2016 Boost National Explained

The 2016 National (branded as the 2016 BOOST National for sponsorship reasons) was held from December 6 to 11 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.^{[1] [2]} This was the third Grand Slam of Curling event and the second major of the 2016–17 curling season.

On the men's side, the defending Olympic champion Brad Jacobs rink won their second career Grand Slam event. The team won the event on home ice, as they are from the Soo. To win, they defeated the Reid Carruthers rink from Manitoba, who had just come from winning the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling a week earlier. On the women's side, the Manitoba-based Kerri Einarson rink won their first career Grand Slam event, defeating the Silvana Tirinzoni team from Switzerland in the final. Both the Jacobs and Einarson rink took home $30,000 for their championship wins.^[3]

Qualification

The top 14 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour's "Order of Merit" rankings as of October 31, 2016 as well as a sponsor's exemption qualified for the event. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the world team ranking is invited until the field is complete.^[4]

Men

Top order of merit men's teams:^[5]

1. Brad Gushue
2. Kevin Koe
3. Reid Carruthers
4. Niklas Edin
5. John Epping
6. Brad Jacobs
7. Mike McEwen
8. Steve Laycock
9. David Murdoch
10. Charley Thomas
11. John Morris
12. Brendan Bottcher
13. Thomas Ulsrud
14. Peter de Cruz
15. John Shuster

Tanner Horgan's rink from Sudbury, Ontario was invited as a sponsor exemption. His team was ranked 64th and was the 2nd best team from Northern Ontario after Brad Jacobs.

Women

Top order of merit women's teams:^[6]

1. Rachel Homan
2. Jennifer Jones
3. Silvana Tirinzoni
4. Eve Muirhead
5. Val Sweeting
6. Allison Flaxey
7. Chelsea Carey
8. Anna Hasselborg
9. Kelsey Rocque
10. Anna Sidorova
11. Kim Eun-jung
12. Tracy Fleury
13. Kerri Einarson
14. Binia Feltscher

Krista McCarville's rink from Thunder Bay, Ontario was invited as a sponsor exemption. Her team was ranked 22nd and was the 2nd best team from Northern Ontario after Tracy Fleury.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[7]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale	OOM rank
					13
					2
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)		Peter de Cruz (Skip)			12
					4
					5
					1
					61
					7
					3
					8
					6
Jim Cotter (Fourth)	John Morris (Skip)				11
					9
					17
					15

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[8]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

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width=175 Pool A ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA ! width=15 SO 4 0 28 17 9 2 2 22 17 4 2 2 21 17 7 1 3 13 27 12 1 3 17 23 13

valign=top width=10%

width=175 Pool B ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA ! width=15 SO 3 1 27 16 3 3 1 20 21 8 2 2 19 17 10 2 2 22 24 11 0 4 14 24 15

valign=top width=10%

width=175 Pool C ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA ! width=15 SO 4 0 26 16 6 2 2 22 19 1 2 2 19 18 2 2 2 19 19 5 0 4 11 25 14

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .^[9]

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 6, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 7, 8:30 am

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 7, 12:00 pm

Draw 4

Wednesday, December 7, 3:30 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, December 7, 7:00 pm

Draw 6

Thursday, December 8, 8:30 am

Draw 7

Thursday, December 8, 12:00 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, December 8, 3:30 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, December 8, 7:00 pm

Draw 10

Friday, December 9, 8:30 am

Draw 11

Friday, December 9, 12:00 pm

Draw 12

Friday, December 9, 3:30 pm

Playoffs

Final

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[10]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale	OOM rank
					9
					13
					15
					6
					10
					7
					1
					2
					11
					20
					5
					8
					12
					4
					3

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[8]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

valign=top width=10%

width=175 Pool A ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA ! width=15 SO 3 1 30 13 3 3 1 24 17 9 2 2 21 23 10 1 3 14 30 4 1 3 19 25 12

valign=top width=10%

width=175 Pool B ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA ! width=15 SO 4 0 25 16 5 2 2 19 15 2 2 2 20 22 8 2 2 22 22 11 0 4 12 23 15

valign=top width=10%

width=175 Pool C ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA ! width=15 SO 3 1 26 12 1 3 1 21 20 6 3 1 21 18 7 1 3 19 20 13 0 4 13 30 14

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .^[11]

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 6, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 7, 8:30 am

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 7, 12:00 pm

Draw 4

Wednesday, December 7, 3:30 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, December 7, 7:00 pm

Draw 6

Thursday, December 8, 8:30 am

Draw 7

Thursday, December 8, 12:00 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, December 8, 3:30 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, December 8, 7:00 pm

Draw 10

Friday, December 9, 8:30 am

Draw 11

Friday, December 9, 12:00 pm

Draw 13

Friday, December 9, 7:00 pm

Playoffs

Final

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's Event. CurlingZone. July 23, 2023.
2. Web site: Women's Event. CurlingZone. July 23, 2023.
3. News: Einarson earns 1st career Grand Slam title winning Boost National. Grand Slam of Curling. Jonathan Brazeau. December 12, 2016. July 23, 2023.
4. Web site: Qualification for the National. December 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20181206231427/http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/national/qualification-for-the-national/. December 6, 2018. dead.
5. Web site: World Curling Tour: Men's Order of Merit. CurlingZone. December 10, 2016.
6. Web site: World Curling Tour: Women's Order of Merit. CurlingZone. December 10, 2016.
7. Web site: Men's Teams. CurlingZone. July 23, 2023.
8. Web site: 2016 Boost National: Standings. Sportsnet. July 23, 2023.
9. Web site: 2016 Boost National: Men's Scores. Sportsnet. July 23, 2023.
10. Web site: Women's Teams. CurlingZone. July 23, 2023.
11. Web site: 2016 Boost National: Women's Scores. Sportsnet. July 23, 2023.