2014 The National (March) Explained

2014 The National
Host City:	Fort McMurray, Alberta
Arena:	MacDonald Island Park
Dates:	March 12–16
Winner:	Glenn Howard
Curling Club:	Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene
Skip:	Glenn Howard
Third:	Wayne Middaugh
Second:	Brent Laing
Lead:	Craig Savill
Finalist:	Brad Gushue
Prev:	2013
Next:	2014 (Nov)

The 2014 Syncrude National was held from March 12 to 16 at the MacDonald Island Park in Fort McMurray, Alberta as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was the third men's Grand Slam event of the season. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CAD$100,000.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
				Edmonton, Alberta
				Halifax, Nova Scotia
				Karlstad, Sweden
				Lit, Sweden
				Ontario
				St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
				Zug, Switzerland
				Penetanguishene, Ontario
				Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
				South Korea
				Calgary, Alberta
				Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
				Edmonton, Alberta
				Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Adelboden, Switzerland
				Karuizawa, Japan
				Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Regina, Saskatchewan

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

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width=150	Pool A !	width=15	W !	width=15	L !	width=20	PF !	width=20	PA
	5	0	34	23
	4	1	36	26
	3	2	32	24
	2	3	27	33
	1	4	19	31
	0	5	20	31

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width=150	Pool B !	width=15	W !	width=15	L !	width=20	PF !	width=20	PA
	5	0	36	19
	4	1	32	23
	3	2	28	26
	2	3	27	22
	1	4	18	22
	0	5	17	38

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width=150	Pool C !	width=15	W !	width=15	L !	width=20	PF !	width=20	PA
	4	1	36	13
	4	1	29	27
	3	2	29	26
	2	3	22	30
	2	3	24	28
	0	5	24	40

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time Zone (UTC−7).^[2]

Draw 1

Wednesday, March 12, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Thursday, March 13, 10:00 am

Draw 3

Thursday, March 13, 1:30 pm

Draw 4

Thursday, March 13, 5:00 pm

Draw 5

Thursday, March 13, 8:00 pm

Draw 6

Friday, March 14, 10:00 am

Draw 7

Friday, March 14, 1:30 pm

Draw 8

Friday, March 14, 5:00 pm

Draw 9

Friday, March 14, 8:30 pm

Draw 10

Saturday, March 15, 9:00 am

Tiebreaker

Saturday, March 15, 12:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 15, 3:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, March 15, 6:30 pm

Final

Sunday, March 16, 10:00 am

Notes and References

Web site: 2014 The Syncrude National – Teams. CurlingZone. 11 March 2014.
Web site: National Event Schedule Revised. 13 March 2014. Macdonald Island Park. 13 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140323075742/http://www.macdonaldisland.ca/userfiles/files/GC%20-%20National%20Event%20Schedule%20Revised%20Page%20(1).pdf. 23 March 2014. dead.