John Shuster (Duluth, MN) finished 1-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster lost 5-4 to Jialiang Zang (Harbin, CHN), droppimg another game, 7-3 to Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) where Shuster responded with a 8-3 win over Geoff Trimble (Gladstone, MB). Shuster went on to lose 7-5 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Shuster did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 18th to 19th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 72.206 total points. Shuster ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.500 points earned so far this season.