2013 Boston Pizza Cup

2013 Boston Pizza Cup
Host city	Leduc, Alberta
Arena	Leduc Recreation Centre
Dates	February 6–10
Winner	Kevin Martin
Curling club	Saville SC, Edmonton
Skip	Kevin Martin
Third	John Morris
Second	Marc Kennedy
Lead	Ben Hebert
Finalist	Kevin Koe
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The 2013 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup , the men's provincial curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 6 to 10 at the Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, Alberta. The winner of the Boston Pizza Cup represented Alberta at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton.

Qualification process

Main article: 2013 Boston Pizza Cup – Qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team
Defending champion from previous year	1	Kevin Koe [1]
Highest-ranked team on CTRS not already qualified	1	Kevin Martin [2]
Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points [2]	2	Brendan Bottcher Jamie King
Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 4–6) [3]	2	Kurt Balderston Graham Powell
Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 17–20)	3	Tom Appelman Wade White James Pahl
Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 18–21) [4]	3	Charley Thomas Matthew Blandford Aaron Sluchinski

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale(s)
Brendan Bottcher	Micky Lizmore	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Jamie King	Blake MacDonald	Scott Pfeifer	Jeff Erickson		St. Albert Curling Club, St. Albert
Kevin Koe	Pat Simmons	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen		Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary
Kevin Martin	John Morris	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Kurt Balderston	Adam Enright	Rob Maksymetz	Del Shaughnessy		Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith
Graham Powell	Kelsey Dusseault	Ken Powell	Alain Blanchette		Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith
Brent Bawel [6]	Tom Appelman	Ted Appelman	Brendan Melnyk		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Wade White	Kevin Tym	Dan Holowaychuk	George White	Brian McPherson	Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
James Pahl	Mark Klinck	Kevin McGregor	Kelly Mauthe		Strathcona Curling Club, Sherwood Park
Charley Thomas	J. D. Lind	Dominic Daeman	Matt Ng		Calgary Curling Club, Calgary Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary
Matthew Blandford	Evan Assmussen	Brent Hamilton	Bradley Chyz	Greg Hill	Inglewood Curling Club, Calgary
Aaron Sluchinski	Justin Sluchinski	Dylan Webster	Craig Bourgonje	Steve Petryk	Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows: ^[7]

A event

	First Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
						Kevin Koe		14
	Wade White		5			Matthew Blandford		0
	Matthew Blandford		8								Kevin Koe		5
	Brent Bawel		8								Brent Bawel		2
	Graham Powell		4			Brent Bawel		10
						Brendan Bottcher		8
																Kevin Koe		5
																Kevin Martin		6
						Jamie King		7
	Charley Thomas		9			Charley Thomas		4
	Aaron Sluchinski		3								Jamie King		6
	Kurt Balderston		5								Kevin Martin		7
	James Pahl		7			James Pahl		4
						Kevin Martin		8

B event

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 2
	Brendan Bottcher		3
	Wade White		12			Wade White		4
						Jamie King		9
											Jamie King		7
	Charley Thomas		11								Charley Thomas		9
	Graham Powell		1			Charley Thomas		8
						Brent Bawel		6
																Charley Thomas		5
	Aaron Sluchinski		6													Aaron Sluchinski		6
	James Pahl		4			Aaron Sluchinski		8
	Kurt Balderston		9			Kurt Balderston		5
	Matthew Blandford		3								Aaron Sluchinski		10
											Kevin Koe		7

C event

	Third Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 3
						Kevin Koe		9
	Brendan Bottcher		7			Brendan Bottcher		3
	Graham Powell		4								Kevin Koe		8
											Jamie King		7
						Kurt Balderston		3
						Jamie King		8

	Third Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 4
	Wade White		5
	James Pahl		8			James Pahl		2
	Brent Bawel		9			Brent Bawel		7
	Matthew Blandford		8								Brent Bawel		1
											Charley Thomas		6

Knockout results

All draws are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7). ^[7]

Draw 1

Wednesday, February 6, 9:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charley Thomas	3	1	1	0	0	4	X	X	X	X	9
Aaron Sluchinski	0	0	0	1	2	0	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brent Bawel	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	8
Graham Powell	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wade White	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	5
Matthew Blandford	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kurt Balderston	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5
James Pahl	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	X	7

Draw 2

Wednesday, February 6, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Brent Bawel	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	10
Brendan Bottcher	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	3	3	4	1	2	1	X	X	X	X	14
Matthew Blandford	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
James Pahl	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	4
Kevin Martin	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie King	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	7
Charley Thomas	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 3

Thursday, February 7, 9:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jamie King	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Kevin Martin	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	5
Brent Bawel	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2

Draw 4

Thursday, February 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kurt Balderston	0	1	0	4	0	2	2	X	X	X	9
Matthew Blandford	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	6
James Pahl	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charley Thomas	3	3	2	3	0	0	X	X	X	X	11
Graham Powell	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wade White	2	0	4	6	0	0	X	X	X	X	12
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	X	X	X	3

Draw 5

Thursday, February 7, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5
Kevin Martin	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brent Bawel	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	6
Charley Thomas	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie King	3	1	1	0	4	0	X	X	X	X	9
Wade White	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	X	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kurt Balderston	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Aaron Sluchinski	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	8

Draw 6

Friday, February 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Graham Powell	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Brendan Bottcher	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matthew Blandford	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	8
Brent Bawel	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
James Pahl	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	X	8
Wade White	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 7

Friday, February 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	X	10
Kevin Koe	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie King	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	7
Charley Thomas	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	9

Draw 8

Friday, February 8, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kurt Balderston	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Jamie King	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Kevin Koe	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
James Pahl	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2
Brent Bawel	2	0	2	1	0	2	X	X	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Charley Thomas	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Aaron Sluchinski	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	6

Draw 9

Saturday, February 9, 1:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	8
Jamie King	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brent Bawel	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
Charley Thomas	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	X	6

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Kevin Martin	7								1	Kevin Martin	5
	2	Aaron Sluchinski	3								3	Kevin Koe	4
						2	Aaron Sluchinski	2
						3	Kevin Koe	6
	3	Kevin Koe	11
	4	Charley Thomas	3

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 9, 6:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Martin	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	X	X	7
Aaron Sluchinski	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	3

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 9, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	1	2	0	5	0	3	X	X	X	X	11
Charley Thomas	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	3

Semifinal

Sunday, February 10, 9:30 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Kevin Koe	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	X	6

Final

Sunday, February 10, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kevin Martin	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5
Kevin Koe	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4

References

1. "Kevin Koe to defend Alberta title". 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
2. "Top CTRS team to qualify for Alberta BP Cup". 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
3. "Two More Qualifiers from Peace Curling Assoc". 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
4. "Men's Playdowns". Southern Alberta Curling Association. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
5. "2013 Boston Pizza Cup – Teams". 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
6. "Switching places works wonders for Appelmans". Edmonton Journal. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
7. "2013 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup – Draw" (PDF). 2013bostonpizzacup.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Final on YouTube