2015 Boston Pizza Cup

2015 Boston Pizza Cup
2015 Boston Pizza Cup
Host city	Wainwright, Alberta
Arena	Peace Memorial Multiplex
Dates	February 4–8
Winner	Kevin Koe
Curling club	Glencoe CC, Calgary
Skip	Kevin Koe
Third	Marc Kennedy
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Ben Hebert
Finalist	Brendan Bottcher
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The 2015 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 4 to 8 at the Peace Memorial Multiplex in Wainwright, Alberta. The winning Kevin Koe team represented Alberta at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.

Qualification process

Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods.^[1] The qualification process is as follows:

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team
Defending champion	N/A¹	~~John Morris~~¹
Highest-ranked team on CTRS (April)¹	1	Brendan Bottcher
Highest-ranked team on CTRS (December) not already qualified	1	Kevin Koe¹
Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points	2	Mick Lizmore Aaron Sluchinski
Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 17–19)	2	Tom Sallows Daylan Vavrek
Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 15–18)	3	James Pahl Jamie King Jessi Wilkinson
Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 16–19)	3	Brock Virtue Brent Bawel Matthew Blandford

Notes

^ The defending champion usually receives the first berth, and in the case that the defending champion declines or is not eligible to receive the berth, the runner-up receives the berth. The defending champion from 2014, Kevin Koe, won the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier and, under the revised format implemented for the 2015 Brier, would have been eligible for automatic entry with his 2014 team in the 2015 Brier as Team Canada, which would have negated any need for him to compete in the Boston Pizza Cup. However, Koe assembled a new team in the off-season, rendering him ineligible for both the national and provincial berths. Had they not been eligible to compete as Team Canada, Koe's former teammates and their new skip John Morris would have received automatic entry into the 2015 Boston Pizza Cup. Meanwhile, the 2014 Albertan runner-up, Kevin Martin, retired in the off-season. Therefore, the first berth went to the highest ranked eligible team as of April.

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale(s)
Brent Bawel	Michael Jantzen	Sean Morris	Byron Wickerson		Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie
Matthew Blandford	Darren Moulding	Brent Hamilton	Brad Chyz		Coaldale Granite Club, Coaldale Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie
Brendan Bottcher	Tom Appelman	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Jamie King	Jeff Erickson	Warren Hassall	Glen Kennedy		St. Albert Curling Club, St. Albert
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Ben Hebert		Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary
Mick Lizmore	Nathan Connelly	Parker Konschuh	Carter Lautner		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
James Pahl	Ted Appelman	Mark Klinck	Roland Robinson		Strathcona Curling Club, Sherwood Park
Tom Sallows	Jordan Steinke	Ryan Deis	Kendall Warawa		Grande Prairie Curling Club, Grande Prairie
Aaron Sluchinski	Justin Sluchinski	Dylan Webster	Eric Richard	Kyle Richard	Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie
Daylan Vavrek	Evan Asmussen	Jason Ginter	Andrew O'Dell		Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith
Brock Virtue	Charley Thomas	Brandon Klassen	D. J. Kidby		Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary
Jessi Wilkinson	Michael Lambert	Neal Woloschuk	Morgan Van Doesburg	Julian Sawiak	Ellerslie Curling Club, Edmonton

Knockout Draw Brackets

A event

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		A Qualifier

		Kevin Koe	9
Jamie King	9	Jamie King	4
Brent Bawel	1			Kevin Koe	7
Aaron Sluchinski	10			James Pahl	5
Jessi Wilkinson	9	Aaron Sluchinski	8
		James Pahl	10
						Kevin Koe	7
						Brock Virtue	2
		Brock Virtue	8
Matthew Blandford	8	Matthew Blandford	2
Tom Sallows	3			Brock Virtue	8
Mick Lizmore	4			Brendan Bottcher	7
Daylan Vavrek	6	Daylan Vavrek	5
		Brendan Bottcher	6

B event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		B Qualifier

		Brendan Bottcher	11
Aaron Sluchinski	5	Brent Bawel	1
Brent Bawel	6			Brendan Bottcher	8
Matthew Blandford	9			Matthew Blandford	3
Jessi Wilkinson	6	Matthew Blandford	9
		James Pahl	3
						Brendan Bottcher	7
Daylan Vavrek	2					Jamie King	3
Tom Sallows	8	Tom Sallows	5
Jamie King	9	Jamie King	6
Mick Lizmore	5			Jamie King	8
				Brock Virtue	3

C event

Third Knockout		Semifinals		C Qualifier 1

		Brock Virtue	1
Aaron Sluchinski	8	Aaron Sluchinski	9
Jessi Wilkinson	4			Aaron Sluchinski	7
				Matthew Blandford	6
		Tom Sallows	5
		Matthew Blandford	8

Third Knockout		Semifinals		C Qualifier 2

Brent Bawel	4
Daylan Vavrek	5	Daylan Vavrek	1
James Pahl	4	Mick Lizmore	7
Mick Lizmore	7			Mick Lizmore	7
				Jamie King	5

Knockout results

Draw 1

Wednesday, February 4, 9:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matthew Blandford	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	X	X	X	8
Tom Sallows	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	10
Jessi Wilkinson	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie King	2	1	0	2	2	2	X	X	X	X	9
Brent Bawel	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mick Lizmore	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
Daylan Vavrek	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	6

Draw 2

Wednesday, February 4, 6:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	X	X	9
Jamie King	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	8
James Pahl	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brock Virtue	2	1	0	5	0	X	X	X	X	X	8
Matthew Blandford	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Daylan Vavrek	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	5
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6

Draw 3

Thursday, February 5, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	X	7
James Pahl	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brock Virtue	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	8
Brendan Bottcher	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7

Draw 4

Thursday, February 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie King	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	9
Mick Lizmore	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Daylan Vavrek	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
Tom Sallows	3	3	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matthew Blandford	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	9
Jessi Wilkinson	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
Brent Bawel	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	6

Draw 5

Thursday, February 5, 6:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	X	X	X	7
Brock Virtue	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher	4	1	2	1	0	3	X	X	X	X	11
Brent Bawel	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matthew Blandford	0	1	1	0	2	5	X	X	X	X	9
James Pahl	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	X	X	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tom Sallows	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	5
Jamie King	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 6

Friday, February 6, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	X	8
Jessi Wilkinson	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
James Pahl	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Mick Lizmore	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brent Bawel	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4
Daylan Vavrek	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5

Draw 7

Friday, February 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie King	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	X	X	8
Brock Virtue	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	3	0	2	3	0	X	X	X	X	8
Matthew Blandford	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	3

Draw 8

Friday, February 6, 6:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	7
Jamie King	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brock Virtue	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
Aaron Sluchinski	1	1	0	1	0	1	5	X	X	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tom Sallows	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5
Matthew Blandford	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Daylan Vavrek	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1
Mick Lizmore	0	1	4	2	0	0	X	X	X	X	7

Draw 9

Saturday, February 7, 1:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	7
Matthew Blandford	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mick Lizmore	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	7
Jamie King	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Kevin Koe

6

A

Kevin Koe

7

B

Brendan Bottcher

4

B

Brendan Bottcher

4

B

Brendan Bottcher

7

C2

Mick Lizmore

4

C1

Aaron Sluchinski

5

C2

Mick Lizmore

7

A vs. B

Saturday, February 7, 6:30 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	6
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 7, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aaron Sluchinski	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	5
Mick Lizmore	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	7

Semifinal

Sunday, February 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	7
Mick Lizmore	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

Final

Sunday, February 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	7
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	4

2015 Boston Pizza Cup
Kevin Koe 4th Alberta Provincial Championship title

References

^ Griwkowsky, Con (9 December 2014). "Byes announced for Alberta curling championship". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] Griwkowsky, Con (9 December 2014). "Byes announced for Alberta curling championship". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

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