason Gunnlaugson   0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
  Matt Dunstone 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike McEwen   0 2 0 1 0 0 4 X X X 7
  Glenn Howard 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 2

Qualifying round edit

Qualifying round standings edit

Final qualifying round standings[10]
Note: one game (Flasch vs. Howard) was not played as Dunstone and McEwen had already qualified.

Key
Teams to Trials
Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
  Mike McEwen 5 1 43 29 25 20 4 8
  Matt Dunstone 5 1 42 32 29 21 5 10
  Glenn Howard 2 3 24 35 16 20 4 5
  Colton Flasch 1 4 24 30 14 19 3 4
  Jason Gunnlaugson 1 5 34 41 23 27 4 5

Qualifying round results edit

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[9]

Draw 6 edit

Saturday, September 25, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Matt Dunstone   0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
  Jason Gunnlaugson 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mike McEwen   1 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 X 9
  Colton Flasch 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 4
Draw 7 edit

Saturday, September 25, 9:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Glenn Howard   0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
  Matt Dunstone 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jason Gunnlaugson   3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 8
  Mike McEwen 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 9
Draw 8 edit

Sunday, September 26, 10:00 am

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

(Not played; unnecessary)

Women edit

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[11]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club
Suzanne Birt Marie Christianson Meaghan Hughes Michelle McQuaid   Cornwall CC, Cornwall & Montague CC, Montague, Prince Edward Island
Corryn Brown Erin Pincott Dezaray Hawes Samantha Fisher   Kamloops CC, Kamloops, British Columbia
Kelsey Rocque Danielle Schmiemann Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown   Saville Community SC, Edmonton, Alberta
Casey Scheidegger Cary-Anne McTaggart Jessie Haughian Kristie Moore   Lethbridge CC, Lethbridge, Alberta
Laura Walker Kate Cameron Taylor McDonald Heather Rogers[a] Nadine Scotland[a]   Saville Community SC, Edmonton, Alberta

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings[12]

Key
Teams to Trials
Teams to Playoff
Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
  Casey Scheidegger 3 1 29 21 17 14 0 6
  Kelsey Rocque 3 1 27 25 18 17 3 1
  Laura Walker 2 2 28 25 17 15 3 3
  Corryn Brown 1 3 24 30 14 19 3 2
  Suzanne Birt 1 3 22 29 15 16 1 5

Round-robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[13]

Draw 1 edit

Thursday, September 23, 4:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Suzanne Birt 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 7
  Corryn Brown   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Laura Walker   2 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 X X 9
  Casey Scheidegger 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 4

Draw 2 edit

Friday, September 24, 12:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Casey Scheidegger 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 X 10
  Kelsey Rocque   2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Corryn Brown 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 6
  Laura Walker   2 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 X 9

Draw 3 edit

Friday, September 24, 8:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kelsey Rocque   1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 7
  Laura Walker 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Casey Scheidegger   3 0 0 1 1 3 1 X X X 9
  Suzanne Birt 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 2

Draw 4 edit

Saturday, September 25, 1:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Corryn Brown 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
  Casey Scheidegger   2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Suzanne Birt 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
  Kelsey Rocque   2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6

Draw 5 edit

Saturday, September 25, 9:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Laura Walker   2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
  Suzanne Birt 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kelsey Rocque   0 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 8
  Corryn Brown 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5

Playoff edit

  • Team Walker had to be beaten twice.
Game 1 Game 2
1   Laura Walker 8
1   Laura Walker 8 2   Corryn Brown 4
2   Corryn Brown 9

Game 1 edit

Sunday, September 26, 3:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Laura Walker   0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 8
  Corryn Brown 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 9

Game 2 edit

Sunday, September 26, 8:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Laura Walker   3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 X 8
  Corryn Brown 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Heather Rogers played lead during the tournament, replacing Nadine Scotland who was on maternity leave. Scotland was still listed as the teams alternate on the roster, however.

References edit

  1. ^ "Big events in Ottawa!". Curling Canada. August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "More trials spots awarded!". Curling Canada. September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Setting the tone!". Curling Canada. September 22, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Patience persists!". Curling Canada. September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Great win for Grassie!". Curling Canada. September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Pre-Trials in Liverpool!". Curling Canada. March 18, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Men's Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Men's Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Men's Scores". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "Men's Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  12. ^ "Women's Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  13. ^ "Women's Scores". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2021.

External links edit

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