2008 The National

Template:Short description Template:Infobox curling The 2008 edition of The National was held December 3–7, 2008 at the ExpoCité in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2008-09 World Curling Tour season.

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Shawn Adams	Paul Flemming	Craig Burgess	Kelly Mittelstadt	Template:Flagicon Halifax, Nova Scotia
Kerry Burtnyk	Don Walchuk	Richard Daneault	Garth Smith	Template:Flagicon Winnipeg, Manitoba
David Nedohin	Randy Ferbey (skip)	Scott Pfeifer	Marcel Rocque	Template:Flagicon Edmonton, Alberta
Martin Ferland	Philippe Lemay	Marco Berthelot	Christian Cantin	Template:Flagicon Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Ryan Fry	Jamie Korab	Template:Flagicon St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Richard Hart	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Template:Flagicon Coldwater, Ontario
Joel Jordison	Scott Bitz	Aryn Schmidt	Dean Hicke	Template:Flagicon Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Blake MacDonald	Kevin Koe (skip)	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Template:Flagicon Edmonton, Alberta
Jason Larway	Colin Hufman	Joel Larway	Bill Todhunter	Template:Flagicon Seattle, Washington
Kevin Martin	John Morris	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Template:Flagicon Edmonton, Alberta
Greg McAulay	Ken Maskiewich	Tyrel Griffith	Aaron Watson	Template:Flagicon Richmond, British Columbia
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Template:Flagicon Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jean-Michel Ménard	Martin Crête	Éric Sylvain	Jean Gagnon	Template:Flagicon Quebec City, Quebec
Wayne Middaugh	Jon Mead	John Epping	Scott Bailey	Template:Flagicon Toronto, Ontario
Pat Simmons	Jeff Sharp	Gerry Adam	Steve Laycock	Template:Flagicon Davidson, Saskatchewan
Jeff Stoughton	Kevin Park	Rob Fowler	Steve Gould	Template:Flagicon Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jim Cotter	Bob Ursel (skip)	Kevin Folk	Rick Sawatsky	Template:Flagicon Kelowna, British Columbia
Wang Fengchun	Liu Rui	Xu Xiao Ming	Zang Jia Liang	Template:Flagicon Harbin, China

(Money ranking in parentheses)

Pool A

Team	W	L
Template:Flagicon Burtnyk (14)	4	1
Template:Flagicon McEwen (27)	4	1
Template:Flagicon Middaugh (17)	4	1
Template:Flagicon Adams (86)	2	3
Template:Flagicon Howard (1)	1	4
Template:Flagicon Larway (36)	0	5

• Howard 6-2 Larway
• Burtnyk 5-3 McEwen
• Middaugh 7-2 Adams
• Middaugh 5-3 Larway
• McEwen 5-4 Howard (9)
• Burtnyk 6-3 Adams
• McEwen 8-4 Middaugh
• Burtnyk 6-5 Howard (9)
• Adams 6-1 Larway
• Middaugh 6-3 Burtnyk
• Adams 6-0 Howard
• McEwen 6-3 Larway
• McEwen 4-3 Adams
• Burtnyk 7-3 Larway
• Middaugh 6-5 Howard

Pool B

Team	W	L
Template:Flagicon Martin (2)	5	0
Template:Flagicon Gushue (4)	4	1
Template:Flagicon McAulay (24)	2	3
Template:Flagicon Simmons (42)	2	3
Template:Flagicon Ménard (30)	2	3
Template:Flagicon Wang (10)	0	5

• Ménard 7-6 Simmons
• McAulay 9-8 Wang (9)
• Martin 7-6 Gushue (9)
• Martin 6-3 McAulay
• Simmons 7-5 Wang
• Gushue 5-4 Ménard
• Gushue 6-3 McAulay
• Martin 5-3 Simmons
• Gushue 6-4 Wang
• Martin 6-4 Ménard
• Simmons 6-4 McAulay
• McAulay 7-6 Ménard
• Gushue 3-2 Simmons
• Martin 6-3 Wang
• Ménard 8-4 Wang

Pool C

Team	W	L
Template:Flagicon Stoughton (6)	5	0
Template:Flagicon Ferbey (3)	3	2
Template:Flagicon Ferland (137)	3	2
Template:Flagicon Koe (8)	2	3
Template:Flagicon Jordison (9)	1	4
Template:Flagicon Ursel (28)	1	4

• Ferland 5-2 Koe
• Stoughton 6-3 Ursel
• Ferbey 9-4 Jordison
• Ursel 6-4 Ferland
• Koe 12-5 Jordison
• Stoughton 7-5 Ferbey
• Jordison 5-4 Ursel
• Stoughton 6-5 Ferland (9)
• Ferbey 7-3 Ursel
• Stoughton 8-6 Koe
• Ferland 5-4 Jordison
• Koe 6-4 Ursel
• Ferland 6-3 Ferbey
• Stoughton 4-3 Jordison
• Ferbey 6-2 Koe

Playoffs

Playoffs

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