2018 Boston Pizza Cup
| 2018 Boston Pizza Cup | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Spruce Grove, Alberta |
| Arena | Grant Fuhr Arena |
| Dates | 31 January - 4 February |
| Winner | Brendan Bottcher |
| Curling club | Saville Sports Centre |
| Skip | Brendan Bottcher |
| Third | Darren Moulding |
| Second | Bradley Thiessen |
| Lead | Karrick Martin |
| Finalist | Karsten Sturmay |
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The 2018 Boston Pizza Cup was held from 31 January to 4 February at the Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The winning Brendan Bottcher rink will represent Alberta at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan.[1]
The semifinal and final games were broadcast on Sportsnet One.[2]
Qualification Method
Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:
| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team |
|---|---|---|
| Defending Champions | 1 | Brendan Bottcher[1] |
| Highest-ranked team on CTRS | 1 | Aaron Sluchinski |
| ACF bonspiel points | 2 | Karsten Sturmay Ted Appelman |
| Peace Qualifier | 2 | Scott Webb Daylan Vavrek |
| Northern Qualifier | 3 | Thomas Usselman Mike Hutchings Charley Thomas |
| Southern Qualifier | 3 | Scott Garnett Kevin Park Jeremy Harty |
Teams
The teams are as follows:[3]
Knockout Draw Brackets
The draw is listed as follows:[4][5]
A Event
| First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bottcher | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Garnett | 4 | Vavrek | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vavrek | 8 | Bottcher | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Usselman | 2 | Sturmay | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sturmay | 4 | Slushinski | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sturmay | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bottcher | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appelman | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harty | 11 | Harty | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hutchings | 10 | Appelman | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Park | 8 | Thomas | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Webb | 5 | Thomas | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Park | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
B Event
| Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Garnett | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sluchinski | 6 | Appelman | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Garnett | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appelman | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harty | 9 | Sturmay | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Webb | 6 | Sturmay | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harty | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sturmay | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hutchings | 3 | Thomas | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Park | 11 | Vavrek | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Usselman | 6 | Park | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vavrek | 7 | Vavrek | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thomas | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
C Event
| Third Knockout | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | ||||||||||||
| Webb | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Webb | 9 | Vavrek | 7 | |||||||||||
| Sluchninski | 4 | Vavrek | 9 | |||||||||||
| Appelman | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Appelman | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Park | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Third Knockout | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | ||||||||||||
| Hutchings | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Garnett | 9 | Garnett | 8 | |||||||||||
| Harty | 5 | Usselman | 5 | |||||||||||
| Usselman | 8 | Garnett | 5 | |||||||||||
| Thomas | 6 | |||||||||||||
Playoffs
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
| A | Brendan Bottcher | 7 | A | Brendan Bottcher | 9 | ||||||||
| B | Karsten Sturmay | 6 | B | Karsten Sturmay | 3 | ||||||||
| B | Karsten Sturmay | 7 | |||||||||||
| C1 | Daylan Vavrek | 5 | |||||||||||
| C1 | Daylan Vavrek | 7 | |||||||||||
| C2 | Charley Thomas | 6 | |||||||||||
A vs. B
February 3, 6:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brendan Bottcher 
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
C1 vs. C2
February 3, 6:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylan Vavrek
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Semifinal
February 4, 11:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karsten Sturmay
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
Final
February 4, 5:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Bottcher
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| 2018 Boston Pizza Cup |
|---|
 Brendan Bottcher 2nd Alberta Provincial Championship title |
References
- ^ a b Jones, Terry (31 January 2018). "Time for the taking is now at Alberta men's curling championships". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ Brazeau, Jonathan (29 January 2018). "8 Ends: Big 3 lead stacked field at Viterra Championship". Sportsnet. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ http://2018bostonpizzacup.com/teams/
- ^ "Draws and Scores". 2018 Boston Pizza Cup. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Alberta Boston Pizza Cup - Scores". Curling Zone. Retrieved 2 February 2018.