2008 Boston Pizza Cup Explained

2008 Boston Pizza Cup
Host City:	Spruce Grove, Alberta
Arena:	Grant Fuhr Arena
Dates:	February 12–17
Winner:	Team Martin
Curling Club:	Saville SC, Edmonton
Skip:	Kevin Martin
Second:	Marc Kennedy
Lead:	Ben Hebert
Finalist:	Randy Ferbey
Prev:	2007
Next:	2009

The 2008 Boston Pizza Cup, the men's curling championships for Alberta, was held from February 12 to 17 at the Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The Kevin Martin rink won the final over Randy Ferbey's team and represented Alberta at the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier, which they also won.

This was the first Alberta provincial championship under the sponsorship of Boston Pizza, following the departure of Kia. Additionally, the format of the event was changed from a round robin to a triple-knockout.

Qualification process

Source:^[1]

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team(s)
Defending Champion	1	Kevin Martin
CTRS Ranking	1	Randy Ferbey
ACF Bonspiel Points	2	Kurt Balderston James Pahl
Peace Curling Association Playdown	2	Ron Chrenek Jeff Ginter
Northern Alberta Curling Association Playdown	3	Kevin Koe Shane Park David Stewart
Southern Alberta Curling Association Playdown	3	Terry Meek Darren Moulding Steve Petryk

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead<	--! scope="col"	Club(s)-->
			Del Shaughnessy
			Dan Lemieux
David Nedohin (Fourth)	Randy Ferbey (Skip)		Marcel Rocque
			Larry Ziprick
Blake MacDonald (Fourth)	Kevin Koe (Skip)		Nolan Thiessen
			Ben Hebert
			Roland Robinson

Knockout brackets

Sources:^{[2] [3] [4]}

C event

Knockout results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time .

Draw 1

Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 pm^[5]

Draw 2

Wednesday, February 13, 9:00 am^[6]

Draw 3

Wednesday, February 13, 2:00 pm^[7]

Draw 4

Wednesday, February 13, 7:00 pm^[8]

Draw 5

Thursday, February 14, 2:00 pm^[9]

Draw 6

Thursday, February 14, 7:00 pm^[10]

Draw 7

Friday, February 15, 2:00 pm^[11]

Draw 8

Friday, February 15, 7:00 pm^[12]

Draw 9

Saturday, February 16, 2:00 pm^[13]

Playoffs

Source: ^[14]

A vs. B

Saturday, February 16, 7:00 pm

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 16, 7:00 pm

Semifinal

Sunday, February 17, 9:30 am

Final

Sunday, February 17, 2:00 pm

Notes and References

1. Web site: Teams . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
2. Web site: Draw/Results - A Event . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
3. Web site: Draw/Results - B Event . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
4. Web site: Draw/Results - C Event . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
5. Web site: Linescores - Draw 1 . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
6. Web site: Linescores - Draw 2 . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
7. Web site: Linescores - Draw 3 . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
8. Web site: Linescores - Draw 4 . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
9. Web site: Linescores - Draw 5 . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
10. Web site: Linescores - Draw 6 . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
11. Web site: Linescores - Draw 7 . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
12. Web site: Linescores - Draw 8 . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
13. Web site: Linescores - Draw 9 . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.
14. Web site: Draw/Results - Championship Event . 2008 Boston Pizza Cup . 12 February 2024.