2017 Boston Pizza Cup | |
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Host city | Westlock, Alberta |
Arena | Rotary Spirit Centre |
Dates | February 8–12 |
Winner | Brendan Bottcher |
Curling club | Saville Sports Centre |
Skip | Brendan Bottcher |
Third | Darren Moulding |
Second | Brad Thiessen |
Lead | Karrick Martin |
Finalist | Ted Appelman |
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The 2017 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 8 to 12 at the Rotary Spirit Centre in Westlock, Alberta.
Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:
Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team |
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Defending champions 1 | N/A 1 | |
Highest-ranked team on CTRS | 1 | Charley Thomas |
Next-ranked team on CTRS not already qualified 1 | 1 | Brendan Bottcher |
Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points | 2 | Mick Lizmore Ted Appelman |
Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 6–8) | 2 | Roland Robinson Graham Powell |
Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 19–22) | 3 | Thomas Scoffin Jamie King James Pahl |
Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 20–23) | 3 | Josh Lameden Aaron Sluchniski Jeremy Harty |
The draw is listed as follows:https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081254/http://www.2017bostonpizzacup.com/default.aspx?p=draw
First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Charley Thomas | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
James Pahl | 6 | James Pahl | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Josh Lambden | 2 | Charley Thomas | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Thomas Scoffin | 6 | Mick Lizmore | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Roland Robinson | 4 | Thomas Scoffin | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Mick Lizmore | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mick Lizmore | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brendan Bottcher | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ted Appelman | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jamie King | 3 | Jeremy Harty | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Jeremy Harty | 10 | Ted Appelman | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Aaron Sluchninski | 7 | Brendan Bottcher | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Graham Powell | 3 | Aaron Slushinski | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Brendan Bottcher | 8 |
Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Josh Lambden | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Scoffin | 5 | Ted Appelman | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Thomas Scoffin | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Scoffin | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jeremy Harty | 9 | Charley Thomas | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Graham Powell | 1 | Jeremy Harty | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Charley Thomas | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charley Thomas | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jamie King | 3 | Mick Lizmore | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Aaron Slushninski | 7 | Aaron Slushninski | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Roland Robinson | 5 | James Pahl | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
James Pahl | 9 | Mick Lizmore | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
James Pahl | 4 |
Third Knockout | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | ||||||||||||
Josh Lambden | 2 | |||||||||||||
Graham Powell | 4 | James Pahl | 7 | |||||||||||
Josh Lambden | 7 | James Pahl | 5 | |||||||||||
Aaron Sluchninski | 9 | |||||||||||||
Aaron Sluchninski | 5 | |||||||||||||
Thomas Scoffin | 4 |
Third Knockout | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | ||||||||||||
Jamie King | 8 | |||||||||||||
Ted Appelman | 10 | Ted Appelman | 7 | |||||||||||
Roland Robinson | 5 | Jeremy Harty | 3 | |||||||||||
Jeremy Harty | 7 | Ted Appelman | 7 | |||||||||||
Mick Lizmore | 6 |
Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
A | Brendan Bottcher | 8 | A | Brendan Bottcher | 6 | ||||||||
B | Charley Thomas | 3 | C2 | Ted Appelman | 5 | ||||||||
B | Charley Thomas | 6 | |||||||||||
C2 | Ted Appelman | 8 | |||||||||||
C1 | Aaron Sluchniski | 6 | |||||||||||
C2 | Ted Appelman | 10 | |||||||||||
Saturday, February 11, 6:30 pm
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Brendan Bottcher | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
Charley Thomas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Saturday, February 11, 6:30 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Aaron Sluchninski | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Sunday, February 12, 11:00 am
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Sunday, February 12, 4:00 pm
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
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Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2017 Boston Pizza Cup |
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