2017 Players' Championship
The 2017 WestJet Players' Championship was held from April 11 to 16 at Ryerson's Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto. It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand Slam event of the 2016–17 curling season.
Sweden's Niklas Edin won the men's event, becoming the first non-Canadian skip to do so. On the women's side, Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones won her six Players' title, the most for any female skip.
Qualification
The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour's year to date ranking as of March 13 qualify:Men's
Top men's teams as of March 13:- Niklas Edin
- Brad Gushue
- Reid Carruthers
- Brad Jacobs
- John Epping
- Mike McEwen
- Kevin Koe
- Steve Laycock
- Kyle Smith
- John Morris
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Thomas Ulsrud - Peter de Cruz
- Brendan Bottcher
Women's
Top 12 women's teams as of March 13:- Rachel Homan
- Anna Hasselborg
- Jennifer Jones
- Silvana Tirinzoni
- Allison Flaxey
- Val Sweeting
- Casey Scheidegger
- Eve Muirhead
- Michelle Englot
- Wang Bingyu
- Margaretha Sigfridsson
- Tracy Fleury
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale | |||||||||||
| Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Rasmus Wranå | Christoffer Sundgren | efn|Pfeifer replaced Ben Hebert, who was injured.Round-robin standingsFinal round-robin standings
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