2008 Canada Cup of Curling
| 2008 Strauss Canada Cup of Curling | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Arena | Interior Savings Centre |
| Dates | February 27-March 2 |
| Men's winner |  Kevin Koe |
| Curling club | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Skip | Kevin Koe |
| Fourth | Blake MacDonald |
| Second | Carter Rycroft |
| Lead | Nolan Thiessen |
| Finalist | Kevin Martin |
| Women's winner |  Stefanie Lawton |
| Curling club | , Saskatoon |
| Skip | Stefanie Lawton |
| Third | Marliese Kasner |
| Second | Sherri Singler |
| Lead | Lana Vey |
| Finalist |  Kelly Scott |
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The 2008 Strauss Canada Cup was held February 27 to March 2 at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. The men's champion was Kevin Koe and the women's champion was Stefanie Lawton.[1]
Men's[]
Teams[]
Glenn Howard (2007 Tim Hortons Brier winner)
Randy Ferbey (2007 Canada Cup of Curling winner)- Kevin Martin (2007 Players' Championships winner)
- Kevin Koe (JSI Qualifier)
Mike McEwen (JSI Qualifier)
Russ Howard (JSI Qualifier)(dropped out)- Kerry Burtnyk (JSI Qualifier)
- Jeff Stoughton (4th, CCA rankings as of Dec. 18, 2007)
Pat Simmons (7th, CCA rankings as of Dec. 18, 2007)
Brad Gushue (8th, CCA rankings as of Dec. 18, 2007)- Reid Carruthers (invited as replacement), with Charley Thomas as replacement skip
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Burtnyk | Richard Daneault | Garth Smith |  Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg
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| David Nedohin | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | , Edmonton
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| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Chris Schille |  Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club St. John's
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| Glenn Howard | Richard Hart | Brent Laing | Craig Savill |  , Coldwater
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| Blake MacDonald | Kevin Koe (skip) | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
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| Kevin Martin | Kevin Park | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
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| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg
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| Pat Simmons | Steve Laycock | , Davidson
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| Jeff Stoughton | Ryan Fry | Rob Fowler | Steve Gould | Charleswood Curling Club, Winnipeg
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| Charley Thomas | Jason Gunnlaugson | , Beausejour
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Standings[]
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | |
| Teams to Tiebreaker | |
Group A[]
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Koe |
4 | 1 |
| Simmons |
2 | 3 |
| Martin |
2 | 3 |
| Stoughton |
2 | 3 |
| McEwen |
2 | 3 |
Group B[]
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Gushue |
4 | 1 |
| Howard |
4 | 1 |
| Ferbey |
3 | 2 |
| Burtnyk |
1 | 4 |
| Carruthers |
1 | 4 |
Tie-breakers[]
- Tie-Breaker #1: Martin 8-7 Stoughton
- Tie-Breaker #1: Simmons 8-6 McEwen
- Tie-Breaker #2: Martin 10-2 Simmons
Playoffs[]
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
| A1 | Koe
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7 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Gushue
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5 | A1 | Koe
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6 | ||||||||
| B1 | Gushue
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2 | A2 | Martin
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5 | ||||||||
| A2 | Martin
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8 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Martin
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7 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Howard
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6 | |||||||||||
Women's[]
Teams[]
Kelly Scott (2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts winner)- Jennifer Jones (2007 Canada Cup of Curling and Player's Championships winner)
- Cheryl Bernard (Diversified Qualifier)
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Sherry Middaugh (Diversified Qualifier)(dropped out) - Stefanie Lawton (Diversified Qualifier)
- Janet Harvey (Diversified Qualifier)
- Shannon Kleibrink (1st, CCA rankings as of Dec. 18, 2007)
- Cathy King (7th, CCA rankings as of Dec. 18, 2007)
- Sherry Anderson (8th, CCA rankings as of Dec. 18, 2007)
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Michelle Englot (9th, CCA rankings as of Dec. 18, 2007)(dropped out) - Kristie Moore (invited as replacement)
- Heather Rankin (invited as replacement)
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherry Anderson | , Saskatoon
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| Cheryl Bernard | Susan O'Connor | Carolyn Darbyshire | Cori Bartel | Calgary Curling Club & , Calgary
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| Janet Harvey | Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg
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| Jennifer Jones | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jill Officer | Dawn Askin | St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg
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| Cathy King | Lori Olson | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
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| Shannon Kleibrink | Amy Nixon | Bronwen Saunders | Chelsey Bell | Calgary Winter Club, Calgary
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| Stefanie Lawton | Marliese Kasner | Sherri Singler | Lana Vey | CN Curling Club, Saskatoon
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| Heather Nedohin | Kristie Moore (skip) | Beth Iskiw | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
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| Heather Rankin | Deanna Doig | Heather Moulding | Calgary Winter Club, Calgary
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| Kelly Scott | Jeanna Schraeder* | Sasha Carter | Renee Simons | Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
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* temporarily replaced Schraeder and played lead, with Carter and Simons moving up their positions.
Standings[]
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | |
Group A[]
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard |
5 | 0 |
| Jones |
4 | 1 |
| Anderson |
3 | 2 |
| King |
1 | 4 |
| Harvey |
0 | 5 |
Group B[]
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Lawton |
4 | 1 |
| Scott |
4 | 1 |
| Kleibrink |
3 | 2 |
| Moore |
1 | 4 |
| Rankin |
0 | 5 |
Playoffs[]
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
| A1 | Bernard
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6 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Lawton
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7 | B1 | Lawton
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7 | ||||||||
| A1 | Bernard
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6 | B2 | Scott
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4 | ||||||||
| B2 | Scott
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10 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Jones
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9 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Scott
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10 | |||||||||||
Qualifying[]
The Four qualifying positions in both the men's and women's events were held December 12–16, 2007. The men's qualifier was held at the Ottawa Curling Club and Rideau Curling Club in Ottawa while the women's qualifier was held at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton.
John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier (Men)[]
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Russ Howard | 8 | ||||||||||||
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| Joel Jordison | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| Russ Howard | 8 | ||||||||||||
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| Mike McEwen | 9 | ||||||||||||
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| Mike McEwen | 8 | ||||||||||||
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| Nick Rizzo | 0 | ||||||||||||
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| Mike McEwen | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Kevin Koe | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Kerry Burtnyk | 11 | ||||||||||||
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| Jamie King | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Kerry Burtnyk | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Kevin Koe | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| Kevin Koe | 7 | ||||||||||||
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| Jeff Stoughton | 6 | ||||||||||||
Teams:
Shawn Adams- Chad Allen
- Kerry Burtnyk
Ted Butler- Reid Carruthers
- Peter Corner
- Robert Desjardins
- Martin Ferland
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- Joe Frans
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- Sean Geall
- James Grattan
- Brad Gushue
- Brad Heidt
- Guy Hemmings
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- Russ Howard
- Dean Joanisse
- Mark Johnson
- Joel Jordison
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- Mark Kehoe
- Jamie King
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- Kevin Koe
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- Allan Lyburn
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- Heath McCormick
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- Mike McEwen
- Jean-Michel Ménard
- John Morris (already qualified as part of team Kevin Martin)
- Darren Moulding
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- Dan Petryk
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- Howard Rajala
- Serge Reid
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- Nick Rizzo
- Pat Simmons
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- Jeff Stoughton
- Jim Sullivan
Diversified Transportation Canada Cup Qualifier (Women)[]
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Stefanie Lawton | 9 | ||||||||||||
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| Michelle Englot | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Stefanie Lawton | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| Cheryl Bernard | 7 | ||||||||||||
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| Cheryl Bernard | 7 | ||||||||||||
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| Heather Strong | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Cheryl Bernard | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Sherry Middaugh | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Sherry Middaugh | 8 | ||||||||||||
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| Krista McCarville | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| Sherry Middaugh | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| Janet Harvey | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Janet Harvey | 9 | ||||||||||||
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| 5 | |||||||||||||
Teams:
- Sherry Anderson
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- Ève Bélisle
- Cheryl Bernard
- Chelsea Carey
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- Chantelle Eberle
- Michelle Englot
Kerry Galusha
Suzanne Gaudet- Alison Goring
- Jenn Hanna
- Meredith Harrison
- Janet Harvey
- Amber Holland
- Rachel Homan
- Kristy Jenion
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- Colleen Jones
- Andrea Kelly
- Cathy King
- Shannon Kleibrink
- Patti Knezevic
- Stefanie Lawton
- Carrie Lindner
- Allison MacInnes
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- Krista McCarville
- Jolene McIvor
- Sherry Middaugh
- Kristie Moore
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- Heather Rankin
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- Julie Reddick
- Darcy Robertson
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- Renée Sonnenberg
- Barb Spencer
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- Heather Strong
- Crystal Webster
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External links[]
- "2008 Strauss Canada Cup - Standings and Rosters". CBCSports.ca. March 2, 2008. Archived from the original on March 31, 2009.
- "2008 Strauss Canada Cup - Men's draws and scores". CBCSports.ca. March 2, 2008. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009.
- "2008 Strauss Canada Cup - Women's draws and scores". CBCSports.ca. March 2, 2008. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008.
References[]
- ^ "Lawton and Koe win the Canada Cup". Curling Scoops. March 2, 2008. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012.
Categories:
- 2008 in Canadian curling
- Canada Cup (curling)
- Sport in Kamloops
- Curling in British Columbia
- 2008 in British Columbia
- February 2008 sports events in Canada
- March 2008 sports events in Canada