2018 Canada Cup Explained

2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup
Host City:Estevan, Saskatchewan
Arena:Affinity Place
Dates:December 5–9
Men's Winner: Team Jacobs
Curling Club:Community First CC, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Skip:Brad Jacobs
Third:Marc Kennedy
Second:E. J. Harnden
Lead:Ryan Harnden
Coach:Adam Kingsbury
Finalist: Kevin Koe
Women's Winner: Team Jones
Curling Club2:St. Vital CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Skip2:Jennifer Jones
Third2:Kaitlyn Lawes
Second2:Jocelyn Peterman
Lead2:Dawn McEwen
Finalist2: Kerri Einarson
Prev:2016
Next:2019

The 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup was held December 5–9 at Affinity Place in Estevan, Saskatchewan.[1] The tournament winners qualified for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.

Both the men's and women's events have a total purse of $70,000 with the winners receiving $14,000 and the runners up winning $9,000.[2]

Men

Teams

A revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six men's teams. Team Dunstone qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018.[3] [4]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
Mike McEwen[5] West St. Paul Curling Club, West St. Paul, Manitoba
Highland Curling Club, Regina, Saskatchewan
Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto, Ontario
Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club & RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Marc Kennedy[6] Community First Curling Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
The Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta
[7]

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
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5 1 42 30 27 22 3 9 87%
4 2 45 33 26 23 2 7 86%
4 2 42 37 21 20 5 3 86%
4 2 41 42 23 19 4 6 82%
3 3 34 35 23 23 5 4 83%
1 5 32 41 17 24 4 2 83%
0 6 21 39 15 20 6 4 81%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Wednesday, December 5, 9:00 am

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 5, 2:00 pm

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 pm

Draw 4

Thursday, December 6, 9:00 am

Draw 5

Thursday, December 6, 2:00 pm

Draw 6

Thursday, December 6, 7:00 pm

Draw 7

Friday, December 7, 9:00 am

Draw 8

Friday, December 7, 2:00 pm

Draw 9

Friday, December 7, 7:00 pm

Tiebreaker

Saturday, December 8, 9:00 am

Playoffs

Semifinal

Saturday, December 8, 2:00 pm

Final

Sunday, December 9, 7:00 pm

Player percentages

After Round Robin Play; Includes games played at other positions

Leads%Seconds%Thirds/Skips%Fourths/Skips%
88% 82% 82% 82%
90% 81% 78% 77%
Dustin Kidby 91% 80% 80% 79%
85% 84% 81% 83%
90% 82% 87% 84%
88% E. J. Harnden 90% 85% Brad Jacobs 85%
90% 88% B. J. Neufeld 88% 82%

Women

Teams

A revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six teams. However, due to a virtual tie, a seventh women's teams was invited using this method. Team Flaxey qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018.[3] [4] Team Tracy Fleury had qualified for the event, but had to decline as they were representing Canada at the Second Leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup.

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
The Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta
Gimli Curling Club, Gimli, Manitoba
Granite Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa, Ontario
St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge, Alberta
Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
[7]

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
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6 1 49 35 32 28 4 9 82%
5 2 49 40 28 30 2 4 79%
5 2 45 36 32 27 4 11 82%
4 3 50 41 33 27 4 7 79%
3 4 40 46 30 30 5 6 79%
2 5 38 54 26 33 2 6 77%
2 5 36 49 25 29 6 7 79%
1 6 49 55 31 33 2 6 77%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Wednesday, December 5, 9:00 am

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 5, 2:00 pm

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 pm

Draw 4

Thursday, December 6, 9:00 am

Draw 5

Thursday, December 6, 2:00 pm

Draw 6

Thursday, December 6, 7:00 pm

Draw 7

Friday, December 7, 9:00 am

Draw 8

Friday, December 7, 2:00 pm

Draw 9

Friday, December 7, 7:00 pm

Draw 10

Saturday, December 8, 9:00 am

Playoffs

Semifinal

Saturday, December 8, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, December 9, 2:00 pm

Player percentages

After Round Robin

Leads%Seconds%Thirds%Skips%
81% 78% 75% 73%
Briane Meilleur 88% 81% Val Sweeting 83% 75%
85% 80% 78% 72%
84% Joanne Courtney 82% 82% 77%
83% Jocelyn Peterman 82% 81% 75%
78% 78% 74% Darcy Robertson 78%
83% 80% 76% 76%
85% 80% 76% 73%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup. www.curling.ca. July 4, 2018. March 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190302153219/https://www.curling.ca/2018canadacup/. dead.
  2. 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup Media Guide: Fact Sheet, pg 7
  3. Web site: 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup field nearly complete. www.curling.ca. July 5, 2018.
  4. Web site: FIELD NOW COMPLETE FOR 2018 HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP. Cameron. Al. November 13, 2018. Curling Canada. November 13, 2018.
  5. Web site: McEwen taking over as skip as Carruthers team heads into curling's Canada Cup.
  6. News: Kennedy to join Team Jacobs for Canada Cup. November 26, 2018. TSN. November 26, 2018.
  7. Web site: Teams. www.curling.ca. July 5, 2018.