The 2017 BOOST

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was held from November 14 to 19 at the

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. This was the third

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event of the 2017–18 curling season. Many of the top European teams on the

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could not attend, as they are playing in the 2017 European Curling Championships while the top American teams on the Tour are playing in the

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. In the men's final, Team

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from Scotland won their first career Grand Slam title against the South Korean Olympic team, skipped by

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, who was playing in their first Grand Slam ever. The final was only the second men's final to not feature a Canadian team, and Mouat became the second non-Canadian skip to win a men's Grand Slam event and at the age of 23, became the youngest men's skip ever to win a Grand Slam event, eclipsing John Morris who won the 2004 Players' Championship at the age of 25. In the women's final, the defending Olympic champion

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and her Winnipeg rink defeated Lethbridge's

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to win her 15th career grand slam, her second in a row.

Men

Teams

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−05:00).

Draw 1

''Tuesday, November 14, 4:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, November 14, 8:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, November 15, 8:30 am''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, November 15, 12:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, November 15, 4:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, November 15, 8:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Thursday, November 16, 12:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Thursday, November 16, 8:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Friday, November 17, 12:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, November 17, 4:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Friday, November 17, 8:00 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, November 18, 5:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, November 18, 9:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, November 19, 12:00 pm''

Women

Teams

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−05:00).

Draw 1

''Tuesday, November 14, 4:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, November 14, 8:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, November 15, 8:30 am''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, November 15, 12:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, November 15, 4:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, November 15, 8:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Thursday, November 16, 8:30 am''

Draw 9

''Thursday, November 16, 4:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Friday, November 17, 8:30 am''

Draw 12

''Friday, November 17, 12:00 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, November 18, 1:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, November 18, 9:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, November 19, 4:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boost National, 2017 2017 November 2017 sports events in Canada 2017 in Canadian curling Sport in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Curling in Northern Ontario 2017 in Ontario