| 2019 Yukon Men's Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Arena | Whitehorse Curling Club |
| Dates | February 7–10, 2019 |
| Winner | Team Solberg |
| Curling club | Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Skip | Jon Solberg |
| Third | Bob Smallwood |
| Second | Clinton Abel |
| Lead | Scott Odian |
| Finalist | Thomas Scoffin |
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The 2019 Yukon Men's Curling Championship , the territorial men's curling championship for Yukon was held February 7 to 10 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse, Yukon. [1] The winning Jon Solberg team represented the Yukon at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship.
Three teams entered the event: [2]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Paslawski | Terry Miller | Doug Hamilton | Don McPhee | Whitehorse |
| Thomas Scoffin | Tom Appelman | Trygg Jensen | Joe Wallingham | Whitehorse |
| Jon Solberg | Bob Smallwood | Clinton Abel | Scott Odian | Whitehorse |
As there were three teams that entered, the event was a double round robin. If any team had gone undefeated, they would be declared the champions. [3] However, since no team went undefeated a playoff between the top two teams occurred.
| Key | |
|---|---|
| To playoff | |
| Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Solberg | 3 | 1 |
| Scoffin | 2 | 2 |
| Paslawski | 1 | 3 |
Solberg must be beaten twice.
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Jon Solberg | ||||||||
| 1 | Jon Solberg | 5 | 1 | Jon Solberg | |||||
| 2 | Thomas Scoffin | 3 | |||||||
Sunday, February 10, 9:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Scoffin  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jon Solberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
A final was not necessary as Solberg won the semifinal.
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