2000 Players' Championship
The 2000 GMC WCT Players' Championship, the championship of the men's World Curling Tour for the 1999-00 curling season was held March 14–19, 2000 at the Max Bell Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] The total purse for the event was $150,000 with $42,400 going to the winning team.[2]
| 2000 GMC WCT Players' Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Arena | Max Bell Centre |
| Dates | March 14–19 |
| Winner |  Kevin Martin |
| Curling club | Ottewell CC, Edmonton |
| Skip | Kevin Martin |
| Third | Don Walchuk |
| Second | Carter Rycroft |
| Lead | Don Bartlett |
| Finalist |  Wayne Middaugh |
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Alberta's Kevin Martin defeated Ontario's Wayne Middaugh in the final, 6–4 in front of a "sparse crowd". It was Martin's third career Player's Championship title. Middaugh missed a draw for two in the seventh which would've tied the game. Martin made a double in the tenth to win the game. Team Martin third Don Walchuk struggled throughout the game with back pain, but persevered. With the win, the Martin rink earned a berth in the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials,[2] which he would go on to win, and then went on to win the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Only two rinks in the top 20 tour money rankings did not participate, Team Greg McAulay and Team Russ Howard, who were coming off playing in the 2000 Labatt Brier final held on March 12. They were replaced by the Brad Hannah and Howard Restall.[3]
The semifinals and finals were aired on television on CTV.
Teams
The teams were as follows:[4]
Round-robin standings
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the playoffs.[1]
Final round-robin standings[11]
| Key | |
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| Teams to Playoffs | |
| Teams to Tiebreakers | |
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Scores
Scores were as follows:
Draw 1
- Middaugh 8, McMillan 2
- Team Olson 6, Skinner 5
- Korte 8, Flemming 4
- Harris 7, Spiring 3
- Peters 10, Schmidt 2
Draw 2
- Martin 7, McMullan 3
- Despins 10, Lindholm 5
- Team Park 10, Stoughton 7
- Moffatt 8, Peterman 4
- Spencer 6, Burtnyk 3
Draw 3
- Hannah 10, Team Nedohin 6
- Hemmings 9, Restall 2
- Skinner 4, McMillan 3
- Korte 8, Team Olson 2
- Flemming 10, Middaugh 6
Draw 4
- Moffatt 5, Burtnyk 4
- Spencer 7, Martin 6
- Peterman 8, McMullan 5
- Team Park 10, Despins 4
- Stoughton 9, Spiring 7
Draw 5
- Lindholm 9, Harris 3
- Hannah 7, Peters 6
- Team Nedohin 8, Restall 7
- Hemmings 8, Schmidt 6
- Korte 4, McMillan 3
Draw 6
- Team Olson 7, Flemming 4
- Skinner 8, Middaugh 5
- Martin 7, Moffatt 6
- McMullan 8, Spencer 5
- Burtnyk 9, Peterman 2
Draw 7
- Despins 7, Spiring 5
- Harris 8, Stoughton 7
- Lindholm 5, Team Park 4
- Peters 6, Restall 5
- Hemmings 8, Team Nedohin 2
Draw 8
- Schmidt 9, Hannah 1
- McMillan 10, Flemming 2
- Middaugh 8, Team Olson 3
- Korte 4, Skinner 3
- McMullan 8, Moffatt 3
Draw 9
- Spencer 9, Peterman 7
- Burtnyk 6, Martin 5
- Despins 10, Harris 1
- Stoughton 8, Lindholm 1
- Team Park 11, Spiring 8
Draw 10
- Hemmings 8, Peters 6
- Schmidt 7, Team Nedohin 4
- Hannah 7, Restall 3
- McMillan 11, Team Olson 4
- Skinner 9, Flemming 6
Draw 11
- Team Park 8, Harris 5
- Lindholm 7, Spiring 5
- Moffatt 7, Spencer 6
- Martin 8, Peterman 5
- Despins 7, Stoughton 6
Draw 12
- Middaugh 8, Korte 3
- Hannah 10, Hemmings 5
- McMullan 6, Burtnyk 5
- Peters 9, Team Nedohin 4
- Restall 6, Schmidt 3
Playoffs
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Brad Hannah
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Middaugh
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Middaugh
| 6 | |||||||||||||
 Bruce Korte
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Bruce Korte
| 7 | |||||||||||||
 Guy Hemmings
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Middaugh
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Martin
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Martin
| 7 | |||||||||||||
| Team Park
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Martin
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Glen Despins
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Glen Despins
| 7 | |||||||||||||
 Chad McMullan
| 1 | |||||||||||||
Final
March 19, 11:30am[14]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Middaugh |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Kevin Martin  |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
Notes
- Team Olson lead Charlie Salina could not play, so Duguid spared and skipped the team.[7]
- Regular skip Kevin Park left the team, so McCallum was recruited to play lead, with the rest of the line-up being re-arranged.[8]
- Jenion spared for Vandenberghe who had to go to Kelowna for a job interview, missing the first couple of days of competition.[9][10]
References
- "WCT field event outclasses men's Brier championship". Winnipeg Sun. March 13, 2000. p. 36. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "Mission Accomplished". Winnipeg Sun. March 20, 2000. p. 35. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "Restall eyes WCT prize". Winnipeg Sun. March 10, 2000. p. 75. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "GMC Players' Championship -- Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "Curling". Winnipeg Sun. March 18, 2000. p. 60. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "Eighteen years, now that's longevity". Winnipeg Sun. March 18, 2000. p. 41. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "New Duguid rink to debut, replacing missing McAulay". Winnipeg Sun. March 14, 2000. p. 53. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "Teams logjammed with 2-2 record". Winnipeg Sun. March 17, 2000. p. 76. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "Middaugh is money in the bank". Winnipeg Sun. March 15, 2000. p. 55. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "Stoughton too tough to stomp". Winnipeg Sun. March 16, 2000. p. 59. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "GMC Players' Championship -- Round-Robin". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "GMC Players' Championship -- Tie-Breakers". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "GMC Players' Championship -- Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- "GMC Players' Championship -- Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 16, 2023.