Mark Taylor (Calgary, AB) won 5-4 over Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Red Deer Elks Junior Mens Spiel, held October 13 - 15, 2017 at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Taylor won 4-3 over Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2017 Red Deer Elks Junior Mens Spiel in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; and won 5-0 over Jared Scharff (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Red Deer Elks Junior Mens Spiel in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada;
 
Taylor finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Taylor defeated Aaron Power (Edmonton, AB) 8-3, then won 6-5 against Scharff and 7-5 against Jacob Libbus (Black Diamond, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 10 of the event schedule, Taylor did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Taylor ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.