Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) lost 5-4 to Mark Taylor (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Red Deer Elks Junior Mens Spiel, held October 13 - 15, 2017 at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Canada. To advance to the championship game, van Amsterdam won 6-2 over Zhi Yu Wang (Harbin, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2017 Red Deer Elks Junior Mens Spiel in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; and won 8-3 over Cole Adams (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Red Deer Elks Junior Mens Spiel in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada;
 
van Amsterdam finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, van Amsterdam defeated Desmond Young (Airdrie, AB) 9-1, then won 11-2 against Connor Zeidell (Medicine Hat, AB) and 5-4 against Red Deer College (Red Deer, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 10 of the event schedule, van Amsterdam did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. van Amsterdam ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.