The 2010 The National was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2009-10 curling season. It was held January 6–10 at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph, Ontario.
The event featured just two international teams, gearing up for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. John Shuster's Team USA failed to make the playoffs while Great Britain's David Murdoch lost in the quarter final. Also, Canada's Olympic representative, Kevin Martin failed to make the playoffs at a Slam for the first time since 2003.
The final game featured Brad Gushue's rink from St. John's, Newfoundland against Randy Ferbey's Edmonton rink. Gushue, who lost last year's event beat Ferbey, and with it won his first Grand Slam title.
Gushue's team won $24,000 out of a total purse of $100,000.
Teams SkipThirdSecondLeadLocaleTed Appelman Tom Appelman Brandon Klassen Brendan Melnyk EdmontonKerry Burtnyk Don Walchuk Richard Daneault Garth Smith WinnipegDavid Nedohin (fourth) Randy Ferbey (skip) Scott Pfeifer Marcel Rocque EdmontonSean Geall Brent Pierce Kevin Recksiedler Mark Olson New WestminsterJason Gunnlaugson Justin Richter Braden Zawada Tyler Forrest BeausejourBrad Gushue Mark Nichols Ryan Fry Jamie Korab St. John'sGlenn Howard Richard Hart Brent Laing Craig Savill ColdwaterBrad Jacobs E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Caleb Flaxey Sault Ste. MarieKevin Koe Blake MacDonald Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen EdmontonKevin Martin John Morris Marc Kennedy Ben Hebert EdmontonDale Matchett Ryan Werenich Jeff Gorda Shawn Kaufman BradfordMike McEwen B. J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Denni Neufeld WinnipegWayne Middaugh Jon Mead John Epping Scott Bailey IslingtonDavid Murdoch Ewan MacDonald Peter Smith Euan Byers LockerbieJohn Shuster Jason Smith Jeff Isaacson John Benton DuluthPat Simmons Gerry Adam Jeff Sharp Steve Laycock DavidsonJeff Stoughton Kevin Park Rob Fowler Steve Gould WinnipegJim Cotter (fourth) Bob Ursel (skip) Kevin Folk Rick Sawatsky Kelowna
Standings Pool A SkipWL Stoughton 5 0 Middaugh 4 1 Howard 3 2 Shuster 2 3 Appelman 1 4 Matchett 0 5
Scores: Howard 5-2 Matchett Stoughton 6-3 Middaugh Shuster 8-3 Appelman Middaugh 6-5 Matchett Stoughton 7-4 Howard Stoughton 4-3 Appelman Shuster 5-4 Matchett Middaugh 6-4 Howard Stoughton 6-5 Shuster Appelman 8-3 Matchett Howard 7-1 Shuster Middaugh 8-3 Appelman Stoughton 8-4 Matchett Middaugh 4-3 Shuster Howard 9-4 Appelman
Pool B SkipWL Koe 5 0 McEwen 4 1 Ursel 3 2 Simmons 2 3 Martin 1 4 Jacobs 0 5
McEwen 8-3 Jacobs Koe 8-6 Ursel Simmons 6-4 Martin Ursel 10-5 Jacobs Koe 6-4 McEwen Martin 5-2 Jacobs McEwen 7-2 Simmons Ursel 7-3 Martin Ursel 10-6 Simmons Koe 10-5 Jacobs McEwen 8-5 Martin Koe 7-3 Simmons McEwen 8-4 Ursel Koe 7-4 Martin Simmons 7-5 Jacobs
Pool C SkipWL Ferbey 4 1 Burtnyk 3 2 Gushue 3 2 Murdoch 3 2 Geall 1 4 Gunnlaugson 1 4
Burtnyk 6-5 Murdoch Gushue 7-4 Gunnlaugson Ferbey 8-3 Geall Burtnyk 7-2 Gunnlaugson Murdoch 4-3 Gushue Gunnlaugson 7-5 Geall Burtnyk 9-3 Ferbey Ferbey 7-2 Murdoch Gushue 7-1 Geall Murdoch 5-4 Geall Ferbey 6-1 Gunnlaugson Gushue 7-3 Burtnyk Geall 5-3 Burtnyk Murdoch 6-2 Gunnlaugson Ferbey 6-5 Gushue
Tie breakers Murdoch 7-5 Burtnyk Howard 9-5 Ursel
Playoffs
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