STEINBACH, Man. — Friday is moving day at the Crown Royal Players’ Championship as we’re down to the final draws for pool play.
Only six teams in each division will advance to the playoffs in the prestigious Grand Slam of Curling event.
Stream live on watch.rockchannel.com. Broadcast coverage in Canada on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ begins with Draw 9 at 1 p.m. ET / Noon CT.
Keep it here all day for the latest results.
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WHO’S IN, WHO’S OUT
The playoff picture resembled an abstract painting, with all six spots on the women’s side up for grabs to start the day.
Here’s how things unfolded.
Men’s Division
• Team Kyle Waddell (3-2-0-0, 13 points): The undefeated Scottish squad secured a bye to the semifinals with a 7-6 shootout win in Draw 12 against Whyte.
• Team Xu Xiaoming (3-1-0-1, 11 points): Xu qualified for the playoffs for the first time in a Grand Slam after defeating Edin 8-7 in Draw 12.
• Team Yannick Schwaller (3-0-1-0, 10 points): Schwaller is in as a maximum of six teams can get to 10 or more points.
In the mix for the final three spots: Team Joël Retornaz (2-1-1-1, nine points), Team Ross Whyte (2-0-2-0, eight points), Team Bruce Mouat (2-1-0-1, eight points), Team Matt Dunstone (1-2-0-1, seven points) and Team John Shuster (2-0-0-2, six points).
Eliminated: Team Daniel Casper, Team Mike McEwen, Team Brad Jacobs and Team Niklas Edin.
Women’s Division
• Team Silvana Tirinzoni (3-1-0-0, 11 points): Secured a spot with a 7-3 win over Yoshimura in Draw 13.
• Team Eun-ji Gim (3-0-0-1, nine points): Qualified by a process of elimination after Draw 13, as not enough teams can reach nine points to drop Gim into a shootout.
• Team Tabitha Peterson (2-1-1-0, nine points): Also booked a playoff spot after the results from Draw 13.
In the mix for the final three spots: Team Satsuki Fujisawa (2-1-0-2, eight points), Team Rachel Homan (2-0-0-2, six points),Team Kerri Einarson (2-0-0-2, six points), Team Anna Hasselborg (1-1-1-2, six points), Team Ikue Kitazawa (2-0-0-3, six points), Team Sayaka Yoshimura (2-0-0-3, six points), Team Xenia Schwaller (1-0-2-1, five points) and Team Isabella Wranå (1-1-0-2, five points).
Eliminated: Team Momoha Tabata
FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Draw 12: 9:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. CT
• Xu 8, Edin 7: Watch Replay (Cantonese commentary) | Linescore
• Waddell 7, Whyte 6 (shootout): Watch Replay | Linescore
• Einarson 6, Kitazawa 3: Watch Replay | Linescore
• Fujisawa 5, Peterson 4 (shootout): Watch Replay | Linescore
Draw 13: 1 p.m. ET / Noon CT
• Tirinzoni 7, Yoshimura 4: Watch Replay | Linescore
• Homan 9, Hasselborg 5: Watch Replay | Linescore
• Shuster 7, Casper 3: Watch Replay | Linescore
• Dunstone 9, Retornaz 6: Watch Replay | Linescore
Draw 14: 5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. CT
• Gim vs. Tabata: Watch Live | Linescore
• X. Schwaller vs. Wranå: Watch Live | Linescore
• Mouat vs. Y. Schwaller: Watch Live | Linescore
• Jacobs vs. McEwen: Watch Live | Linescore
Draw 15: 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT
• Dunstone vs. Whyte: Watch Live | Linescore
• Shuster vs. Edin: Watch Live | Linescore
• Homan vs. Peterson: Watch Live | Linescore
• Tirinzoni vs. Einarson: Watch Live | Linescore
ABOUT THE EVENT
The Crown Royal Players’ Championship is the fifth and final Grand Slam of Curling event of the season, featuring 12 of the top men’s teams and 12 of the top women’s teams from around the world.
Both divisions are split into two pools of six for round-robin play. The top six teams overall advance to the playoffs, with the best two receiving byes to the semifinals. If necessary, one tiebreaker round will be played on Saturday.
If a game is tied after eight ends during the round-robin stage, a draw-to-the-button shootout will determine the winner. Teams receive three points for a regulation win, two points for a shootout win and one point for a shootout loss.
Extra ends will be played instead of shootouts during the tiebreakers and playoffs. The quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled for Saturday, with both finals on tap Sunday.
