Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Blaine, USA) finished 0-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nickel/Nickel lost 8-4 to Rachel Homan/John Morris (Ottawa, ON), droppimg another game, 9-5 to Maria Komarova/Daniil Goryachev (St. Petersburg, RUS). Nickel/Nickel lost 7-4 to Maureen Stolt/Peter Stolt (St. Paul, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 4 of the event schedule, Nickel/Nickel did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Nickel/Nickel ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.