2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling (December)
The 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling in December was held from December 14 to 18 at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eleventh time the tournament has been held. The purse was CAD$100,000.
| 2011 BDO Canadian Open of Curling | |
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| Host city | Kingston, Ontario |
| Arena | K-Rock Centre |
| Dates | December 14–18 |
| Winner |  Mike McEwen |
| Curling club | Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg |
| Skip | Mike McEwen |
| Third | B. J. Neufeld |
| Second | Matt Wozniak |
| Lead | Denni Neufeld |
| Finalist | Jeff Stoughton |
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In the final, Mike McEwen won the final over Jeff Stoughton in seven ends with a score of 5–2. He successfully defended his title from the last edition of the BDO Canadian Open, won his first Grand Slam title of the year, and won his third career Grand Slam title.[1]
Five-rock rule
A new five-rock rule was implemented at this edition of the Canadian Open.[2] The rule, a slight alteration to the free guard zone rule, was tested at the event in an attempt to increase offence in the game.[3] The new rule was predicted to favour teams who play more offence, as the rule allows for a fifth guard to be placed in the free guard zone.[2] However, concerns were raised that the new rule may possibly hinder teams that are more defence-oriented, an opinion echoed by the Canadian Curling Association.[2][4] Since the Canadian Open is a Grand Slam event, the Open carried many points on the Canadian Team Ranking System, which plays a role in determining Olympic trials participants. If a team were to miss qualifying for the 2013 trials because of a poor performance at the Open influenced by the five rock rule, the team could raise complaints to the CCA.[4] As a result, the CCA stated that it would not sanction the event unless all players participating in the Open express written consent in regards to the five-rock rule.[2][5] Not all players had agreed not to challenge the outcome of the Open,[6] but the event went ahead as planned, with the five-rock rule in place.
Teams
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings
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| Teams to Tiebreaker | |
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*Kevin Martin advances directly to the playoffs by virtue of a draw to the button contest between Kevin Koe, Jean-Michel Ménard, and Martin.[7]
Round robin results
Draw 1
Wednesday, December 14, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Mike McEwen  |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
 Mark Kean |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Rob Fowler |
0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
 Kevin Martin |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brad Jacobs |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
 Jean-Michel Ménard |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard |
2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
 Steve Laycock |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
Draw 2
Thursday, December 15, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton |
1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Steve Laycock |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Dale Matchett |
0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
 Jim Cotter |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Randy Ferbey |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Robert Schlender |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
 Tom Brewster |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
 Niklas Edin |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
 Brad Gushue |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Draw 3
Thursday, December 15, 12:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jean-Michel Ménard |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 9 |
| Randy Ferbey |
0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin |
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Kevin Koe |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Dale Matchett |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler |
0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Jim Cotter |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs |
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Robert Schlender |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Draw 4
Thursday, December 15, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Brad Jacobs |
2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen |
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Tom Brewster |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping |
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 6 |
| Brad Gushue |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Niklas Edin |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mark Kean |
1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin |
0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Jean-Michel Ménard |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
Draw 5
Thursday, December 15, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| John Epping |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler |
0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Glenn Howard |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton |
1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Jim Cotter |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Dale Matchett |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Steve Laycock |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Tom Brewster |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mark Kean |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Draw 6
Friday, December 16, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jean-Michel Ménard |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Robert Schlender |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Mark Kean |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Dale Matchett |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | 8 |
| Tom Brewster |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs |
0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Randy Ferbey |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 7
Friday, December 16, 12:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Randy Ferbey |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin |
1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| John Epping |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe |
0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 7 |
| Robert Schlender |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Brad Gushue |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jim Cotter |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 9 |
| Steve Laycock |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 4 |
Draw 8
Friday, December 16, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Steve Laycock |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Jean-Michel Ménard |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Jim Cotter |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Mark Kean |
3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Dale Matchett |
0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
Draw 9
Friday, December 16, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Tom Brewster |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard |
1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Jeff Stoughton |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Niklas Edin |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Randy Ferbey |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Robert Schlender |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Tiebreaker
Saturday, December 17, 9:30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jean-Michel Ménard |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Kevin Koe |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
Playoffs
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| Mike McEwen
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Jean-Michel Ménard
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mike McEwen
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| Niklas Edin
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Rob Fowler
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Niklas Edin
| 7 | |||||||||||||
| Mike McEwen
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 2 | |||||||||||||
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| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Martin
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Stoughton
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| Glenn Howard
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Brad Jacobs
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Glenn Howard
| 6 | |||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
Saturday, December 17, 2:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jean-Michel Ménard |
0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Niklas Edin |
2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Kevin Martin |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Glenn Howard |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
Semifinals
Saturday, December 17, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen |
1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 8 |
| Niklas Edin |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Glenn Howard |
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 |
Final
Sunday, December 18, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen |
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Jeff Stoughton |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
References
- "McEwen beats Stoughton to win BDO Canadian Open". CBC Sports. 18 December 2011.
- "New curling rule rocks the boat: Governing body worried about dearth of scoring". Calgary Herald. 1 December 2011.
- "Do you like curling's new 5-rock rule?". CBC Sports. 5 November 2011.
- Allen Cameron (1 December 2011). "Five-rock rule is worth trying out; and a little love for the Glencoe club". Calgary Herald (blog).
- "Five-rock Slam gets reprieve". London Free Press. 10 November 2011.
- "Big 3 hitting stride for BDO Canadian Open". CBC Sports. 12 December 2011.
- "Martin rallies to make playoffs at BDO Canadian Open". CBC Sports. 16 December 2011.
External links
- Results from the CurlingZone database
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