Kevin Koe

Kevin Koe
Curler
Born	(1975-01-11) January 11, 1975 Edmonton, Alberta
Team
Curling club	Saville SC, Edmonton
Skip	Kevin Koe
Third	Pat Simmons
Second	Carter Rycroft
Lead	Nolan Thiessen
Alternate	Jamie King
Curling career
Brier appearances	1 (2010)
World Championship appearances	1 (2010)
Top CTRS ranking	3rd (2007–08, 2009–10)
Grand Slam victories	1 (Players': 2004)

Kevin Koe

Medal record
Representing Canada
Men's Curling
World Curling Championships
	Cortina d'Ampezzo 2010
Tim Hortons Brier
	Halifax 2010

Kevin Koe (Template:Pron-en KOO-ee; born January 11, 1975 [1]) is a Canadian curler. Originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, he now resides in Grande Prairie, Alberta and curls out of Edmonton, Alberta. He is the skip of the current World champion team.

He skipped his Yukon/Northwest Territories team to the final of the 1994 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The team lost the final to Alberta's Colin Davison amidst a controversy involving a burnt rock.

Koe would later leave Yellowknife, to curl in the more competitive province of Alberta. In 2000, he skipped Alberta to a Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. From 2004 to 2006 he played third for John Morris. He currently skips his own team.

Up until 2010, Koe has had little success in his attempts to win a provincial title on the men's stage. His team is currently regarded as one of the best in the world, and while he has been in many Grand Slam finals, he has never actually won a Slam event as a skip. In 2007, he almost went to the Brier, but lost in the provincial finals to Kevin Martin. In both the 10th and 11th ends, his team's former fourth player, Blake MacDonald had an easy draw to the eight-foot to win, but missed on both opportunities. In 2010, Koe finally won a provincial championship, benefiting from an absent Martin who would be preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Koe went on to win the 2010 Brier, beating Ontario's Glenn Howard in the final. Koe's rink became the first team to come out of the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game to win the Brier, and he became the first rookie skip to win the Brier since Vic Peters in 1992. Koe finished with a 9-2 round robin record at the 2010 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship, finishing second behind Norway. However, in the playoffs, Koe beat Norway twice to claim his first world title.

His brother, Jamie Koe has represented the Territories in the last four of the last five Briers, while his sister Kerry has represented the Territories in five of the last six Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Grand Slam record

Event	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
World Cup	DNP	QF	Q	QF	QF	F	F	F	QF
The National	DNP	DNP	QF	Q	F	F	Q	SF	Q
Canadian Open	DNP	DNP	SF	F	SF	Q	Q	Q	SF
Players'	Q	C	Q	QF	DNP	SF	QF	SF	SF

Key

• C – Champion
• F – Lost final
• SF – Lost semi final
• QF – Lost quarter final
• Q – Did not make playoffs
• DNP – Did not participate in event

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
2002–03	Kevin Koe	Jamie Koe	Scott Cripps	Mike Westlund
2003–04	John Morris	Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Paul Moffatt
2004–05	John Morris	Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Paul Moffatt
2005–06	John Morris	Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Paul Moffatt
2006–07	Blake MacDonald (fourth)	Kevin Koe (skip)	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen
2007–08	Blake MacDonald (fourth)	Kevin Koe (skip)	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	2007 CC
2009–09	Blake MacDonald (fourth)	Kevin Koe (skip)	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen
2009–10	Kevin Koe	Blake MacDonald	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	2009 COCT, 2010 Alta., Brier, WCC
2010–11	Kevin Koe	Blake MacDonald	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	2011 Alta., CC

External links

• Player profiles
• Team Koe Webpage