2004 Masters of Curling

2004 M&M Meat Shops Masters of Curling
Host city	Humboldt, Saskatchewan
Arena	Elgar Petersen Arena
Dates	December 9 – 12
Winner	Jeff Stoughton
Curling club	Charleswood CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Jeff Stoughton
Third	Jon Mead
Second	Garry Vandenberghe
Lead	Steve Gould
Finalist	Pat Simmons

The 2004 M&M Meat Shops Masters of Curling was held from December 9 to 12, 2004 at the Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan.^[1] The event was one of the four men's Grand Slams of the 2004–05 curling season.^[2]

Winnipeg's Jeff Stoughton rink won the event, defeating Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan's Pat Simmons rink in the final, 5–4. Stoughton won the event by stealing a point in the 11th end, and took home $30,000 for the win. Simmons won $18,000. It was Stoughton's second career Grand Slam win.^[3]

The event had a triple knockout format. The top 12 teams (as of August 30) in the world qualified, plus the top 2 teams on the World Curling Tour money list (as of November 21), plus one European team and one sponsor exemption. The total purse for the event was $100,000.^[1] The WCT second ranked Glenn Howard rink and the fifth ranked Wayne Middaugh rink did not participate, as they were participating in the playdowns for the 2005 Ontario Kia Cup.^[2]

The semifinals and finals aired on Sportsnet.^[2]

Teams

The teams were as follows:^[4]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale	WCT rank (earnings)[2]
Dave Boehmer	Pat Spring	Richard Daneault	Don Harvey	Petersfield, Manitoba	6th ($30,200)
Kerry Burtnyk	Ken Tresoor	Rob Fowler	Keith Fenton	Winnipeg, Manitoba	37th ($12,000)
Mark Dacey	Bruce Lohnes	Rob Harris	Andrew Gibson	Halifax, Nova Scotia	101st ($3,287)
Glen Despins	Rod Montgomery	Phillip Germain	Dwayne Mihalicz	Regina, Saskatchewan	20th ($19,500)
David Nedohin	Randy Ferbey (skip)	Scott Pfeifer	Marcel Rocque	Edmonton, Alberta	3rd ($55,000)
Guy Hemmings	Martin Ferland	Francois Gagne	Dale Ness	Montreal, Quebec	41st ($10,488)
Russ Howard	James Grattan	Grant Odishaw	Marc LeCocq	Moncton, New Brunswick	7th ($30,000)
Bruce Korte	Clint Dieno	Roger Korte	Rory Golanowski	Muenster, Saskatchewan	87th ($4,000)
Kevin Martin	Don Walchuk	Carter Rycroft	Don Bartlett	Edmonton, Alberta	1st ($73,500)
John Morris	Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Paul Moffatt	Calgary, Alberta	21st ($16,700)
Kevin Park	Shane Park	Kerry Park	Scott Park	Edmonton, Alberta	NR
Vic Peters	Mark Lukowich	Chris Neufeld	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba	72nd ($5,200)
Pat Simmons	Jeff Sharp	Chris Haichert	Ben Hebert	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan	4th ($43,500)
Ralph Stöckli	Claudio Pescia	Pascal Sieber	Simon Strübin	Neuenkirch, Switzerland	10th ($25,418)
Jeff Stoughton	Jon Mead	Garry Vandenberghe	Steve Gould	Winnipeg, Manitoba	8th ($28,250)
Bob Ursel	Trevor Perepolkin	Brendan Willis	Lance McGinn	Kelowna, British Columbia	11th ($24,000)

Playoffs

The playoff scores were as follows:^[5]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	Pat Simmons		8
	Dave Boehmer		4
						Pat Simmons		9
						Bruce Korte		3
	Bruce Korte		11
	Kevin Martin		6
											Pat Simmons		4
											Jeff Stoughton		5
	Jeff Stoughton		7
	Kerry Burtnyk		1
						Jeff Stoughton		9
						Kevin Park		4
	Kevin Park		6
	Randy Ferbey		5

References

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