2016 Boost National


The 2016 National 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 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 men's and women's team on the World Curling Tour's "Order of Merit" rankings as of October 31 qualify, plus a sponsor exemption.
Men's ranking as of Oct. 31.
  1. Brad Gushue
  2. Kevin Koe
  3. Reid Carruthers
  4. Niklas Edin
  5. John Epping
  6. Brad Jacobs
  7. Mike McEwen
  8. Steve Laycock
  9. David Murdoch
  10. Charley Thomas
  11. John Morris
  12. Brendan Bottcher
  13. Thomas Ulsrud
  14. Peter de Cruz
  15. 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's ranking as of Oct. 31.
  1. Rachel Homan
  2. Jennifer Jones
  3. Silvana Tirinzoni
  4. Eve Muirhead
  5. Valerie Sweeting
  6. Allison Flaxey
  7. Chelsea Carey
  8. Anna Hasselborg
  9. Kelsey Rocque
  10. Anna Sidorova
  11. Kim Eun-jung
  12. Tracy Fleury
  13. Kerri Einarson
  14. 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

* Qualified as sponsor exemption

Round Robin Standings

Final round robin standings

Tiebreakers

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Women

Teams

* Qualified as sponsor exemption

Round Robin Standings

Final round robin standings

Tiebreakers

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals