The 2015 Elite 10 was held from March 19 to 22 at the Suncor Community Leisure Centre at MacDonald Island Park in Fort McMurray, Alberta. It was the fourth men's Grand Slam event held in the 2014–15 curling season. The Mike McEwen rink from Winnipeg won their fifth career Grand Slam title, defeating the Niklas Edin rink from Sweden in the final.
Competition format The Elite 10 event features what is called a "match-play" format, in which the winning team of a particular game is the team that has won the most ends in that game. In match play, an end is won by stealing or scoring two with the hammer, similar to skins curling. Unlike skins, however, there are no carry-overs. Tied games will have a draw to the button competition to determine the winner. In the standings, wins are worth three points, draw to the button wins are worth two points, and draw to the button losses are worth one point.
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Locale Reid Carruthers Braeden Moskowy Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson Winnipeg, Manitoba Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Kristian Lindström Christoffer Sundgren Karlstad, Sweden John Epping Travis Fanset Patrick Janssen Tim March Toronto, Ontario Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker Newfoundland and Labrador Glenn Howard Richard Hart Jon Mead Craig Savill Penetanguishene, Ontario Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert Calgary, Alberta Steve Laycock Kirk Muyres Colton Flasch Dallan Muyres Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Mike McEwen B. J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Denni Neufeld Winnipeg, Manitoba Sven Michel Florian Meister Simon Gempeler Stefan Meienberg Adelboden, Switzerland
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings Pool B W L Pts Reid Carruthers 3 0 0 1 12 5 9 Mike McEwen 3 0 0 1 9 5 9 Niklas Edin 2 0 0 2 9 8 6 Glenn Howard 2 0 0 2 8 8 6 Steve Laycock 0 0 0 4 2 14 0 Pool B W L Pts Kevin Koe 3 0 0 1 13 5 9 Brad Jacobs 3 0 0 1 13 9 9 Brad Gushue 3 0 0 1 11 8 9 John Epping 1 0 0 3 5 12 3 Sven Michel 0 0 0 4 6 14 0
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).
Draw 1 Thursday, March 19, 1:30 pm
Draw 2 Thursday, March 19, 5:00 pm
Draw 3 Thursday, March 19, 8:30 pm
Draw 4 Friday, March 20, 10:00 am
Draw 5 Friday, March 20, 1:30 pm
Draw 6 Friday, March 20, 5:00 pm
Draw 7 Friday, March 20, 8:30 pm
Tiebreaker Saturday, March 21, 9:30 am
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Saturday, March 21, 1:00 pm
Semifinals Saturday, March 21, 8:00 pm
Final Sunday, March 22, 11:00 am
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