2017–18 curling season

The 2017–18 curling season began in May 2017 and ended in May 2018.

Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.

Curling Canada sanctioned events This section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by Curling Canada. The following events in bold have been confirmed by Curling Canada as are part of the 2017–18 Season of Champions programme.

EventWinning teamRunner-up team Home Hardware Road to the Roar (Pre-Olympic Trials) Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 6–12 John Morris Brendan Bottcher Krista McCarville Julie Tippin Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Swan River, Manitoba, Nov. 12–18 Travelers Curling Club Championship Kingston, Ontario, Nov. 20–25 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings (Canadian Olympic Curling Trials) Ottawa, Ontario, Dec. 2–10 Kevin Koe Mike McEwen Rachel Homan Chelsea Carey Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Jan. 2-7 Lawes / Morris Sweeting / Gushue Continental Cup of Curling London, Ontario, Jan. 11–14 Team North America Team World Canadian Junior Curling Championships Shawinigan, Quebec, Jan. 13–21 Tournament of Hearts Penticton, British Columbia, Jan. 27–Feb. 4 Wildcard Tim Hortons Brier Regina, Saskatchewan, Mar. 3–11 World Women's Curling Championship North Bay, Ontario, Mar. 17–25 Canadian Senior Curling Championship Stratford, Ontario Mar. 24–29 CCAA Curling National Championships Leduc, Alberta, Mar. 24–28 Douglas Royals Fanshawe Falcons Fanshawe Falcons Camosun Chargers U Sports/Curling Canada University Championships Leduc, Alberta, Mar. 24–28 Alberta Golden Bears Winnipeg Wesmen Alberta Pandas Thompson Rivers Wolfpack Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship Leduc, Alberta, Mar. 26-Apr. 1 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Leduc, Alberta Mar. 29-Apr. 1 Crocker / Muyers Sahaidak / Lott Canadian Masters Curling Championships Surrey & White Rock, British Columbia, Apr. 1-8 Canadian Under-18 Curling Championship St. Andrews, New Brunswick Apr. 9-14

Other events Note: Events that have not been placed on Curling Canada's list of sanctioned events are listed here. If an event is listed on Curling Canada's final list for the 2017–18 curling season, it will be moved up to the "Curling Canada-sanctioned events" section. EventWinning teamRunner-up team Everest Curling Challenge Fredericton, New Brunswick, August 25–27 Team Gushue Team EppingJapanese Olympic Curling Trials Tokoro, Japan, Sept. 8-10 Satsuki Fujisawa Chiaki Matsumura World Mixed Curling Championship Champéry, Switzerland, Oct. 6–14 Switzerland Olympic Curling Trials Biel-Bienne, Switzerland, Oct. 11–14 Silvana Tirinzoni Alina Pätz Binia Feltscher Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Erina, Australia, Nov. 2–9 United States Olympic Curling Trials Omaha, Nebraska, Nov. 11–18 John Shuster Heath McCormick Nina Roth Jamie Sinclair European Curling Championships St. Gallen, Switzerland, Nov. 17–25 A B Olympic Qualification Event Plzeň, Czech Republic, Dec. 5–10 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials Blaine, Minnesota, Dec. 13-17 R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton Christensen / ShusterRussian Olympic Curling TrialsSochi, Russia, Dec. 27-30 Victoria Moiseeva Anna Sidorova World Junior B Curling Championships Lohja, Finland Jan. 3–10 Americas Challenge (men's) London, Ontario, Jan. 11–13 2018 Winter Olympics Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 9–25 M W MD World Junior Curling Championships Aberdeen, Scotland, Mar. 3–11 Winter Paralympics Pyeongchang, South Korea, Mar. 9–18 World Men's Curling Championship Las Vegas, United States, Mar. 31–Apr. 8 2018 European Group C Tarnby, Denmark, Apr.11–Apr. 16 World Senior Curling Championships Östersund, Sweden, Apr. 21–28 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Östersund, Sweden, Apr. 21–28

World Curling Tour

Teams See: List of teams on the 2017–18 World Curling Tour

Grand Slam events in bold.

Men's events WeekEventWinning skipRunner-up skipPurse (CAD)Winner's share (CAD) 2 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic Sapporo, Japan, Aug. 3–6 Kim Soo-hyuk Yusuke Morozumi $19,425 $11,427 2.1563 3 Icebreaker at The Granite Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aug. 25–27 Braden Calvert John Shuster $7,680 $2,200 3.4758 4 Baden Masters Baden, Switzerland, Sept. 1–3 Niklas Edin Thomas Ulsrud $39,965 $14,181 5.8101Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Oakville, Ontario, Sep. 1–4 Bruce Mouat Kim Chang-min $28,000 $8,000 6.6939Tallinn Challenger Tallinn, Estonia, Sep. 1–3 Cameron Bryce Ritvars Gulbis 5 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 Regina, Saskatchewan, Sept. 5–10 Brad Gushue Steffen Walstad $100,000 $20,000 10.6756 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 Regina, Saskatchewan, Sept. 5–10 Jason Gunnlaugson William Lyburn $50,000 $10,000 6.6456 Oakville OCT Fall Classic Oakville, Ontario, Sep. 8–10 Bruce Mouat Kim Chang-min $15,000 $3,400 5.0662 6 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Cornwall, Ontario, Sep. 14–17 Brad Jacobs Mike McEwen $60,200 $15,300 10.5938 King Cash Spiel Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Sept. 15–18 Sean Geall Dean Joanisse $12,000 $4,500 2.5571 7 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sep. 21–24 Jason Gunnlaugson Pat Simmons $10,000 $2,500 4.0770 KW Fall Classic Waterloo, Ontario, Sep. 21–24 Matthew Hall Rob Retchless $9,900 $2,500 3.2146 Lakeshore Curling Club Cashspiel Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Sep. 21–24 Kendal Thompson Stuart Thompson $5,250 8 College Clean Restoration Curling Classic Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Sep. 29–Oct. 2 Colton Flasch Kim Chang-min $33,000 $9,000 7.6823 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Vernon, British Columbia, Sept. 29–Oct. 2 Jeff Guignard Adam Cseke $12,000 $5,000 KKP Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sept. 28–Oct. 1 Dennis Bohn Travis Bale $12,000 $1,300 2.7532 Avonair Cash Spiel Edmonton, Alberta, Sept. 29–Oct. 1 Aaron Sluchinski Zou Dejia $12,500 $3,300 3.0106 Swiss Cup Basel Basel, Switzerland, Sept. 28–Oct. 1 Brad Gushue Thomas Ulsrud $33,515 $18,048 8.2928 9 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 6–9 Liu Rui Kevin Koe $50,000 $12,000 8.2344 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 5–9 Brad Gushue Codey Maus $42,000 $12,000 7.3069 St. Paul Cash Spiel St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 6–8 Heath McCormick Sean Murray $17,141 $5,005 3.3248 Man Curl Tour Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 6–9 David Bohn Jordan Smith $8,000 $2,000 2.6840 Bud Light Men's Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 6–9 Robert Mayhew Owen Purcell $6,400 $1,750 2.1538 Minebea Mitsumi Cup Miyota, Japan, Oct. 6–8 Satoru Tsukamoto Kazuhisa Unoura $4,009 $1,670 1.1054 10 Canad Inns Men's Classic Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Oct. 13–16 Reid Carruthers Glenn Howard $60,000 $18,000 8.6231 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Stroud, Ontario, Oct. 12–15 Wayne Tuck Jr. Brandon Tippin $12,380 $4,000 3.2367 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Airdrie, Alberta, Oct. 13–15 Kevin Park Aaron Sluchinski $12,800 $3,200 2.2071 Atkins Curling Supplies Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 13–16 David Bohn Jordan Smith $8,800 $2,000 2.7097 Kalamazoo Men's Classic Kalamazoo, Michigan, Oct. 13–15 Brandon Corbett Garnet Eckstrand (USD) $3,600 0.9298 11 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Masson, Quebec, Oct. 19–22 Liu Rui Peter de Cruz $41,000 $11,000 6.8314 Curling Masters Champéry Champéry, Switzerland, Oct. 19–22 Niklas Edin Greg Drummond $57,692 $17,949 6.2031 Medicine Hat Charity Classic Medicine Hat, Alberta, Oct. 20–23 Brendan Bottcher Jamie King $35,000 $10,000 4.6272 12 Masters of Curling Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Oct. 24–29 Brad Gushue Niklas Edin $125,000 $30,000 12.0203 Dave Jones Alexander Keith's Mayflower Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 26–29 Mark Dacey Chad Stevens $22,000 $5,000 3.1812Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic Point Edward, Ontario, Oct. 26–29 Glenn Howard Brady Clark $15,900 $4,800 4.4091Grande Prairie Cash Spiel Grande Prairie, Alberta, Oct. 27–29 Jeff Ginter Scott Webb $9,700 $2,400 2.0259Latvia International Challenger Riga, Latvia, Oct. 26–29 Rasmus Stjerne Yves Hess $4,459 $2,081 1.6463 13 Ashley Home Store Curling Classic Penticton, British Columbia, Nov. 3–6 Kevin Koe Niklas Edin $66,000 $18,000 7.8483 CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc Cookstown, Ontario, Nov. 2–5 Mark Kean Tanner Horgan $11,200 $4,000 3.3412 Fort Garry Industries Bonspiel Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nov. 3–6 Dennis Bohn Tanner Lott $10,000 $2,700 2.8922 14 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 10–12 Kurt Balderston Tom Brewster $24,000 $6,000 4.5434 Fort St. John Cash Spiel Fort St. John, British Columbia, Nov. 10–12 Jeff Ginter Graham Powell $8,000 15 Boost National Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Nov. 14–19 Bruce Mouat Kim Chang-min $125,000 $30,000 10.7202 DeKalb Superspiel Morris, Manitoba, Nov. 17–20 Dylan Johnston Yannick Schwaller $34,500 $10,300 3.6955 Red Deer Curling Classic Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 17–20 Brendan Bottcher Ted Appelman $39,000 $10,000 5.0877 Fort Wayne Mad Anthony CashSpiel Fort Wayne, Indiana, Nov. 17–19 Garnet Eckstrand Andrew Stopera (USD) $4,560 (USD) $900 16 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix Clermont, Quebec, Nov. 23–26 Martin Ferland Stuart Thompson $27,000 $8,000 3.9780 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel Abbotsford, British Columbia, Nov. 24–26 Jason Montgomery Sean Geall $18,000 $6,000 2.8209 Black Diamond / High River Cash Black Diamond & High River, Alberta, Nov. 24–26 Aaron Sluchinski Chad Dahlseide $7,900 $2,000 1.6247 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nov. 24–27 David Bohn Travis Bale $10,000 $2,600 3.1403 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel Windsor, Nova Scotia, Nov. 24–26 Kendal Thompson Mike Callaghan $3,000 $1,200 17 Thistle Integrity Stakes Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dec. 1–4 Andrew Hunt William Lyburn $5,000 $1,300 2.6139WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Saint John, New Brunswick, Dec. 1–3 Jamie Murphy Wayne Tallon $15,300 $5,000 2.7017Brantford Nissan Men's Classic Brantford, Ontario, Dec. 1–3 Richard Krell Mark Kean $16,000 $5,000 3.5349 18 Curl Mesabi Classic Eveleth, Minnesota, Dec. 8–10 Greg Persinger Joe Polo $23,138 $7,709 4.0667 Dawson Creek Cash Spiel Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Dec. 8–10 Kurt Balderston Tracy Steinke $10,500 MCT Championships Dauphin, Manitoba, Dec. 8–10 Jason Gunnlaugson Pat Simmons $7,500 $2,000 4.1385 19 Karuizawa International Karuizawa, Japan, Dec. 13–17 Yusuke Morozumi Kim Chang-min $31,980 $11,422 4.0688Dumfries Challenger Series Dumfries, Scotland, Dec. 14–17 Bruce Mouat Jan Hess $17,620 $6,904 2.2482King Spud Classic Carberry, Manitoba, Dec. 15–17 Kelly Marnoch Sean Grassie $8,400 $2,500 2.1842 Dakota Challenger Spiel Lakeville, Minnesota, Dec. 16–17 Dominik Maerki Dale Gibbs (USD) 3,600 21 US Open of Curling Blaine, Minnesota, Dec. 29–Jan. 1 Heath McCormick Adam Casey $21,434 $6,935 4.1801 22 Mercure Perth Masters Perth, Scotland, Jan. 4–7 Niklas Edin Peter de Cruz $30,839 $10,954 6.8809 23 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic Tempe, Arizona, Jan. 11–14 Mike McEwen Steve Laycock $17,406 $7,460 4.9849 Peace Tour Championship Sexsmith, Alberta, Jan. 12–14 Jeff Ginter Scott Webb $8,450 $2,250 1.2314 Brandon Men's BonspielBrandon, Manitoba, Jan. 11-14 Brett Walter Graham Freeman $7,000 24 Meridian Canadian Open Camrose, Alberta, Jan. 16–21 Peter de Cruz Niklas Edin $100,000 $30,000 11.8181 German Masters Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 19–21 Marc Pfister Kyle Smith $22,963 $6,889 4.5412 25 WCT Moscow Classic Moscow, Russia, Jan. 25–29 Jaap van Dorp Lukáš Klíma 32 Princess Auto Elite 10 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mar. 15–18 Mike McEwen Brad Gushue $100,000 $28,000 Aberdeen International Curling ChampionshipAberdeen, Scotland, Mar. 16–18 Bruce Mouat Yannick Schwaller $24,168 $10,040 5.2203 36 Players' Championship Toronto, Ontario, Apr. 10–15 Kevin Koe Niklas Edin $100,000 $30,000 11.0688 38 Humpty's Champions Cup Calgary, Alberta, Apr. 24–29 Brad Gushue Glenn Howard $100,000

Women's events