2008 Masters of Curling (January)

Grand Slam of Curling event The 2008 Masters of Curling was held January 23–27, 2008 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the third Grand Slam event of the 2007-08 curling season. Glenn Howard's rink won their second straight Masters tournament, defeating Kevin Koe's rink in the final. Howard's rink won $C24,000 and the total purse of the event was $100,000. The Masters would be held again in November 2008, in the following season in which the same two teams would play in the final. Draw Pool A TeamWLOntario Glenn Howard 4 1Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 3 2Quebec Martin Ferland 3 2British Columbia Greg McAulay 2 3Manitoba Jeff Stoughton 2 3Ontario Team Corner 1 4 Pool B TeamWLOntario Wayne Middaugh 4 1Alberta Randy Ferbey 4 1 Alberta Kevin Koe 4 1 Saskatchewan Joel Jordison 1 4 Manitoba Reid Carruthers 1 4Alberta Jamie King 1 4 Pool C TeamWLManitoba Kerry Burtnyk 5 0 Saskatchewan Pat Simmons 3 2Alberta Kevin Martin 3 2 NOR Thomas Ulsrud 2 3 Nova Scotia Shawn Adams 1 4USA Jason Larway 1 4 Playoffs Tie breakers: Ferland 6-5 Gushue Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Manitoba Burtnyk 9 Quebec Ferland 3 Alberta Ferbey 1 Alberta Koe 8 Ontario Howard 4 Alberta Martin 3 Ontario Middaugh 5 Saskatchewan Simmons 4 Manitoba Burtnyk 3 Alberta Koe 9 Ontario Howard 5 Ontario Middaugh 3 Alberta Koe 3 Ontario Howard 7 External links WCT Event site Masters Of Curling (January), 2008 Category:Curling competitions in Saskatoon Category:2008 in sports in Saskatchewan Category:Masters (curling) Category:January 2008 sports events in Canada