Rick Valette (Shellbrook, SK) finished 4-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Valette lost 8-1 to Eugene Hritzuk (Saskatoon, SK), then responded with a 6-5 win over Jeff Hartung (Kamsack, SK). Valette won 7-3 against Peja Lindholm (Ostersund, SWE), then won 8-7 against Don Harvey (Winnipeg, MB). Valette went on to lose 6-5 against Switzerland's Christof Schwaller. Valette responded with a 6-5 win over Vic Rogers (Regina, SK) to advance to a C-Qualifier game where they lost 8-4 against Rob Ewen (Janzen, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Valette did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Valette ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.