The 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling was held from January 26–30 at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario. This event was the third men's Grand Slam event in the 2010-11 curling season. The purse for this event was CAD$100,000. 18 men's teams will be playing for eight quarterfinal spots in a round-robin competition.
The competition was marked by an interesting turn of events when the Thomas Ulsrud rink failed to win a game against Peter Corner. Team Ulsrud's loss created an eight-way tie in 2–3 win–loss records, prompting a draw shot challenge and the scheduling of two tiebreakers. Team Ulsrud, as well as Team Corner, Team Middaugh, and Team Higgs, failed to advance in the draw shot challenge, leaving Team Epping, Team Fowler, Team Bice and Team Walchuk to participate in the tiebreakers. If Thomas Ulsrud's rink had won the game against Peter Corner, there would be no tiebreakers. This marks the first time in Grand Slam history that a 2–3 win–loss record could qualify a team to a tiebreaker.Massive tiebreakers at BDO Canadian Open The four remaining teams fought for the eighth qualifying spot, and Rob Fowler won the qualifying game.
Mike McEwen won his second Grand Slam of the season in an extra-end win over Glenn Howard in the final.
Teams Pool Skip Third Second Lead Locale Pool A Peter Corner Graeme McCarrel Phil Lovenmark Paul Madgett John Epping Scott Bailey Darryl Prebble Trevor Wall Toronto Rob Fowler Allan Lyburn Richard Daneault Derek Samagalski Brandon Kevin Martin John Morris Marc Kennedy Ben Hebert Edmonton Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Reid Carruthers Steve Gould Winnipeg Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Oslo Pool B Mark Bice Codey Maus Steve Bice John Grant Tara Jim Cotter Ken Maskiewich Kevin Folk Rick Sawatsky Kelowna Brad Gushue (fourth) Randy Ferbey (skip) Mark Nichols Ryan Fry St. John's Glenn Howard Richard Hart Brent Laing Craig Savill Coldwater Pat Simmons Steve Laycock Brennen Jones Dallan Muyres Regina Don Walchuk Chris Schille D. J. Kidby Don Bartlett Edmonton Pool C Brent Ross (fourth) Jake Higgs (skip) Andrew Clayton Bill Buchanan Harriston Mark Kean Chris Van Huyse Patrick Janssen Tim March Woodstock Kevin Koe Blake MacDonald Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen Edmonton Dale Matchett Ryan Werenich Jeff Gorda Shawn Kaufman Bradford Mike McEwen B.J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Denni Neufeld Winnipeg Wayne Middaugh Joe Frans Adam Spencer Scott Foster Toronto
Round robin
Standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreakers
Pool A W L PF PA Jeff Stoughton 4 1 27 19 Kevin Martin 3 2 29 22 John Epping 2 3 25 35 Rob Fowler 2 3 23 25 Thomas Ulsrud 2 3 24 23 Peter Corner 2 3 22 28 Pool B W L PF PA Glenn Howard 5 0 36 12 Pat Simmons 4 1 30 26 Mark Bice 2 3 25 30 Don Walchuk 2 3 28 28 Jim Cotter 1 4 21 28 Randy Ferbey 1 4 22 27 Pool C W L PF PA Mike McEwen 5 0 36 16 Kevin Koe 3 2 28 21 Dale Matchett 3 2 25 26 Jake Higgs 2 3 26 33 Wayne Middaugh 2 3 22 31 Mark Kean 0 5 24 34
Results All times shown are in Eastern Standard Time.
Draw 1 Wednesday, January 26, 7:30 pm
Draw 2 Thursday, January 27, 10:00 am
Draw 3 Thursday, January 27, 1:30 pm
Draw 4 Thursday, January 27, 5:00 pm
Draw 5 Thursday, January 27, 8:30pm
Draw 6 Friday, January 28, 10:00 am
Draw 7 Friday, January 28, 1:30 pm
Draw 8 Friday, January 28, 5:00 pm
Draw 9 Friday, January 28, 8:30 pm
Tiebreakers
Tiebreakers Draw Saturday, January 29, 9:00
Qualifier Saturday, January 29, 11:30
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Saturday, January 29, 3:00 pm
Semifinals Saturday, January 29, 7:00 pm
Final Sunday, January 30, 1:00 pm
Notes
References
External links BDO Canadian Open Event Page WCT Event Page Final on YouTube