Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue lost 6-3 to Joel Jordison (Regina, SK), then responded with a 6-2 win over Richard Daneault (Winnipeg, MB). Gushue won 7-3 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Gushue went on to lose 9-5 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Gushue lost 4-3 to Mark Kean (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 7 of the event schedule, Gushue did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 6th to 7th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 211.985 total points. Gushue ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 64.360 points earned so far this season.