The 2008 edition of The National was held December 3–7, 2008 at the ExpoCité in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2008-09 World Curling Tour season.
Teams SkipThirdSecondLeadLocaleShawn Adams Paul Flemming Craig Burgess Kelly Mittelstadt Halifax, Nova Scotia Kerry Burtnyk Don Walchuk Richard Daneault Garth Smith Winnipeg, ManitobaDavid Nedohin Randy Ferbey (skip) Scott Pfeifer Marcel Rocque Edmonton, AlbertaMartin Ferland Philippe Lemay Marco Berthelot Christian Cantin Trois-Rivières, QuebecBrad Gushue Mark Nichols Ryan Fry Jamie Korab St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorGlenn Howard Richard Hart Brent Laing Craig Savill Coldwater, OntarioJoel Jordison Scott Bitz Aryn Schmidt Dean Hicke Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Blake MacDonald Kevin Koe (skip) Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen Edmonton, Alberta Jason Larway Colin Hufman Joel Larway Bill Todhunter Seattle, WashingtonKevin Martin John Morris Marc Kennedy Ben Hebert Edmonton, Alberta Greg McAulay Ken Maskiewich Tyrel Griffith Aaron Watson Richmond, British ColumbiaMike McEwen B. J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Denni Neufeld Winnipeg, Manitoba Jean-Michel Ménard Martin Crête Éric Sylvain Jean Gagnon Quebec City, QuebecWayne Middaugh Jon Mead John Epping Scott Bailey Toronto, OntarioPat Simmons Jeff Sharp Gerry Adam Steve Laycock Davidson, SaskatchewanJeff Stoughton Kevin Park Rob Fowler Steve Gould Winnipeg, ManitobaJim Cotter Bob Ursel (skip) Kevin Folk Rick Sawatsky Kelowna, British ColumbiaWang Fengchun Liu Rui Xu Xiao Ming Zang Jia Liang Harbin, China
(Money ranking in parentheses)
Pool A Team W L Burtnyk (14) 4 1 McEwen (27) 4 1 Middaugh (17) 4 1 Adams (86) 2 3 Howard (1) 1 4 Larway (36) 0 5
Howard 6-2 Larway Burtnyk 5-3 McEwen Middaugh 7-2 Adams Middaugh 5-3 Larway McEwen 5-4 Howard (9) Burtnyk 6-3 Adams McEwen 8-4 Middaugh Burtnyk 6-5 Howard (9) Adams 6-1 Larway Middaugh 6-3 Burtnyk Adams 6-0 Howard McEwen 6-3 Larway McEwen 4-3 Adams Burtnyk 7-3 Larway Middaugh 6-5 Howard
Pool B Team W L Martin (2) 5 0 Gushue (4) 4 1 McAulay (24) 2 3 Simmons (42) 2 3 Ménard (30) 2 3 Wang (10) 0 5
Ménard 7-6 Simmons McAulay 9-8 Wang (9) Martin 7-6 Gushue (9) Martin 6-3 McAulay Simmons 7-5 Wang Gushue 5-4 Ménard Gushue 6-3 McAulay Martin 5-3 Simmons Gushue 6-4 Wang Martin 6-4 Ménard Simmons 6-4 McAulay McAulay 7-6 Ménard Gushue 3-2 Simmons Martin 6-3 Wang Ménard 8-4 Wang
Pool C Team W L Stoughton (6) 5 0 Ferbey (3) 3 2 Ferland (137) 3 2 Koe (8) 2 3 Jordison (9) 1 4 Ursel (28) 1 4
Ferland 5-2 Koe Stoughton 6-3 Ursel Ferbey 9-4 Jordison Ursel 6-4 Ferland Koe 12-5 Jordison Stoughton 7-5 Ferbey Jordison 5-4 Ursel Stoughton 6-5 Ferland (9) Ferbey 7-3 Ursel Stoughton 8-6 Koe Ferland 5-4 Jordison Koe 6-4 Ursel Ferland 6-3 Ferbey Stoughton 4-3 Jordison Ferbey 6-2 Koe
Playoffs Playoffs
Final
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