2001 Telus Canadian Open
The 2001 Telus Canadian Open curling men's Grand Slam tournament was held December 13–16, 2001 at the Peace Memorial Multiplex in Wainwright, Alberta.[1]
It was the very first Grand Slam event ever, with the Slam series beginning that season.[1] The event featured a purse of $100,000 with the winning team receiving $30,000.[2]
Telus was brought on as a sponsor in late November. It was originally planned to feature 32 teams, but was reduced to 24 due to the reluctance of some tour teams to boycott playdowns for the Brier, due to an ongoing dispute between the World Curling Players Association and the Canadian Curling Association. Local teams were added to the event at the last minute with the promise of not having to boycott playdowns.[2]
The semifinals and final were televised on Sportsnet.[1]
The final pitted Wayne Middaugh of Midland, Ontario against Jeff Stoughton from Winnipeg. Middaugh won the match 8–7.[3]
The event was seen as a success for the fledgling tour. World Curling Tour executive director Chad McMullan (who also competed in event) indicated that the event had near-sellout crowds. It also saw a television audience of 250,000, more than twice the average for 10 events Sportsnet aired the previous season, and not far behind the 369,000 average viewership of the 2001 Nokia Brier which aired on rival TSN.[4]
Teams
[edit | edit source]Teams included 13 of the top 25 teams on the World Curling Players Association ranking system, as well as five local teams.[1] Notable absences were Russ Howard (due to family health problems),[2] Bert Gretzinger and Greg McAulay. Teams that did not boycott the Brier (Randy Ferbey, John Morris and Guy Hemmings) were deemed ineligible.[1]
Format
[edit | edit source]The event was a 24-team triple-knockout competition.[1]
Knockout brackets
[edit | edit source]A Event
[edit | edit source]Scores:[5]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | |||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Mell Wells | 5 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Ken Berg | 4 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Mell Wells | 4 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Allan Lyburn | 9 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Allan Lyburn | 7 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Brad Hannah | 5 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Allan Lyburn | 3 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 5 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Jeff Stoughton | 2 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Dale Duguid | 8 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Dale Duguid | 3 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 4 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 6 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Dean Olson | 4 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qialifier 3 | |||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Kevin Martin | 10 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Rick Snethum | 3 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Kevin Martin | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Chad McMullan | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Chad McMullan | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Scott Patterson | 2 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Kevin Martin | 7 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Vic Peters | 1 | ||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Bruce Korte | 7 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Tim Schneider | 6 | ||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Bruce Korte | 6 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Vic Peters | 8 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Vic Peters | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Rich Moffatt | 6 | ||||||||||
B Event
[edit | edit source]Scores:[6]
| B | Qualifier 4 | ||||||||||||||
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| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Dave Boehmer | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Chad McMullan | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Dave Boehmer | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Dave Boehmer | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Bruce Korte | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Mert Thompsett | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Dave Boehmer | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Allan Lyburn | 6 | ||||||||||||||
C Event
[edit | edit source]Scores:[7]
Playoffs
[edit | edit source]The playoff bracket was as follows:[8]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 6 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba William Lyburn | 4 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 7 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Vic Peters | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 8 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Jeff Stoughton | 7 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Jeff Stoughton | 5 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Dave Boehmer | 4 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba Jeff Stoughton | 9 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Kevin Martin | 8 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Brad Hannah | 5 | ||||||||||
| Error creating thumbnail: Kevin Martin | 7 | ||||||||||
Final
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Manitoba Jeff Stoughton (has hammer) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Notes
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