2020 Boston Pizza Cup

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2020 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup
presented by Best Western
Host city Westlock, Alberta
Arena Westlock Curling Club
DatesFebruary 5–9
Winner Team Bottcher
Curling club Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton
Skip Brendan Bottcher
Third Darren Moulding
Second Brad Thiessen
Lead Karrick Martin
Finalist Karsten Sturmay
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The 2020 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup presented by Best Western , the provincial men's curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 5 to 9 at the Westlock Curling Club in Westlock, Alberta. The winning Brendan Bottcher rink represented Alberta at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario.

Contents

In an all Saville Community SC final, Brendan Bottcher defeated Karsten Sturmay 7–6 with a draw to the button in the tenth end to win his third provincial title.

Qualification

QualificationBerthsQualifying team(s)
CTRS leader1 Brendan Bottcher
Alberta Tour3 Jeremy Harty
James Pahl
Karsten Sturmay
Inglewood Qualifier4 Aaron Sluchinski
Robert Johnson
Daylan Vavrek
Kevin Park
Ottewell Qualifier3 Ted Appelman
Jacob Libbus
Evan van Amsterdam
Fort St. John Qualifier1 Scott Webb

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [1]

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateClub
Ted Appelman Nathan Connolly Shawn Donnelly Adam Enright Avonair Curling Club, Edmonton
Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Bradley Thiessen Karrick Martin Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Jeremy Harty Kyler Kleibrink Joel Berger Kurtis Goller The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Robert Johnson Lyle Kent Steve Thomas Nathan Relitz Jim Perry Calgary Curling Club, Calgary
Jacob Libbus Dustin Mikush Michael Henricks Zachary Pawliuk Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
James Pahl Glen Kennedy Roland Robinson Craig MacAlpine Sherwood Park Curling Club, Sherwood Park
Kevin Park Robert Collins Scott Garnett Ben Savage Strathmore Curling Club, Strathmore
Aaron Sluchinski J. D. Lind Dylan Webster Jason Ginter Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie
Karsten Sturmay Tristan Steinke Christopher Kennedy Glenn Venance Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Evan van Amsterdam Parker Konschuh Craig Bourgonje Tyler van Amsterdam Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton
Daylan Vavrek Dean Mamer Carter Lautner Evan Asmussen Bradley Chyz Calgary Curling Club, Calgary
Scott Webb Dean Darwent Stephen Byrne Damien Gnass Peace River Curling Club, Peace River

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool AWL
Ted Appelman 41
Brendan Bottcher 41
James Pahl 32
Jacob Libbus 23
Scott Webb 14
Kevin Park 14
Pool BWL
Karsten Sturmay 41
Aaron Sluchinski 41
Jeremy Harty 32
Evan van Amsterdam 23
Daylan Vavrek 23
Robert Johnson 05

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−07:00).

Draw 1

Wednesday, February 5, 12:00 pm

Sheet B12345678910Final
Karsten Sturmay Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02000203018
Evan van Amsterdam 10121000106
Sheet C12345678910Final
Daylan Vavrek Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0210000XXX3
Aaron Sluchinski 1003221XXX9
Sheet D12345678910Final
Jeremy Harty 00102010329
Robert Johnson Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02010201006

Draw 2

Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Brendan Bottcher Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg220210201X10
Jacob Libbus 002002010X5
Sheet B1234567891011Final
James Pahl Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg3010030300111
Kevin Park 0202202011010
Sheet C12345678910Final
Ted Appelman Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg120210101X8
Scott Webb 002001010X4

Draw 3

Thursday, February 6, 9:30 am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Daylan Vavrek 00000XXXXX0
Evan van Amsterdam Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg51211XXXXX10
Sheet B12345678910Final
Brendan Bottcher Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg23022XXXXX9
Scott Webb 00200XXXXX2
Sheet C12345678910Final
Jeremy Harty 00010101014
Aaron Sluchinski Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00002020105
Sheet D12345678910Final
Ted Appelman Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00100200104
Kevin Park 00022001016

Draw 4

Thursday, February 6, 2:30 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
James Pahl 10100100XX3
Ted Appelman Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02011031XX8
Sheet B12345678910Final
Evan van Amsterdam Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg011100202X7
Robert Johnson 000001020X3
Sheet C1234567891011Final
Kevin Park Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg002010020106
Jacob Libbus 000300201039
Sheet D1234567891011Final
Karsten Sturmay 010103100107
Daylan Vavrek Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202010002018

Draw 5

Thursday, February 6, 6:30 pm

Sheet A1234567891011Final
Aaron Sluchinski 100020130029
Robert Johnson Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg030002001107
Sheet B12345678910Final
Brendan Bottcher 001030103210
James Pahl Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20020201007
Sheet C12345678910Final
Jeremy Harty Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00210000126
Karsten Sturmay 01001311007
Sheet D12345678910Final
Scott Webb 010110010X4
Jacob Libbus Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg003000303X9

Draw 6

Friday, February 7, 9:30 am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Kevin Park Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101001020X5
Scott Webb 020310104X11
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Ted Appelman 0020201030210
Jacob Libbus Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200301010108
Sheet C12345678910Final
Daylan Vavrek 00301011017
Robert Johnson Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10020000104
Sheet D12345678910Final
Evan van Amsterdam Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg001001020X4
Aaron Sluchinski 210110101X7

Draw 7

Friday, February 7, 2:30 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Jeremy Harty Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10410101019
Evan van Amsterdam 01002020308
Sheet B12345678910Final
Karsten Sturmay 202210XXXX7
Aaron Sluchinski Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010001XXXX2
Sheet C12345678910Final
James Pahl Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg05010011XX8
Scott Webb 10100100XX3
Sheet D12345678910Final
Brendan Bottcher Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg30024XXXXX9
Kevin Park 00100XXXXX1

Draw 8

Friday, February 7, 6:30 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Karsten Sturmay Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg001130300X8
Robert Johnson 020001010X4
Sheet B12345678910Final
Jeremy Harty Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20004002XX8
Daylan Vavrek 00010110XX3
Sheet C12345678910Final
Brendan Bottcher 01001021106
Ted Appelman Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10120300018
Sheet D12345678910Final
James Pahl 0011042XXX8
Jacob Libbus Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0100100XXX2

Playoffs

Page playoff system SemifinalFinal
A1 Ted Appelman 3B1 Karsten Sturmay 6
B1 Karsten Sturmay 4A2 Brendan Bottcher 7
A1 Ted Appelman 5
A2 Brendan Bottcher 8
A2 Brendan Bottcher 8
B2 Aaron Sluchinski 4

A2 vs. B2

Saturday, February 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Brendan Bottcher 003003011X8
Aaron Sluchinski Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010100200X4

A1 vs. B1

Saturday, February 8, 6:30 pm

Sheet B1234567891011Final
Ted Appelman 000001010103
Karsten Sturmay Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg001000101014

Semifinal

Sunday, February 9, 10:30 am

Sheet C12345678910Final
Ted Appelman Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10010200105
Brendan Bottcher 02002020028

Final

Sunday, February 9, 4:30 pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Karsten Sturmay Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10100201106
Brendan Bottcher 01022010017
2020 Boston Pizza Cup
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Brendan Bottcher
3rd Alberta Provincial Championship title

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