2023 Boston Pizza Cup

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2023 Boston Pizza Cup
Host city Enoch, Alberta
Arena River Cree Resort and Casino
DatesFebruary 8–12
Winner Team Koe
Curling club The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Skip Kevin Koe
Third Tyler Tardi
Second Brad Thiessen
Lead Karrick Martin
Finalist Brendan Bottcher
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The 2023 Boston Pizza Cup , the provincial men's curling championship for Alberta, was held February 8 to 12 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alberta. [1] The winning Kevin Koe rink represented Alberta at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario where after placing second in Pool A with a 7–1 record, they lost in the Championship round semifinal to Ontario 9–8.

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Additionally, two other rinks qualified for the Brier as wild card teams based on CTRS standings. The Brendan Bottcher rink was the Wild Card #1 representative while the Karsten Sturmay rink was the Wild Card #3 representative. The Bottcher rink would end up with a bronze medal finish losing to eventual runner-up Manitoba in the semifinal 7–5. The Sturmay rink finished sixth in Pool B with a 3–5 record.

Qualification process

Qualification methodBerthsQualifying team(s)
WCT Leaders [2] 3 Brendan Bottcher
Kevin Koe
Karsten Sturmay
Excel Points Leader [3] 2 Aaron Sluchinski
Scott Webb
Okotoks Qualifier [4] 2 Kyler Kleibrink
Daylan Vavrek
Slave Lake Qualifier [5] 2 Warren Cross
Johnson Tao
Edmonton Qualifier [6] 3 Ryan Jacques
Parker Konschuh
Warren Kozak

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [7] [8]

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateClub
Brendan Bottcher Marc Kennedy Brett Gallant Ben Hebert The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Warren Cross Tyler Pfeiffer Morgan Van Doesburg Mike Lambert Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Ryan Jacques Desmond Young Andrew Gittis Gabe Dyck Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Kyler Kleibrink Chris Kennedy Evan van Amsterdam Tyler van Amsterdam The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Kevin Koe Tyler Tardi Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Parker Konschuh Craig Bourgonje Landon Bucholz Bryce Bucholz Derrick G&WC, Edmonton
Warren Kozak Michael Dumont Dwayne Romanchuk J. R. Falzetta Kris Gira Airdie CC, Airdrie
North Hill CC, Calgary
Aaron Sluchinski Jeremy Harty Ted Appelman [lower-alpha 1] Dylan Webster Kerr Drummond The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Karsten Sturmay J. D. Lind Kyle Doering Glenn Venance Kurtis Goller St. Albert CC, St. Albert
Johnson Tao Jaedon Neuert Ben Morin Adam Naugler Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Daylan Vavrek Rolland Robinson Tyler Lautner Evan Asmussen Carter Lautner Sexsmith CC, Sexsmith
Scott Webb Tristan Steinke Jordan Steinke Andrew Dunbar Shawn Donnelly Grande Prairie CC, Grande Prairie

Knockout brackets

Source: [10]

A event

First Knockout   Qualifier 1
Brendan Bottcher 8
Johnson Tao 1 Kyler Kleibrink 1
Kyler Kleibrink 9 Brendan Bottcher 9
Karsten Sturmay 1
Karsten Sturmay 9
Scott Webb 7 Parker Konschuh 1
Parker Konschuh 10 Brendan Bottcher 8
Daylan Vavrek 3
Aaron Sluchinski 11
Ryan Jacques 8 Ryan Jacques 3
Warren Cross 3 Aaron Sluchinski 4
Daylan Vavrek 5
Kevin Koe 5
Daylan Vavrek 8 Daylan Vavrek 6
Warren Kozak 2

B event

Second Knockout   Qualifier 2
Johnson Tao 7
Parker Konschuh 11 Parker Konschuh 2
Aaron Sluchinski 8
Aaron Sluchinski 7
Warren Cross 6 Kevin Koe 8
Kevin Koe 10 Kevin Koe 8
Karsten Sturmay 4
Kevin Koe 6
Scott Webb 9 Ryan Jacques 5
Kyler Kleibrink 4 Scott Webb 8
Warren Kozak 5 Ryan Jacques 9
Ryan Jacques 7 Ryan Jacques 7
Daylan Vavrek 4

C event

Third Knockout  Qualifier 3
Kyler Kleibrink 5
Parker Konschuh 9 Parker Konschuh 2
Warren Kozak 3 Karsten Sturmay 6
Karsten Sturmay 9 Karsten Sturmay 9
Ryan Jacques 7
Third Knockout  Qualifier 4
Daylan Vavrek 9
Johnson Tao 4 Warren Cross 6
Warren Cross 6 Daylan Vavrek 1
Aaron Sluchinski 8
Scott Webb 4
Aaron Sluchinski 9

Knockout results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC-07:00). [11] [12]

Draw 1

Wednesday, February 8, 1:00 pm

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Sheet C12345678910Final
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Ryan Jacques 020200103X8
Sheet D12345678910Final
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Draw 2

Wednesday, February 8, 6:30 pm

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Sheet B12345678910Final
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Kevin Koe 010201000105

Draw 3

Thursday, February 9, 9:00 am

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Sheet D12345678910Final
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Draw 4

Thursday, February 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
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Karsten Sturmay 01000XXXXX1
Sheet B12345678910Final
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Sheet C12345678910Final
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Scott Webb02100303XX9
Sheet D12345678910Final
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Ryan Jacques Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg104000200X7

Draw 5

Thursday, February 9, 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Kevin Koe Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101011202X8
Karsten Sturmay 020100010X4
Sheet B12345678910Final
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Sheet C12345678910Final
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Sheet D12345678910Final
Ryan Jacques 10003050009
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Draw 6

Friday, February 10, 8:30 am

Sheet B12345678910Final
Parker Konschuh 01020010239
Kyler Kleibrink Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10100102005
Sheet C12345678910Final
Johnson Tao00011100104
Warren Cross Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg11100011016
Sheet D12345678910Final
Karsten Sturmay Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg4100202XXX9
Warren Kozak0011010XXX3

Draw 7

Friday, February 10, 1:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Ryan Jacques Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01020200027
Daylan Vavrek00201001004
Sheet C12345678910Final
Kevin Koe 02011003018
Aaron Sluchinski Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20100200207

Draw 8

Friday, February 10, 5:00 pm

Sheet A1234567891011Final
Ryan Jacques Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100201010005
Kevin Koe 002000200116
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Warren Cross Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010201010106
Daylan Vavrek201010101039
Sheet C12345678910Final
Karsten Sturmay Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg020020020X6
Parker Konschuh 000100001X2
Sheet D12345678910Final
Aaron Sluchinski Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg11002201029
Scott Webb00210010004

Draw 9

Saturday, February 11, 11:00 am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Aaron Sluchinski 10403XXXXX8
Daylan Vavrek00010XXXXX1
Sheet B12345678910Final
Ryan Jacques 00040100207
Karsten Sturmay 01301002029

Playoffs

Source: [13]

Page playoff system SemifinalFinal
A Brendan Bottcher 6A Brendan Bottcher 5
B Kevin Koe 5B Kevin Koe 6
B Kevin Koe 6
C2 Aaron Sluchinski 2
C1 Karsten Sturmay 3
C2 Aaron Sluchinski 8

A vs. B

Saturday, February 11, 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Brendan Bottcher Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10100300016
Kevin Koe 02010010105

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 11, 7:00 pm

Sheet D12345678910Final
Karsten Sturmay 00012000xx3
Aaron Sluchinski Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02100212xx8

Semifinal

Sunday, February 12, 10:00 am

Sheet C12345678910Final
Aaron Sluchinski 001000010X2
Kevin Koe Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010200102X6

Final

Sunday, February 12, 3:00 pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Brendan Bottcher Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00102001105
Kevin Koe 00020200026
2023 Boston Pizza Cup
Flag of Alberta.svg
Kevin Koe
8th Alberta Provincial Championship title

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Notes

  1. Appelman replaced Drummond on the team, as his wife was expecting to give birth. [9]