2015 Meridian Canadian Open

2015 Meridian Canadian Open
Host city	Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Arena	Gallagher Centre
Dates	December 8–13
Men's winner	Team Epping
Curling club	Donalda Curling Club, Toronto
Skip	John Epping
Third	Mathew Camm
Second	Patrick Janssen
Lead	Tim March
Finalist	Brad Gushue
Women's winner	Team Homan
Curling club	Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa
Skip	Rachel Homan
Third	Emma Miskew
Second	Joanne Courtney
Lead	Lisa Weagle
Finalist	Jennifer Jones
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The 2015 Meridian Canadian Open was held from December 8 to 13 at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The Canadian Open was the fourth Grand Slam of the 2015–16 curling season.

On the women's side, the Rachel Homan rink from Ottawa continued their dominance, winning their third straight Slam, defeating the Olympic champion Jennifer Jones rink of Winnipeg in the final, 8-7.

On the men's side, the John Epping rink of Toronto won their first career slam as a team (Epping's third), defeating 2006 Olympic champion Brad Gushue of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 7-4.

Men

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Brendan Bottcher	Tom Appelman	Thomas Scoffin	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	West St. Paul, Manitoba
Adam Casey	David Mathers	Anson Carmody	Robbie Doherty	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Jim Cotter	Ryan Kuhn	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna/Vernon, British Columbia
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Kristian Lindström	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping	Mathew Camm	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Wayne Middaugh	Richard Hart	Scott Howard	Penetanguishene, Ontario
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Ben Hebert	Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sven Michel	Marc Pfister	Enrico Pfister	Simon Gempeler	Adelboden, Switzerland
David Murdoch	Greg Drummond	Scott Andrews	Michael Goodfellow	Stirling, Scotland
John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Duluth, Minnesota
Pat Simmons	John Morris	Matt Dunstone	Nolan Thiessen	Calgary, Alberta

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:[1]

A Event

First Knockout				Qualifier 1

Mike McEwen	6
Sven Michel	4	Mike McEwen	5
Brendan Bottcher	2	John Epping	6
John Epping	4			John Epping	9
Niklas Edin	9			Kevin Koe	3
John Shuster	4	Niklas Edin	5
Kevin Koe	7	Kevin Koe	7
Pat Simmons	3

First Knockout				Qualifier 2

Steve Laycock	6
Jim Cotter	2	Steve Laycock	4
Brad Jacobs	4	David Murdoch	5
David Murdoch	6			David Murdoch	5
Reid Carruthers	5			Brad Gushue	7
Glenn Howard	4	Reid Carruthers	3
Brad Gushue	8	Brad Gushue	6
Adam Casey	2

B Event

Second Knockout				Qualifier 3

Sven Michel	3
Brendan Bottcher	9	Brendan Bottcher	8
John Shuster	7	John Shuster	1
Pat Simmons	6			Brendan Bottcher	5
				David Murdoch	6

Second Knockout				Qualifier 4

Jim Cotter	3
Brad Jacobs	7	Brad Jacobs	3
Glenn Howard	3	Adam Casey	2
Adam Casey	9			Brad Jacobs	3
				Kevin Koe	5

Second Knockout		Qualifier 5

Mike McEwen	2
Niklas Edin	7	Niklas Edin	4
Steve Laycock	3	Reid Carruthers	6
Reid Carruthers	7

C Event

Third Knockout				Qualifier 6

Sven Michel	3
Pat Simmons	7	Pat Simmons	5
		Steve Laycock	6
				Steve Laycock	7
				Brad Jacobs	3

Third Knockout				Qualifier 7

Jim Cotter	5
Glenn Howard	3	Jim Cotter	2
		Mike McEwen	5
				Mike McEwen	6
				Brendan Bottcher	9

Third Knockout		Qualifier 8

John Shuster	3
Adam Casey	7	Adam Casey	4
		Niklas Edin	7

Knockout Results

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	X	6
Jim Cotter	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	5
Glenn Howard	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	8
Adam Casey	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 9, 11:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	6
Sven Michel	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	2	3	0	2	0	2	X	X	9
John Shuster	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	2	0	2	3	0	0	X	X	7
Pat Simmons	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2
John Epping	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
David Murdoch	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	6

Draw 5

Wednesday, December 9, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Brad Jacobs	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	2	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	3
Adam Casey	0	1	3	5	0	X	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	3
Brad Gushue	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Steve Laycock	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
David Murdoch	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Kevin Koe	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	7

Draw 7

Thursday, December 10, 11:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Shuster	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	7
Pat Simmons	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sven Michel	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
Brendan Bottcher	1	0	4	0	0	1	3	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Mike McEwen	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5
John Epping	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
David Murdoch	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	5
Brad Gushue	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
Adam Casey	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2

Draw 9

Thursday, December 10, 6:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
Reid Carruthers	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Niklas Edin	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	X	5
Glenn Howard	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	2	0	5	2	0	X	X	X	9
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	2	0	1	5	X	X	X	8
John Shuster	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1

Draw 10

Friday, December 11, 8:00 am

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sven Michel	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Pat Simmons	1	0	4	0	0	1	1	X	7

Draw 11

Friday, December 11, 11:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jim Cotter	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	2
Mike McEwen	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Shuster	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Adam Casey	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	7

Draw 12

Friday, December 11, 2:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4
Reid Carruthers	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Pat Simmons	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Steve Laycock	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6

Draw 13

Friday, December 11, 6:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
David Murdoch	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Kevin Koe	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	X	5

Draw 14

Saturday, December 12, 7:30 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	2	1	0	3	0	1	X	X	7
Brad Jacobs	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	6
Brendan Bottcher	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	2	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Adam Casey	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	4
Niklas Edin	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	7

Playoffs

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final


Brad Gushue	6

Brendan Bottcher	2
		Brad Gushue	5

		Reid Carruthers	2
Reid Carruthers	6

David Murdoch	3
				Brad Gushue	4

				John Epping	7
John Epping	6

Steve Laycock	4
		John Epping	6

		Kevin Koe	5
Kevin Koe	7

Niklas Edin	4

Quarterfinals

Saturday, December 12, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	6
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	X	6
David Murdoch	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	6
Steve Laycock	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	X	7
Niklas Edin	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	X	4

Semifinals

Saturday, December 12, 6:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	X	5
Reid Carruthers	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6
Kevin Koe	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	5

Final

Sunday, December 13, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4
John Epping	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	X	7

Women

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Chelsea Carey	Amy Nixon	Jocelyn Peterman	Laine Peters	Calgary, Alberta
Binia Feltscher	Irene Schori	Franziska Kaufmann	Christine Urech	Flims, Switzerland
Tracy Fleury	Crystal Webster	Jenna Walsh	Jenn Horgan	Sudbury, Ontario
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Joanne Courtney	Lisa Weagle	Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes	Jill Officer	Dawn McEwen	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kim Eun-jung	Kim Kyeong-ae	Kim Seon-yeong	Kim Yeong-mi	Uiseong, South Korea
Stefanie Lawton	Trish Paulsen	Sherri Singler	Marliese Kasner	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Kristy McDonald	Kate Cameron	Leslie Wilson-Westscott	Raunora Westcott	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sherry Middaugh	Jo-Ann Rizzo	Lee Merklinger	Leigh Armstrong	Coldwater, Ontario
Eve Muirhead	Anna Sloan	Vicki Adams	Sarah Reid	Stirling, Scotland
Alina Pätz	Nadine Lehmann	Marisa Winkelhausen	Nicole Schwägli	Zurich, Switzerland
Kelsey Rocque	Laura Crocker	Taylor McDonald	Jen Gates	Edmonton, Alberta
Anna Sidorova	Margarita Fomina	Alexandra Raeva	Alina Kovaleva	Moscow, Russia
Maria Prytz (fourth)	Christina Bertrup	Maria Wennerström	Margaretha Sigfridsson (skip)	Sundsvall, Sweden
Valerie Sweeting	Lori Olson-Johns	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown	Edmonton, Alberta
Silvana Tirinzoni	Manuela Siegrist	Esther Neuenschwander	Marlene Albrecht	Aarau, Switzerland

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:[2]

A Event

First Knockout				Qualifier 1

Rachel Homan	8
Stefanie Lawton	2	Rachel Homan	6
Binia Feltscher	9	Binia Feltscher	1
Sherry Middaugh	4			Rachel Homan	5
Eve Muirhead	5			Alina Pätz	7
Chelsea Carey	4	Eve Muirhead	3
Alina Pätz	9	Alina Pätz	9
Kim Eun-jung	2

First Knockout				Qualifier 2

Jennifer Jones	8
Margaretha Sigfridsson	4	Jennifer Jones	6
Anna Sidorova	3	Kelsey Rocque	5
Kelsey Rocque	9			Jennifer Jones	7
Valerie Sweeting	7			Valerie Sweeting	5
Tracy Fleury	6	Valerie Sweeting	8
Silvana Tirinzoni	9	Silvana Tirinzoni	3
Kristy McDonald	3

B Event

Second Knockout				Qualifier 3

Stefanie Lawton	2
Sherry Middaugh	6	Sherry Middaugh	5
Chelsea Carey	9	Chelsea Carey	8
Kim Eun-jung	6			Chelsea Carey	4
				Valerie Sweeting	5

Second Knockout				Qualifier 4

Margaretha Sigfridsson	3
Anna Sidorova	5	Anna Sidorova	5
Tracy Fleury	9	Tracy Fleury	6
Kristy McDonald	4			Tracy Fleury	3
				Rachel Homan	7

Second Knockout		Qualifier 5

Binia Feltscher	3
Eve Muirhead	10	Eve Muirhead	7
Kelsey Rocque	3	Silvana Tirinzoni	2
Silvana Tirinzoni	4

C Event

Third Knockout				Qualifier 6

Stefanie Lawton	8
Kim Eun-jung	3	Stefanie Lawton	2
		Kelsey Rocque	7
				Kelsey Rocque	3
				Tracy Fleury	4

Third Knockout				Qualifier 7

Margaretha Sigfridsson	7
Kristy McDonald	1	Margaretha Sigfridsson	7
		Binia Feltscher	6
				Margaretha Sigfridsson	2
				Chelsea Carey	6

Third Knockout		Qualifier 8

Sherry Middaugh	3
Anna Sidorova	7	Anna Sidorova	6
		Silvana Tirinzoni	1

Knockout Results

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	5
Chelsea Carey	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alina Pätz	3	1	0	3	0	2	X	X	9
Kim Eun-jung	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 9, 8:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	2	2	0	2	0	3	X	9
Kristy McDonald	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Binia Feltscher	1	0	5	0	0	3	X	X	9
Sherry Middaugh	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	X	8
Stefanie Lawton	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	X	8
Margaretha Sigfridsson	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Sidorova	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	X	3
Kelsey Rocque	2	0	0	1	2	1	3	X	9

Draw 4

Wednesday, December 9, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Stefanie Lawton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Sherry Middaugh	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Valerie Sweeting	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	7
Tracy Fleury	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Alina Pätz	0	3	2	0	1	0	3	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	2	1	1	2	0	X	X	X	6
Binia Feltscher	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chelsea Carey	0	3	0	0	2	0	4	X	9
Kim Eun-jung	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	X	6

Draw 6

Thursday, December 10, 8:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Margaretha Sigfridsson	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
Anna Sidorova	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sherry Middaugh	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Chelsea Carey	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6
Kelsey Rocque	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Tracy Fleury	0	3	0	1	3	0	2	X	9
Kristy McDonald	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Valerie Sweeting	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	X	8
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	3

Draw 8

Thursday, December 10, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kelsey Rocque	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	X	5
Alina Pätz	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Anna Sidorova	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5
Tracy Fleury	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
Valerie Sweeting	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Binia Feltscher	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Eve Muirhead	1	0	3	0	2	0	4	X	10