Justin Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Sluchinski finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sluchinski defeated Derek Miller (Camrose, AB) 8-4, then went on to lose 7-4 against Kevin Yablonski (Calgary, AB). Sluchinski responded with a 8-2 win over Teryn Hamilton (Calgary, AB). Sluchinski went on to lose 5-2 against Wade Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 10 of the event schedule, Sluchinski did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 210th to 215th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 2.329 total points. Sluchinski ranks 133rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.050 points earned so far this season.