2016 Boston Pizza Cup

The 2016 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 10 to 14 at the Encana Arena in Camrose, Alberta. The winning Kevin Koe rink represented Alberta at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa. Koe's rink went on to win the Brier, his third Brier championship as skip.

2016 Boston Pizza Cup
Host city	Camrose, Alberta
Arena	Encana Arena
Dates	February 10–14
Winner	Kevin Koe
Curling club	The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Skip	Kevin Koe
Third	Marc Kennedy
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Ben Hebert
Finalist	Charley Thomas
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Qualification process

Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team
Defending champion from previous year	1	Kevin Koe
Highest-ranked team on CTRS not already qualified	1	Charley Thomas
Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points	2	Mick Lizmore Brendan Bottcher
Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 15–17)	2	Tom Sallows Greg Pasichnuk
Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 14–17)	3	Jeff Erickson Greg Hansen Warren Cross
Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 15–18)	3	Brent Bawel Kevin Park Kevin Yablonski

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale(s)
Brent Bawel	Lyle Kent	Byron Wickerson	Nathan Relitz		Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie
Brendan Bottcher	Tom Appelman	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Warren Cross	Dean Darwent	Jeremy Hodges	Cody Bartlett		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Jeff Erickson	Dustin Eckstrand	Shaun Planaden	Scott Cruickshank		Sedgewick Curling Club, Sedgewick
Glen Hansen	Doug McLennan	Don Bartlett	George Parsons		St. Albert Curling Club, St. Albert
Kevin Koe	Marc Kennedy	Brent Laing	Ben Hebert		Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary
Mick Lizmore	Daylan Vavrek	Brad Chyz	Carter Lautner		Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Kevin Park	Brock Virtue	Adam Norget	Dylan Webster	Mike Neufeld	Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge
Greg Pasichnuk	James Knievel	Kevin Albrecht	Chad Krantz	Evan Asmussen	Manning Curling Club, Manning
Jordan Steinke (fourth)	Tom Sallows (skip)	Mark Pillsworth	Kendall Warawa		Grande Prairie Curling Club, Grande Prairie
Charley Thomas	Nathan Connolly	Brandon Klassen	D. J. Kidby		Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary Crestwood Curling Club, Calgary
Kevin Yablonski	Michael Roy	Scott Garrett	Matthew McDonald		Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:^[1]

A event

	First Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
						Kevin Koe		8
	Brent Bawel		7			Brent Bawel		2
	Warren Cross		6								Kevin Koe		4
	Kevin Park		2								Mick Lizmore		6
	Greg Pasichnuk		8			Greg Pasichnuk		3
						Mick Lizmore		8
																Mick Lizmore		1
																Charley Thomas		7
						Charley Thomas		7
	Jeff Erickson		7			Kevin Yablonski		2
	Kevin Yablonski		8								Charley Thomas		8
	Tom Sallows		7								Brendan Bottcher		7
	Glen Hansen		5			Tom Sallows		2
						Brendan Bottcher		9

B event

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 2
	Greg Pasichnuk		7
	Warren Cross		6			Greg Pasichnuk		2
						Brendan Bottcher		12
											Brendan Bottcher		3
	Kevin Yablonski		7								Kevin Koe		8
	Kevin Park		8			Kevin Park		1
						Kevin Koe		7
																Kevin Koe		6
	Tom Sallows		7													Mick Lizmore		1
	Jeff Erickson		8			Jeff Erickson		5
	Brent Bawel		5			Glen Hansen		9
	Glen Hansen		7								Glen Hansen		7
											Mick Lizmore		8

C event

	Third Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 3
						Kevin Yablonski		9
	Warren Cross		5			Glen Hansen		4
	Kevin Yablonski		9								Kevin Yablonski		3
											Brendan Bottcher		10
						Jeff Erickson		4
						Brendan Bottcher		6

	Third Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 4
	Tom Sallows		11
	Greg Pasichnuk		6			Tom Sallows		2
	Brent Bawel		9			Brent Bawel		9
	Kevin Park		5								Brent Bawel		4
											Mick Lizmore		7

Knockout results

Draw 1

Wednesday, February 10, 9:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Park	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	2
Greg Pasichnuk	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	1	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Erickson	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
Kevin Yablonski	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tom Sallows	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	X	7
Glen Hansen	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brent Bawel	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	7
Warren Cross	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6

Draw 2

Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	1	0	3	0	0	4	X	X	X	X	8
Brent Bawel	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Pasichnuk	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	X	3
Mick Lizmore	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charley Thomas	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	X	X	7
Kevin Yablonski	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tom Sallows	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2
Brendan Bottcher	0	3	0	4	0	2	X	X	X	X	9

Draw 3

Thursday, February 11, 9:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
Mick Lizmore	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Charley Thomas	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	8
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	7

Draw 4

Thursday, February 11, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Pasichnuk	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	7
Warren Cross	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kevin Yablonski	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	7
Kevin Park	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tom Sallows	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	7
Jeff Erickson	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brent Bawel	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5
Glen Hansen	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7

Draw 5

Thursday, February 11, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Erickson	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
Glen Hansen	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Pasichnuk	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	2
Brendan Bottcher	3	2	1	3	0	3	X	X	X	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mick Lizmore	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1
Charley Thomas	1	2	1	2	1	0	X	X	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Park	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Kevin Koe	1	1	2	0	1	2	X	X	X	X	7

Draw 6

Friday, February 12, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tom Sallows	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	3	X	11
Greg Pasichnuk	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brent Bawel	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	X	9
Kevin Park	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Warren Cross	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	5
Kevin Yablonski	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	3	X	9

Draw 7

Friday, February 12, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	X	X	3
Kevin Koe	1	2	0	0	5	0	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glen Hansen	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	7
Mick Lizmore	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	8

Draw 8

Friday, February 6, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	X	X	X	6
Mick Lizmore	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Erickson	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Yablonski	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	X	X	9
Glen Hansen	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brent Bawel	1	0	2	3	0	1	2	X	X	X	9
Tom Sallows	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

Draw 9

Saturday, February 7, 1:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Yablonski	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	5	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brent Bawel	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
Mick Lizmore	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	7

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Charley Thomas

7

A

Charley Thomas

4

B

Kevin Koe

5

B

Kevin Koe

8

B

Kevin Koe

7

C1

Brendan Bottcher

4

C1

Brendan Bottcher

5

C2

Mick Lizmore

2

A vs. B

Saturday, February 13, 6:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Charley Thomas	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	7
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 13, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	X	5
Mick Lizmore	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	2

Semifinal

Sunday, February 14, 9:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	X	7
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	4

Final

Sunday, February 14, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charley Thomas	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4
Kevin Koe	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	X	8

2016 Boston Pizza Cup
Kevin Koe 5th Alberta Provincial Championship title