2016 Boost National

The 2016 National (branded as the 2016 Boost National for sponsorship reasons) was held from December 6 to 11 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of Curling event of the 2016–17 curling season.

2016 The National
Host city	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Arena	Essar Centre
Dates	Dec. 6–11
Men's winner	Brad Jacobs
Curling club	Community First CC, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Skip	Brad Jacobs
Third	Ryan Fry
Second	E. J. Harnden
Lead	Ryan Harnden
Finalist	Reid Carruthers
Women's winner	Kerri Einarson
Curling club	East St. Paul CC, East St. Paul, MB
Skip	Kerri Einarson
Third	Selena Kaatz
Second	Liz Fyfe
Lead	Kristin MacCuish
Finalist	Silvana Tirinzoni
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On the men's side, the defending Olympic champion Brad Jacobs rink won their second career Grand Slam event. The team won the event on home ice, as they are from the Soo. To win, they defeated the Reid Carruthers rink from Manitoba, who had just come from winning the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling a week earlier.

On the women's side, the Manitoba-based Kerri Einarson rink won their first career Grand Slam event, defeating the Silvana Tirinzoni team from Switzerland in the final. Both the Jacobs and Einarson rink took home $30,000 for their championship wins.[1]

Qualification

The top 14 men's and women's team on the World Curling Tour's "Order of Merit" rankings as of October 31 qualify, plus a sponsor exemption.[2]

Men's ranking as of Oct. 31.[3]

1. Brad Gushue
2. Kevin Koe
3. Reid Carruthers
4. Niklas Edin
5. John Epping
6. Brad Jacobs
7. Mike McEwen
8. Steve Laycock
9. David Murdoch
10. Charley Thomas
11. John Morris
12. Brendan Bottcher
13. Thomas Ulsrud
14. Peter de Cruz
15. John Shuster

Tanner Horgan's rink from Sudbury, Ontario was invited as a sponsor exemption. His team was ranked 64th and was the 2nd best team from Northern Ontario after Brad Jacobs.

Women's ranking as of Oct. 31.[4]

1. Rachel Homan
2. Jennifer Jones
3. Silvana Tirinzoni
4. Eve Muirhead
5. Valerie Sweeting
6. Allison Flaxey
7. Chelsea Carey
8. Anna Hasselborg
9. Kelsey Rocque
10. Anna Sidorova
11. Kim Eun-jung
12. Tracy Fleury
13. Kerri Einarson
14. Binia Feltscher

Krista McCarville's rink from Thunder Bay, Ontario was invited as a sponsor exemption. Her team was ranked 22nd and was the 2nd best team from Northern Ontario after Tracy Fleury.

Men

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale	OOM rank[5]
Brendan Bottcher	Pat Simmons	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta	13
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Winnipeg, Manitoba	2
Benoît Schwarz	Claudio Pätz	Peter de Cruz (skip)	Valentin Tanner	Geneva, Switzerland	12
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Rasmus Wranå	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden	4
John Epping	Mathew Camm	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario	5
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	1
Tanner Horgan	Jacob Horgan	Nicholas Bissonnette	Maxime Blais	Sudbury, Ontario	61[lower-alpha 1]
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	7
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Ben Hebert	Calgary, Alberta	3
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	8
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba	6
Jim Cotter	John Morris (skip)	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Vernon, British Columbia	11
David Murdoch	Greg Drummond	Scott Andrews	Michael Goodfellow	Stirling, Scotland	9
John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Duluth, Minnesota	17
Charley Thomas	Nathan Connolly	Brandon Klassen	Craig Savill	Edmonton, Alberta	15

Round Robin Standings

Final round robin standings[6]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Pool A W L PF PA SO Brad Gushue 4 0 28 17 9 Brad Jacobs 2 2 22 17 4 Brendan Bottcher 2 2 21 17 7 Tanner Horgan 1 3 13 27 12 Steve Laycock 1 3 17 23 13

Pool B W L PF PA SO John Morris 3 1 27 16 3 Kevin Koe 3 1 20 21 8 Peter de Cruz 2 2 19 17 10 John Epping 2 2 22 24 11 David Murdoch 0 4 14 24 15

Pool C W L PF PA SO Reid Carruthers 4 0 26 16 6 Niklas Edin 2 2 22 19 1 Mike McEwen 2 2 19 18 2 Charley Thomas 2 2 19 19 5 John Shuster 0 4 11 25 14

Tiebreakers

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	6
John Epping	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	7

Player percentages
Team McEwen		Team Epping
Denni Neufeld	82%	Tim March	92%
Matt Wozniak	86%	Patrick Janssen	88%
B.J. Neufeld	82%	Mathew Camm	88%
Mike McEwen	86%	John Epping	90%
Total	84%	Total	90%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
Peter de Cruz	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2

Player percentages
Team Jacobs		Team de Cruz
Ryan Harnden	92%	Valentin Tanner	95%
E.J. Harnden	82%	Peter de Cruz	85%
Ryan Fry	85%	Claudio Pätz	93%
Brad Jacobs	98%	Benoit Schwarz	83%
Total	89%	Total	89%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Charley Thomas	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	7
Brendan Bottcher	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Player percentages
Team Thomas		Team Bottcher
Craig Savill	84%	Karrick Martin	88%
Brandon Klassen	78%	Bradley Thiessen	80%
Nathan Connolly	81%	Pat Simmons	57%
Charley Thomas	84%	Brendan Bottcher	76%
Total	82%	Total	75%

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Reid Carruthers		7
	John Epping		3
						Reid Carruthers		7
						Niklas Edin		0
	Kevin Koe		5
	Niklas Edin		6
											Reid Carruthers		2
											Brad Jacobs		4
	Brad Gushue		4
	Charley Thomas		3
						Brad Gushue		3
						Brad Jacobs		5
	John Morris		5
	Brad Jacobs		6

Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	X	7
John Epping	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Player percentages
Team Carruthers		Team Epping
Colin Hodgson	90%	Tim March	79%
Derek Samagalski	92%	Patrick Janssen	86%
Braeden Moskowy	86%	Mathew Camm	92%
Reid Carruthers	79%	John Epping	70%
Total	87%	Total	82%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kevin Koe	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	5
Niklas Edin	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	6

Player percentages
Team Koe		Team Edin
Ben Hebert	95%	Christoffer Sundgren	85%
Brent Laing	82%	Rasmus Wranå	95%
Marc Kennedy	92%	Oskar Eriksson	97%
Kevin Koe	79%	Niklas Edin	82%
Total	87%	Total	90%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
Charley Thomas	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3

Player percentages
Team Gushue		Team Thomas
Geoff Walker	79%	Craig Savill	87%
Brett Gallant	91%	Brandon Klassen	68%
Mark Nichols	92%	Nathan Connolly	80%
Brad Gushue	80%	Charley Thomas	89%
Total	85%	Total	81%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Brad Jacobs	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	6

Player percentages
Team Morris		Team Jacobs
Rick Sawatsky	86%	Ryan Harnden	99%
Tyrel Griffith	90%	E.J. Harnden	86%
John Morris	87%	Ryan Fry	83%
Jim Cotter	86%	Brad Jacobs	84%
Total	87%	Total	88%

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	1	1	2	1	2	X	X	X	7
Niklas Edin	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	0

Player percentages
Team Carruthers		Team Edin
Colin Hodgson	91%	Christoffer Sundgren	94%
Derek Samagalski	85%	Rasmus Wranå	52%
Braeden Moskowy	98%	Oskar Eriksson	93%
Reid Carruthers	88%	Niklas Edin	53%
Total	91%	Total	73%

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

Player percentages
Team Gushue		Team Jacobs
Geoff Walker	85%	Ryan Harnden	92%
Brett Gallant	87%	E.J. Harnden	85%
Mark Nichols	92%	Ryan Fry	86%
Brad Gushue	82%	Brad Jacobs	89%
Total	87%	Total	88%

Finals

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

Player percentages
Team Carruthers		Team Jacobs
Colin Hodgson	87%	Ryan Harnden	97%
Derek Samagalski	95%	E.J. Harnden	91%
Braeden Moskowy	75%	Ryan Fry	88%
Reid Carruthers	80%	Brad Jacobs	85%
Total	84%	Total	90%

Women

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale	OOM rank[7]
Chelsea Carey	Susan O'Connor	Jocelyn Peterman	Laine Peters	Calgary, Alberta	9
Kerri Einarson	Selena Kaatz	Liz Fyfe	Kristin MacCuish	Winnipeg, Manitoba	13
Binia Feltscher	Irene Schori	Franziska Kaufmann	Christine Urech	Flims, Switzerland	15
Allison Flaxey	Clancy Grandy	Lynn Kreviazuk	Morgan Court	Caledon, Ontario	6
Tracy Fleury	Jennifer Wylie	Jenna Walsh	Amanda Gates	Sudbury, Ontario	10
Anna Hasselborg	Sara McManus	Agnes Knochenhauer	Sofia Mabergs	Sundbyberg, Sweden	7
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Joanne Courtney	Lisa Weagle	Ottawa, Ontario	1
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes	Jill Officer	Dawn McEwen	Winnipeg, Manitoba	2
Kim Eun-jung	Kim Kyeong-ae	Kim Seon-yeong	Kim Yeong-mi	Uiseong, South Korea	11
Krista McCarville	Kendra Lilly	Ashley Sippala	Sarah Potts	Thunder Bay, Ontario	20[lower-alpha 1]
Eve Muirhead	Anna Sloan	Vicki Adams	Lauren Gray	Perth, Scotland	5
Kelsey Rocque	Laura Crocker	Taylor McDonald	Jen Gates	Edmonton, Alberta	8
Anna Sidorova	Alexandra Raeva	Margarita Fomina	Nkeiruka Ezekh	Moscow, Russia	12
Valerie Sweeting	Lori Olson-Johns	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown	Edmonton, Alberta	4
Silvana Tirinzoni	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Esther Neuenschwander	Marlene Albrecht	Zurich, Switzerland	3

Round Robin Standings

Final round robin standings[8]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Pool A W L PF PA SO Rachel Homan 3 1 30 13 3 Krista McCarville 3 1 24 17 9 Chelsea Carey 2 2 21 23 10 Allison Flaxey 1 3 14 30 4 Tracy Fleury 1 3 19 25 12

Pool B W L PF PA SO Valerie Sweeting 4 0 25 16 5 Anna Hasselborg 2 2 19 15 2 Jennifer Jones 2 2 20 22 8 Binia Feltscher 2 2 22 22 11 Kim Eun-jung 0 4 12 23 15

Pool C W L PF PA SO Silvana Tirinzoni 3 1 26 12 1 Kerri Einarson 3 1 21 20 6 Anna Sidorova 3 1 21 18 7 Eve Muirhead 1 3 19 20 13 Kelsey Rocque 0 4 13 30 14

Tiebreakers

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Binia Feltscher	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	5
Anna Hasselborg	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3

Player percentages
Team Feltscher		Team Hasselborg
Christine Urech	68%	Sofia Mabergs	76%
Franziska Kaufmann	80%	Agnes Knochenhauer	82%
Irene Schori	71%	Sara McManus	85%
Binia Feltscher	94%	Anna Hasselborg	71%
Total	78%	Total	78%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	7
Chelsea Carey	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	8

Player percentages
Team Jones		Team Carey
Dawn McEwen	90%	Laine Peters	85%
Jill Officer	86%	Jocelyn Peterman	84%
Kaitlyn Lawes	64%	Susan O'Connor	81%
Jennifer Jones	87%	Chelsea Carey	77%
Total	82%	Total	82%

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Valerie Sweeting		2
	Binia Feltscher		8
						Binia Feltscher		6
						Kerri Einarson		9
	Kerri Einarson		8
	Anna Sidorova		7
											Kerri Einarson		5
											Silvana Tirinzoni		3
	Silvana Tirinzoni		9
	Chelsea Carey		2
						Silvana Tirinzoni		6
						Krista McCarville		5
	Rachel Homan		5
	Krista McCarville		8

Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Valerie Sweeting	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Binia Feltscher	0	0	3	0	3	2	X	X	8

Player percentages
Team Sweeting		Team Feltscher
Rachelle Brown	75%	Christine Urech	86%
Dana Ferguson	57%	Franziska Kaufmann	90%
Lori Olson-Johns	44%	Irene Schori	84%
Valerie Sweeting	55%	Binia Feltscher	94%
Total	58%	Total	89%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kerri Einarson	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	2	8
Anna Sidorova	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	7

Player percentages
Team Einarson		Team Sidorova
Kristin MacCuish	78%	Nkeiruka Ezekh	71%
Liz Fyfe	72%	Margarita Fomina	77%
Selena Kaatz	75%	Alexandra Raeva	75%
Kerri Einarson	69%	Anna Sidorova	53%
Total	73%	Total	69%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	2	0	2	0	1	4	X	X	9
Chelsea Carey	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Player percentages
Team Tirinzoni		Team Carey
Marlene Albrecht	77%	Laine Peters	91%
Esther Neuenschwander	79%	Jocelyn Peterman	77%
Cathy Overton-Clapham	85%	Susan O'Connor	65%
Silvana Tirinzoni	72%	Chelsea Carey	64%
Total	78%	Total	75%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	X	5
Krista McCarville	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	X	8

Player percentages
Team Homan		Team McCarville
Lisa Weagle	90%	Sarah Potts	87%
Joanne Courtney	86%	Ashley Sippala	82%
Emma Miskew	75%	Kendra Lilly	92%
Rachel Homan	91%	Krista McCarville	95%
Total	86%	Total	88%

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Binia Feltscher	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	6
Kerri Einarson	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	9

Player percentages
Team Feltscher		Team Einarson
Christine Urech	96%	Kristin MacCuish	51%
Franziska Kaufmann	39%	Liz Fyfe	83%
Irene Schori	66%	Selena Kaatz	81%
Binia Feltscher	73%	Kerri Einarson	82%
Total	68%	Total	75%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	6
Krista McCarville	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	5

Player percentages
Team Tirinzoni		Team McCarville
Marlene Albrecht	85%	Sarah Potts	85%
Esther Neuenschwander	84%	Ashley Sippala	81%
Cathy Overton-Clapham	74%	Kendra Lilly	79%
Silvana Tirinzoni	78%	Krista McCarville	77%
Total	80%	Total	81%

Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kerri Einarson	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	X	5
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3

Player percentages
Team Einarson		Team Tirinzoni
Kristin MacCuish	61%	Marlene Albrecht	82%
Liz Fyfe	69%	Esther Neuenschwander	86%
Selena Kaatz	83%	Cathy Overton-Clapham	78%
Kerri Einarson	84%	Silvana Tirinzoni	69%
Total	74%	Total	79%

Notes

1. Qualified as sponsor exemption

References

1. http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/national/einarson-earns-1st-career-grand-slam-title-winning-boost-national/
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2016-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2016-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. CurlingZone
5. CurlingZone
6. http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/national/2016-boost-national-standings/
7. CurlingZone
8. http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/national/2016-boost-national-standings/

External links

• Official website

• Men's results from the CurlingZone database

• Women's results from the CurlingZone database