Rich Romano (Detroit, MI) finished 3-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Romano lost 5-1 to Mark McElwee (Lansing, MI), then responded with a 9-0 win over Allison Rose (Traverse City, MI). Romano won 1-0 against Rich Walendowski (Traverse City, MI), then won 1-0 against Mark Monforton (Goderich, ON). Romano went on to lose 5-2 against Mike Grudzinski (Detroit, MI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Romano did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Romano ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.