The 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup was held December 5–9 at Affinity Place in Estevan, Saskatchewan. The tournament winners qualified for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.
Both the men's and women's events have a total purse of $70,000 with the winners receiving $14,000 and the runners up winning $9,000.2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup Media Guide: Fact Sheet, pg 7
Men Teams A revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six men's teams. Team Dunstone qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018.
Skip Third Second Lead Locale Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton, Alberta Mike McEwen Reid Carruthers Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson West St. Paul Curling Club, West St. Paul, Manitoba Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Catlin Schneider Dustin Kidby Highland Curling Club, Regina, Saskatchewan John Epping Mat Camm Brent Laing Craig Savill Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto, Ontario Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club & RE/MAX Centre, St. John's Brad Jacobs Marc Kennedy E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Community First Curling Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Kevin Koe B. J. Neufeld Colton Flasch Ben Hebert The Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker SkipWLPFPA Brad Jacobs 5 1 42 30 27 22 3 9 87% Brad Gushue 4 2 45 33 26 23 2 7 86% Kevin Koe 4 2 42 37 21 20 5 3 86% Brendan Bottcher 4 2 41 42 23 19 4 6 82% John Epping 3 3 34 35 23 23 5 4 83% Matt Dunstone 1 5 32 41 17 24 4 2 83% Reid Carruthers 0 6 21 39 15 20 6 4 81%
Round-robin results
Draw 1 Wednesday, December 5, 9:00 am
Draw 2 Wednesday, December 5, 2:00 pm
Draw 3 Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 pm
Draw 4 Thursday, December 6, 9:00 am
Draw 5 Thursday, December 6, 2:00 pm
Draw 6 Thursday, December 6, 7:00 pm
Draw 7 Friday, December 7, 9:00 am
Draw 8 Friday, December 7, 2:00 pm
Draw 9 Friday, December 7, 7:00 pm
Tiebreaker Saturday, December 8, 9:00 am
Playoffs
Semifinal Saturday, December 8, 2:00 pm
Final Sunday, December 9, 7:00 pm
Player percentages After Round Robin Play; Includes games played at other positions Leads % Seconds % Thirds/Skips % Fourths/Skips % Karrick Martin 88% Brad Thiessen 82% Darren Moulding 82% Brendan Bottcher 82% Colin Hodgson 90% Derek Samagalski 81% Reid Carruthers 78% Mike McEwen 77% Dustin Kidby 91% Catlin Schneider 80% Braeden Moskowy 80% Matt Dunstone 79% Craig Savill 85% Brent Laing 84% Mathew Camm 81% John Epping 83% Geoff Walker 90% Brett Gallant 82% Mark Nichols 87% Brad Gushue 84% Ryan Harnden 88% E. J. Harnden 90% Marc Kennedy 85% Brad Jacobs 85% Ben Hebert 90% Colton Flasch 88% B. J. Neufeld 88% Kevin Koe 82%
Women Teams A revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six teams. However, due to a virtual tie, a seventh women's teams was invited using this method. Team Flaxey qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018. Team Tracy Fleury had qualified for the event, but had to decline as they were representing Canada at the Second Leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup.
Skip Third Second Lead Locale Chelsea Carey Sarah Wilkes Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown The Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta Kerri Einarson Val Sweeting Shannon Birchard Briane Meilleur Gimli Curling Club, Gimli, Manitoba Allison Flaxey Kate Cameron Taylor McDonald Raunora Westcott Granite Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa, Ontario Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jocelyn Peterman Dawn McEwen St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba Darcy Robertson Karen Klein Vanessa Foster Theresa Cannon Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba Casey Scheidegger Cary-Anne McTaggart Jessie Scheidegger Kristie Moore Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge, Alberta Laura Walker Cathy Overton-Clapham Lori Olson-Johns Laine Peters Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker SkipWLPFPA Kerri Einarson 6 1 49 35 32 28 4 9 82% Jennifer Jones 5 2 49 40 28 30 2 4 79% Rachel Homan 5 2 45 36 32 27 4 11 82% Casey Scheidegger 4 3 50 41 33 27 4 7 79% Laura Walker 3 4 40 46 30 30 5 6 79% Chelsea Carey 2 5 38 54 26 33 2 6 77% Allison Flaxey 2 5 36 49 25 29 6 7 79% Darcy Robertson 1 6 49 55 31 33 2 6 77%
Round-robin results
Draw 1 Wednesday, December 5, 9:00 am
Draw 2 Wednesday, December 5, 2:00 pm
Draw 3 Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 pm
Draw 4 Thursday, December 6, 9:00 am
Draw 5 Thursday, December 6, 2:00 pm
Draw 6 Thursday, December 6, 7:00 pm
Draw 7 Friday, December 7, 9:00 am
Draw 8 Friday, December 7, 2:00 pm
Draw 9 Friday, December 7, 7:00 pm
Draw 10 Saturday, December 8, 9:00 am
Playoffs
Semifinal Saturday, December 8, 8:00 pm
Final Sunday, December 9, 2:00 pm
Player percentages After Round Robin Leads % Seconds % Thirds % Skips % Rachelle Brown 81% Dana Ferguson 78% Sarah Wilkes 75% Chelsea Carey 73% Briane Meilleur 88% Shannon Birchard 81% Val Sweeting 83% Kerri Einarson 75% Raunora Westcott 85% Taylor McDonald 80% Kate Cameron 78% Allison Flaxey 72% Lisa Weagle 84% Joanne Courtney 82% Emma Miskew 82% Rachel Homan 77% Dawn McEwen 83% Jocelyn Peterman 82% Kaitlyn Lawes 81% Jennifer Jones 75% Theresa Cannon 78% Vanessa Foster 78% Karen Klein 74% Darcy Robertson 78% Kristie Moore 83% Jessie Haughian 80% Cary-Anne McTaggart 76% Casey Scheidegger 76% Laine Peters 85% Lori Olson-Johns 80% Cathy Overton-Clapham 76% Laura Walker 73%
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