The 2004 M&M Meat Shops Masters of Curling was held from December 9 to 12, 2004 at the Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. The event was one of the four men's Grand Slams of the 2004–05 curling season.
Winnipeg's Jeff Stoughton rink won the event, defeating Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan's Pat Simmons rink in the final, 5–4. Stoughton won the event by stealing a point in the 11th end, and took home $30,000 for the win. Simmons won $18,000. It was Stoughton's second career Grand Slam win.
The event had a triple knockout format. The top 12 teams (as of August 30) in the world qualified, plus the top 2 teams on the World Curling Tour money list (as of November 21), plus one European team and one sponsor exemption. The total purse for the event was $100,000. The WCT second ranked Glenn Howard rink and the fifth ranked Wayne Middaugh rink did not participate, as they were participating in the playdowns for the 2005 Ontario Kia Cup.
The semifinals and finals aired on Sportsnet.
Teams The teams were as follows: SkipThirdSecondLeadLocaleWCT rank (earnings)Dave Boehmer Pat Spring Richard Daneault Don Harvey Petersfield, Manitoba 6th ($30,200) Kerry Burtnyk Ken Tresoor Rob Fowler Keith Fenton Winnipeg, Manitoba 37th ($12,000) Mark Dacey Bruce Lohnes Rob Harris Andrew Gibson Halifax, Nova Scotia 101st ($3,287) Glen Despins Rod Montgomery Phillip Germain Dwayne Mihalicz Regina, Saskatchewan 20th ($19,500) David Nedohin Randy Ferbey (skip) Scott Pfeifer Marcel Rocque Edmonton, Alberta 3rd ($55,000) Guy Hemmings Martin Ferland Francois Gagne Dale Ness Montreal, Quebec 41st ($10,488) Russ Howard James Grattan Grant Odishaw Marc LeCocq Moncton, New Brunswick 7th ($30,000) Bruce Korte Clint Dieno Roger Korte Rory Golanowski Muenster, Saskatchewan 87th ($4,000) Kevin Martin Don Walchuk Carter Rycroft Don Bartlett Edmonton, Alberta 1st ($73,500) John Morris Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Paul Moffatt Calgary, Alberta 21st ($16,700) Kevin Park Shane Park Kerry Park Scott Park Edmonton, Alberta NR Vic Peters Mark Lukowich Chris Neufeld Denni Neufeld Winnipeg, Manitoba 72nd ($5,200) Pat Simmons Jeff Sharp Chris Haichert Ben Hebert Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan 4th ($43,500) Ralph Stöckli Claudio Pescia Pascal Sieber Simon Strübin Neuenkirch, Switzerland 10th ($25,418) Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Garry Vandenberghe Steve Gould Winnipeg, Manitoba 8th ($28,250) Bob Ursel Trevor Perepolkin Brendan Willis Lance McGinn Kelowna, British Columbia 11th ($24,000)
Playoffs The playoff scores were as follows:
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