Geoff Goodland (St. Paul, MN) won 5-4 over Tyler Drews (Winnipeg, CAN) in the Final of the The Big Spiel, held January 12 - 15, 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Goodland won 7-5 over Colin Hufman (Mayfield, OH) in the semifinals
 
Goodland finished 5-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Goodland defeated Joe Walter (St. Paul, MN) 12-0, then won 7-1 against Tim Risdal (Chaska, MN) and 9-3 against Darrick Kizlyk (Denver, CO). Goodland won 6-3 against David Temple (St. Paul, MN), then won 6-3 against Jason Smith (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Goodland did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Goodland ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.