Brock Virtue (Regina, SK) finished 2-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtue lost 7-6 to Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 7-2 win over Randie Shen (Taipei, TPE). Virtue went on to lose 4-2 against Jim Cotter (Kelowna/Vernon, BC). Virtue responded with a 9-3 win over Charley Thomas (Calgary, AB). Virtue went on to lose 8-6 against Andrew Bilesky (Vancouver , BC) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Virtue did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 45th to 48th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 25.781 total points. Virtue ranks 102nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.400 points earned so far this season.