2010 The National (January)
Introduction The '''2010 The National''' was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2009-10 curling season. It was held January 6–10 at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph, Ontario.The event featured just two international teams, gearing up for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. John Shuster's Team USA failed to make the playoffs while Great Britain's David Murdoch lost in the quarter final. Also, Canada's Olympic representative, Kevin Martin failed to make the playoffs at a Slam for the first time since 2003.The final game featured Brad Gushue's rink from St. John's, Newfoundland against Randy Ferbey's Edmonton rink. Gushue, who lost last year's event beat Ferbey, and with it won his first Grand Slam title.Gushue's team won $24,000 out of a total purse of $100,000.
Teams SkipThirdSecondLeadLocaleTed Appelman  Tom Appelman  Brandon Klassen  Brendan Melnyk   EdmontonKerry Burtnyk  Don Walchuk  Richard Daneault  Garth Smith   WinnipegDavid Nedohin (fourth)  Randy Ferbey (skip)  Scott Pfeifer  Marcel Rocque   EdmontonSean Geall  Brent Pierce  Kevin Recksiedler  Mark Olson   New WestminsterJason Gunnlaugson  Justin Richter  Braden Zawada  Tyler Forrest   BeausejourBrad Gushue  Mark Nichols  Ryan Fry  Jamie Korab   St. John'sGlenn Howard  Richard Hart Brent Laing  Craig Savill   ColdwaterBrad Jacobs  E. J. Harnden  Ryan Harnden  Caleb Flaxey   Sault Ste. MarieKevin Koe  Blake MacDonald  Carter Rycroft  Nolan Thiessen   EdmontonKevin Martin  John Morris  Marc Kennedy  Ben Hebert   EdmontonDale Matchett  Ryan Werenich  Jeff Gorda  Shawn Kaufman   BradfordMike McEwen  B. J. Neufeld  Matt Wozniak  Denni Neufeld   WinnipegWayne Middaugh  Jon Mead  John Epping  Scott Bailey   IslingtonDavid Murdoch  Ewan MacDonald  Peter Smith  Euan Byers   LockerbieJohn Shuster  Jason Smith  Jeff Isaacson  John Benton   DuluthPat Simmons  Gerry Adam  Jeff Sharp  Steve Laycock   DavidsonJeff Stoughton  Kevin Park  Rob Fowler  Steve Gould   WinnipegJim Cotter (fourth)  Bob Ursel (skip)  Kevin Folk  Rick Sawatsky Kelowna
Standings ===Pool A===SkipWL Stoughton  5  0 Middaugh  4  1 Howard  3  2 Shuster  2  3 Appelman  1  4 Matchett  0  5 '''Scores:'''*Howard 5-2 Matchett*Stoughton 6-3 Middaugh*Shuster 8-3 Appelman*Middaugh 6-5 Matchett*Stoughton 7-4 Howard*Stoughton 4-3 Appelman*Shuster 5-4 Matchett*Middaugh 6-4 Howard*Stoughton 6-5 Shuster *Appelman 8-3 Matchett*Howard 7-1 Shuster*Middaugh 8-3 Appelman *Stoughton 8-4 Matchett *Middaugh 4-3 Shuster*Howard 9-4 Appelman===Pool B===SkipWL Koe  5  0  McEwen  4  1 Ursel 3  2 Simmons  2  3 Martin  1  4 Jacobs  0  5*McEwen 8-3 Jacobs*Koe 8-6 Ursel *Simmons 6-4 Martin*Ursel 10-5 Jacobs*Koe 6-4 McEwen *Martin 5-2 Jacobs*McEwen 7-2 Simmons*Ursel 7-3 Martin*Ursel 10-6 Simmons*Koe 10-5 Jacobs*McEwen 8-5 Martin*Koe 7-3 Simmons*McEwen 8-4 Ursel *Koe 7-4 Martin *Simmons 7-5 Jacobs===Pool C===SkipWL Ferbey  4  1 Burtnyk  3  2 Gushue  3  2 Murdoch  3  2 Geall  1  4  Gunnlaugson  1  4*Burtnyk 6-5 Murdoch*Gushue 7-4 Gunnlaugson *Ferbey 8-3 Geall*Burtnyk 7-2 Gunnlaugson*Murdoch 4-3 Gushue*Gunnlaugson 7-5 Geall*Burtnyk 9-3 Ferbey*Ferbey 7-2 Murdoch*Gushue 7-1 Geall*Murdoch 5-4 Geall*Ferbey 6-1 Gunnlaugson *Gushue 7-3 Burtnyk*Geall 5-3 Burtnyk *Murdoch 6-2 Gunnlaugson *Ferbey 6-5 Gushue
Tie breakers *Murdoch 7-5 Burtnyk*Howard 9-5 Ursel
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