Mike Pozihun (Thunder Bay, NONT) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Pozihun finished 7-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pozihun lost 7-4 to Mike Assad (Thunder Bay, NONT), then responded with a 9-4 win over Dustin Montpellier (North Bay, NONT). Pozihun went on to lose 5-2 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Pozihun responded with a 7-4 win over Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, NONT). Pozihun went on to lose 7-5 against Joe Scharf (Thunder Bay, ON). Pozihun responded with a 9-7 win over John Salo (Geraldton, NONT). Pozihun won 8-4 against Robbie Gordon (Sudbury, NONT), then won 8-7 against Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT) and 6-1 against David MacInnes (Englehart, NONT). Pozihun went on to lose 6-5 against Mike Jakubo (Copper Cliff, NONT). Pozihun responded with a 9-2 win over Tim Nordin (Stratton, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 23 of the event schedule, Pozihun did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 136th place on the World Ranking Standings with 13.313 total points. Pozihun ranks 169th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.950 points earned so far this season.