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]
| A | Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 7 | ||||||||||
| Quebec Pierre Charette | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 8 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Kevin Park | 4 | ||||||||||
 Dave Boehmer
| 6 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Kevin Park | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 6 | ||||||||||
| William Lyburn
| 1 | ||||||||||
| Kerry Burtnyk
| 6 | ||||||||||
| William Lyburn
| 9 | ||||||||||
| William Lyburn
| 6 | ||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Glen Despins | 1 | ||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Glen Despins | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mert Thompsett
| 2 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | |||||||||
| Alberta Mell Wells | 5 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Ken Berg | 4 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Mell Wells | 4 | ||||||||||
| Allan Lyburn
| 9 | ||||||||||
| Allan Lyburn
| 7 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Brad Hannah | 5 | ||||||||||
| Allan Lyburn
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 5 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 2 | ||||||||||
| Dale Duguid
| 8 | ||||||||||
| Dale Duguid
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 4 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 6 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Dean Olson | 4 | ||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qialifier 3 | |||||||||
| Alberta Kevin Martin | 10 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Rick Snethum | 3 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Kevin Martin | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Chad McMullan | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Chad McMullan | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Scott Patterson | 2 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Kevin Martin | 7 | ||||||||||
| Vic Peters
| 1 | ||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Bruce Korte | 7 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Tim Schneider | 6 | ||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Bruce Korte | 6 | ||||||||||
| Vic Peters
| 8 | ||||||||||
| Vic Peters
| 7 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Rich Moffatt | 6 | ||||||||||
B Event
[edit | edit source]Scores:[6]
| B | Qualifier 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Quebec Pierre Charette | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Boehmer
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Chad McMullan | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Boehmer
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Boehmer
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Kerry Burtnyk
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Bruce Korte | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Kerry Burtnyk
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Kerry Burtnyk
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Mert Thompsett
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Boehmer
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Allan Lyburn
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| B | Qualifier 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Ken Berg | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Brad Hannah | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Kevin Park | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Ken Berg | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Kevin Park | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Glen Despins | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Dean Olson | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Vic Peters
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| B | Qualifier 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Rick Snethum | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Scott Patterson | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Mell Wells | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Rick Snethum | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Mell Wells | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Rich Moffatt | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Duguid
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Rich Moffatt | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Tim Schneider | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Rich Moffatt | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Rich Moffatt | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| William Lyburn
| 11 | ||||||||||||||
C Event
[edit | edit source]Scores:[7]
| C | Qualifier 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Chad McMullan | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Bruce Korte | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Bruce Korte | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Glen Despins | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Ken Berg | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Glen Despins | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Glen Despins | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Mell Wells | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Bruce Korte | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Kerry Burtnyk
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Duguid
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Rick Snethum | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Duguid
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Kerry Burtnyk
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
| C | Qualifier 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Rich Moffatt | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Mert Thompsett
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Mert Thompsett
| 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Quebec Pierre Charette | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Mert Thompsett
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Kevin Park | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Mert Thompsett
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Brad Hannah | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Allan Lyburn
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Brad Hannah | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Brad Hannah | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Dean Olson | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Brad Hannah | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Scott Patterson | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ontario Scott Patterson | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberta Tim Schneider | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Playoffs
[edit | edit source]The playoff bracket was as follows:[8]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 6 | ||||||||||
| William Lyburn
| 4 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Glenn Howard | 7 | ||||||||||
| Vic Peters
| 2 | ||||||||||
| Ontario Wayne Middaugh | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 7 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 5 | ||||||||||
| Dave Boehmer
| 4 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 9 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Kevin Martin | 8 | ||||||||||
| Alberta Brad Hannah | 5 | ||||||||||
| Alberta 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 |
| Jeff Stoughton (has hammer)
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Notes
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