2016 Players' Championship

The 2016 Players' Championship was held from April 12 to 17 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the sixth men's and fifth women's Grand Slam of the 2015–16 World Curling Tour.

2016 Players' Championship
Host city	Toronto, Ontario
Arena	Mattamy Athletic Centre
Dates	April 12–17
Men's winner	Brad Gushue
Curling club	Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's
Skip	Brad Gushue
Third	Mark Nichols
Second	Brett Gallant
Lead	Geoff Walker
Finalist	Brad Jacobs
Women's winner	Eve Muirhead
Curling club	Dunkeld CC, Pitlochry
Skip	Eve Muirhead
Third	Cathy Overton-Clapham
Second	Vicki Adams
Lead	Sarah Reid
Finalist	Jennifer Jones
« 2015 2017 »

Newfoundland's Brad Gushue rink won their first men's title while Scotland's Eve Muirhead won her third women's title.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	West St. Paul, Manitoba
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Kristian Lindström	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping	Mat Camm	Patrick Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Richard Hart	Adam Spencer	Craig Savill	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
David Murdoch	Greg Drummond	Scott Andrews	Michael Goodfellow	Aberdeen, Scotland
John Shuster	Tyler George	Pat Simmons	Matt Hamilton	Duluth, Minnesota
Charley Thomas	Matt Dunstone	Brandon Klassen	D. J. Kidby	Calgary, Alberta

Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Final Round Robin Standings

Pool A W L PF PA Kevin Koe 4 1 26 21 Brad Jacobs 3 2 26 18 Glenn Howard 3 2 25 20 Charley Thomas 2 3 24 24 Niklas Edin 2 3 20 25 Reid Carruthers 1 4 15 28

Pool B W L PF PA Brad Gushue 5 0 27 18 David Murdoch 3 2 30 29 Steve Laycock 3 2 28 21 Mike McEwen 2 3 21 27 John Shuster 1 4 22 28 John Epping 1 4 23 28

Draw 1

Tuesday, April 12, 7:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5
John Shuster	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

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

Draw 2

Wednesday, April 13, 8:30 am

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Mike McEwen	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
David Murdoch	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6

Draw 3

Wednesday, April 13, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	6
Charley Thomas	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	4

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	X	6
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

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

Draw 4

Wednesday, April 13, 3:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
David Murdoch	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	8
John Shuster	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	6

Draw 5

Wednesday, April 13, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
Steve Laycock	1	0	2	1	1	2	X	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	6
Glenn Howard	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	6
Charley Thomas	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2
Brad Jacobs	1	0	0	2	0	3	X	X	6

Draw 6

Thursday, April 14, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4
John Shuster	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	X	6

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

Draw 7

Thursday, April 14, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	5
Niklas Edin	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	X	5
Reid Carruthers	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Glenn Howard	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	X	6
Charley Thomas	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	3

Draw 8

Thursday, April 14, 3:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Brad Gushue	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5
Mike McEwen	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	5
John Shuster	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5
David Murdoch	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6

Draw 9

Thursday, April 14, 7:00 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3
Glenn Howard	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	4

Draw 11

Friday, April 15, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	6
John Shuster	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Charley Thomas	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	X	5

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

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

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

Draw 13

Friday, April 15, 7:00 pm

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	4
Charley Thomas	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	5
Steve Laycock	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	4

Tiebreaker

Saturday, April 16, 8:30 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Charley Thomas	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	4
Niklas Edin	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Brad Gushue		7
	Niklas Edin		3
						Brad Gushue		6
						David Murdoch		2
	David Murdoch		8
	Glenn Howard		2
											Brad Gushue		5
											Brad Jacobs		4
	Kevin Koe		5
	Mike McEwen		8
						Mike McEwen		3
						Brad Jacobs		7
	Brad Jacobs		6
	Steve Laycock		2

Quarterfinals

Saturday, April 16, 03:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	X	7
Niklas Edin	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
David Murdoch	1	0	3	0	2	2	X	X	8
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	5
Mike McEwen	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	X	8

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

Semifinals

Sunday, April 17, 10:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Gushue	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	6
David Murdoch	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mike McEwen	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
Brad Jacobs	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	X	7

Final

Sunday, April 17, 5:00 pm

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

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Erika Brown	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Madison, Wisconsin
Chelsea Carey	Kristy McDonald	Jocelyn Peterman	Laine Peters	Calgary, Alberta
Kerri Einarson	Selena Kaatz	Liz Fyfe	Kristin MacCuish	Winnipeg, Manitoba
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
Eve Muirhead	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Vicki Adams	Sarah Reid	Stirling, Scotland
Alina Pätz	Nadine Lehmann	Briar Hürlimann	Nicole Schwägli	Zurich, Switzerland
Kelsey Rocque	Laura Crocker	Taylor McDonald	Jen Gates	Edmonton, Alberta
Anna Sidorova	Margarita Fomina	Alexandra Raeva	Alina Kovaleva	Moscow, Russia
Valerie Sweeting	Lori Olson-Johns	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown	Edmonton, Alberta
Silvana Tirinzoni	Manuela Siegrist	Esther Neuenschwander	Marlene Albrecht	Aarau, Switzerland

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Pool A W L PF PA Silvana Tirinzoni 4 1 31 20 Rachel Homan 4 1 34 15 Kerri Einarson 3 2 26 27 Erika Brown 2 3 25 28 Tracy Fleury 1 4 22 30 Chelsea Carey 1 4 15 33

Pool B W L PF PA Jennifer Jones 4 1 26 17 Eve Muirhead 4 1 27 24 Kelsey Rocque 3 2 27 27 Valerie Sweeting 2 3 25 25 Alina Pätz 1 4 29 27 Anna Sidorova 1 4 19 33

Draw 1

Tuesday, April 12, 7:00 pm

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chelsea Carey	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2
Kerri Einarson	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	X	5

Draw 2

Wednesday, April 13, 8:30 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	X	7
Tracy Fleury	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

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

Draw 3

Wednesday, April 13, 12:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	6
Erika Brown	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	5

Draw 4

Wednesday, April 13, 3:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Chelsea Carey	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	5
Tracy Fleury	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	4
Alina Pätz	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Valerie Sweeting	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Anna Sidorova	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	2	0	2	0	0	4	X	X	8
Kerri Einarson	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	X	3

Draw 5

Wednesday, April 13, 7:00 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5
Kelsey Rocque	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	X	8

Draw 6

Thursday, April 14, 8:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kerri Einarson	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	6
Tracy Fleury	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	7
Erika Brown	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Valerie Sweeting	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
Eve Muirhead	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4

Draw 7

Thursday, April 14, 12:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	X	7
Chelsea Carey	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	3

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

Draw 8

Thursday, April 14, 3:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4
Eve Muirhead	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Erika Brown	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	8
Kerri Einarson	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	6

Draw 9

Thursday, April 14, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Sidorova	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Alina Pätz	2	0	2	0	2	4	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Valerie Sweeting	2	0	3	0	0	3	X	X	8
Kelsey Rocque	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	2	1	2	5	X	X	X	X	10
Chelsea Carey	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	7
Tracy Fleury	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Draw 10

Friday, April 15, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Silvana Tirinzoni	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5
Kerri Einarson	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Tracy Fleury	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	4
Erika Brown	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Valerie Sweeting	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	9
Alina Pätz	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	X	6
Anna Sidorova	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	4

Draw 12

Friday, April 15, 3:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alina Pätz	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	5
Kelsey Rocque	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Sidorova	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4
Eve Muirhead	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	5

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Erika Brown	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	X	4
Chelsea Carey	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	X	5

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Jennifer Jones		7
	Valerie Sweeting		4
						Jennifer Jones		6
						Kerri Einarson		4
	Rachel Homan		6
	Kerri Einarson		7
											Jennifer Jones		6
											Eve Muirhead		9
	Eve Muirhead		12
	Erika Brown		4
						Eve Muirhead		7
						Silvana Tirinzoni		2
	Silvana Tirinzoni		3
	Kelsey Rocque		2

Quarterfinals

Saturday, April 16, 12:00 pm

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Rachel Homan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6
Kerri Einarson	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	2	0	2	3	0	0	5	X	12
Erika Brown	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	X	4

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

Semifinals

Sunday, April 17, 10:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	6
Kerri Einarson	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	0	3	0	3	1	0	X	X	7
Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	2

Final

Sunday, April 17, 11:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jennifer Jones	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	6
Eve Muirhead	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	9

References

1. "Homan, Gushue to headline Players' Championship field". Grand Slam of Curling. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Results- men's
• Results- women's