2017 Meridian Canadian Open Explained

2017 Meridian Canadian Open
Host City:North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Arena:North Battleford Civic Centre
Dates:January 3–8
Men's Winner: Team Gushue
Curling Club:Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Skip:Brad Gushue
Third:Mark Nichols
Second:Brett Gallant
Lead:Geoff Walker
Finalist: Niklas Edin
Women's Winner: Team Scheidegger
Curling Club2:Lethbridge CC, Lethbridge, Alberta
Skip2:Casey Scheidegger
Third2:Cary-Anne McTaggart
Second2:Jessie Scheidegger
Lead2:Stephanie Enright
Finalist2: Silvana Tirinzoni
Prev:2015
Next:2018

The 2017 Meridian Canadian Open was held from January 3 to 8 at the North Battleford Civic Centre in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. This was the fourth Grand Slam of Curling event and third "major" of the 2016–17 curling season.

On the men's side, Newfoundland's Brad Gushue rink played in their fourth straight Canadian Open final, defeating the Niklas Edin team from Sweden, who were hoping to win their third Slam of the season. It was Gushue's seventh career Grand Slam. Gushue played a perfect game, curling 100% en route to defeating Edin 8-3.[1]

On the women's side, the little-known Casey Scheidegger rink from Lethbridge, Alberta won their first Grand Slam title in their first ever Grand Slam event[2] (excluding defunct events, which are not counted in media reports). They defeated the Silvana Tirinzoni rink from Switzerland who lost their second straight Slam final.

Men

Teams

Skip Third Second Lead Locale OOM rank[3]
21
14
2
4
5
1
6
3
28
8
31
7
Jim Cotter (Fourth) John Morris (Skip) 11
17
13
12

Knockout Draw Brackets

C Event

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, January 7, 12:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, January 7, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, January 8, 11:00 am

Women

Teams

Skip Third Second Lead Locale OOM rank[4]
8
10
14
6
12
20
7
1
2
33
9
22
Margarita Fomina11
4
3
27

Knockout Draw Brackets

C Event

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, January 7, 4:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, January 7, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, January 8, 3:00 pm

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gushue pitches perfect game to win Canadian Open title . www.thegrandslamofcurling.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170109183904/http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/canadianopen/gushue-pitches-perfect-game-to-win-canadian-open-title/ . 2017-01-09.
  2. Web site: Canadian Open Live: Homan faces Harrison in C-qualifier . www.thegrandslamofcurling.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170107152400/http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/canadianopen/2017-meridian-canadian-open-live-scores-updates-tracker-blog/ . 2017-01-07.
  3. https://www.curlingzone.com/rankings.php?task=week&oomid=81 CurlingZone
  4. https://www.curlingzone.com/rankings.php?task=week&oomid=82&eventyear=2017 CurlingZone