Craig Kochan (Thunder Bay, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Kochan finished 0-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kochan lost 8-5 to Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB), droppimg another game, 7-2 to Ron Feschuk (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Kochan did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kochan ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.