2017 Boston Pizza Cup

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2017 Boston Pizza Cup
Host city Westlock, Alberta
Arena Rotary Spirit Centre
DatesFebruary 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.

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Qualification process

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

Qualification methodBerthsQualifying team
Defending champions 1 N/A 1 Kevin Koe 1
Pat Simmons 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 points2 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
Notes
  1. ^ The defending champion usually receives the first berth, however the defending champion from 2016, Kevin Koe, won the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier and therefore entered the 2017 Brier as Team Canada, negating any need for him to compete in the Boston Pizza Cup. In addition, 2015 Brier champion Pat Simmons, who had competed as Team Canada in 2015 and 2016 with the team Koe won the 2014 Boston Pizza Cup and Brier titles with, would also have been eligible for direct entry into the 2017 Boston Pizza Cup as a past provincial/national champion. However, Simmons' team disbanded after the 2015-16 curling season and forfeited their berth. Had Koe and Simmons both entered the 2017 Boston Pizza Cup, only one team would have qualified via the ACF bonspiel route. Instead, the next-ranked team on the CTRS was granted automatic entry.

Teams

SkipThirdSecondLeadLocale(s)
Ted Appelman Tom Appelman Shawn Donnelly Adam Enright Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Jeremy Harty Dylan Webster Joel Berger Gregg Hamilton The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Glen Kennedy (fourth) Jamie King (skip) Sean Morris Todd Brick Ellerslie Curling Club, Edmonton
Josh Lambden Chris McDonah Robert Collins Colin Stroeder Calgary Curling Club, Calgary
Mick Lizmore Daylan Vavrek Carter Lautner Brad Chyz Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith
Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
James Pahl Mark Klinck Aaron Bartling Thomas Stroh Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton
Graham Powell Tom Sallows Jordan Steinke Chris Wall Grande Prairie Curling Club, Grande Prairie
Roland Robinson Jeff Erickson Ryan Konowalyk James Knievel Manning Curling Club, Manning
Thomas Scoffin Tristan Steinke Jason Ginter Brett Winfield Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Aaron Sluchinski Justin Sluchinski Eric Richard Kyle Richard Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie
Charley Thomas Nathan Connolly Brandon Klassen Craig Savill The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Crestwood Curling Club, Edmonton

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081254/http://www.2017bostonpizzacup.com/default.aspx?p=draw

A Event

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

B Event

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

C Event

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

Playoffs

Page playoff system SemifinalFinal
A Brendan Bottcher 8A Brendan Bottcher 6
B Charley Thomas 3C2 Ted Appelman 5
B Charley Thomas 6
C2 Ted Appelman 8
C1 Aaron Sluchniski 6
C2 Ted Appelman 10

A vs. B

Saturday, February 11, 6:30 pm

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Charley Thomas 02000010XX3

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 11, 6:30 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
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Ted Appelman 002022100310

Semifinal

Sunday, February 12, 11:00 am

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Ted Appelman 00004102018

Final

Sunday, February 12, 4:00 pm

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Ted Appelman 000200100205
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