2000 Players' Championship
Curling competition at Winnipeg, Manitoba
The 2000 GMC WCT Players' Championship , the championship of the men's World Curling Tour for the 1999-00 curling season was held March 14–19, 2000 at the Max Bell Centre in Winnipeg , Manitoba .[ 1] [ 2]
Alberta's Kevin Martin defeated Ontario's Wayne Middaugh in the final, 6–4 in front of a "sparse crowd". It was Martin's third career Player's Championship title. Middaugh missed a draw for two in the seventh which would've tied the game. Martin made a double in the tenth to win the game. Team Martin third Don Walchuk struggled throughout the game with back pain, but persevered. With the win, the Martin rink earned a berth in the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials ,[ 2] 2002 Winter Olympics .
Only two rinks in the top 20 tour money rankings did not participate, Team Greg McAulay and Team Russ Howard , who were coming off playing in the 2000 Labatt Brier final held on March 12. They were replaced by the Brad Hannah and Howard Restall .[ 3]
The semifinals and finals were aired on television on CTV .
Teams
The teams were as follows:[ 4]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Locale[ 5]
Season earnings to date ($CA )[ 1]
Kerry Burtnyk Jeff Ryan Rob Meakin Keith Fenton Winnipeg , Manitoba $48,500
Glen Despins Art Paulsen Dwayne Mihalicz Phillip Germain Strongfield, Saskatchewan $42,000
David Nedohin Randy Ferbey (skip)Scott Pfeifer Marcel Rocque Edmonton , Alberta $46,700
Paul Flemming Mark Dacey Blayne Iskiw Tom Fetterly Halifax, Nova Scotia $20,000
Brad Hannah Warren Hassall Bryan Blaylock Chris Hassall Edmonton , Alberta $18,500[ 3]
Mike Harris Richard Hart Collin Mitchell George Karrys Toronto , Ontario $23,500
Guy Hemmings Don Westphal Guy Thibaudeau Dale Ness Saint-Aimé, Quebec $23,000
Bruce Korte Darrell McKee Roger Korte Rory Golanowski Saskatoon , Saskatchewan $33,000
Peja Lindholm [ 6] Tomas Nordin Magnus Swartling Peter Narup Östersund , Sweden N/A
Kevin Martin Don Walchuk Carter Rycroft Don Bartlett Edmonton , Alberta $41,980
Hammy McMillan Warwick Smith Ewan MacDonald Peter Loudon Inverness, Scotland N/A
Chad McMullan Travis Graham Ross McFadyen Jeff Steski Winnipeg , Manitoba $19,825
Wayne Middaugh Graeme McCarrel Ian Tetley Scott Bailey Midland, Ontario $50,400
Rich Moffatt Howard Rajala Chris Fulton Paul Madden Ottawa , Ontario $27,500
Dale Duguid [ a] Mark Olson Peter Nicholls Dean Dunstone Winnipeg , Manitoba N/A
Shane Park Scott Park (skip)Kerry Park Pat McCallum [ b] Edmonton , Alberta $21,375
Lowell Peterman Rob Armitage Keith Glover Steve Matejka Red Deer, Alberta N/A
Vic Peters Dave Smith Chris Neufeld Don Harvey Winnipeg , Manitoba $46,800
Howard Restall Stan Walker Dave Kristy Andy Hick Winnipeg , Manitoba $18,350[ 3]
Ulrik Schmidt Lasse Lavrsen Brian Hansen Carsten Svensgaard Holte , Denmark $22,896
Kelly Skinner Kerry Hunka William Lyburn Gary Poole Brandon, Manitoba $20,125
Adam Spencer Brad Savage Jason Boyce Trevor Wall Guelph , Ontario $20,300
Pat Spiring Ken Tresoor Jim Spencer Scott Grant Winnipeg , Manitoba $19,500
Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Garry Vandenberghe Bob Jenion [ c] Doug Armstrong Winnipeg , Manitoba $47,000
Round-robin standings
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the playoffs.[ 1]
Final round-robin standings [ 11]
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Scores
Scores were as follows:
Draw 1
Middaugh 8, McMillan 2
Team Olson 6, Skinner 5
Korte 8, Flemming 4
Harris 7, Spiring 3
Peters 10, Schmidt 2
Draw 2
Martin 7, McMullan 3
Despins 10, Lindholm 5
Team Park 10, Stoughton 7
Moffatt 8, Peterman 4
Spencer 6, Burtnyk 3
Draw 3
Hannah 10, Team Nedohin 6
Hemmings 9, Restall 2
Skinner 4, McMillan 3
Korte 8, Team Olson 2
Flemming 10, Middaugh 6
Draw 4
Moffatt 5, Burtnyk 4
Spencer 7, Martin 6
Peterman 8, McMullan 5
Team Park 10, Despins 4
Stoughton 9, Spiring 7
Draw 5
Lindholm 9, Harris 3
Hannah 7, Peters 6
Team Nedohin 8, Restall 7
Hemmings 8, Schmidt 6
Korte 4, McMillan 3
Draw 6
Team Olson 7, Flemming 4
Skinner 8, Middaugh 5
Martin 7, Moffatt 6
McMullan 8, Spencer 5
Burtnyk 9, Peterman 2
Draw 7
Despins 7, Spiring 5
Harris 8, Stoughton 7
Lindholm 5, Team Park 4
Peters 6, Restall 5
Hemmings 8, Team Nedohin 2
Draw 8
Schmidt 9, Hannah 1
McMillan 10, Flemming 2
Middaugh 8, Team Olson 3
Korte 4, Skinner 3
McMullan 8, Moffatt 3
Draw 9
Spencer 9, Peterman 7
Burtnyk 6, Martin 5
Despins 10, Harris 1
Stoughton 8, Lindholm 1
Team Park 11, Spiring 8
Draw 10
Hemmings 8, Peters 6
Schmidt 7, Team Nedohin 4
Hannah 7, Restall 3
McMillan 11, Team Olson 4
Skinner 9, Flemming 6
Draw 11
Team Park 8, Harris 5
Lindholm 7, Spiring 5
Moffatt 7, Spencer 6
Martin 8, Peterman 5
Despins 7, Stoughton 6
Draw 12
Middaugh 8, Korte 3
Hannah 10, Hemmings 5
McMullan 6, Burtnyk 5
Peters 9, Team Nedohin 4
Restall 6, Schmidt 3
Tiebreakers
[ 12]
Martin 5, Spencer 4
Middaugh 7, Skinner 6
McMullan 10, Moffatt 5
Playoffs
[ 13]
Final
March 19, 11:30am [ 14]
Notes
^ Team Olson lead Charlie Salina could not play, so Duguid spared and skipped the team.[ 7]
^ Regular skip Kevin Park left the team, so McCallum was recruited to play lead, with the rest of the line-up being re-arranged.[ 8]
^ Jenion spared for Vandenberghe who had to go to Kelowna for a job interview, missing the first couple of days of competition.[ 9] [ 10]
References
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