STEINBACH, Man. \u2014 Friday is moving day at the Crown Royal Players’ Championship as we’re down to the final draws for pool play.<\/p>\n
Only six teams in each division will advance to the playoffs in the prestigious Grand Slam of Curling event. <\/p>\n
Stream live on watch.rockchannel.com<\/a>. Broadcast coverage in Canada on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ begins with Draw 9 at 1 p.m. ET \/ Noon CT.<\/p>\n Keep it here all day for the latest results.<\/p>\n QUICK LINKS: DRAW SCHEDULE & RESULTS<\/a> | STANDINGS<\/a> | BROADCAST INFO<\/a><\/p>\n WHO’S IN, WHO’S OUT <\/p>\n The playoff picture resembled an abstract painting, with all six spots on the women’s side up for grabs to start the day.<\/p>\n Here’s how things unfolded. <\/p>\n Men’s Division <\/p>\n \u2022 Team Kyle Waddell (3-2-0-0, 13 points): The undefeated Scottish squad secured a bye to the semifinals with a 7-6 shootout win in Draw 12 against Whyte.<\/p>\n \u2022 Team Xu Xiaoming (3-1-0-1, 11 points): Xu qualified for the playoffs for the first time in a Grand Slam after defeating Edin 8-7 in Draw 12.<\/p>\n \u2022 Team Yannick Schwaller (3-0-1-0, 10 points): Schwaller is in as a maximum of six teams can get to 10 or more points.<\/p>\n In the mix for the final three spots: Team Jo\u00ebl Retornaz (2-1-1-1, nine points), Team Ross Whyte (2-0-2-0, eight points), Team Bruce Mouat (2-1-0-1, eight points), Team Matt Dunstone (1-2-0-1, seven points) and Team John Shuster (2-0-0-2, six points).<\/p>\n Eliminated: Team Daniel Casper, Team Mike McEwen, Team Brad Jacobs and Team Niklas Edin.<\/p>\n Women’s Division <\/p>\n \u2022 Team Silvana Tirinzoni (3-1-0-0, 11 points): Secured a spot with a 7-3 win over Yoshimura in Draw 13.<\/p>\n \u2022 Team Eun-ji Gim (3-0-0-1, nine points): Qualified by a process of elimination after Draw 13, as not enough teams can reach nine points to drop Gim into a shootout.<\/p>\n \u2022 Team Tabitha Peterson (2-1-1-0, nine points): Also booked a playoff spot after the results from Draw 13.<\/p>\n In the mix for the final three spots: Team Satsuki Fujisawa (2-1-0-2, eight points), Team Rachel Homan (2-0-0-2, six points),Team Kerri Einarson (2-0-0-2, six points), Team Anna Hasselborg (1-1-1-2, six points), Team Ikue Kitazawa (2-0-0-3, six points), Team Sayaka Yoshimura (2-0-0-3, six points), Team Xenia Schwaller (1-0-2-1, five points) and Team Isabella Wran\u00e5 (1-1-0-2, five points).<\/p>\n Eliminated: Team Momoha Tabata <\/p>\n FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE\/RESULTS <\/p>\n Draw 12: 9:30 a.m. ET \/ 8:30 a.m. CT <\/p>\n \u2022 Xu 8, Edin 7: Watch Replay (Cantonese commentary)<\/a> | Linescore<\/a> Draw 13: 1 p.m. ET \/ Noon CT <\/p>\n \u2022 Tirinzoni 7, Yoshimura 4: Watch Replay<\/a> | Linescore<\/a> Draw 14: 5 p.m. ET \/ 4 p.m. CT <\/p>\n \u2022 Gim vs. Tabata: Watch Live<\/a> | Linescore<\/a> Draw 15: 9 p.m. ET \/ 8 p.m. CT <\/p>\n \u2022 Dunstone vs. Whyte: Watch Live<\/a> | Linescore<\/a> ABOUT THE EVENT<\/p>\n The Crown Royal Players’ Championship is the fifth and final Grand Slam of Curling event of the season, featuring 12 of the top men’s teams and 12 of the top women’s teams from around the world.<\/p>\n Both divisions are split into two pools of six for round-robin play. The top six teams overall advance to the playoffs, with the best two receiving byes to the semifinals. If necessary, one tiebreaker round will be played on Saturday.<\/p>\n If a game is tied after eight ends during the round-robin stage, a draw-to-the-button shootout will determine the winner. Teams receive three points for a regulation win, two points for a shootout win and one point for a shootout loss.<\/p>\n Extra ends will be played instead of shootouts during the tiebreakers and playoffs. 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\u2022 Waddell 7, Whyte 6 (shootout): Watch Replay<\/a> | Linescore<\/a>
\u2022 Einarson 6, Kitazawa 3: Watch Replay<\/a> | Linescore<\/a>
\u2022 Fujisawa 5, Peterson 4 (shootout): Watch Replay<\/a> | Linescore<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2022 Homan 9, Hasselborg 5: Watch Replay<\/a> | Linescore<\/a>
\u2022 Shuster 7, Casper 3: Watch Replay<\/a> | Linescore<\/a>
\u2022 Dunstone 9, Retornaz 6: Watch Replay<\/a> | Linescore<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2022 X. Schwaller vs. Wran\u00e5: Watch Live<\/a> | Linescore<\/a>
\u2022 Mouat vs. Y. Schwaller: Watch Live<\/a> | Linescore<\/a>
\u2022 Jacobs vs. McEwen: Watch Live<\/a> | Linescore<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2022 Shuster vs. Edin: Watch Live<\/a> | Linescore<\/a>
\u2022 Homan vs. Peterson: Watch Live<\/a> | Linescore<\/a>
\u2022 Tirinzoni vs. Einarson: Watch Live<\/a> | Linescore<\/a><\/p>\n