Mike Assad (Thunder Bay, NONT) finished 7-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Assad defeated Patrick Gelinas (Mattawa, NONT) 10-2, then went on to lose 7-4 against Trevor Bonot (Stratton, NONT). Assad responded with a 9-3 win over Jordan Chandler (Sudbury, NONT). Assad went on to lose 7-5 against Tim Phillips (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Assad responded with a 9-2 win over Joe Scharf (Thunder Bay, NONT). Assad went on to lose 8-4 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Assad lost 8-3 to Colin Koivula (Thunder Bay, NONT) where Assad responded with a 6-3 win over David MacInnes (Schumacher, NONT). Assad won 6-3 against Mike Jakubo (Copper Cliff, NONT), then won 6-5 against Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, NONT) and 9-4 against Robbie Gordon (Sudbury, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 26 of the event schedule, Assad did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 120th to 121st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 13.715 total points. Assad ranks 101st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.540 points earned so far this season.