2018 Viterra Championship | |
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Host city | Winkler, Manitoba |
Arena | Winkler Centennial Arena |
Dates | January 31–February 4 |
Winner | Reid Carruthers |
Curling club | West St. Paul Curling Club |
Skip | Reid Carruthers |
Third | Braeden Moskowy |
Second | Derek Samagalski |
Lead | Colin Hodgson |
Finalist | Mike McEwen |
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The 2018 Viterra Championship , Manitoba's provincial men's curling championship, was held from January 31 to February 4 at the Winkler Centennial Arena in Winkler. The winning Reid Carruthers team represented Manitoba at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan.
The semifinal and final games were broadcast on Sportsnet One. [1]
Teams are as follows: [2]
*McEwen was hospitalized from the second draw until the semifinals due to having chicken pox. Except for the first draw and the final, the team played with just three players, with B. J. Neufeld assuming skipping duties. McEwen skipped and threw third stones in the final. [3]
32 team double knockout with playoff round
Four teams qualify each from A Event and B Event
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||||
Riley Smith | 2 | |||||||||||||
Terry McNamee | 6 | |||||||||||||
Terry McNamee | 1 | |||||||||||||
Reid Carruthers | 11 | |||||||||||||
Reid Carruthers | 8 | |||||||||||||
Rob Fisher | 1 | |||||||||||||
Reid Carruthers | 10 | |||||||||||||
David Bohn | 6 | |||||||||||||
David Bohn | 8 | |||||||||||||
Cale Dunbar | 6 | |||||||||||||
David Bohn | 7 | |||||||||||||
Julien Leduc | 3 | |||||||||||||
Sean Grassie | 4 | |||||||||||||
Julien Leduc | 5 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | ||||||||||||
Graham Freeman | 5 | |||||||||||||
Travis Bale | 7 | |||||||||||||
Travis Bale | 9 | |||||||||||||
Darryl Friesen | 3 | |||||||||||||
Braden Calvert | 2 | |||||||||||||
Darryl Friesen | 9 | |||||||||||||
Travis Bale | 6 | |||||||||||||
Daniel Birchard | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jason Gunnlaugson | 11 | |||||||||||||
Travis Graham | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jason Gunnlaugson | 5 | |||||||||||||
Daniel Birchard | 8 | |||||||||||||
Kelly Marnoch | 6 | |||||||||||||
Daniel Birchard | 10 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | ||||||||||||
Andrew Wickman | 7 | |||||||||||||
Randy Neufeld | 8 | |||||||||||||
Randy Neufeld | 3 | |||||||||||||
Pat Simmons | 6 | |||||||||||||
Pat Simmons | 10 | |||||||||||||
Brandon Radford | 2 | |||||||||||||
Pat Simmons | 6 | |||||||||||||
William Lyburn | 2 | |||||||||||||
Brett Walter | 7 | |||||||||||||
William Lyburn | 8 | |||||||||||||
William Lyburn | 10 | |||||||||||||
Tyler Drews | 4 | |||||||||||||
Steve Irwin | 1 | |||||||||||||
Tyler Drews | 8 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | ||||||||||||
Richard Muntain | 7 | |||||||||||||
Tanner Lott | 6 | |||||||||||||
Richard Muntain | 6 | |||||||||||||
Team McEwen | 11 | |||||||||||||
Merv Satterthwaite | 2 | |||||||||||||
Mike McEwen | 9 | |||||||||||||
Team McEwen | 7 | |||||||||||||
Dennis Bohn | 5 | |||||||||||||
Dennis Bohn | 6 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Thomson | 3 | |||||||||||||
Dennis Bohn | 9 | |||||||||||||
Kyle Foster | 7 | |||||||||||||
J. T. Ryan | 4 | |||||||||||||
Kyle Foster | 6 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Riley Smith | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rob Fisher | 12 | Julien Leduc | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Rob Fisher | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Julien Leduc | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cale Dunbar | 8 | Terry McNamee | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Sean Grassie | 5 | Terry McNamee | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Cale Dunbar | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Terry McNamee | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
David Bohn | 8 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Graham Freeman | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Braden Calvert | 3 | Jason Gunnlaugson | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Graham Freeman | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Graham Freeman | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Travis Graham | 2 | Darryl Friesen | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Kelly Marnoch | 8 | Darryl Friesen | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Kelly Marnoch | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Graham Freeman | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Birchard | 7 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Andrew Wickman | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brandon Radford | 4 | Tyler Drews | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Andrew Wickman | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tyler Drews | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brett Walter | 4 | Steve Irwin | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Steve Irwin | 9 | Randy Neufeld | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Steve Irwin | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Steve Irwin | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
William Lyburn | 5 |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Tanner Lott | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Merv Satterthwaite | 1 | Kyle Foster | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Tanner Lott | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kyle Foster | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ryan Thomson | 5 | J. T. Ryan | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
J. T. Ryan | 11 | Richard Muntain | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
J. T. Ryan | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
J. T. Ryan | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dennis Bohn | 3 |
8 team double knockout
Four teams qualify into Championship Round
Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | ||||||||
Q1 | Reid Carruthers | 8 | |||||||
Q6 | Daniel Birchard | 0 | |||||||
Reid Carruthers | 8 | ||||||||
Travis Bale | 4 | ||||||||
Q2 | Travis Bale | 6 | |||||||
Q5 | David Bohn | 2 |
Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | ||||||||
Q3 | Pat Simmons | 5 | |||||||
Q8 | J.T. Ryan | 9 | |||||||
J.T. Ryan | 3 | ||||||||
Team McEwen | 5 | ||||||||
Q4 | Team McEwen | 8 | |||||||
Q7 | Steve Irwin | 2 |
Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | ||||||||
1 | Daniel Birchard | 5 | |||||||
2 | Daniel Birchard | 6 | J.T. Ryan | 7 | |||||
3 | David Bohn | 5 |
Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | ||||||||
1 | Steve Irwin | 8 | |||||||
2 | Pat Simmons | 8 | Travis Bale | 5 | |||||
3 | Steve Irwin | 9 |
Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Reid Carruthers | 7 | 1 | Reid Carruthers | 7 | ||||||||
2 | Team McEwen | 4 | 2 | Team McEwen | 6 | ||||||||
2 | Team McEwen | 6 | |||||||||||
3 | J.T. Ryan | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | J.T. Ryan | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | Steve Irwin | 3 | |||||||||||
Saturday, February 3, 6:00 pm
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Reid Carruthers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
Team McEwen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Saturday, February 3, 6:00 pm
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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J.T. Ryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Steve Irwin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Sunday, February 4, 8:30 am
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Team McEwen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 6 |
J.T. Ryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
Sunday, February 4, 3:00 pm
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Reid Carruthers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Mike McEwen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
2018 Viterra Championship |
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Reid Carruthers 5th Manitoba Provincial Championship title |
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