Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Johnston finished 4-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Johnston defeated Dan Lemieux (Sault Ste Marie, ON) 4-3, then went on to lose 9-6 against Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, ON). Johnston lost 8-5 to Mike Jakubo (Sudbury, NONT) where Johnston responded with a 8-7 win over Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, NONT). Johnston won 6-4 against Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, ON). Johnston went on to lose 6-4 against Robbie Gordon (Sudbury, ON). Johnston responded with a 7-6 win over Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 26 of the event schedule, Johnston did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 281st to 286th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.405 total points. Johnston ranks 515th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.