Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtue defeated Alexey Tselousov (Moscow, RUS) 7-3, then won 8-4 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Virtue went on to lose 6-3 against Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC). Virtue lost 7-1 to Carl deConinck Smith (Rosetown, SK). Virtue lost 6-5 to Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Virtue did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 23rd to 26th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 61.080 total points. Virtue ranks 68th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.800 points earned so far this season.