2013 Boston Pizza Cup Explained

2013 Boston Pizza Cup
Host City:Leduc, Alberta
Arena:Leduc Recreation Centre
Dates:February 6–10
Winner:Kevin Martin
Curling Club:Saville SC, Edmonton
Skip:Kevin Martin
Third:John Morris
Second:Marc Kennedy
Lead:Ben Hebert
Finalist:Kevin Koe
Prev:2012
Next:2014

The 2013 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup, the men's provincial curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 6 to 10 at the Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, Alberta. The winner of the Boston Pizza Cup represented Alberta at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton.

Qualification process

See main article: 2013 Boston Pizza Cup – Qualification. Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:

Qualification method Berths Qualifying team
1 Kevin Koe[1]
Highest-ranked team on CTRS not already qualified 1 Kevin Martin[2]
Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points 2 Brendan Bottcher
Jamie King
Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 4–6)[3] 2 Kurt Balderston
Graham Powell
Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 17–20) 3 Tom Appelman
Wade White
James Pahl
Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 18–21)[4] 3 Charley Thomas
Matthew Blandford
Aaron Sluchinski

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale(s)
Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
St. Albert Curling Club, St. Albert
Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary
Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith
Graham Powell Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith
Brent Bawel[6] Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Calgary Curling Club, Calgary
Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary
Inglewood Curling Club, Calgary
Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:[7]

C event

Knockout results

All draws are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).[7]

Draw 1

Wednesday, February 6, 9:30 am

Draw 2

Wednesday, February 6, 6:30 pm

Draw 3

Thursday, February 7, 9:00 am

Draw 4

Thursday, February 7, 2:00 pm

Draw 5

Thursday, February 7, 6:30 pm

Draw 6

Friday, February 8, 9:00 am

Draw 7

Friday, February 8, 2:00 pm

Draw 8

Friday, February 8, 6:30 pm

Draw 9

Saturday, February 9, 1:00 pm

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 9, 6:30 pm

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 9, 6:30 pm

Semifinal

Sunday, February 10, 9:30 am

Final

Sunday, February 10, 2:00 pm

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kevin Koe to defend Alberta title. 4 July 2012. 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. 28 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Top CTRS team to qualify for Alberta BP Cup. 21 November 2012. 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. 28 November 2012.
  3. Web site: Two More Qualifiers from Peace Curling Assoc.. 7 January 2013. 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. 8 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Men's Playdowns. Southern Alberta Curling Association. 8 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120427192728/http://apps.saca.ca/pdm/Playdowns/PublicList/1. 27 April 2012. dead.
  5. Web site: 2013 Boston Pizza Cup – Teams. 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. 28 November 2012.
  6. Web site: Switching places works wonders for Appelmans. Edmonton Journal. 18 January 2013. 24 January 2013.
  7. Web site: 2013 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup – Draw. 2013bostonpizzacup.com. 1 February 2013.