2018 Canada Cup


The 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup was held December 5–9 at Affinity Place in Estevan, Saskatchewan. The tournament winners qualified for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.
Both the men's and women's events have a total purse of $70,000 with the winners receiving $14,000 and the runners up winning $9,000.
WWW curling.ca/2018canadacup

Men

Teams

A revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six men's teams. Team Dunstone qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018.
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Brendan BottcherDarren MouldingBrad ThiessenKarrick Martin

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Wednesday, December 5, 9:00 am''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, December 5, 2:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Thursday, December 6, 9:00 am''

Draw 5

''Thursday, December 6, 2:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, December 6, 7:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Friday, December 7, 9:00 am''

Draw 8

''Friday, December 7, 2:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Friday, December 7, 7:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, December 8, 9:00 am''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Saturday, December 8, 2:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, December 9, 7:00 pm''

Player percentages

After Round Robin Play; Includes games played at other positions
Leads%Seconds%Thirds/Skips%Fourths/Skips%
Karrick Martin88%Brad Thiessen82%Darren Moulding82%Brendan Bottcher82%
Colin Hodgson90%Derek Samagalski81%Reid Carruthers78%Mike McEwen77%
Dustin Kidby91%Catlin Schneider80%Braeden Moskowy80%Matt Dunstone79%
Craig Savill85%Brent Laing84%Mathew Camm81%John Epping83%
Geoff Walker90%Brett Gallant82%Mark Nichols87%Brad Gushue84%
Ryan Harnden88%E. J. Harnden90%Marc Kennedy85%Brad Jacobs85%
Ben Hebert90%Colton Flasch88%B. J. Neufeld88%Kevin Koe82%

Women

Teams

A revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six teams. However, due to a virtual tie, a seventh women's teams was invited using this method. Team Flaxey qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018. Team Tracy Fleury had qualified for the event, but had to decline as they were representing Canada at the Second Leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup.
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Chelsea CareySarah WilkesDana FergusonRachelle Brown

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Wednesday, December 5, 9:00 am''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, December 5, 2:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Thursday, December 6, 9:00 am''

Draw 5

''Thursday, December 6, 2:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, December 6, 7:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Friday, December 7, 9:00 am''

Draw 8

''Friday, December 7, 2:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Friday, December 7, 7:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Saturday, December 8, 9:00 am''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Saturday, December 8, 8:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, December 9, 2:00 pm''

Player percentages

After Round Robin
Leads%Seconds%Thirds%Skips%
Rachelle Brown81%Dana Ferguson78%Sarah Wilkes75%Chelsea Carey73%
Briane Meilleur88%Shannon Birchard81%Val Sweeting83%Kerri Einarson75%
Raunora Westcott85%Taylor McDonald80%Kate Cameron78%Allison Flaxey72%
Lisa Weagle84%Joanne Courtney82%Emma Miskew82%Rachel Homan77%
Dawn McEwen83%Jocelyn Peterman82%Kaitlyn Lawes81%Jennifer Jones75%
Theresa Cannon78%Vanessa Foster78%Karen Klein74%Darcy Robertson78%
Kristie Moore83%Jessie Haughian80%Cary-Anne McTaggart76%Casey Scheidegger76%
Laine Peters85%Lori Olson-Johns80%Cathy Overton-Clapham76%Laura Walker73%