Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NONT) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Mikkelsen finished 3-10 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mikkelsen lost 4-2 to Dallas Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT), then responded with a 7-5 win over Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen went on to lose 7-2 against Kory Carr (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen lost 5-4 to Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen lost 9-3 to Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) where Mikkelsen responded with a 6-5 win over Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen went on to lose 5-4 against Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen lost 8-4 to Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen lost 7-3 to Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, NONT) where Mikkelsen responded with a 7-2 win over Jodi Judd (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen went on to lose 7-3 against Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen lost 7-3 to Nicole Westlund Stewart (Thunder Bay, NONT). Mikkelsen lost 5-3 to Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Mikkelsen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.