2017 Boost National Explained

2017 BOOST National
Host City:Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Arena:Essar Centre
Dates:November 14–19
Men's Winner: Team Mouat
Curling Club:Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh
Skip:Bruce Mouat
Third:Grant Hardie
Second:Bobby Lammie
Lead:Hammy McMillan Jr.
Finalist: Kim Chang-Min
Women's Winner: Team Jones
Curling Club2:St. Vital CC, Winnipeg
Skip2:Jennifer Jones
Third2:Kaitlyn Lawes
Second2:Jill Officer
Lead2:Dawn McEwen
Finalist2: Casey Scheidegger
Prev:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 BOOST National was held from November 14 to 19 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of Curling event of the 2017–18 curling season.

Many of the top European teams on the World Curling Tour could not attend, as they are playing in the 2017 European Curling Championships while the top American teams on the Tour are playing in the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials.

In the men's final, Team Bruce Mouat from Scotland won their first career Grand Slam title against the South Korean Olympic team, skipped by Kim Chang-min, who was playing in their first Grand Slam ever. The final was only the second men's final to not feature a Canadian team, and Mouat became the second non-Canadian skip to win a men's Grand Slam event and at the age of 23, became the youngest men's skip ever to win a Grand Slam event, eclipsing John Morris who won the 2004 Players' Championship at the age of 25.[1]

In the women's final, the defending Olympic champion Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg rink defeated Lethbridge's Casey Scheidegger to win her 15th career grand slam, her second in a row.

Men

Teams

Skip Third Second Lead Locale OOM rank[2]
19
4
Ross Paterson (Fourth) Greg Drummond (Skip) 21
8
12
2
3
25
5
16
24
6
11
23
17

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings[3]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
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width=200Pool A !width=15W !width=15L !width=15PF !width=15PA
3 1 23 23
2 2 24 20
2 2 20 15
2 2 21 21
1 3 12 21
valign=top width=10%
width=200Pool B !width=15W !width=15L !width=15PF !width=15PA
4 0 32 23
3 1 25 19
2 2 23 16
1 3 21 28
0 4 19 34
valign=top width=10%
width=200Pool C !width=15W !width=15L !width=15PF !width=15PA
3 1 25 9
3 1 24 23
2 2 20 23
2 2 19 21
0 4 14 27

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .

Draw 1

Tuesday, November 14, 4:30 pm

Draw 2

Tuesday, November 14, 8:00 pm

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 15, 8:30 am

Draw 4

Wednesday, November 15, 12:00 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, November 15, 4:00 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, November 15, 8:00 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, November 16, 12:00 pm

Draw 10

Thursday, November 16, 8:00 pm

Draw 12

Friday, November 17, 12:00 pm

Draw 13

Friday, November 17, 4:00 pm

Tiebreakers

Friday, November 17, 8:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 18, 5:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, November 18, 9:00 pm

Final

Sunday, November 19, 12:00 pm

Women

Teams

Skip Third Second Lead Locale OOM rank[4]
14
9
10
23
8
21
15
3
2
7
12
11
6
19
18

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings[5]

valign=top width=10%
width=200Pool A !width=15W !width=15L !width=15PF !width=15PA
4 0 27 18
3 1 26 15
1 3 21 26
1 3 22 26
1 3 19 30
valign=top width=10%
width=200Pool B !width=15W !width=15L !width=15PF !width=15PA
4 0 28 10
3 1 25 20
2 2 18 25
1 3 13 17
0 4 17 27
valign=top width=10%
width=200Pool C !width=15W !width=15L !width=15PF !width=15PA
4 0 28 11
2 2 22 22
2 2 19 23
1 3 17 23
1 3 16 23

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .

Draw 1

Tuesday, November 14, 4:30 pm

Draw 2

Tuesday, November 14, 8:00 pm

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 15, 8:30 am

Draw 4

Wednesday, November 15, 12:00 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, November 15, 4:00 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, November 15, 8:00 pm

Draw 7

Thursday, November 16, 8:30 am

Draw 9

Thursday, November 16, 4:00 pm

Draw 11

Friday, November 17, 8:30 am

Draw 12

Friday, November 17, 12:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 18, 1:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, November 18, 9:00 pm

Final

Sunday, November 19, 4:00 pm

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Live: Mouat wins 1st career GSOC title. Grand Slam of Curling. Jonathan Brazeau. November 19, 2017. September 1, 2020.
  2. Web site: Men's Order of Merit Rankings. CurlingZone. September 1, 2020.
  3. Web site: Men's Standings. Grand Slam of Curling. November 14, 2017. November 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015256/http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/national/2017-boost-national-standings/. dead.
  4. Web site: Women's Order of Merit Rankings. CurlingZone. September 1, 2020.
  5. Web site: Women's Standings. Grand Slam of Curling. November 14, 2017. November 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015256/http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/national/2017-boost-national-standings/. dead.