Kerry Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Burtnyk defeated Japan's Yusuke Morozumi 8-4, then went on to lose 5-3 against Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN). Burtnyk responded with a 5-4 win over Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS). Burtnyk went on to lose 11-2 against Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB). Burtnyk lost 6-3 to Dale Matchett (Bradford, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Burtnyk did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Burtnyk ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.