2016 Boost National

The 2016 National (branded as the 2016 BOOST National for sponsorship reasons) was held from December 6 to 11 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of Curling event and the second major of the 2016–17 curling season.

On the men's side, the defending Olympic champion Brad Jacobs rink won their second career Grand Slam event. The team won the event on home ice, as they are from the Soo. To win, they defeated the Reid Carruthers rink from Manitoba, who had just come from winning the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling a week earlier. On the women's side, the Manitoba-based Kerri Einarson rink won their first career Grand Slam event, defeating the Silvana Tirinzoni team from Switzerland in the final. Both the Jacobs and Einarson rink took home $30,000 for their championship wins.

Qualification

The top 14 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour's "Order of Merit" rankings as of October 31, 2016 as well as a sponsor's exemption qualified for the event. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the world team ranking is invited until the field is complete.

Men

Top order of merit men's teams:

Brad Gushue
Kevin Koe
Reid Carruthers
Niklas Edin
John Epping
Brad Jacobs
Mike McEwen
Steve Laycock
David Murdoch
Charley Thomas
John Morris
Brendan Bottcher
~~Thomas Ulsrud~~
Peter de Cruz
John Shuster

Tanner Horgan's rink from Sudbury, Ontario was invited as a sponsor exemption. His team was ranked 64th and was the 2nd best team from Northern Ontario after Brad Jacobs.

Women

Top order of merit women's teams:

Rachel Homan
Jennifer Jones
Silvana Tirinzoni
Eve Muirhead
Val Sweeting
Allison Flaxey
Chelsea Carey
Anna Hasselborg
Kelsey Rocque
Anna Sidorova
Kim Eun-jung
Tracy Fleury
Kerri Einarson
Binia Feltscher

Krista McCarville's rink from Thunder Bay, Ontario was invited as a sponsor exemption. Her team was ranked 22nd and was the 2nd best team from Northern Ontario after Tracy Fleury.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 6, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 7, 8:30 am

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 7, 12:00 pm

Draw 4

Wednesday, December 7, 3:30 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, December 7, 7:00 pm

Draw 6

Thursday, December 8, 8:30 am

Draw 7

Thursday, December 8, 12:00 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, December 8, 3:30 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, December 8, 7:00 pm

Draw 10

Friday, December 9, 8:30 am

Draw 11

Friday, December 9, 12:00 pm

Draw 12

Friday, December 9, 3:30 pm

Tiebreakers

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final