2018_Tim_Hortons_Brier

2018 Tim Hortons Brier
2018 Tim Hortons Brier
Host city	Regina, Saskatchewan
Arena	Brandt Centre
Dates	March 3 – 11
Attendance	110,555
Winner	Canada
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
Alternate	Tom Sallows
Coach	Jules Owchar
Finalist	Alberta (Brendan Bottcher)
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2018 Tim Hortons Brier

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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.

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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.

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[6] 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]

[no-8] 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]

[qc-9] During Draw 9, Quebec's alternate Émile Asselin threw lead stones for the last 3 ends.

[yk-10] 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.

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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	^{[lower-alpha 1]}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^{[lower-alpha 2]} Alternate: Tanner Horgan^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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^{[lower-alpha 3]} Alternate: Émile Asselin^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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^{[lower-alpha 4]} Lead: Steve Fecteau^{[lower-alpha 4]} Alternate: Clint Ireland^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg Skip: Mike McEwen Third: B.J. Neufeld Second: Matt Wozniak Lead: Denni Neufeld

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

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

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%

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

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 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 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

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 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

Key
	Teams to Championship Round
	Teams to Placement Draw

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

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
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

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


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final



1	Canada	6				1	Canada	6

2	Ontario	2				3	Alberta	4

			2	Ontario	4

			3	Alberta	6

3	Alberta	6

4	Northern Ontario	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%

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%

2018_Tim_Hortons_Brier

Teams

CTRS ranking

Wildcard game

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Draw 12

Draw 13

Draw 14

Placement round

Seeding games

A5 vs. B5

A6 vs. B6

A7 vs. B7

A8 vs. B8

Championship pool standings

Championship pool results

Draw 15

Draw 16

Draw 17

Draw 18

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

3 vs. 4

Semifinal

Final

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Perfect games

Awards

Provincial and territorial playdowns

Notes

References

External links

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