The 2004 M&M Meat Shops Masters of Curling was held from December 9 to 12, 2004 at the Elgar Petersen Arena in

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. The event was one of the four men's Grand Slams of the 2004–05

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season.

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rink won the event, defeating

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'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. 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

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money list (as of November 21), plus one European team and one sponsor exemption. The total purse for the event was $100,000. The WCT second ranked

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rink and the fifth ranked

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rink did not participate, as they were participating in the playdowns for the

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. The semifinals and finals aired on

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Teams

The teams were as follows:

Playoffs

The playoff scores were as follows:

References

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