2021 Tim Hortons Brier

2021 Tim Hortons Brier
Host city	Calgary, Alberta
Arena	Markin MacPhail Centre, Canada Olympic Park [1]
Dates	March 5–14 [1]
Attendance	0 (behind closed doors)
Winner	Alberta
Curling club	Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Skip	Brendan Bottcher
Third	Darren Moulding
Second	Brad Thiessen
Lead	Karrick Martin
Alternate	Pat Janssen
Coach	Don Bartlett
Finalist	Wild Card 2 (Kevin Koe)
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The 2021 Tim Hortons Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 14 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. ^[2]

In the final, Team Alberta, skipped by Brendan Bottcher defeated Team Wild Card 2, skipped by Kevin Koe in an all-Alberta final, and a re-match of the 2019 Brier final. It was Bottcher's first Brier championship after losing the previous three finals. The first six ends of the final were evenly matched with Koe leading 1–0 heading into the seventh end. In the seventh, Koe's first rock picked, and he missed a double on his second shot, allowing Bottcher a draw for three, to go up 3–1. The two teams exchanged singles in the 8th and 9th ends, and in the 10th end, with just 30 seconds left on their time clock, Koe conceded with one rock left, as his team had no possibilities to score two points to tie the game. ^[3] As champions, Bottcher and his team went on to represent Canada at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship, where they finished in sixth place. ^[4]

The event was originally scheduled to be held in Kelowna, British Columbia. ^[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was announced that most Curling Canada championships still being held in the 2020–21 curling season (including the World Men's Curling Championship, which will be held at the same site) would be moved to a centralized "bubble" (similar to that of the NHL as in Edmonton) at Canada Olympic Park. All events will be held behind closed doors with no spectators admitted. ^[6] In addition, due to COVID-19 restrictions and logistics, many provincial playdowns have been cancelled, with teams being selected by their respective member association instead.

When Ontario played Newfoundland and Labrador in Draw 11, it marked the first time that two openly LGBTQ skips (John Epping and Greg Smith respectively) played against each other at the Brier. ^[7]

Teams

Source: ^[8]

Canada	Alberta [9]	British Columbia [10]
St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols [a] Second: Brett Gallant [b] [a] Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Ryan McNeil Lamswood [b] [a]	Saville SC, Edmonton Skip: Brendan Bottcher Third: Darren Moulding Second: Brad Thiessen Lead: Karrick Martin [c] Alternate: Pat Janssen [c]	Vernon CC, Vernon Skip: Jim Cotter [d] Third: Steve Laycock [d] Second: Andrew Nerpin [e] Lead: Rick Sawatsky [e] Alternate: Tyler Tardi [e]
Manitoba [11]	New Brunswick [12]	Newfoundland and Labrador
Morris CC, Morris Skip: Jason Gunnlaugson Third: Adam Casey Second: Matt Wozniak [f] Lead: Connor Njegovan [f] Alternate: Jacques Gauthier [f]	Gage Golf & CC, Oromocto Skip: James Grattan Third: Jonathan Beuk Second: Andy McCann Lead: Jamie Brannen [g] Alternate: Kevin Keefe [g]	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Greg Smith Third: Greg Blyde [h] Second: Alex McDonah Lead: Evan McDonah [h] Alternate: Adam Boland [h]
Northern Ontario [13]	Nova Scotia [14]	Ontario [11]
Community First CC, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Brad Jacobs Third: Marc Kennedy Second: E.J. Harnden Lead: Ryan Harnden [i] Alternate: Lee Toner [i]	Halifax CC, Halifax Skip: Scott McDonald [j] Third: Paul Flemming [k] Second: Scott Saccary [k] Lead: Phil Crowell Alternate: Kevin Ouellette [k]	Leaside CC, Toronto Skip: John Epping Third: Ryan Fry Second: Mat Camm Lead: Brent Laing
Prince Edward Island	Quebec [16]	Saskatchewan [17]
Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud & Montague CC, Montague Skip: Eddie MacKenzie [l] Third: Tyler Smith [l] Second: Sean Ledgerwood [m] Lead: Ryan Lowery Alternate: Aaron Bartling [l] [m]	Glenmore CC, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald & CC Valleyfield, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Skip: Mike Fournier Third: Martin Crête Second: Félix Asselin [n] Lead: Jean-François Trépanier Alternate: William Dion [n]	Wadena Re/Max CC, Wadena Skip: Matt Dunstone Third: Braeden Moskowy Second: Kirk Muyres Lead: Dustin Kidby
Northwest Territories	Nunavut [18]	Yukon
Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife [o] Skip: Greg Skauge Third: Tom Naugler Second: Brad Patzer Lead: Robert Borden [p] Alternate: David Aho [p]	Iqaluit CC, Iqaluit [q] Skip: Peter Mackey Third: Jeff Nadeau Second: Greg Howard Lead: Jeff Chown Alternate: Brady St. Louis	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Dustin Mikkelsen Third: Alexx Peech [r] Second: Brandon Hagen Lead: Robert Mckinnon Alternate: Ray Mikkelsen [r]
Wild Card #1 [19]	Wild Card #2 [19]	Wild Card #3 [20]
West St. Paul CC, West St. Paul Skip: Mike McEwen Third: Reid Carruthers Second: Derek Samagalski Lead: Colin Hodgson	The Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Kevin Koe Third: B.J. Neufeld Second: John Morris Lead: Ben Hebert [s] Alternate: Mike Caione [s]	Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene Skip: Glenn Howard [t] [u] Third: Scott Howard Second: David Mathers Lead: Tim March [u] Alternate: Wayne Middaugh [t]

CTRS ranking

As of the 2019–20 season, where at least three out of four players remained on the same team for the 2020–21 season. ^[21]

Member Association (Skip)	Rank	Points
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	1	483.766
Ontario (Epping)	2	445.311
Canada (Gushue)	3	395.747
Alberta (Bottcher)	4	347.977
Wild Card #1 (McEwen)	5	317.716
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	6	277.610
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	7	254.711
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	8	236.888
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	9	184.546
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	18	121.284
Quebec (Fournier)	19	118.324
British Columbia (Cotter)	22	101.956
New Brunswick (Grattan)	39	68.637
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	162	7.470
Northwest Territories (Skauge)	NR	0.000
Nunavut (Mackey)	NR	0.000
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	NR	0.000
Yukon (Mikkelsen)	NR	0.000

Map of teams

Gushue

Bottcher

Cotter

Gunn
laugson

Grattan

Young

Jacobs

McDonald

Epping

MacKenzie

Fournier

Dunstone

Skauge

Mackey

Mikkelson

McEwen

Koe

Howard

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Team Canada Provincial Winners Wild-Card Teams

Wild card selection

In previous years, a wild card game was played between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their provincial championship; the winner of this game was usually granted the final spot in the tournament. However, with many provinces cancelling their provincial championships due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, thus not allowing many teams to compete for a chance to play at the Brier, Curling Canada opted to include three wild card teams instead of the usual one. These teams directly qualified and did not participate in a play-in game. ^[22]

For selection, teams must have 3 of 4 returning players from the previous season.

CTRS standings for wild card selection

Rank	Team	Member Association	Eligibility
1	Brad Jacobs	Northern Ontario	Named provincial representative
2	John Epping	Ontario	Named provincial representative
3	Brad Gushue	Newfoundland and Labrador	Brier returning champion
4	Brendan Bottcher	Alberta	Named provincial representative
5	Mike McEwen	Manitoba	Was not named provincial representative
6	Kevin Koe	Alberta	Was not named provincial representative
7	Matt Dunstone	Saskatchewan	Named provincial representative
8	Jason Gunnlaugson	Manitoba	Named provincial representative
9	Glenn Howard	Ontario	Was not named provincial representative

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Championship pool

Pool A Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Wild Card #3 Wayne Middaugh 7 1 54 36 32 26 12 5 84% Alberta Brendan Bottcher 6 2 60 35 32 29 6 6 88% Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs 5 3 53 43 34 31 8 8 84% Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 5 3 45 37 26 28 12 6 85% New Brunswick James Grattan 4 4 49 48 35 36 2 9 80% Wild Card #1 Mike McEwen 4 4 60 46 37 28 1 14 84% British Columbia Jim Cotter 3 5 53 47 34 32 4 6 81% Northwest Territories Greg Skauge 2 6 46 69 31 37 2 7 77% Yukon Dustin Mikkelsen 0 8 24 83 22 36 4 3 67%

Pool B Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Wild Card #2 Kevin Koe 7 1 68 41 36 29 1 13 87%   Canada Brad Gushue 6 2 65 39 38 26 7 10 88% Ontario John Epping 6 2 69 38 36 25 3 13 84% Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 6 2 53 41 30 30 5 6 85% Nova Scotia Scott McDonald 4 4 67 49 36 30 3 14 82% Quebec Mike Fournier 4 4 66 57 39 31 2 18 83% Newfoundland and Labrador Greg Smith 2 6 46 60 30 36 2 6 72% Prince Edward Island Eddie MacKenzie 1 7 40 72 26 40 0 3 75% Nunavut Peter Mackey 0 8 16 89 15 39 11 1 62%

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00). ^[23]

Draw 1

Friday, March 5, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nunavut (Mackey)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	2	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	X	7
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Fournier)	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Canada (Gushue)	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	X	6

Draw 2

Saturday, March 6, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	X	9
Northwest Territories (Skauge)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #1 (McEwen)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	3
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Mikkelsen)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	3
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	4	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	4
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	5

Draw 3

Saturday, March 6, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Fournier)	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	7
Canada (Gushue)	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
Ontario (Epping)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	2	0	2	1	4	0	2	0	X	X	11
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	4

Draw 4

Saturday, March 6, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #1 (McEwen)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	8
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Mikkelsen)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	5
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (Skauge)	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	X	X	5
Alberta (Bottcher)	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	4	X	X	13

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	7
British Columbia (Laycock)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

Draw 5

Sunday, March 7, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	5	12
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	3
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	1	3	0	4	0	3	0	1	X	X	12
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nunavut (Mackey)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1
Quebec (Fournier)	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	X	X	15

Draw 6

Sunday, March 7, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	6
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	X	7
Northwest Territories (Skauge)	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #1 (McEwen)	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	10
British Columbia (Laycock)	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	3	0	2	1	0	4	2	0	X	X	12
Yukon (Mikkelsen)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	2

Draw 7

Sunday, March 7, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	X	4
Quebec (Fournier)	1	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	2	2	3	3	0	2	0	4	X	X	16
Nunavut (Mackey)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	4
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	7
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	9

Draw 8

Monday, March 8, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Cotter)	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	1	X	X	9
Yukon (Mikkelsen)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	5
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	6
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	X	8
Wild Card #1 (McEwen)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	5

Draw 9

Monday, March 8, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	6
Canada (Gushue)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	9
Quebec (Fournier)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nunavut (Mackey)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	3
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	6	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	2	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	11

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 9, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (Skauge)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	X	8
Yukon (Mikkelsen)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6
Wild Card #1 (McEwen)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Cotter)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	7
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	8

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 9, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	4
Ontario (Epping)	1	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nunavut (Mackey)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	X	6
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Fournier)	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	6
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	1	X	9

Draw 12

Tuesday, March 9, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	7
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
British Columbia (Cotter)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	X	4
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	X	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Mikkelsen)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5
Northwest Territories (Skauge)	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	X	9

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 10, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	8
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	1	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	X	7
Quebec (Fournier)	0	2	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	X	X	9
Nunavut (Mackey)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	6
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Cotter)	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	2	X	10
Northwest Territories (Skauge)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #1 (McEwen)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	3
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	1	X	X	9

Draw 15

Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	5	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	14
Nunavut (St. Louis)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	2	1	0	2	2	3	0	1	X	X	11
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	5
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	3
Ontario (Epping)	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	X	X	9

Draw 16

Thursday, March 11, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
British Columbia (Cotter)	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (Skauge)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	X	X	3
Wild Card #1 (McEwen)	1	2	0	4	3	1	1	0	X	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	X	X	11
Yukon (Mikkelsen)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	6
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	8

Draw 17

Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Fournier)	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	5
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	X	4
Ontario (Epping)	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	1	X	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	9
Nunavut (Mackey)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	7
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	X	5

Draw 18

Thursday, March 11, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Mikkelsen)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2
Wild Card #1 (McEwen)	2	2	2	3	4	0	1	0	X	X	14

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Cotter)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (Skauge)	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	10
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	6

Championship pool standings

The top four teams from each pool advance to the championship pool. All wins and losses earned in the round robin were carried forward into the championship pool.

Final Championship Pool Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Team Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Wild Card #2 Kevin Koe 10 2 102 64 54 44 6 18 89% Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 9 3 80 67 48 46 7 10 86% Alberta Brendan Bottcher 9 3 91 55 50 42 11 12 88%   Canada Brad Gushue 8 4 87 59 52 39 9 15 86% Wild Card #3 Wayne Middaugh 8 4 80 64 49 44 14 6 85% Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs 7 5 78 61 48 42 12 11 86% Ontario John Epping 7 5 91 70 47 43 4 13 84% Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 6 6 64 76 39 47 13 6 84%

Championship pool results

Draw 19

Friday, March 12, 12:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	7
Ontario (Epping)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	7
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	9
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	X	X	7

Draw 20

Friday, March 12, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	5
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	2	0	X	10
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	3	1	0	1	2	2	3	0	X	X	12
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	7
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	8

Draw 21

Saturday, March 13, 12:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	5
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
Alberta (Bottcher)	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	4
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	0	3	3	0	3	0	1	2	X	X	12

Draw 22

Saturday, March 13, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	X	X	9
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	X	X	8
Canada (Gushue)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	7
Wild Card #3 (Howard)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	X	X	9
Ontario (Epping)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	X	3

Playoffs

To offset for the extra pool stage games played due to the additional Wild Card teams admitted to the tournament, the playoffs reverted to the former system consisting of only a semi-final and final, with only top three teams qualifying. The "page playoff" 1-2 game and the "quarter-final" 3-4 game were not played.

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Wild Card #2	2
	2	Saskatchewan	5			3	Alberta	4
	3	Alberta	6

Semifinal

Sunday, March 14, 12:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunstone)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	5
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	6

Player percentages
Saskatchewan		Alberta
Dustin Kidby	94%	Karrick Martin	91%
Kirk Muyres	91%	Brad Thiessen	75%
Braeden Moskowy	85%	Darren Moulding	79%
Matt Dunstone	81%	Brendan Bottcher	83%
Total	88%	Total	82%

Final

Sunday, March 14, 6:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wild Card #2 (Koe)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	X	4

Player percentages
Wild Card #2		Alberta
Ben Hebert	85%	Karrick Martin	91%
John Morris	91%	Brad Thiessen	85%
B.J. Neufeld	85%	Darren Moulding	93%
Kevin Koe	74%	Brendan Bottcher	97%
Total	84%	Total	91%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

After Championship Pool; minimum 6 games

Key
	First All-Star Team
	Second All-Star Team

Leads  % Jean-François Trépanier 94 WC2 Ben Hebert 93 Ryan Harnden 92 Brent Laing 92 Connor Njegovan 91 WC1 Colin Hodgson 91

Seconds  % Brad Thiessen 89 WC2 John Morris 87 WC3 David Mathers 86 E.J. Harnden 85 Brett Gallant 84 Félix Asselin 84 Kirk Muyres 84

Thirds  % Braeden Moskowy 89 WC2 B.J. Neufeld 88 Darren Moulding 87 Marc Kennedy 86 WC3 Scott Howard 86 Mark Nichols 86

Skips  % Brad Gushue 88 WC2 Kevin Koe 87 Brendan Bottcher 85 Matt Dunstone 85 WC3 Wayne Middaugh 83

Perfect games

Round robin and championship pool only; minimum 10 shots thrown

Player	Team	Position	Shots	Opponent
Brad Gushue	Canada	Skip	18	Ontario
John Epping	Ontario	Skip	16	Nunavut
Karrick Martin	Alberta	Lead	16	Yukon
Brad Gushue	Canada	Skip	16	Nunavut
Braeden Moskowy	Saskatchewan	Third	16	Manitoba

Awards

The awards and all-star teams were as follows:

All-Star Teams ^[24]

First Team

• Skip: Brad Gushue, Team Canada
• Third: Braeden Moskowy, Saskatchewan
• Second: Brad Thiessen, Alberta
• Lead: Ben Hebert, Team Wild Card 2

Second Team

• Skip: Kevin Koe, Team Wild Card 2
• Third: B.J. Neufeld, Team Wild Card 2
• Second: Brett Gallant, Team Canada
• Lead: Ryan Harnden, Northern Ontario

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award ^[24]

• Brendan Bottcher, Alberta Skip

Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award ^[25]

• Brendan Bottcher, Alberta Skip

Final standings

Team	Rank
Alberta
Wild Card #2
Saskatchewan
Canada	4
Wild Card #3	5
Northern Ontario	6
Ontario	7
Manitoba	8
New Brunswick	T–9
Nova Scotia	T–9
Quebec	T–9
Wild Card #1	T–9
British Columbia	13
Newfoundland and Labrador	T–14
Northwest Territories	T–14
Prince Edward Island	16
Nunavut	T–17
Yukon	T–17

Provincial and territorial playdowns

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many provincial playdowns were cancelled, with member associations electing to send their 2020 champions to the Brier.

• Boston Pizza Cup (Alberta): Cancelled
• BC Men's Curling Championship: Cancelled
• Viterra Championship (Manitoba): Cancelled
• New Brunswick Tankard: Cancelled
• The 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard was held January 27–31 in St. John's. In the final, Team Greg Smith defeated Team Colin Thomas 9–8 in a double extra end. The event was held in a round robin between eight teams.
• Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship: Cancelled
• The 2021 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship was held January 30–31 in Yellowknife. Team Greg Skauge defeated Team Glen Hudy two games to one in the best of three series. They were the only teams to enter.
• Deloitte Tankard (Nova Scotia): Cancelled
• The Nunavut Brier Playdowns were played at the Iqaluit Curling Club in Iqaluit, January 8–10. ^[26] Team MacKey (Peter Mackey, Jeff Nadeau, Greg Howard, Jeff Chown) defeated Team Kingdon (Wade Kingdon, Hunter Tootoo, Peter Van Strien, Cory Bell) ^[27] 3 games to 2 in a best of five series. Team MacKey won three straight games after losing their first two. ^[28]
• Ontario Tankard: Cancelled
• The 2021 PEI Tankard was held January 29–30 in O'Leary. Team Eddie MacKenzie defeated Team Blair Jay 3 games to 0 in the best of five series. ^[29] They were the only two teams to enter the event.
• Quebec Tankard: Cancelled
• SaskTel Tankard (Saskatchewan): Cancelled
• The Yukon Men's Curling Championship was not held, as only one team (Dustin Mikkelsen) entered. ^[30] The defending Thomas Scoffin rink had been deemed ineligible, as it could not field a full team for the championship due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. ^[31]

Notes

1. For the last end of Draw 20, Team Canada's alternate Ryan McNeil Lamswood threw second stones, second Brett Gallant threw third stones and third Mark Nichols sat out.
2. Team Canada's alternate Ryan McNeil Lamswood threw second stones for the last two ends of Draw 15 and the last three ends of Draw 17.
3. Team Alberta's alternate Pat Janssen threw lead stones for the last three ends of Draw 4.
4. Steve Laycock skipped Team British Columbia’s first two games, and Jim Cotter skipped the rest. Cotter threw fourth rocks for all games.
5. Team British Columbia's alternate Tyler Tardi threw second stones for the last end of Draw 8 and lead stones during Draw 18.
6. Team Manitoba's alternate Jacques Gauthier threw lead stones for the last end of Draw 4 and second stones for the last two ends of Draw 20.
7. Team New Brunswick's alternate Kevin Keefe threw lead stones for the last two ends of Draw 10.
8. Team Newfoundland and Labrador's alternate Adam Boland threw third stones for the last four ends of Draw 7 and lead stones for the last end of Draw 13.
9. Team Northern Ontario's alternate Lee Toner threw lead stones for the last end of Draw 2.
10. Scott McDonald is skipping the Jamie Murphy rink, as Murphy has decided to stay home due to work and family priorities. ^[15]
11. For the last four ends of Draw 15, Team Nova Scotia's alternate Kevin Ouellette threw second stones, second Scott Saccary threw third stones and third Paul Flemming sat out.
12. For the last four ends of Draw 5, Team Prince Edward Island's alternate Aaron Bartling threw third stones, third Tyler Smith threw skip stones and skip Eddie MacKenzie sat out. They also used this lineup during Draw 13.
13. Team Prince Edward Island's alternate Aaron Bartling threw second stones during Draw 15.
14. Team Quebec's alternate William Dion threw second stones for the last four ends of Draw 5.
15. For the last three ends of Draw 16, Team Northwest Territories's alternate David Aho threw second stones, second Brad Patzer threw third stones, third Tom Naugler threw skip stones and skip Greg Skauge sat out.
16. Team Northwest Territories's alternate David Aho threw lead stones for the last two ends of Draw 4.
17. Team Nunavut used a five-player rotation between all positions.
18. Team Yukon's alternate Ray Mikkelsen threw third stones during Draw 10.
19. Wild Card #2 alternate Mike Caione threw lead stones for the last three ends of Draw 9.
20. Wild Card #3's alternate Wayne Middaugh threw skip stones for the tournament as Glenn Howard was injured.
21. Wild Card #3 regular skip Glenn Howard threw lead stones for the last two ends of Draw 6.

References

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28. @NickMurray91 (10 Jan 2021). "Handshakes. Skip Peter MacKey's team out of the Iqaluit Curling Club will represent Nunavut at this year's Tim Hortons Brier! They came back down 2-0 in the best-of-5 series to earn their spot with a win this afternoon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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External links

• Official website