John Epping (Toronto, ON) finished 3-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Ryan Hyde (Portage la Prairie, MB) 9-1, then won 8-4 against Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB). Epping went on to lose 6-5 against Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). Epping responded with a 8-7 win over Jialiang Zang (Harbin, CHN). Epping went on to lose 4-3 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Epping lost 7-6 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Epping did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 10th place on the World Ranking Standings with 146.319 total points. Epping ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 72.500 points earned so far this season.