2008 The National

The 2008 edition of The National was held December 3-7, 2008 at the ExpoCité[1] in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2008-09 World Curling Tour season.

The National 2008
Host city	Quebec City, Quebec
Arena	ExpoCité
Dates	December 3–7, 2008
Winner	Team Middaugh
Curling club	St. George's G&CC, Toronto, ON
Skip	Wayne Middaugh
Third	Jon Mead
Second	John Epping
Lead	Scott Bailey
Finalist	Team Gushue
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Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Shawn Adams	Paul Flemming	Craig Burgess	Kelly Mittelstadt	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Kerry Burtnyk	Don Walchuk	Richard Daneault	Garth Smith	Winnipeg, Manitoba
David Nedohin	Randy Ferbey (skip)	Scott Pfeifer	Marcel Rocque	Edmonton, Alberta
Martin Ferland	Philippe Lemay	Marco Berthelot	Christian Cantin	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Ryan Fry	Jamie Korab	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Richard Hart	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Coldwater, Ontario
Joel Jordison	Scott Bitz	Aryn Schmidt	Dean Hicke	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Blake MacDonald	Kevin Koe (skip)	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Edmonton, Alberta
Jason Larway	Colin Hufman	Joel Larway	Bill Todhunter	Seattle, Washington
Kevin Martin	John Morris	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Edmonton, Alberta
Greg McAulay	Ken Maskiewich	Tyrel Griffith	Aaron Watson	Richmond, British Columbia
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jean-Michel Ménard	Martin Crête	Éric Sylvain	Jean Gagnon	Quebec City, Quebec
Wayne Middaugh	Jon Mead	John Epping	Scott Bailey	Toronto, Ontario
Pat Simmons	Jeff Sharp	Gerry Adam	Steve Laycock	Davidson, Saskatchewan
Jeff Stoughton	Kevin Park	Rob Fowler	Steve Gould	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jim Cotter	Bob Ursel (skip)	Kevin Folk	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna, British Columbia
Wang Fengchun	Liu Rui	Xu Xiao Ming	Zang Jia Liang	Harbin, China

(Money ranking in parentheses)

Pool A

Team	W	L
Burtnyk (14)	4	1
McEwen (27)	4	1
Middaugh (17)	4	1
Adams (86)	2	3
Howard (1)	1	4
Larway (36)	0	5

• Howard 6-2 Larway
• Burtnyk 5-3 McEwen
• Middaugh 7-2 Adams
• Middaugh 5-3 Larway
• McEwen 5-4 Howard (9)
• Burtnyk 6-3 Adams
• McEwen 8-4 Middaugh
• Burtnyk 6-5 Howard (9)
• Adams 6-1 Larway
• Middaugh 6-3 Burtnyk
• Adams 6-0 Howard
• McEwen 6-3 Larway
• McEwen 4-3 Adams
• Burtnyk 7-3 Larway
• Middaugh 6-5 Howard

Pool B

Team	W	L
Martin (2)	5	0
Gushue (4)	4	1
McAulay (24)	2	3
Simmons (42)	2	3
Ménard (30)	2	3
Wang (10)	0	5

• Ménard 7-6 Simmons
• McAulay 9-8 Wang (9)
• Martin 7-6 Gushue (9)
• Martin 6-3 McAulay
• Simmons 7-5 Wang
• Gushue 5-4 Ménard
• Gushue 6-3 McAulay
• Martin 5-3 Simmons
• Gushue 6-4 Wang
• Martin 6-4 Ménard
• Simmons 6-4 McAulay
• McAulay 7-6 Ménard
• Gushue 3-2 Simmons
• Martin 6-3 Wang
• Ménard 8-4 Wang

Pool C

Team	W	L
Stoughton (6)	5	0
Ferbey (3)	3	2
Ferland (137)	3	2
Koe (8)	2	3
Jordison (9)	1	4
Ursel (28)	1	4

• Ferland 5-2 Koe
• Stoughton 6-3 Ursel
• Ferbey 9-4 Jordison
• Ursel 6-4 Ferland
• Koe 12-5 Jordison
• Stoughton 7-5 Ferbey
• Jordison 5-4 Ursel
• Stoughton 6-5 Ferland (9)
• Ferbey 7-3 Ursel
• Stoughton 8-6 Koe
• Ferland 5-4 Jordison
• Koe 6-4 Ursel
• Ferland 6-3 Ferbey
• Stoughton 4-3 Jordison
• Ferbey 6-2 Koe

Playoffs

Playoffs

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Martin		5
	Ferland		4
						Martin		2
						Middaugh		5
	Burtnyk		5
	Middaugh		6
											Middaugh		5
											Gushue		3
	Stoughton		6
	Ferbey		7
						Ferbey		5
						Gushue		6
	Gushue (EE)		5
	McEwen		4

Final

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Middaugh	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5
Gushue	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3

References

1. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/curling/martin-edges-gushue-in-opener-at-the-national-1.771639

External links

• Results from the CurlingZone database