2019 Yukon Men's Curling Championship Explained

2019 Yukon Men's Curling Championship
Arena:Whitehorse Curling Club
Dates:February 7–10, 2019
Winner:Team Solberg
Skip:Jon Solberg
Third:Bob Smallwood
Second:Clinton Abel
Lead:Scott Odian
Finalist:Thomas Scoffin
Prev:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 Yukon Men's Curling Championship, the territorial men's curling championship for Yukon was held February 7 to 10 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse, Yukon.[1] The winning Jon Solberg team represented the Yukon at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship.

Teams

Three teams entered the event:[2]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Terry Miller Doug Hamilton Don McPhee Whitehorse
Trygg Jensen Joe Wallingham Whitehorse
Whitehorse

Draw

As there were three teams that entered, the event was a double round robin. If any team had gone undefeated, they would be declared the champions.[3] However, since no team went undefeated a playoff between the top two teams occurred.

Round robin standings

Skip W L
Solberg 3 1
Scoffin 2 2
Paslawski 1 3

Scores

February 7

Draw 1

February 8

Draw 2
Draw 3

February 9

Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6

Playoff

Solberg must be beaten twice.

Semifinal

Sunday, February 10, 9:00am

Final

A final was not necessary as Solberg won the semifinal.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament of Hearts and Brier Playdowns - TSN.ca . 20 December 2018 .
  2. Web site: Yukon Mens Curling Championship: Teams .
  3. Web site: 2015-2016 Yukon Championships . 2019-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160323212617/http://yukoncurling.ca/ChampionshipEvents/Championships.aspx . 2016-03-23 . dead .