Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) finished 2-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue lost 6-4 to Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO), droppimg another game, 5-2 to Brent MacDonald (Edmonton, AB) where Gushue responded with a 6-5 win over Russ Howard (Moncton, NB). Gushue won 5-3 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Gushue went on to lose 8-3 against John Epping (Brampton, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Gushue did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Gushue ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.