2023 Boston Pizza Cup | |
Host City: | Enoch, Alberta |
Arena: | River Cree Resort and Casino |
Dates: | February 8–12 |
Winner: | Team Koe |
Curling Club: | The Glencoe Club, Calgary |
Skip: | Kevin Koe |
Third: | Tyler Tardi |
Second: | Brad Thiessen |
Lead: | Karrick Martin |
Finalist: | Brendan Bottcher |
Prev: | 2022 |
Next: | 2024 |
The 2023 Boston Pizza Cup, the provincial men's curling championship for Alberta, was held February 8 to 12 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alberta.[1] The winning Kevin Koe rink represented Alberta at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario where after placing second in Pool A with a 7–1 record, they lost in the Championship round semifinal to Ontario 9–8.
Additionally, two other rinks qualified for the Brier as wild card teams based on CTRS standings. The Brendan Bottcher rink was the Wild Card #1 representative while the Karsten Sturmay rink was the Wild Card #3 representative. The Bottcher rink would end up with a bronze medal finish losing to eventual runner-up Manitoba in the semifinal 7–5. The Sturmay rink finished sixth in Pool B with a 3–5 record.
Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team(s) | |
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WCT Leaders[2] | 3 | Brendan Bottcher Kevin Koe Karsten Sturmay | |
Excel Points Leader[3] | 2 | Aaron Sluchinski Scott Webb | |
Okotoks Qualifier[4] | 2 | Kyler Kleibrink Daylan Vavrek | |
Slave Lake Qualifier[5] | 2 | Warren Cross Johnson Tao | |
Edmonton Qualifier[6] | 3 | Ryan Jacques Parker Konschuh Warren Kozak |
The teams are listed as follows:[7] [8]
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club | |
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The Glencoe Club, Calgary | ||||||
Saville Community SC, Edmonton | ||||||
Saville Community SC, Edmonton | ||||||
The Glencoe Club, Calgary | ||||||
The Glencoe Club, Calgary | ||||||
Derrick G&WC, Edmonton | ||||||
Kris Gira | Airdie CC, Airdrie North Hill CC, Calgary | |||||
Kerr Drummond | The Glencoe Club, Calgary | |||||
Kurtis Goller | St. Albert CC, St. Albert | |||||
Saville Community SC, Edmonton | ||||||
Carter Lautner | Sexsmith CC, Sexsmith | |||||
Shawn Donnelly | Grande Prairie CC, Grande Prairie |
Source:[9]
All draw times are listed in Mountain Time .[10] [11]
Wednesday, February 8, 1:00 pm
Wednesday, February 8, 6:30 pm
Thursday, February 9, 9:00 am
Thursday, February 9, 2:00 pm
Thursday, February 9, 7:00 pm
Friday, February 10, 8:30 am
Friday, February 10, 1:00 pm
Friday, February 10, 5:00 pm
Saturday, February 11, 11:00 am
Source:[12]
Saturday, February 11, 7:00 pm
Saturday, February 11, 7:00 pm
Sunday, February 12, 10:00 am
Sunday, February 12, 3:00 pm