2012 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic

The 2012 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic was held from November 16 to 19 at the Wainwright Curling Club in Wainwright, Alberta as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format, and the purse for the event was CAD$55,000. In the final, Mark Johnson's Seattle, Washington rink defeated Jamie King of Alberta with a score of 4–3 and won his third title at the Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic.

2012 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic
Host city	Wainwright, Alberta
Arena	Wainwright Curling Club
Dates	November 16–19
Winner	Mark Johnson
Curling club	Granite CC, Seattle
Skip	Mark Johnson
Third	Jason Larway
Second	Joel Larway
Lead	Christopher Rimple
Finalist	Jamie King

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Tom Appelman	Brent Bawel	Ted Appelman	Brendan Melnyk	Edmonton, Alberta
Matthew Blandford	Evan Asmussen	Brent Hamilton	Brad Chyz	Calgary, Alberta
Brendan Bottcher	Micky Lizmore	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Dean Davidson				Wainwright, Alberta
Shawn Donnelly	Kendall Warawa	Curtis Der	Neal Woloschuk	Edmonton, Alberta
Scott Egger	Albert Gerdung	Darren Grierson	Robin Niebergall	Brooks, Alberta
Christopher Plys (fourth)	Tyler George (skip)	Rich Ruohonen	Colin Hufman	Duluth, Minnesota
Drew Heidt		Regis Neumeier	Shayne Hannon	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
Josh Heidt	Brock Montgomery	Matt Lang	Dustin Kidby	Kerrobert, Saskatchewan
Clint Dieno (fourth)	Jason Jacobson (skip)	Matt Froehlich	Chadd McKenzie	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mark Johnson	Jason Larway	Joel Larway	Christopher Rimple	Seattle, Washington
Joel Jordison	Jason Ackerman	Brent Goeres	Curtis Horwath	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Glen Kennedy	Nathan Connolly	Brandon Klassen	Parker Konschuh	Edmonton, Alberta
Jamie King	Blake MacDonald	Scott Pfeifer	Jeff Erickson	Edmonton, Alberta
Derek Miller	Adam Enright	Dustin Eckstrand	Matt Enright	Camrose, Alberta
Brent Pierce	Jeff Richard	Kevin Recksiedler	Grant Dezura	New Westminster, British Columbia
Jeremy Roe	Steve Day	Richard Maskel	Mark Hartman	Madison, Wisconsin
Robert Schlender	Dean Ross	Don Bartlett	Chris Lemishka	Edmonton, Alberta
Thomas Scoffin	Dylan Gousseau	Landon Bucholz	Bryce Bucholz	Edmonton, Alberta
Colin Tanton				Edmonton, Alberta
Charley Thomas	J. D. Lind	Dominic Daemen	Matthew Ng	Calgary, Alberta
Murray Westman				Wainwright, Alberta
Wade White	Kevin Tym	Dan Holowaychuk	George White	Edmonton, Alberta
Jeremy Hodges (fourth)	Matt Willerton (skip)	Craig MacAlpine	Chris Evernden	Edmonton, Alberta

Knockout results

The draw is listed as follows:

A event

	First Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
	Mark Johnson		4
	Murray Westman		1			Mark Johnson		9
	Matthew Blandford		4			Matthew Blandford		1
	Warren Cross		1								Mark Johnson		5
	Jason Jacobson		4								Thomas Scoffin		4
	Thomas Scoffin		5			Thomas Scoffin		5
	Brent Pierce		4			Dean Davidson		4
	Dean Davidson		6

	First Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 2
	Joel Jordison		8
	Colin Tanton		5			Joel Jordison		5
	Jamie King		8			Jamie King		6
	Scott Egger		3								Jamie King		6
	Wade White		5								Josh Heidt		5
	Josh Heidt		6			Josh Heidt		6
	Charley Thomas		1			Tyler George		5
	Tyler George		5

	First Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 3
	Jeremy Roe		8
	Glen Kennedy		5			Jeremy Roe		3
	Brendan Bottcher		4			Brendan Bottcher		8
	Drew Heidt		1								Brendan Bottcher		3
	Matt Willerton		5								Robert Schlender		2
	Robert Schlender		6			Robert Schlender		6
	Tom Appelman		7			Tom Appelman		5
	Shawn Donnelly		4

B event

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 4
						Jeremy Roe		6
	Murray Westman		6			Warren Cross		7
	Warren Cross		7								Warren Cross		2
											Brent Pierce		7
						Tom Appelman		4
	Jason Jacobson		2			Brent Pierce		7
	Brent Pierce		8													Brent Pierce		5
																Josh Heidt		4

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 5
						Matthew Blandford		6
	Colin Tanton		4			Scott Egger		9
	Scott Egger		7								Scott Egger		5
											Charley Thomas		6
						Dean Davidson		4
	Wade White		5			Charley Thomas		9
	Charley Thomas		8													Charley Thomas		9
																Robert Schlender		5

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 6
						Joel Jordison		5
	Glen Kennedy		5			Drew Heidt		6
	Drew Heidt		6								Drew Heidt		2
											Shawn Donnelly		5
						Tyler George		3
	Matt Willerton		6			Shawn Donnelly		9
	Shawn Donnelly		7													Shawn Donnelly		7
																Thomas Scoffin		1

C event

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 7
						Jeremy Roe		1
						Tom Appelman		7
											Tom Appelman		9
	Matthew Blandford		1								Drew Heidt		2
	Dean Davidson		6			Dean Davidson		1
						Drew Heidt		6
																Tom Appelman		3
																Joel Jordison		2
						Warren Cross		7
	Joel Jordison		8			Joel Jordison		10
	Tyler George		6								Joel Jordison		6
											Robert Schlender		1

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 8
											Thomas Scoffin		2
	Murray Westman		2								Jason Jacobson		5
	Jason Jacobson		9			Jason Jacobson		6
						Scott Egger		5
																Jason Jacobson		6
																Josh Heidt		1
											Josh Heidt		6
	Colin Tanton		5								Wade White		2
	Wade White		7			Wade White		8
	Glen Kennedy		2			Matt Willerton		4
	Matt Willerton		8

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Mark Johnson		5
	Jason Jacobson		2
						Mark Johnson		7
						Charley Thomas		2
	Brent Pierce		4
	Charley Thomas		7
											Mark Johnson		4
											Jamie King		3
	Shawn Donnelly		4
	Brendan Bottcher		5
						Brendan Bottcher		7
						Jamie King		8
	Tom Appelman		0
	Jamie King		6

External links

• Results from the CurlingZone database