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2018 Tim Hortons Brier

The 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 11, 2018 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winning team represented Canada at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship from March 31 to April 8 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, United States.

2018 Tim Hortons Brier
2018 Tim Hortons Brier
Host cityRegina, Saskatchewan
ArenaBrandt Centre
DatesMarch 3 – 11
Attendance110,555
Winner Canada
Curling clubBally Haly G&CC & St. John's CC,
St. John's
SkipBrad Gushue
ThirdMark Nichols
SecondBrett Gallant
LeadGeoff Walker
AlternateTom Sallows
CoachJules Owchar
Finalist Alberta (Brendan Bottcher)
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This marked the fifth time the Brier was held in Regina, the first time since 2006.

The 2018 tournament was the first to use a new 16-team format, featuring representation by all fourteen member associations of Curling Canada, alongside the defending champions (as Team Canada), and a new wildcard team. As part of this new format, the Bronze medal game was removed from the schedule.

Teams edit

Curling Canada introduced a new 16-team format for both the Brier and Tournament of Hearts for 2018, under which all 14 member associations of Curling Canada are now represented in the main field, rather than being limited by a pre-qualifying tournament. The teams were divided into two pools for round robin play, after which the top four teams from each advanced to a Championship Pool. Alongside the inclusion of the previous year's champions as Team Canada, the final spot in the tournament was filled by a wildcard play-in game held on the Friday before the tournament.[1]

The rinks of John Epping (Ontario), Mike Fournier (Quebec), and Greg Smith (Newfoundland and Labrador) made their Brier debuts.

Team Canada's Brad Gushue set a new record for the most Canadian national men's championship game wins as a skip when he skipped the 114th victory of his Brier career over the Northwest Territories on March 5.[2]

  Canada   Alberta   British Columbia   Manitoba
Bally Haly G&CC &
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: Tom Sallows

Saville SC, Edmonton

Skip: Brendan Bottcher
Third: Darren Moulding
Second: Brad Thiessen
Lead: Karrick Martin

[a]Kelowna CC, Kelowna

Skip: Sean Geall
Third: Jeff Richard
Second: Andrew Nerpin
Lead: David Harper
Alternate: Brad Wood

West St. Paul CC, West St. Paul

Skip: Reid Carruthers
Third: Braeden Moskowy
Second: Derek Samagalski
Lead: Colin Hodgson

  New Brunswick   Newfoundland and Labrador   Northern Ontario   Nova Scotia
Gage G&CC, Oromocto

Skip: James Grattan
Third: Chris Jeffrey
Second: Andy McCann
Lead: Peter Case
Alternate: Brian King

Bally Haly G&CC &
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Greg Smith
Third: Matthew Hunt
Second: Andrew Taylor
Lead: Ian Withycombe
Alternate: Connor Stapleton

Community First CC, Sault Ste. Marie

Skip: Brad Jacobs
Third: Ryan Fry
Second: E.J. Harnden
Lead: Ryan Harnden[b]
Alternate: Tanner Horgan[b]

Halifax CC, Halifax

Skip: Jamie Murphy
Third: Paul Flemming
Second: Scott Saccary
Lead: Phil Crowell

  Ontario   Prince Edward Island   Quebec   Saskatchewan
Leaside CC, East York, Toronto

Skip: John Epping
Third: Mat Camm
Second: Pat Janssen
Lead: Tim March

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Eddie MacKenzie
Third: Josh Barry
Second: Christopher Gallant
Lead: Sean Ledgerwood
Alternate: Robbie Younker

Glenmore CC, Dollard-des-Ormeaux &
CC Valleyfield, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Skip: Mike Fournier
Third: Félix Asselin
Second: William Dion
Lead: Jean-François Trépanier[c]
Alternate: Émile Asselin[c]

Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Fourth: Matt Dunstone
Skip: Steve Laycock
Second: Kirk Muyres
Lead: Dallan Muyres
Alternate: Lyle Muyres

  Northwest Territories   Nunavut   Yukon   Wildcard
Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Jamie Koe
Third: Chris Schille
Second: Brad Chorostkowski
Lead: Robert Borden

Iqaluit CC, Iqaluit

Skip: Dave St. Louis
Third: Wade Kingdon
Second: Peter Mackey
Lead: Jeff Nadeau

Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse

Skip: Thomas Scoffin
Third: Tom Appelman
Second: Wade Scoffin[d]
Lead: Steve Fecteau[d]
Alternate: Clint Ireland[d]

Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Mike McEwen
Third: B.J. Neufeld
Second: Matt Wozniak
Lead: Denni Neufeld

CTRS ranking edit

Member Association (Skip) Rank Points
  Wildcard (McEwen) 2 365.181
  Canada (Gushue) 3 361.585
  Manitoba (Carruthers) 4 270.599
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 5 265.245
  Alberta (Bottcher) 7 233.333
  Ontario (Epping) 8 212.384
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 12 140.208
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 28 85.656
  British Columbia (Geall) 31 78.758
  Quebec (Fournier) 49 53.503
  New Brunswick (Grattan) 74 34.131
  Yukon (Scoffin) 155 5.038
  Northwest Territories (Koe) 156 4.725
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith) 156 4.725
  Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie) NR 0.000
  Nunavut (St. Louis) NR 0.000

Wildcard game edit

A play-in game was held on March 2, 2018 that determined the wildcard team that rounded out the tournament field. It was played between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who lost[1] in their provincial championship: the Fort Rouge Curling Club's Mike McEwen rink and the Granite Curling Club's Jason Gunnlaugson rink, both from Winnipeg.

CTRS standings as of February 12
Rank Team Member Association Eligibility
1 Kevin Koe   Alberta Qualified for Olympics (ineligible)
2 Mike McEwen   Manitoba Eliminated from provincials[7]
3 Brad Gushue   Newfoundland and Labrador Qualified as Team Canada (ineligible)
4 Reid Carruthers   Manitoba Won Manitoba provincials
5 Brad Jacobs   Northern Ontario Won Northern Ontario provincials
6 Jason Gunnlaugson   Manitoba Eliminated from provincials
Wildcard Game

Friday, March 2, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Mike McEwen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
  Jason Gunnlaugson   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Player percentages
  Team McEwen   Team Gunnlaugson
Denni Neufeld 92% Connor Njegovan 68%
Matt Wozniak 93% Ian McMillan 93%
B.J. Neufeld 74% Alex Forrest 92%
Mike McEwen 93% Jason Gunnlaugson 74%
Total 88% Total 82%

Round-robin standings edit

Key
Teams to Championship Round
Teams to Placement Draw
Pool A Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
  Alberta Brendan Bottcher 6 1 50 31 30 19 7 11 85%
  Canada Brad Gushue 6 1 55 31 29 23 7 6 90%
  Wildcard Mike McEwen 5 2 43 31 25 22 14 7 86%
  Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy 4 3 44 44 31 29 8 9 85%
  Northwest Territories Jamie Koe 3 4 36 46 25 28 8 7 78%
  British Columbia Sean Geall 2 5 40 53 25 32 6 6 78%
  Newfoundland and Labrador Greg Smith 1 6 32 58 20 34 9 3 75%
  Yukon Thomas Scoffin 1 6 31 44 26 25 11 7 78%
Pool B Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
  Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs 6 1 45 29 29 21 12 9 87%
  Ontario John Epping 6 1 62 30 30 26 7 6 86%
  Manitoba Reid Carruthers 5 2 55 42 29 26 8 6 85%
  Saskatchewan Steve Laycock 4 3 45 37 27 25 12 9 84%
  Quebec Mike Fournier 3 4 38 41 28 24 12 7 82%
  New Brunswick James Grattan 2 5 42 50 28 32 7 9 83%
  Prince Edward Island Eddie MacKenzie 2 5 49 56 27 28 7 6 81%
  Nunavut Dave St. Louis 0 7 22 73 18 34 5 1 67%

Round-robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Draw 1 edit

Saturday, March 3, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Grattan) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 X 9
  Nunavut (St. Louis)   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
  Quebec (Fournier)   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie) 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 X X 7
  Manitoba (Carruthers)   3 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 X X 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
  Ontario (Epping) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3

Draw 2 edit

Saturday, March 3, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   0 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 X X 10
  British Columbia (Geall) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (Koe) 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 9
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)   1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 7
  Alberta (Bottcher)   0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wildcard (McEwen)   3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 5
  Yukon (Scoffin) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 3

Draw 3 edit

Sunday, March 4, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
  Manitoba (Carruthers)   0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  New Brunswick (Grattan)   1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7
  Ontario (Epping) 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 6
  Nunavut (St. Louis) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 7
  Quebec (Fournier)   0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6

Draw 4 edit

Sunday, March 4, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (Koe) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2
  Alberta (Bottcher)   0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 X X 8
  Yukon (Scoffin)   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wildcard (McEwen) 1 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 X X 9
  British Columbia (Geall)   0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 X 9
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)   1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 6

Draw 5 edit

Sunday, March 4, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 X X 9
  Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)   1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 X X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nunavut (St. Louis) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 X X 5
  Manitoba (Carruthers)   2 1 0 2 4 0 3 0 X X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Epping)   3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X X 7
  Quebec (Fournier) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Grattan)   0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 4
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 X X 9

Draw 6 edit

Monday, March 5, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wildcard (McEwen)   1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Geall) 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 8
  Alberta (Bottcher)   1 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon (Scoffin) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 6
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)   1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   1 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 X X 8
  Northwest Territories (Koe) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4

Draw 7 edit

Monday, March 5, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 X 9
  Quebec (Fournier)   1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   1 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 X 9
  New Brunswick (Grattan) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
  Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)   0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Epping)   2 1 3 3 0 1 0 4 X X 14
  Nunavut (St. Louis) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3

Draw 8 edit

Monday, March 5, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Bottcher)   1 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 X X 9
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wildcard (McEwen) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 5
  Canada (Gushue)   2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (Koe)   1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 7
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon (Scoffin) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 X 8
  British Columbia (Geall)   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2

Draw 9 edit

Tuesday, March 6, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 6
  New Brunswick (Grattan)   0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Fournier)   3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 8
  Nunavut (St. Louis) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
  Ontario (Epping)   1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   0 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 8
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 X 4

Draw 10 edit

Tuesday, March 6, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 5
  Canada (Gushue)   1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith) 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
  British Columbia (Geall)   0 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 2 X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Bottcher) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 X 7
  Yukon (Scoffin)   0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (Koe) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 X X 3
  Wildcard (McEwen)   1 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 X X 10

Draw 11 edit

Tuesday, March 6, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Fournier)   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Epping) 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 3 X X 11
  Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nunavut (St. Louis) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 3
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   2 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Carruthers)   0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 X 7
  New Brunswick (Grattan) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 12 edit

Wednesday, March 7, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
  Wildcard (McEwen)   0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon (Scoffin) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 4
  Nova Scotia (Murphy)   0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Geall) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 X 7
  Northwest Territories (Koe)   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Bottcher) 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 3 X 10
  Canada (Gushue)   0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 7

Draw 13 edit

Wednesday, March 7, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Epping) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 X 8
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Carruthers)   0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Quebec (Fournier)   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7
  New Brunswick (Grattan) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nunavut (St. Louis)   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X X 2
  Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie) 4 0 4 3 1 2 0 X X X 14

Draw 14 edit

Wednesday, March 7, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon (Scoffin) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
  Northwest Territories (Koe)   0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Bottcher) 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 1 X X 9
  Wildcard (McEwen)   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
  Canada (Gushue) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Geall) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
  Nova Scotia (Murphy)   1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 8

Placement round edit

Each team that finished fifth through eight in their pool played the team that finished in the same position in the opposite pool for the purpose of determining final tournament ranking. For example, the winner of the game between fifth place teams was ranked ninth place overall, the loser of that game was ranked tenth place, and so on.

Seeding games edit

All game times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

A5 vs. B5 edit

Friday, March 9, 09:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (Koe)   2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
  Quebec (Fournier) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4

A6 vs. B6 edit

Friday, March 9, 09:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Geall) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 X X 5
  New Brunswick (Grattan)   3 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 X X 12

A7 vs. B7 edit

Friday, March 9, 09:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3
  Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)   4 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 X X 12

A8 vs. B8 edit

Friday, March 9, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon (Scoffin)   1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7
  Nunavut (St. Louis) 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 6

Championship pool standings edit

All wins and losses earned in the round robin (including results against teams that failed to advance) were carried forward into the Championship Pool.

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Team Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
  Canada Brad Gushue 10 1 77 44 43 35 21 6 91%
  Ontario John Epping 9 2 91 55 49 44 11 10 87%
  Alberta Brendan Bottcher 8 3 89 45 51 35 14 17 85%
  Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs 8 3 65 48 42 32 22 13 87%
  Wildcard Mike McEwen 7 4 65 54 38 35 22 9 86%
  Saskatchewan Steve Laycock 6 5 68 59 44 41 20 11 86%
  Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy 5 6 66 70 46 50 11 12 84%
  Manitoba Reid Carruthers 5 6 67 72 40 41 20 11 83%

Championship pool results edit

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Draw 15 edit

Thursday, March 8, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   2 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 8
  Alberta (Bottcher) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 X X 7
  Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 X 6
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wildcard (McEwen)   2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 7
  Ontario (Epping) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 8

Draw 16 edit

Thursday, March 8, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
  Ontario (Epping)   0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   6 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 8
  Wildcard (McEwen) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Bottcher) 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 X X 8
  Manitoba (Carruthers)   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
  Canada (Gushue) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5

Draw 17 edit

Friday, March 9, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Epping)   1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9
  Alberta (Bottcher) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Wildcard (McEwen)   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Carruthers)   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 7

Draw 18 edit

Friday, March 9, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X X 3
  Wildcard (McEwen)   0 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Ontario (Epping) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
  Canada (Gushue)   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Bottcher) 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 X 9
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3

Playoffs edit

Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
1  Canada61  Canada6
2  Ontario23  Alberta4
2  Ontario4
3  Alberta6
3  Alberta6
4  Northern Ontario5

1 vs. 2 edit

Saturday, March 10, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 6
  Ontario (Epping) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Player percentages
  Canada   Ontario
Geoff Walker 79% Tim March 83%
Brett Gallant 88% Pat Janssen 88%
Mark Nichols 96% Matt Camm 79%
Brad Gushue 100% John Epping 82%
Total 91% Total 83%

3 vs. 4 edit

Saturday, March 10, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Alberta (Bottcher)   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5
Player percentages
  Alberta   Northern Ontario
Karrick Martin 83% Ryan Harnden 83%
Brad Thiessen 84% E.J. Harnden 89%
Darren Moulding 70% Ryan Fry 86%
Brendan Bottcher 82% Brad Jacobs 85%
Total 80% Total 86%

Semifinal edit

Sunday, March 11, 09:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Epping)   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Alberta (Bottcher) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 6
Player percentages
  Ontario   Alberta
Tim March 94% Karrick Martin 94%
Pat Janssen 85% Brad Thiessen 84%
Matt Camm 93% Darren Moulding 80%
John Epping 84% Brendan Bottcher 83%
Total 89% Total 85%

Final edit

Sunday, March 11, 16:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
  Alberta (Bottcher) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
Player percentages
  Canada   Alberta
Geoff Walker 84% Karrick Martin 89%
Brett Gallant 94% Brad Thiessen 83%
Mark Nichols 91% Darren Moulding 86%
Brad Gushue 96% Brendan Bottcher 93%
Total 91% Total 88%

Statistics edit

Top 5 player percentages edit

Final Round Robin Percentages; minimum 6 games

Key
First All-Star Team
Second All-Star Team
Leads %
WC Denni Neufeld 92
  Geoff Walker 91
  Tim March 89
  Dallan Muyres 89
  Colin Hodgson 89
Seconds %
  Brett Gallant 91
  E.J. Harnden 89
  Pat Janssen 86
WC Matt Wozniak 86
  Brad Thiessen 85
Thirds %
  Mark Nichols 88
  Steve Laycock (Skip) 86
  Ryan Fry 85
  Mat Camm 85
WC B.J. Neufeld 85
Skips %
  Brad Gushue 93
  John Epping 86
  Brad Jacobs 85
  Brendan Bottcher 84
  Matt Dunstone (Fourth) 83

Perfect games edit

Round Robin and Championship Pool only

Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Brad Gushue   Canada Skip 16   Yukon
B.J. Neufeld   Wildcard Third 16   Northwest Territories
Denni Neufeld   Wildcard Lead 12   Northern Ontario
Denni Neufeld   Wildcard Lead 14   Manitoba

Awards edit

The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:

All-Star Teams[8]

First Team

Second Team

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award[8]
Paul McLean Award[9]
Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award[10]

Provincial and territorial playdowns edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ British Columbia's alternate Brad Wood threw lead stones after the fourth end during Draw 2, because lead David Harper abruptly left the tournament to join his wife for the birth of their second child.[3] Wood continued to throw lead stones for the rest of the Brier except for Draw 10; Harper returned to throw lead stones against Newfoundland and Labrador before leaving once again.[4] Before Team BC's placement round match, third Jeff Richard left to join his wife for the birth of their child; in their game against New Brunswick, second Andrew Nerpin threw third stones, while alternate Brad Wood and Nerpin split the throwing of second stones.[5]
  2. ^ a b Northern Ontario's alternate Tanner Horgan threw lead stones during Draws 9, 19 & 20; lead Ryan Harnden was hospitalized with an illness for a day during Draws 19 and 20.[6]
  3. ^ a b During Draw 9, Quebec's alternate Émile Asselin threw lead stones for the last 3 ends.
  4. ^ a b c During Draw 8, Yukon's Wade Scoffin threw second stones for six ends; lead Steve Fecteau threw second stones for three ends, while alternate Clint Ireland threw lead stones for three ends.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Format finalized for 16-team championships in 2018". Curling Canada. June 28, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "Gushue breaks Tim Hortons Brier career victories record". Curling Canada. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Zerr, Arielle (March 3, 2018). "With babies on the way, family comes first for Team B.C." News Talk 980. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  4. ^ Cameron, Al (March 6, 2018). "Tim Hortons Brier Battle of Golden Bears goes to Bottcher". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  5. ^ Cameron, Al (March 9, 2018). "Northwest Territories ends on winning note at Tim Hortons Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Granger, Grant (March 10, 2018). "'Phenomenal shot' propels Team Alberta to Tim Hortons Brier semifinal". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  7. ^ "Team Personnel".
  8. ^ a b McCormick, Murray (March 10, 2018). "Bottcher steals win from Jacobs at Brier". Regina Leader-Post. Postmedia. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  9. ^ Cameron, Al (March 10, 2018). "All-stars, award winners announced at 2018 Tim Hortons Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  10. ^ Jones, Terry (March 11, 2018). "Gushue wins Brier, but Bottcher's future shows promise". Edmonton Sun. Postmedia News. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

External links edit

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