2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials Explained

2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Olympic Curling Trials
Host City:	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Arena:	Stride Place
Dates:	January 2–7
Winner:	Lawes / Morris
Male:	John Morris
Female:	Kaitlyn Lawes

The 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, also known as the Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials, were held from January 2 to 7 at the Stride Place in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The winners of this event represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Teams

Teams qualified for these Olympic Trials by virtue of their results at the past two Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships as well as their standing on the Canadian Mixed Doubles Rankings (CMDR). Members of Canada's Olympic four-player teams are not eligible to compete in the Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials because of the rigours of the Olympic curling schedule. If their teammate qualified for the Olympics as part of a four-player team, they must name a replacement to compete alongside them in the Trials.

The teams that qualified for the trials are listed as follows:^{[2] [3]}

Province / Territory	Male	Female
		Rachel Homan Kaitlyn Lawes
		Joanne Courtney Jill Officer^[4]
	Brent Laing Mark Nichols	Jennifer Jones
		Jocelyn Peterman
		Chelsea Carey
		Kalynn Park
		Dawn McEwen
		Emma Miskew Sherry Just
		Lisa Weagle Sherry Middaugh
		Laura Crocker
		Nancy Martin
		Marliese Kasner
		Val Sweeting
		Kim Tuck
		Émilie Desjardins
		Nicole Westlund-Stewart
		Dana Ferguson
		Shannon Birchard

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Round of 8
	Teams to Tiebreaker

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Pool A W L 8 0 6 2 5 3 5 3 4 4 3 5 2 6 2 6 1 7

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Pool B W L 8 0 6 2 5 3 5 3 5 3 3 5 3 5 1 7 0 8

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Time .^[5]

Draw 1

Tuesday, January 2, 8:00

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 2, 10:45

Draw 3

Tuesday, January 2, 13:30

Draw 4

Tuesday, January 2, 16:15

Draw 5

Tuesday, January 2, 19:00

Draw 6

Tuesday, January 2, 21:45

Draw 7

Wednesday, January 3, 8:00

Draw 8

Wednesday, January 3, 10:45

Draw 9

Wednesday, January 3, 13:30

Draw 10

Wednesday, January 3, 16:15

Draw 11

Wednesday, January 3, 19:00

Draw 12

Wednesday, January 3, 21:45

Draw 13

Thursday, January 4, 8:00

Draw 14

Thursday, January 4, 10:45

Draw 15

Thursday, January 4, 13:30

Draw 16

Thursday, January 4, 16:15

Draw 17

Thursday, January 4, 19:00

Draw 18

Thursday, January 4, 21:45

Tiebreaker

Friday, January 5, 08:30

Round of 8

A Bracket

A Semifinals

Friday, January 5, 15:00

A Finals

Friday, January 5, 19:00

B Bracket

B Semifinals

Friday, January 5, 19:00

B Finals

Saturday, January 6, 8:00

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1 vs. 2

Saturday, January 6, 15:00

Player percentages
	68%		79%
	70%		82%
Total	69%	Total	81%

3 vs. 4

Saturday, January 6, 12:00

Player percentages
	78%		80%
	79%		89%
Total	79%	Total	85%

Semifinal

Saturday, January 6, 19:00

Player percentages
	69%		58%
	81%		84%
Total	76%	Total	74%

Final

Sunday, January 7, 13:00

Player percentages
	70%		77%
	80%		85%
Total	76%	Total	82%

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Trials to be held in Portage La Prairie, Man.. Canadian Curling Association. November 22, 2017.
2. Web site: Teams - 2018 Mixed Doubles Curling Trials. Canadian Curling Association. November 22, 2017.
3. Web site: Canada's mixed doubles curling pairings are set - CBC Sports. 3 January 2018.
4. Web site: One more shot to get to Korea via the mixed dbls trials. I am excited to announce that @JillOfficer will fill in for Joanne during the @CurlingCanada trials in Portage Jan 2nd-7th. Time to get back practicing! @Bruins71 you ready for this?!. Reid. 3 January 2018.
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052955/http://17962-presscdn-0-57.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2017/12/Canad-Inns-Trials-Pools-and-Draw.pdf . 2017-12-22 . dead .