2017 Elite 10
Host city	Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
Arena	Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre
Dates	March 17–20
Winner	John Morris
Curling club	Vernon CC, Vernon & Kelowna CC, Kelowna
Skip	John Morris
Third	Jim Cotter
Second	Tyrel Griffith
Lead	Rick Sawatsky
Finalist	Brad Jacobs
« 2016 March 2018 »

The 2017 Princess Auto Elite 10 was held from March 16 to 20 at Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. It was the fifth Grand Slam of Curling event held in the 2016–17 curling season. The tournament was held between ten men's teams.

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Reid Carruthers	Braeden Moskowy	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)	Claudio Pätz	Peter de Cruz (Skip)	Valentin Tanner	Geneva, Switzerland
Niklas Edin	Oskar Eriksson	Rasmus Wranå	Christoffer Sundgren	Karlstad, Sweden
John Epping	Mat Camm	Pat Janssen	Tim March	Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Tom Sallows	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Brad Jacobs	Ryan Fry	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Scott Pfeifer	Calgary, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Matt Dunstone	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Jim Cotter (Fourth)	John Morris (Skip)	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna / Vernon, British Columbia
Jeff Stoughton	David Nedohin	Nolan Thiessen	Jamie Korab	Manitoba  Alberta Texas  Newfoundland and Labrador (Elite 10 Select)

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Pool A W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts Brad Jacobs 3 0 1 0 12 6 10 Peter de Cruz 1 2 0 1 14 12 7 Kevin Koe 2 0 1 1 12 8 7 Niklas Edin 1 0 0 3 7 11 3 John Epping 1 0 0 3 6 14 3

Pool B W EEW EEL L EF EA Pts John Morris 3 0 0 1 14 5 9 Jeff Stoughton 3 0 0 1 13 11 9 Reid Carruthers 1 1 1 1 10 12 6 Brad Gushue 1 1 0 2 11 13 5 Steve Laycock 0 0 1 3 7 14 1

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−8).

Draw 1

Thursday, March 16, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Reid Carruthers	✓		✓		✓					3
Brad Gushue		✓		✓		✓			✓	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Peter de Cruz	✓		✓			✓	✓		✓	5
Kevin Koe		✓		✓	✓			✓		4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin		✓	✓	✓		✓	X	X	4
John Epping					✓		X	X	1

Draw 2

Thursday, March 16, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton			✓		✓		✓		3
Steve Laycock				✓		✓			2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Niklas Edin				✓	✓				2
Brad Jacobs			✓			✓		✓	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers							X	X	0
John Morris	✓	✓	✓			✓	X	X	4

Draw 3

Thursday, March 16, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping		✓			✓	✓	✓	X	4
Peter de Cruz	✓		✓					X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton		✓	✓			✓		✓	4
Brad Gushue	✓				✓		✓		3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe								X	0
Brad Jacobs	✓		✓					X	2

Draw 4

Friday, March 17, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Morris	✓		✓	✓	✓	X	X	X	4
Brad Gushue						X	X	X	0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Reid Carruthers						✓	✓		✓	3
Steve Laycock			✓		✓					2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Peter de Cruz			✓		✓	✓		X	3
Niklas Edin	✓							X	1

Draw 5

Friday, March 17, 1:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs				✓	✓		✓		3
Peter de Cruz	✓	✓	✓					✓	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping		✓						X	1
Kevin Koe			✓	✓		✓	✓	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton	✓		✓		✓		✓	X	4
John Morris		✓		✓				X	2

Draw 6

Friday, March 17, 4:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	✓	✓	✓	✓		X	X	X	4
Niklas Edin						X	X	X	0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock		✓					✓		2
Brad Gushue	✓			✓		✓		✓	4

Draw 7

Friday, March 17, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers			✓			✓	✓	✓	4
Jeff Stoughton	✓			✓					2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Steve Laycock		✓				X	X	X	1
John Morris	✓		✓	✓	✓	X	X	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
John Epping							X	X	0
Brad Jacobs	✓	✓	✓			✓	X	X	4

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Kevin Koe	1
	Peter de Cruz	1			Brad Jacobs	4
	Kevin Koe	2							Brad Jacobs	2
									John Morris	3
					Reid Carruthers	1
	Jeff Stoughton	0			John Morris	5
	Reid Carruthers	2

Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 18, 1:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Kevin Koe				✓					✓	2
Peter de Cruz							✓			1

Player percentages
Team Koe		Team de Cruz
Scott Pfeifer	94%	Valentin Tanner	92%
Brent Laing	88%	Peter de Cruz	93%
Marc Kennedy	92%	Claudio Pätz	92%
Kevin Koe	86%	Benoit Schwarz	83%
Total	90%	Total	90%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jeff Stoughton								X	0
Reid Carruthers			✓		✓			X	2

Player percentages
Team Stoughton		Team Carruthers
Jamie Korab	86%	Colin Hodgson	78%
Nolan Thiessen	95%	Derek Samagalski	78%
David Nedohin	82%	Braeden Moskowy	77%
Jeff Stoughton	92%	Reid Carruthers	94%
Total	89%	Total	81%

Semifinals

Saturday, March 18, 5:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kevin Koe	✓						X	X	1
Brad Jacobs		✓		✓	✓	✓	X	X	4

Player percentages
Team Koe		Team Jacobs
Scott Pfeifer	86%	Ryan Harnden	97%
Brent Laing	69%	E.J. Harnden	90%
Marc Kennedy	100%	Ryan Fry	75%
Kevin Koe	44%	Brad Jacobs	79%
Total	75%	Total	85%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Reid Carruthers			✓				X	X	1
John Morris	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	X	X	5

Player percentages
Team Carruthers		Team Morris
Colin Hodgson	84%	Rick Sawatsky	90%
Derek Samagalski	87%	Tyrel Griffith	68%
Braeden Moskowy	95%	John Morris	91%
Reid Carruthers	54%	Jim Cotter	87%
Total	80%	Total	84%

Final

Sunday, March 19, 11:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brad Jacobs		✓			✓				2
John Morris	✓			✓				✓	3

Player percentages
Team Jacobs		Team Morris
Ryan Harnden	86%	Rick Sawatsky	86%
E.J. Harnden	87%	Tyrel Griffith	69%
Ryan Fry	92%	John Morris	90%
Brad Jacobs	72%	Jim Cotter	95%
Total	84%	Total	85%