Curling competition at Kingston, Ontario
The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 29 to March 8 at the Leon's Centre in Kingston , Ontario .[ 1] The winning Brad Gushue rink was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow , Scotland .
Newfoundland and Labrador 's Brad Gushue rink won their third Brier Tankard by defeating Alberta 's Brendan Bottcher rink 7–3 in the final. Gushue won the Tankard in 2017 and 2018 . Bottcher finished runner-up in the past two Briers as well, losing to Gushue in 2018 and Kevin Koe in 2019 .
On Tuesday, March 3, Saskatchewan skip Matt Dunstone curled two perfect games in the same day (Draws 10 and 11) against higher ranked teams Ontario (John Epping ) and Canada (Kevin Koe ). It was the first time a curler curled two perfect games in the same day in Canadian Men's Curling Championship history.
At the end of the Championship pool round on Friday March 6, four teams were tied for the fourth place berth in the playoffs, requiring three tiebreaker games to determine the final team eligible for the playoff round.[ 2]
Teams
Source:[ 3]
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
The Glencoe Club , Calgary
Skip: Kevin Koe
Third: B.J. Neufeld
Second: Colton Flasch
Lead: Ben Hebert [ a]
Alternate: Ted Appelman [ a]
Saville SC , Edmonton
Skip: Brendan Bottcher
Third: Darren Moulding
Second: Brad Thiessen
Lead: Karrick Martin [ b]
Alternate: Pat Janssen [ b]
Vernon CC , Vernon &Kelowna CC , Kelowna
Fourth: Jim Cotter
Skip: Steve Laycock
Second: Andrew Nerpin
Lead: Rick Sawatsky
Alternate: Brad Wood
Morris CC , Morris
Skip: Jason Gunnlaugson
Third: Alex Forrest
Second: Adam Casey
Lead: Connor Njegovan
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northern Ontario
Nova Scotia
Gage Golf & CC , Oromocto
Skip: James Grattan
Third: Paul Dobson
Second: Andy McCann
Lead: Jamie Brannen
Alternate: Chris Jeffrey
St. John's CC , St. John's
Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant [ c]
Lead: Geoff Walker [ d] [ c]
Alternate: Jeff Thomas [ d] [ c]
Community First CC , Sault Ste. Marie
Skip: Brad Jacobs
Third: Marc Kennedy [ e]
Second: E.J. Harnden [ e]
Lead: Ryan Harnden
Alternate: Lee Toner [ e]
Halifax CC , Halifax
Skip: Jamie Murphy
Third: Paul Flemming
Second: Scott Saccary [ f]
Lead: Phil Crowell
Alternate: Kevin Ouellette [ f]
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Leaside CC , Toronto
Skip: John Epping
Third: Ryan Fry [ g]
Second: Mat Camm
Lead: Brent Laing
Alternate: John Morris [ g]
Cornwall CC , Cornwall
Skip: Bryan Cochrane
Third: Ian MacAulay
Second: Morgan Currie
Lead: Mark O'Rourke
CC Lacolle , Lacolle ,CC Boucherville , Boucherville , &Glenmore CC , Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Skip: Alek Bédard
Third: Louis Quevillon
Second: Émile Asselin [ h]
Lead: Bradley Lequin [ h]
Alternate: Daniel Bédard [ h]
Highland CC , Regina
Skip: Matt Dunstone
Third: Braeden Moskowy
Second: Catlin Schneider
Lead: Dustin Kidby
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Yukon
Wild Card
[ i] Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife
Skip: Jamie Koe
Third: David Aho
Second: Shadrach Mcleod
Lead: Cole Parsons
Alternate: Matt Ng
[ j] Iqaluit CC , Iqaluit
Skip: Jake Higgs [ 4]
Third: Dale Kohlenberg
Second: Christian Smitheram
Lead: Ed MacDonald
Alternate: Sheldon Wettig
Whitehorse CC , Whitehorse
Skip: Thomas Scoffin
Third: Trygg Jensen
Second: Brett Winfield
Lead: Joe Wallingham
West St. Paul CC , West St. Paul
Skip: Mike McEwen
Third: Reid Carruthers
Second: Derek Samagalski
Lead: Colin Hodgson
CTRS ranking
Wild card game
A wild card play-in game was played on February 28. It was contested between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their respective provincial championships: the West St. Paul Curling Club's Mike McEwen rink from West St. Paul , Manitoba ; and the Penetanguishene Curling Club's Glenn Howard rink from Penetanguishene , Ontario .[ 5] Team Wild Card entered the Brier as the number 3 seed.
CTRS standings for wild card game
Wild card Game
Friday, February 28, 7:00 pm
Map of teams
Team Canada
Provincial Winners
Wild-Card Team
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
Key
Teams to Championship Pool
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time Zone (UTC−05:00 ).[ 6]
Draw 1
Saturday, February 29, 2:00 pm
Draw 2
Saturday, February 29, 7:00 pm
Draw 3
Sunday, March 1, 9:00 am
Draw 4
Sunday, March 1, 2:00 pm
Draw 5
Sunday, March 1, 7:00 pm
Draw 6
Monday, March 2, 9:00 am
Draw 7
Monday, March 2, 2:00 pm
Draw 8
Monday, March 2, 7:00 pm
Draw 9
Tuesday, March 3, 9:00 am
Draw 10
Tuesday, March 3, 2:00 pm
Draw 11
Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 pm
Draw 12
Wednesday, March 4, 9:00 am
Draw 13
Wednesday, March 4, 2:00 pm
Draw 14
Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 pm
Championship pool standings
The top four teams from each pool advance to the Championship pool. All wins and losses earned in the round robin will be carried forward into the Championship Pool. Wins in tiebreaker games are not carried forward.
Final Championship pool standings
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Championship pool results
Draw 16
Thursday, March 5, 1:00 pm
Draw 17
Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm
Draw 18
Friday, March 6, 1:00 pm
Draw 19
Friday, March 6, 7:00 pm
Tiebreakers
Saturday, March 7, 9:00 am
Saturday, March 7, 2:00 pm
Playoffs
1 vs. 2
Saturday, March 7, 2:00 pm
3 vs. 4
Saturday, March 7, 7:00 pm
Semifinal
Sunday, March 8, 12:00 pm
Final
Sunday, March 8, 7:00 pm
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
After Championship Pool; minimum 5 games
Key
First All-Star Team
Second All-Star Team
Perfect games
Round robin and championship pool only
Awards
The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:
All-Star Teams[ 7]
First Team
Second Team
Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award[ 7]
Paul McLean Award[ 8]
Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award[ 9]
Final standings
Provincial and territorial playdowns
Notes
References
^ "2020 Tim Hortons Brier" . Curling Canada . Retrieved December 9, 2019 .
^ "Four-way tie for last playoff spot at Brier" . TSN.ca . The Canadian Press. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020 .
^ "Teams" . Curling Canada . Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
^ "Iqaluit Curling Club" . Facebook . Retrieved December 9, 2019 .
^ Perry, Justin. "CTRS Standings – Men" . Curling Canada. Retrieved February 1, 2020 .
^ "Draw Schedule" . Curling Canada . Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
^ a b "All-stars, award-winners named!" . Curling Canada . March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020 .
^ @CurlingCanada (March 7, 2020). "Congratulations to Geoff Kamada and Shayne Dilling on winning the TSN Paul McLean Award! The award is presented to media people behind the scenes who have made a significant contribution to the sport of curling" (Tweet ). Retrieved March 8, 2020 – via Twitter .
^ @CurlingCanada (March 9, 2020). "Congratulations to @BradGushue - winner of the Hec Gervais MVP Award! #Brier2020" (Tweet ). Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Twitter .
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