2017 Tim Hortons Brier

2017 Tim Hortons Brier
2017 Tim Hortons Brier
Host city	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arena	Mile One Centre
Dates	March 4 – March 12
Attendance	122,592
Winner	Newfoundland and Labrador
Curling club	Bally Haly G&CC & St. John's CC,; St. John's
Skip	Brad Gushue
Third	Mark Nichols
Second	Brett Gallant
Lead	Geoff Walker
Coach	Jules Owchar
Finalist	Canada (Kevin Koe)
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The 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4–12, 2017 at the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

This marked the second time the Brier was hosted by St. John's, the first being the 1972 Macdonald Brier.^[1]

Newfoundland and Labrador won the Brier 7–6 in the final against Team Canada, giving skip Brad Gushue his first Brier title. With the win, the Gushue rink earned the right to represent Canada at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship held from April 1–9, 2017 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta. They also represented Team Canada at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan and earned $225,000 for the victory. The bronze medal was won by Manitoba.

The total attendance for the event was 122,592, up from the 115,047 that attended the previous year's Brier held in Ottawa, Ontario. The attendance for the final was 6,471.^[2]

Background edit

Host bidding edit

Both Ontario's Sault Ste. Marie (Essar Centre)^[3] and Newfoundland and Labrador's St. John's (Mile One Centre) made bids for the Brier, but it was announced on September 14, 2015 that St. John's would host.

Brier Bear edit

The wearer of the Brier Bear – the Brier-renowned mascot – suit, Reg Caughie,^[4] announced that, after this 2017 Canadian Men's Curling Championship, he would retire from wearing the suit.^[5] The 78-year old Caughie believed that Curling Canada would continue the tradition of the Brier Bear.

Teams edit

Ten of the fifteen teams of the 2017 Brier were in the top 30 of the men's 2016–17 CTRS standings. Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue, skip of one of the consistent top three rinks in Canada, attempted to win his first Brier (in 14 appearances) in front of a hometown crowd. Brothers Kevin Koe – representing Team Canada, and Jamie Koe – representing the Northwest Territories, again competed against each other. 2016 PEI Champion Adam Casey and his third David Mathers moved west to join rinks that then won the championships of Saskatchewan and Ontario, respectively.^[6]

Glenn Howard won the Ontario Championship for the 17th time as either third or skip.^[6] By contrast, a team not skipped by either Kevin Martin, Randy Ferbey or Kevin Koe won the Alberta Championship for the first time since 1999 (although Kevin Martin coached Alberta's Brendan Bottcher).

The teams are listed as follows:

Canada	Alberta	British Columbia
The Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Kevin Koe Third: Marc Kennedy Second: Brent Laing Lead: Ben Hebert^[a] Alternate: Scott Pfeifer^[a]	Saville SC, Edmonton Skip: Brendan Bottcher Third: Darren Moulding Second: Brad Thiessen Lead: Karrick Martin Alternate: Evan Asmussen	Vernon CC, Vernon Kelowna CC, Kelowna Fourth: Jim Cotter Skip: John Morris Second: Tyrel Griffith Lead: Rick Sawatsky Alternate: David Harper
Manitoba	New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador
Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg Skip: Mike McEwen Third: B.J. Neufeld Second: Matt Wozniak Lead: Denni Neufeld	Capital WC, Fredericton Skip: Mike Kennedy Third: Scott Jones Second: Marc LeCocq Lead: Jamie Brannen^[b] Alternate: Spencer Mawhinney^[b]	Bally Haly G&CC & St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker
Northern Ontario	Nova Scotia	Ontario
Community First CC, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Brad Jacobs Third: Ryan Fry Second: E.J. Harnden Lead: Ryan Harnden Alternate: Lee Toner	Halifax CC, Halifax Skip: Jamie Murphy Third: Jordan Pinder Second: Scott Saccary Lead: Phil Crowell Alternate: Alan Darragh	St. George's G&CC, Etobicoke Skip: Glenn Howard Third: Richard Hart Second: David Mathers Lead: Scott Howard Alternate: Adam Spencer
Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Eddie MacKenzie Third: Sean Ledgerwood Second: Matt Nabuurs Lead: Robbie Doherty Alternate: Philip Gorveatt	CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard Third: Martin Crête Second: Éric Sylvain Lead: Philippe Ménard Alternate: Pierre Charette	Highland CC, Regina Skip: Adam Casey^[6] Third: Catlin Schneider Second: Shaun Meachem Lead: Dustin Kidby Alternate: Jamie Schneider
Northwest Territories	Nunavut	Yukon
Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Jamie Koe Third: Chris Schille Second: Brad Chorostkowski Lead: Robert Borden Alternate: Greg Skauge	Iqaluit CC, Iqaluit Skip: Jim Nix^[8] Third: Edmund MacDonald Second: Greg Howard Lead: Darryl McGrath Alternate: Howard Fick	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Fourth: Jon Solberg^[9] Skip: Craig Kochan Second: Ray Mikkelsen Lead: Darrin Fredrickson Alternate: Wade Scoffin

CTRS ranking edit

Member Association (Skip)	Rank	Points
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	1	429.656
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	3	360.302
British Columbia (Morris)	6	271.684
Manitoba (McEwen)	7	270.471
Canada (K. Koe)	8	247.888
Alberta (Bottcher)	9	202.627
Ontario (Howard)	11	178.349
Saskatchewan (Casey)	15	153.302
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	25	87.118
Quebec (Ménard)	28	83.258
New Brunswick (Kennedy)	57	41.846
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	73	32.849
Yukon (Solberg)	225	0.376
Nunavut (Nix)	NR	0.000
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	NR	0.000

Pre-qualifying tournament edit

Standings edit

Locale	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Nova Scotia	Jamie Murphy	3	0	35	7	18	5	1	11	84%
Yukon	Craig Kochan	2	1	24	16	15	10	1	9	76%
Prince Edward Island	Eddie MacKenzie	1	2	19	26	9	16	1	2	73%
Nunavut	Jim Nix	0	3	9	38	6	17	1	1	56%

Results edit

All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC−03:30).^[10]

Draw 1 edit

Thursday, March 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nunavut (Nix)	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	X	X	4
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	2	1	0	3	4	0	0	1	X	X	11

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

Draw 2 edit

Friday, March 3, 8:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Kochan)	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	2	2	12
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	3	2	4	3	0	4	0	1	X	X	17
Nunavut (Nix)	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	4

Draw 3 edit

Friday, March 3, 3:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Kochan)	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	3	X	X	10
Nunavut (Nix)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

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

Pre-qualifying final edit

Saturday, March 4, 3:00 pm

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

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Locale	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Manitoba	Mike McEwen	9	2	75	50	44	36	21	11	88%
Newfoundland and Labrador	Brad Gushue	9	2	71	59	46	42	17	8	89%
Canada	Kevin Koe	8	3	69	58	44	41	23	8	87%
Northern Ontario	Brad Jacobs	8	3	76	59	46	40	17	9	88%
Quebec	Jean-Michel Ménard	7	4	73	62	44	44	16	5	85%
British Columbia	John Morris	7	4	63	48	43	40	22	12	86%
Saskatchewan	Adam Casey	5	6	74	73	46	46	10	8	87%
Nova Scotia	Jamie Murphy	4	7	64	75	39	47	15	6	82%
Ontario	Glenn Howard	4	7	57	67	44	41	21	6	86%
Alberta	Brendan Bottcher	3	8	61	74	41	41	17	9	83%
New Brunswick	Mike Kennedy	1	10	56	80	43	47	13	6	81%
Northwest Territories	Jamie Koe	1	10	48	82	35	50	16	4	81%

Round-robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC−03:30).^[10]

Draw 1 edit

Saturday, March 4, 3:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Casey)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5
Manitoba (McEwen)	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	X	8
Alberta (Bottcher)	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	6

Draw 2 edit

Saturday, March 4, 8:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (K. Koe)	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	X	7
Quebec (Ménard)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Howard)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy)	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	6
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	5

Draw 3 edit

Sunday, March 5, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (McEwen)	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	X	X	8
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Morris)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Ontario (Howard)	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (K. Koe)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	6
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	5
Saskatchewan (Casey)	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	X	11

Draw 4 edit

Sunday, March 5, 3:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Saskatchewan (Casey)	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	X	6
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	4	X	11

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Quebec (Ménard)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	8
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	9

Draw 5 edit

Sunday, March 5, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ménard)	0	2	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	X	10
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	5
New Brunswick (Kennedy)	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (McEwen)	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	X	6
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (K. Koe)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5
Ontario (Howard)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4

Draw 6 edit

Monday, March 6, 3:00 pm

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Casey)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Quebec (Ménard)	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	X	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
British Columbia (Morris)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4

Draw 7 edit

Monday, March 6, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (K. Koe)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
British Columbia (Morris)	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Casey)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	4	X	10

Draw 8 edit

Tuesday, March 7, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	5
Canada (K. Koe)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	3	0	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy)	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	7
Manitoba (McEwen)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Howard)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
Quebec (Ménard)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 9 edit

Tuesday, March 7, 3:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy)	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6
Saskatchewan (Casey)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Quebec (Ménard)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5
British Columbia (Morris)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	3
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	2	X	X	10

Draw 10 edit

Tuesday, March 7, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Casey)	3	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	X	X	9
Ontario (Howard)	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (K. Koe)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Morris)	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	7
Manitoba (McEwen)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	X	5

Draw 11 edit

Wednesday, March 8, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ménard)	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	X	8
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1
British Columbia (Morris)	2	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	7
Saskatchewan (Casey)	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	8

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

Draw 12 edit

Wednesday, March 8, 3:00 pm

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Morris)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (K. Koe)	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	8
Saskatchewan (Casey)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	7

Draw 13 edit

Wednesday, March 8, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	6
Canada (K. Koe)	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	3
Manitoba (McEwen)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Howard)	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	8
New Brunswick (Kennedy)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	X	7
Quebec (Ménard)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	3

Draw 14 edit

Thursday, March 9, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy)	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	7
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	2	0	X	9

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
Quebec (Ménard)	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
British Columbia (Morris)	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	5

Draw 15 edit

Thursday, March 9, 3:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Howard)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ménard)	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	X	X	9
New Brunswick (Kennedy)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (McEwen)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
Canada (K. Koe)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	4
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	X	X	8

Draw 16 edit

Thursday, March 9, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Morris)	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	7
Saskatchewan (Casey)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	6

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (McEwen)	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	X	X	8
Ontario (Howard)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Draw 17 edit

Friday, March 10, 10:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (McEwen)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	X	5
Quebec (Ménard)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Howard)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy)	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	6
Canada (K. Koe)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	7

Playoffs edit


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final



1	Manitoba	5				2	Newfoundland and Labrador	7

2	Newfoundland and Labrador	7				3	Canada	6

			1	Manitoba	6

			3	Canada	7

3	Canada	6

4	Northern Ontario	2

Bronze Medal Game

1	Manitoba	7

4	Northern Ontario	5

1 vs. 2 edit

Friday, March 10, 8:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (McEwen)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	7

Player percentages
Manitoba		Newfoundland and Labrador
Denni Neufeld	89%	Geoff Walker	90%
Matt Wozniak	84%	Brett Gallant	95%
B.J. Neufeld	80%	Mark Nichols	96%
Mike McEwen	76%	Brad Gushue	95%
Total	82%	Total	94%

3 vs. 4 edit

Saturday, March 11, 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (K. Koe)	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	X	6
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2

Player percentages
Canada		Northern Ontario
Ben Hebert	88%	Ryan Harnden	93%
Brent Laing	92%	E.J. Harnden	86%
Marc Kennedy	81%	Ryan Fry	89%
Kevin Koe	89%	Brad Jacobs	74%
Total	87%	Total	85%

Semifinal edit

Saturday, March 11, 8:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (McEwen)	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6
Canada (K. Koe)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	7

Player percentages
Manitoba		Canada
Denni Neufeld	84%	Ben Hebert	97%
Matt Wozniak	94%	Brent Laing	82%
B.J. Neufeld	97%	Marc Kennedy	100%
Mike McEwen	83%	Kevin Koe	89%
Total	89%	Total	92%

Bronze medal game edit

Sunday, March 12, 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (McEwen)	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	7
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

Player percentages
Manitoba		Northern Ontario
Denni Neufeld	90%	Ryan Harnden	92%
Matt Wozniak	98%	E.J. Harnden	98%
B.J. Neufeld	98%	Ryan Fry	89%
Mike McEwen	89%	Brad Jacobs	92%
Total	93%	Total	93%

Final edit

Sunday, March 12, 8:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	7
Canada (K. Koe)	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	6

Player percentages
Newfoundland and Labrador		Canada
Geoff Walker	85%	Ben Hebert	94%
Brett Gallant	86%	Brent Laing	86%
Mark Nichols	94%	Marc Kennedy	75%
Brad Gushue	85%	Kevin Koe	86%
Total	88%	Total	85%

Statistics edit

Player percentages edit

Round Robin only

Leads	%
Denni Neufeld	94
Geoff Walker	93
Ryan Harnden	92
Ben Hebert	92
Dustin Kidby	92

Seconds	%
E.J. Harnden	92
Matt Wozniak	91
Brett Gallant	88
Tyrel Griffith	88
Shaun Meachem	88

Thirds	%
Catlin Schneider	89
Mark Nichols	86
John Morris (Skip)	86
Martin Crête	86
Marc Kennedy	86

Skips/Fourths	%
Brad Gushue	91
Mike McEwen	86
Kevin Koe	86
Glenn Howard	84
Jean-Michel Ménard	82

Perfect games edit

Round Robin only

Player	Team	Position	Shots	Opponent
Brad Gushue	Newfoundland and Labrador	Skip	19	Alberta
E.J. Harnden	Northern Ontario	Second	16	Nova Scotia

Awards edit

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

All-Star Teams^[11]

First Team

Skip: Brad Gushue, Newfoundland and Labrador
Third: Catlin Schneider, Saskatchewan
Second: E.J. Harnden, Northern Ontario
Lead: Denni Neufeld, Manitoba

Second Team

Skip: Mike McEwen, Manitoba
Third: Mark Nichols, Newfoundland and Labrador
Second: Matt Wozniak, Manitoba
Lead: Geoff Walker, Newfoundland and Labrador

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award^[11]

Jean-Michel Ménard, Quebec Skip

Paul McLean Award^[12]^[13]

Leigh Buttery, TSN

Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award^[14]

Brad Gushue, Newfoundland and Labrador Skip

Provincial and territorial playdowns edit

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b Pfeifer threw lead stones during Draw 8^[7] and the last two ends of Draw 12.
^ ^a ^b Mawhinney threw lead stones during Draw 17.

References edit

^ "Curling Canada | St. John's named to host 2017 Tim Hortons Brier".
^ "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca".
^ "Sault Ste. Marie Brier 2017 Bid". Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
^ "Meet Reg Caughie, the man in the Brier Bear suit". CBC News. March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
^ "Brier Bear going into hibernation after 2017 championship in St. John's". Ottawa Sun. March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Brazeau, Jonathan (February 5, 2017). "Glenn Howard captures 17th career Ontario Tankard title". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
^ Strong, Gregory (March 7, 2017). "Gushue tops Jacobs; McEwen falls for first time as Brier heats up". TSN.ca. The Canadian Press. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ "Saltwire | Nova Scotia".
^ "Curling Canada | Teams Announced for 2013 WFG Continental Cup of Curling".
^ ^a ^b "Curling Canada | Tim Hortons Brier Draw 1 Media Scrum Video Interviews".
^ ^a ^b Cameron, Al (March 10, 2017). "All-stars, award winner announced at Tim Hortons Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ Bryan Mudryk [@BryanMudryk] (March 12, 2017). "Real privilege to give Paul McLean Award to TSN's Leigh Buttery. Mac helped me get my dream job & Leigh makes our b…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Team Canada rallies to win Tim Hortons Brier semifinal". Curling Canada. March 11, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
^ Jones, Terry (March 11, 2018). "Gushue wins Brier, but Bottcher's future shows promise". Edmonton Sun. Postmedia News. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

[can-8] Pfeifer threw lead stones during Draw 8^[7] and the last two ends of Draw 12.

[nb-9] Mawhinney threw lead stones during Draw 17.

[1] "Curling Canada | St. John's named to host 2017 Tim Hortons Brier".

[2] "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca".

[3] "Sault Ste. Marie Brier 2017 Bid". Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-03-26.

[4] "Meet Reg Caughie, the man in the Brier Bear suit". CBC News. March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

[5] "Brier Bear going into hibernation after 2017 championship in St. John's". Ottawa Sun. March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

[Brazeau-Feb5-6] Brazeau, Jonathan (February 5, 2017). "Glenn Howard captures 17th career Ontario Tankard title". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved February 7, 2017.

[7] Strong, Gregory (March 7, 2017). "Gushue tops Jacobs; McEwen falls for first time as Brier heats up". TSN.ca. The Canadian Press. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

[10] "Saltwire | Nova Scotia".

[11] "Curling Canada | Teams Announced for 2013 WFG Continental Cup of Curling".

[DrawList-12] "Curling Canada | Tim Hortons Brier Draw 1 Media Scrum Video Interviews".

[all-star-13] Cameron, Al (March 10, 2017). "All-stars, award winner announced at Tim Hortons Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

[14] Bryan Mudryk [@BryanMudryk] (March 12, 2017). "Real privilege to give Paul McLean Award to TSN's Leigh Buttery. Mac helped me get my dream job & Leigh makes our b…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[15] "Team Canada rallies to win Tim Hortons Brier semifinal". Curling Canada. March 11, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.

[Hec-Gervais-16] Jones, Terry (March 11, 2018). "Gushue wins Brier, but Bottcher's future shows promise". Edmonton Sun. Postmedia News. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

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