2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials

2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Olympic Curling Trials
Host city	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Arena	Stride Place
Dates	January 2–7
Winner	Lawes / Morris
Female	Kaitlyn Lawes
Male	John Morris
Finalist	Sweeting / Gushue
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The 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, also known as the Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials, were held from January 2 to 7 at the Stride Place in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The winners of this event represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics. ^[1]

Teams

Teams qualified for these Olympic Trials by virtue of their results at the past two Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships as well as their standing on the Canadian Mixed Doubles Rankings (CMDR). Members of Canada's Olympic four-player teams are not eligible to compete in the Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials because of the rigours of the Olympic curling schedule. If their teammate qualified for the Olympics as part of a four-player team, they must name a replacement to compete alongside them in the Trials.

The teams that qualified for the trials are listed as follows: ^{[2] [3]}

Province / Territory	Male	Female
Alberta Manitoba	John Morris	Rachel Homan Kaitlyn Lawes [3]
Manitoba	Reid Carruthers	Joanne Courtney Jill Officer [4] [3]
Newfoundland and Labrador Ontario	Brent Laing Mark Nichols [3]	Jennifer Jones
Newfoundland and Labrador Alberta	Brett Gallant	Jocelyn Peterman
Manitoba Alberta	Colin Hodgson	Chelsea Carey
Alberta	Charley Thomas	Kalynn Park
Manitoba	Mike McEwen	Dawn McEwen
British Columbia Saskatchewan	Tyrel Griffith	Emma Miskew Sherry Just [3]
Ontario	John Epping	Lisa Weagle Sherry Middaugh [3]
Newfoundland and Labrador Alberta	Geoff Walker	Laura Crocker
Saskatchewan	Catlin Schneider	Nancy Martin
Saskatchewan	Dustin Kalthoff	Marliese Kasner
Newfoundland and Labrador Alberta	Brad Gushue	Val Sweeting
Ontario	Wayne Tuck Jr.	Kim Tuck
Quebec	Robert Desjardins	Émilie Desjardins
Ontario	Tyler Stewart	Nicole Westlund-Stewart
Alberta	Brendan Bottcher	Dana Ferguson
Manitoba	Jason Gunnlaugson	Shannon Birchard

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Round of 8
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Pool A W L Peterman / Gallant 8 0 Jones / Nichols 6 2 Officer / Carruthers 5 3 Martin / Schneider 5 3 É. Desjardins / R. Desjardins 4 4 Just / Griffith 3 5 D. McEwen / M. McEwen 2 6 Birchard / Gunnlaugson 2 6 K. Tuck / W. Tuck 1 7

Pool B W L Crocker / Walker 8 0 Ferguson / Bottcher 6 2 Lawes / Morris 5 3 Sweeting / Gushue 5 3 Carey / Hodgson 5 3 Park / Thomas 3 5 Middaugh / Epping 3 5 Kasner / Kalthoff 1 7 Westlund-Stewart / Stewart 0 8

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Time (UTC−6:00). ^[5]

Draw 1

Tuesday, January 2, 8:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
D. McEwen / M. McEwen	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	3
É. Desjardins / R. Desjardins	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Martin / Schneider	0	5	2	1	2	0	1	X	11
Just / Griffith	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Birchard / Gunnlaugson	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	3
Jones / Nichols	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peterman / Gallant	5	1	0	0	3	0	2	X	11
K. Tuck / W. Tuck	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 2, 10:45

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Park / Thomas	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	7
Westlund-Stewart / Stewart	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Crocker / Walker	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	7
Middaugh / Epping	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ferguson / Bottcher	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	8
Lawes / Morris	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Carey / Hodgson	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	6
Sweeting / Gushue	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 3

Tuesday, January 2, 13:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jones / Nichols	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3
Officer / Carruthers	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
K. Tuck / W. Tuck	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	6
Birchard / Gunnlaugson	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	3	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Just / Griffith	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	6
É. Desjardins / R. Desjardins	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
D. McEwen / M. McEwen	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
Martin / Schneider	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 4

Tuesday, January 2, 16:15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Lawes / Morris	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	6
Kasner / Kalthoff	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweeting / Gushue	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	6
Ferguson / Bottcher	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Middaugh / Epping	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	6
Westlund-Stewart / Stewart	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Park / Thomas	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	3
Crocker / Walker	1	2	0	1	0	5	X	X	9

Draw 5

Tuesday, January 2, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Birchard / Gunnlaugson	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
D. McEwen / M. McEwen	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
É. Desjardins / R. Desjardins	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	6
Peterman / Gallant	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Officer / Carruthers	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	X	10
Martin / Schneider	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jones / Nichols	1	1	0	5	0	5	X	X	12
Just / Griffith	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	3

Draw 6

Tuesday, January 2, 21:45

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ferguson / Bottcher	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	6
Park / Thomas	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Westlund-Stewart / Stewart	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Carey / Hodgson	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kasner / Kalthoff	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	3
Crocker / Walker	2	2	0	1	0	0	4	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Lawes / Morris	3	1	2	0	3	2	X	X	11
Middaugh / Epping	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	2

Draw 7

Wednesday, January 3, 8:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Martin / Schneider	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	7
É. Desjardins / R. Desjardins	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Just / Griffith	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	X	7
K. Tuck / W. Tuck	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peterman / Gallant	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	7
Birchard / Gunnlaugson	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
D. McEwen / M. McEwen	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	1	8
Officer / Carruthers	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	7

Draw 8

Wednesday, January 3, 10:45

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Crocker / Walker	0	3	0	3	0	4	X	X	10
Westlund-Stewart / Stewart	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Middaugh / Epping	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	8
Sweeting / Gushue	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Carey / Hodgson	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
Ferguson / Bottcher	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Park / Thomas	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	6
Kasner / Kalthoff	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Draw 9

Wednesday, January 3, 13:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
K. Tuck / W. Tuck	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
Jones / Nichols	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Officer / Carruthers	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	X	7
Birchard / Gunnlaugson	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
D. McEwen / M. McEwen	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	5
Just / Griffith	0	2	0	1	3	0	3	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Martin / Schneider	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	2
Peterman / Gallant	3	1	0	0	3	3	X	X	10

Draw 10

Wednesday, January 3, 16:15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweeting / Gushue	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	6
Lawes / Morris	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kasner / Kalthoff	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
Ferguson / Bottcher	1	0	3	1	1	2	X	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Park / Thomas	0	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	8
Middaugh / Epping	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Crocker / Walker	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	9
Carey / Hodgson	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	5

Draw 11

Wednesday, January 3, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peterman / Gallant	2	1	0	5	2	0	2	X	12
D. McEwen / M. McEwen	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Martin / Schneider	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	4
Jones / Nichols	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Officer / Carruthers	5	4	0	3	0	3	X	X	15
K. Tuck / W. Tuck	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Birchard / Gunnlaugson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5
É. Desjardins / R. Desjardins	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	6

Draw 12

Wednesday, January 3, 21:45

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Carey / Hodgson	2	1	1	2	0	1	X	X	7
Park / Thomas	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Crocker / Walker	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	11
Lawes / Morris	0	4	0	1	0	3	2	0	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kasner / Kalthoff	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4
Sweeting / Gushue	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ferguson / Bottcher	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	X	6
Westlund-Stewart / Stewart	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	X	3

Draw 13

Thursday, January 4, 8:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Birchard / Gunnlaugson	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
Martin / Schneider	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
K. Tuck / W. Tuck	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	6
É. Desjardins / R. Desjardins	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jones / Nichols	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	6
Peterman / Gallant	0	2	0	3	1	0	2	1	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Just / Griffith	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	8
Officer / Carruthers	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	7

Draw 14

Thursday, January 4, 10:45

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ferguson / Bottcher	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	6
Crocker / Walker	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweeting / Gushue	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	X	9
Westlund-Stewart / Stewart	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Lawes / Morris	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	8
Carey / Hodgson	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Middaugh / Epping	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	8
Kasner / Kalthoff	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Draw 15

Thursday, January 4, 13:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peterman / Gallant	1	0	2	3	1	0	X	X	7
Just / Griffith	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
D. McEwen / M. McEwen	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	6
Jones / Nichols	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	2	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
É. Desjardins / R. Desjardins	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Officer / Carruthers	2	0	3	1	0	4	X	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Martin / Schneider	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	7
K. Tuck / W. Tuck	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	6

Draw 16

Thursday, January 4, 16:15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Carey / Hodgson	1	2	2	0	3	0	X	X	8
Middaugh / Epping	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Park / Thomas	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Lawes / Morris	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Westlund-Stewart / Stewart	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Kasner / Kalthoff	2	0	2	0	5	0	1	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Sweeting / Gushue	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8
Crocker / Walker	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	3	1	9

Draw 17

Thursday, January 4, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Just / Griffith	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	5
Birchard / Gunnlaugson	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Officer / Carruthers	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Peterman / Gallant	2	0	1	2	2	0	1	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
K. Tuck / W. Tuck	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	X	7
D. McEwen / M. McEwen	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jones / Nichols	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	X	8
É. Desjardins / R. Desjardins	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

Draw 18

Thursday, January 4, 21:45

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Middaugh / Epping	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	5
Ferguson / Bottcher	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kasner / Kalthoff	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Carey / Hodgson	2	0	1	0	4	0	3	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweeting / Gushue	0	0	3	2	0	2	3	X	10
Park / Thomas	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Lawes / Morris	4	0	2	0	2	3	X	X	11
Westlund-Stewart / Stewart	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Tiebreaker

Friday, January 5, 08:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Carey / Hodgson	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	9
Martin / Schneider	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	7

Round of 8

A Bracket

						Qualifier 1
	1	Peterman / Gallant	6
	8	Carey / Hodgson	4
						1	Peterman / Gallant	5
						5	Lawes / Morris	7
	4	Ferguson / Bottcher	6
	5	Lawes / Morris	8

						Qualifier 2
	3	Jones / Nichols	8
	6	Officer / Carruthers	6
						3	Jones / Nichols	3
						7	Sweeting / Gushue	10
	2	Crocker / Walker	4
	7	Sweeting / Gushue	7

A Semifinals

Friday, January 5, 15:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peterman / Gallant	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	X	6
Carey / Hodgson	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ferguson / Bottcher	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	6
Lawes / Morris	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Crocker / Walker	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
Sweeting / Gushue	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jones / Nichols	2	0	3	0	0	2	1	X	8
Officer / Carruthers	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	X	6

A Finals

Friday, January 5, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peterman / Gallant	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	5
Lawes / Morris	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jones / Nichols	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3
Sweeting / Gushue	3	2	0	1	1	0	3	X	10

B Bracket

	Semifinals					Qualifier 3
						8	Carey / Hodgson	7
	8	Carey / Hodgson	11			3	Jones / Nichols	9
	4	Ferguson / Bottcher	5

	Semifinals					Qualifier 4
						6	Officer / Carruthers	5
	6	Officer / Carruthers	6			1	Peterman / Gallant	8
	2	Crocker / Walker	4

B Semifinals

Friday, January 5, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Carey / Hodgson	0	3	0	3	0	5	X	X	11
Ferguson / Bottcher	1	0	1	0	3	0	X	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Officer / Carruthers	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	6
Crocker / Walker	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

B Finals

Saturday, January 6, 8:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Carey / Hodgson	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	7
Jones / Nichols	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	2	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Officer / Carruthers	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Peterman / Gallant	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	8

Page playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Lawes / Morris	4								2	Sweeting / Gushue	6
	2	Sweeting / Gushue	9								1	Lawes / Morris	8
						1	Lawes / Morris	7
						4	Peterman / Gallant	3
	3	Jones / Nichols	4
	4	Peterman / Gallant	5

1 vs. 2

Saturday, January 6, 15:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Lawes / Morris	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	X	4
Sweeting / Gushue	1	0	1	0	4	2	1	X	9

Player percentages
Manitoba Alberta		Alberta Newfoundland and Labrador
Kaitlyn Lawes	68%	Valerie Sweeting	79%
John Morris	70%	Brad Gushue	82%
Total	69%	Total	81%

3 vs. 4

Saturday, January 6, 12:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jones / Nichols	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	4
Peterman / Gallant	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5

Player percentages
Manitoba Newfoundland and Labrador		Alberta Newfoundland and Labrador
Jennifer Jones	78%	Jocelyn Peterman	80%
Mark Nichols	79%	Brett Gallant	89%
Total	79%	Total	85%

Semifinal

Saturday, January 6, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Lawes / Morris	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	7
Peterman / Gallant	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Player percentages
Manitoba Alberta		Alberta Newfoundland and Labrador
Kaitlyn Lawes	69%	Jocelyn Peterman	58%
John Morris	81%	Brett Gallant	84%
Total	76%	Total	74%

Final

Sunday, January 7, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweeting / Gushue	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	6
Lawes / Morris	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	1	8

Player percentages
Alberta Newfoundland and Labrador		Manitoba Alberta
Valerie Sweeting	70%	Kaitlyn Lawes	77%
Brad Gushue	80%	John Morris	85%
Total	76%	Total	82%

References

1. "2018 Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Trials to be held in Portage La Prairie, Man". Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
2. "Teams - 2018 Mixed Doubles Curling Trials". Canadian Curling Association . Retrieved November 22, 2017.
3. "Canada's mixed doubles curling pairings are set - CBC Sports" . Retrieved 3 January 2018.
4. Reid. "One more shot to get to Korea via the mixed dbls trials. I am excited to announce that @JillOfficer will fill in for Joanne during the @CurlingCanada trials in Portage Jan 2nd-7th. Time to get back practicing! @Bruins71 you ready for this?!" . Retrieved 3 January 2018.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-19.

External links

• Official website