Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen lost 5-2 to Vic Peters (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 6-3 win over Greg Todoruk (Dauphin, MB). McEwen went on to lose 5-3 against Clint Dieno (Saskatoon, SK). McEwen responded with a 9-7 win over Terry McNamee (Neepawa, MB). McEwen went on to lose 6-4 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Beausejour, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, McEwen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. McEwen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.