2018 Masters (curling)

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Host cityTruro, Nova Scotia
ArenaRath Eastlink Arena
DatesOctober 23–28
Men's winnerOntario John Epping
2018 Canadian Beef Masters
Host cityTruro, Nova Scotia
ArenaRath Eastlink Arena
DatesOctober 23–28
Men's winnerOntario John Epping
Curling clubLeaside CC, East York, Toronto
SkipJohn Epping
ThirdMat Camm
SecondBrent Laing
LeadCraig Savill
FinalistAlberta Kevin Koe
Women's winnerSweden Anna Hasselborg
Curling clubSundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg, Sweden
SkipAnna Hasselborg
ThirdSara McManus
SecondAgnes Knochenhauer
LeadSofia Mabergs
FinalistOntario Rachel Homan
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The 2018 Canadian Beef Masters was held from October 23 to 28, at the Rath Eastlink Arena in Truro, Nova Scotia. This was the second Grand Slam and first major of the 2018–19 curling season.

On the men's side, John Epping defeated Kevin Koe 7–4 in the final, completing a career Grand Slam for Epping, winning all four major events. On the women's side, Anna Hasselborg defeated Rachel Homan 8–7 to win their second straight Grand Slam.

Men

The top 14 men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour order of merit standing as of September 20, 2018 qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption. In the event that a team declines its invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until the field is complete.[1]

Top Order of Merit men's teams as of September 20:[2]

  1. Sweden Niklas Edin
  2. Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
  3. Alberta Kevin Koe
  4. Scotland Bruce Mouat
  5. Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson
  6. Ontario John Epping
  7. Ontario Brad Jacobs
  8. Switzerland Peter de Cruz
  9. Manitoba Reid Carruthers
  10. Norway Steffen Walstad
  11. Alberta Brendan Bottcher
  12. Ontario Glenn Howard
  13. United States John Shuster
  14. Norway Thomas Ulsrud
  15. United States Rich Ruohonen
  16. Scotland Ross Paterson
  17. Switzerland Yannick Schwaller
  18. Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone

Sponsor's exemption:[3]

Women

Top Order of Merit women's teams as of September 20:[4]

  1. Sweden Anna Hasselborg
  2. Manitoba Jennifer Jones
  3. Ontario Rachel Homan
  4. Manitoba Tracy Fleury
  5. Scotland Eve Muirhead
  6. United States Jamie Sinclair
  7. Alberta Laura Walker
  8. United States Nina Roth
  9. South Korea Kim Eun-jung
  10. Japan Satsuki Fujisawa
  11. Manitoba Kerri Einarson
  12. Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni
  13. Manitoba Darcy Robertson
  14. Alberta Casey Scheidegger
  15. Alberta Chelsea Carey

Sponsor's exemption:[3]

Men

Teams

SkipThirdSecondLeadLocale
Mike McEwen (Fourth)Reid Carruthers (Skip)Matt WozniakColin HodgsonManitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
Matt DunstoneBraeden MoskowyCatlin SchneiderDustin KidbySaskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan
Niklas EdinOskar ErikssonRasmus WranåChristoffer SundgrenSweden Karlstad, Sweden
John EppingMat CammBrent LaingCraig SavillOntario Toronto, Ontario
Jason GunnlaugsonAlex ForrestDenni NeufeldConnor NjegovanManitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
Brad GushueMark NicholsBrett GallantGeoff WalkerNewfoundland and Labrador St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn HowardScott HowardDavid MathersTim MarchOntario Penetanguishene, Ontario
Brad JacobsRyan FryE. J. HarndenRyan HarndenOntario Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin KoeB. J. NeufeldColton FlaschBen HebertAlberta Calgary, Alberta
Bruce MouatGrant HardieBobby LammieHammy McMillan Jr.Scotland Stirling, Scotland
Jamie MurphyPaul FlemmingScott SaccaryPhil CrowellNova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ross PatersonKyle WaddellDuncan MenziesMichael GoodfellowScotland Glasgow, Scotland
Yannick SchwallerMichael BrunnerRomano MeierMarcel KäufelerSwitzerland Bern, Switzerland
John ShusterChris PlysMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerUnited States Duluth, United States
Steffen WalstadMarkus HøibergMagnus NedregottenMagnus VågbergNorway Oppdal, Norway

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreakers
Pool AWLPFPASO
United States John Shuster3128175
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue3124196
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone2226193
Manitoba Reid Carruthers2216198
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson041131
Pool BWLPFPASO
Scotland Ross Paterson3125221
Sweden Niklas Edin3123152
Ontario John Epping3127207
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller132122
Ontario Brad Jacobs041229
Pool CWLPFPASO
Alberta Kevin Koe40311110
Scotland Bruce Mouat3126154
Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy2223219
Ontario Glenn Howard131223
Norway Steffen Walstad04931

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Daylight time (UTC-3).

Draw 1

Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario Glenn Howard (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States John Shuster (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 8
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 7

Draw 2

Wednesday, October 24, 8:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 X 7
Scotland Ross Paterson 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Bruce Mouat 1 1 0 1 1 3 X X 7
Norway Steffen Walstad 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2

Draw 3

Wednesday, October 24, 11:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Manitoba Reid Carruthers (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario John Epping (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 X 7
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 8
Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 5

Draw 4

Wednesday, October 24, 3:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Bruce Mouat (has hammer) 6 0 2 0 X X X X 8
Ontario Glenn Howard 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario Brad Jacobs 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3
Scotland Ross Paterson (has hammer) 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 X 7

Draw 5

Wednesday, October 24, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 7
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1
United States John Shuster 0 3 0 2 3 X X X 8

Draw 6

Thursday, October 25, 8:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Ontario John Epping 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 7
Ontario Brad Jacobs (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 7
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 X 8
Norway Steffen Walstad (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 7

Thursday, October 25, 11:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Reid Carruthers 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 5
United States John Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4

Draw 8

Thursday, October 25, 3:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario John Epping 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 7
Scotland Ross Paterson (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe 1 3 0 0 3 X X X 7
Ontario Glenn Howard (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 1
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Bruce Mouat (has hammer) 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 X 9
Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3

Draw 9

Thursday, October 25, 7:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 3
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 X 8
Ontario Brad Jacobs 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 5
Manitoba Reid Carruthers (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2

Draw 10

Friday, October 26, 8:00 am

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Ross Paterson (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 7
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5

Draw 11

Friday, October 26, 11:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Steffen Walstad 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy (has hammer) 2 0 4 0 3 X X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
United States John Shuster (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Reid Carruthers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Ontario John Epping 1 0 1 1 1 2 X X 6

Draw 12

Friday, October 26, 3:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario Brad Jacobs 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller (has hammer) 2 1 0 4 X X X X 7

Draw 13

Friday, October 26, 8:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Steffen Walstad 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Ontario Glenn Howard (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe 1 3 2 0 2 X X X 8
Scotland Bruce Mouat (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0 1 1 2 0 4 X X 8
Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X 3

Tiebreakers

Saturday, October 27, 8:00 am

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Reid Carruthers 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 5

Saturday, October 27, 11:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 X 7
Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
1 Alberta Kevin Koe 6
8 Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 4
1 Alberta Kevin Koe 6
4 Scotland Bruce Mouat 5
4 Scotland Bruce Mouat 9
5 United States John Shuster 3
1 Alberta Kevin Koe 4
7 Ontario John Epping 7
2 Scotland Ross Paterson 5
7 Ontario John Epping 9
7 Ontario John Epping 8
3 Sweden Niklas Edin 3
3 Sweden Niklas Edin 4
6 Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 2

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 27, 11:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Bruce Mouat (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 0 1 3 X 9
United States John Shuster 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 3
Player percentages
Scotland Bruce Mouat United States John Shuster
Hammy McMillan Jr.76% John Landsteiner97%
Bobby Lammie88% Matt Hamilton73%
Grant Hardie85% Chris Plys67%
Bruce Mouat84% John Shuster54%
Total83% Total73%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Player percentages
Sweden Niklas Edin Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
Christoffer Sundgren83% Geoff Walker88%
Rasmus Wranå95% Brett Gallant65%
Oskar Eriksson89% Mark Nichols76%
Niklas Edin96% Brad Gushue90%
Total91% Total80%
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Ross Paterson 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 5
Ontario John Epping (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 X 9
Player percentages
Scotland Ross Paterson Ontario John Epping
Michael Goodfellow92% Craig Savill85%
Duncas Menzies80% Brent Laing85%
Kyle Waddell73% Mat Camm73%
Ross Paterson75% John Epping74%
Total80% Total79%

Saturday, October 27, 4:00 pm

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 6
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
Player percentages
Alberta Kevin Koe Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone
Ben Hebert96% Dustin Kidby87%
Colton Flasch85% Catlin Schneider71%
B. J. Neufeld84% Braeden Moskowy87%
Kevin Koe84% Matt Dunstone81%
Total87% Total82%

Semifinals

Sunday, October 28, 10:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario John Epping (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 X 8
Sweden Niklas Edin 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3
Player percentages
Ontario John Epping Sweden Niklas Edin
Craig Savill77% Christoffer Sundgren88%
Brent Laing72% Rasmus Wranå80%
Mat Camm78% Oskar Eriksson77%
John Epping93% Niklas Edin76%
Total80% Total81%
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6
Scotland Bruce Mouat 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Player percentages
Alberta Kevin Koe Scotland Bruce Mouat
Ben Hebert75% Hammy McMillan Jr.86%
Colton Flasch79% Bobby Lammie74%
B. J. Neufeld85% Grant Hardie92%
Kevin Koe75% Bruce Mouat85%
Total78% Total84%

Final

Sunday, October 28, 2:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4
Ontario John Epping 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 7
Player percentages
Alberta Kevin Koe Ontario John Epping
Ben Hebert84% Craig Savill76%
Colton Flasch73% Brent Laing86%
B. J. Neufeld76% Mat Camm67%
Kevin Koe66% John Epping81%
Total75% Total77%

Women

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