2019 Canada Cup

The 2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup was held from November 27 – December 1 at Sobeys Arena in Leduc, Alberta. The tournament winners were the first qualifiers for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.^[1]

2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup
Host city	Leduc, Alberta
Arena	Sobeys Arena
Dates	November 27 – December 1
Men's winner	John Epping
Curling club	Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto
Skip	John Epping
Third	Ryan Fry
Second	Mat Camm
Lead	Brent Laing
Finalist	Kevin Koe
Women's winner	Rachel Homan
Curling club	Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa
Skip	Rachel Homan
Third	Emma Miskew
Second	Joanne Courtney
Lead	Lisa Weagle
Coach	Marcel Rocque
Finalist	Tracy Fleury
« 2018

In the men's final, John Epping beat Kevin Koe to win his first Canada Cup. Koe was looking for his third title, having won the event in 2008 and 2015.

In the women's final, Rachel Homan defeated Tracy Fleury to win her second Canada Cup event, her first in 2015. It was Fleury's first Canada Cup playoff appearance with her previous best finish a 2-4 round robin record.

The total purse for the event was $265,000 with the winning teams to receive $40,000.^[2]

Men

Teams

Six teams qualified for the event on September 17. The top-ranked team on the CTRS standings as of November 11 that hasn't previously qualified will also qualify for the event.^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Brendan Bottcher	Darren Moulding	Brad Thiessen	Karrick Martin		Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
Matt Dunstone	Braeden Moskowy	Catlin Schneider	Dustin Kidby	Pat Simmons	Highland Curling Club, Regina, Saskatchewan
John Epping	Ryan Fry	Mat Camm	Brent Laing		Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker		Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club & RE/MAX Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard	Scott Howard	David Mathers	Tim March		Penetanguishene Curling Club, Toronto, Ontario
Brad Jacobs	Marc Kennedy	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden		Community First Curling Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe	B. J. Neufeld	Colton Flasch	Ben Hebert		The Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta

^[4][5]

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Skip	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Kevin Koe	5	1	48	33	25	23	4	3	85%
Brendan Bottcher	5	1	39	23	23	17	8	5	84%
John Epping	4	2	40	29	23	23	5	6	82%
Brad Gushue	3	3	31	38	22	21	5	2	86%
Brad Jacobs	2	4	30	39	21	24	7	3	84%
Glenn Howard	2	4	25	34	19	21	6	2	81%
Matt Dunstone	0	6	25	42	19	23	3	4	82%

Round-robin results

All times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−06:00)^[6]

Draw 1

Wednesday, November 27, 9:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	7
Kevin Koe	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	4
Brendan Bottcher	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	2	X	X	10

Draw 2

Wednesday, November 27, 2:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Gushue	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	9
Matt Dunstone	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Brad Jacobs	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	X	6

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 27, 7:00 pm

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	2	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	2	X	11
Brad Jacobs	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Dunstone	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	4
John Epping	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	X	X	8

Draw 4

Thursday, November 28, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Jacobs	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	7
Matt Dunstone	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 5

Thursday, November 28, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	6
Brad Gushue	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Dunstone	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4
Brendan Bottcher	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	5

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

Draw 6

Thursday, November 28, 7:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
John Epping	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	2	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4
Glenn Howard	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3

Draw 7

Friday, November 29, 9:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
John Epping	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	X	7

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

Draw 8

Friday, November 29, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brad Jacobs	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2
Brad Gushue	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	X	X	8
Matt Dunstone	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Draw 9

Friday, November 29, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Dunstone	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
Glenn Howard	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Koe	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	X	X	10
Brad Gushue	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	3
Brendan Bottcher	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	X	X	7

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Kevin Koe	4
	2	Brendan Bottcher	4			3	John Epping	7
	3	John Epping	12

Semifinal

Saturday, November 30, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	4
John Epping	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	3	X	12

Player percentages
Team Bottcher		Team Epping
Karrick Martin	89%	Brent Laing	99%
Brad Thiessen	90%	Mat Camm	92%
Darren Moulding	85%	Ryan Fry	88%
Brendan Bottcher	68%	John Epping	93%
Total	83%	Total	93%

Final

Sunday, December 1, 5:00 pm

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

Player percentages
Team Koe		Team Epping
Ben Hebert	95%	Brent Laing	100%
Colton Flasch	76%	Mat Camm	91%
B. J. Neufeld	90%	Ryan Fry	78%
Kevin Koe	74%	John Epping	83%
Total	84%	Total	88%

Women

Teams

Six teams qualified for the event on September 17. The top-ranked team on the CTRS standings as of November 11 that hasn't previously qualified will also qualify for the event.^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Chelsea Carey	Sarah Wilkes	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown		The Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta
Kerri Einarson	Val Sweeting	Shannon Birchard	Briane Meilleur		Gimli Curling Club, Gimli, Manitoba
Tracy Fleury	Selena Njegovan	Liz Fyfe	Kristin MacCuish		East St. Paul Curling Club, East St. Paul, Manitoba
Rachel Homan	Emma Miskew	Joanne Courtney	Lisa Weagle		Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones	Kaitlyn Lawes	Jocelyn Peterman	Dawn McEwen		St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Cheryl Bernard[a]	Cary-Anne McTaggart	Jessie Haughian[b]	Kristie Moore	Susan O'Connor[b]	Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge, Alberta
Robyn Silvernagle	Stefanie Lawton	Jessie Hunkin	Kara Thevenot		Twin Rivers Curling Club, North Battleford, Saskatchewan

^[4]

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Skip	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Rachel Homan	5	1	42	30	27	24	3	7	84%
Tracy Fleury	5	1	53	30	30	20	3	10	76%
Chelsea Carey	4	2	39	39	26	22	5	7	81%
Team Scheidegger	2	4	33	41	22	23	1	6	80%
Kerri Einarson	2	4	34	40	20	26	5	3	78%
Jennifer Jones	2	4	39	47	24	27	0	4	81%
Robyn Silvernagle	1	5	34	47	22	27	4	5	73%

Round-robin results

All times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−06:00)^[6]

Draw 1

Wednesday, November 27, 9:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Robyn Silvernagle	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	5
Rachel Homan	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	X	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jennifer Jones	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	6
Team Scheidegger	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	9

Draw 2

Wednesday, November 27, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rachel Homan	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Chelsea Carey	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jennifer Jones	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	5
Kerri Einarson	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Robyn Silvernagle	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	3
Tracy Fleury	1	0	3	2	2	0	1	4	X	X	13

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Scheidegger	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	X	X	X	7
Kerri Einarson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tracy Fleury	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	X	X	10
Chelsea Carey	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	5

Draw 4

Thursday, November 28, 9:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rachel Homan	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	2	X	10
Tracy Fleury	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chelsea Carey	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	X	9
Team Scheidegger	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kerri Einarson	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	9
Robyn Silvernagle	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	7

Draw 5

Thursday, November 28, 2:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Robyn Silvernagle	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	7
Jennifer Jones	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Scheidegger	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	3
Rachel Homan	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	8

Draw 6

Thursday, November 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kerri Einarson	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Tracy Fleury	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jennifer Jones	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	X	10
Chelsea Carey	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	X	7

Draw 7

Friday, November 29, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tracy Fleury	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	7
Jennifer Jones	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chelsea Carey	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8
Kerri Einarson	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	7

Draw 8

Friday, November 29, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chelsea Carey	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
Robyn Silvernagle	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tracy Fleury	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	8
Team Scheidegger	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kerri Einarson	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	4
Rachel Homan	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Draw 9

Friday, November 29, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rachel Homan	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	7
Jennifer Jones	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Scheidegger	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	4
Robyn Silvernagle	0	0	2	1	0	4	1	1	X	X	9

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Rachel Homan	9
	2	Tracy Fleury	9			2	Tracy Fleury	4
	3	Chelsea Carey	4

Semifinal

Saturday, November 30, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tracy Fleury	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	X	9
Chelsea Carey	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Player percentages
Team Fleury		Team Carey
Kristin MacCuish	82%	Rachelle Brown	90%
Liz Fyfe	76%	Dana Ferguson	86%
Selena Njegovan	90%	Sarah Wilkes	86%
Tracy Fleury	92%	Chelsea Carey	72%
Total	85%	Total	84%

Final

Sunday, December 1, 12:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rachel Homan	1	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	9
Tracy Fleury	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Player percentages
Team Homan		Team Fleury
Lisa Weagle	88%	Kristin MacCuish	93%
Joanne Courtney	82%	Liz Fyfe	89%
Emma Miskew	88%	Selena Njegovan	68%
Rachel Homan	90%	Tracy Fleury	71%
Total	87%	Total	80%

Notes

1. Cheryl Bernard replaced Casey Scheidegger, who was due to give birth.^[7]
2. Susan O'Connor threw lead stones for Team Scheidegger during Draw 4.