Canadian men's curling championship
The 2008 Tim Hortons Brier , Canada's men's curling championship, was held from March 8 to 16 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg , Manitoba .[1] Skipped by Kevin Martin , Alberta defeated the defending champion, and reigning World Champion Glenn Howard and Team Ontario. The final pitted arguably the top 2 teams in the world, at least the top 2 teams in the World Curling Tour . The final, while close, failed to live up to expectations, and was widely considered boring, and was full of mistakes due to ice problems. Martin had a draw to the button in the tenth end to win the game.
Teams [ ]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saville SC , Edmonton
Skip: Kevin Martin
Third: John Morris
Second: Marc Kennedy
Lead: Ben Hebert
Alternate: Adam Enright
Kelowna CC , Kelowna
Fourth: Jim Cotter
Skip: Bob Ursel
Second: Kevin Folk
Lead: Rick Sawatsky
Alternate: Tom Buchy
Assiniboine Memorial CC , Winnipeg
Skip: Kerry Burtnyk
Third:
Second: Richard Daneault
Lead: Garth Smith
Alternate: Reid Carruthers
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northern Ontario
, Oromocto
Skip: James Grattan
Third: Mike Kennedy
Second:
Lead:
Alternate: Andy McCann
Bally Haly G&CC , St. John's
Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Chris Schille
Lead:
Alternate:
Soo CA , Sault Ste. Marie
Skip:
Third: E. J. Harnden
Second: Ryan Harnden
Lead: Caleb Flaxey
Alternate: Brad Jacobs
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Bridgewater CC , Bridgewater
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Alternate:
, Coldwater
Skip: Glenn Howard
Third: Richard Hart
Second: Brent Laing
Lead: Craig Savill
Alternate: Steve Bice
, Charlottetown
Skip: Peter Gallant
Third:
Second: Mark O'Rourke
Lead:
Alternate:
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon/Northwest Territories
, Sainte-Foy , Saint-Romuald
Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard
Third: Martin Crête
Second: Éric Sylvain
Lead: Jean Gagnon
Alternate: Philippe Ménard
, Davidson
Skip: Pat Simmons
Third:
Second:
Lead: Steve Laycock
Alternate:
Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Alternate:
Round robin standings [ ]
Final Round Robin Standings
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Round robin results [ ]
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6 ).
Draw 1 [ ]
Saturday, March 8, 14:00
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon /Northwest Territories (Cowan)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
5
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Ursel)
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
X
4
Ontario (Howard)
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
3
0
X
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
6
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
2
0
7
Draw 2 [ ]
Saturday, March 8, 19:00
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
1
7
Nova Scotia (Rafuse)
1
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
6
Quebec (Ménard)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Prince Edward Island (Gallant)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
3
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
6
Draw 3 [ ]
Sunday, March 9, 8:30
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
8
British Columbia (Ursel)
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
2
8
Prince Edward Island (Gallant)
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
5
Draw 4 [ ]
Sunday, March 9, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
7
Alberta (Martin)
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Quebec (Ménard)
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
7
Ontario (Howard)
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
8
Nova Scotia (Rafuse)
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
7
Draw 5 [ ]
Sunday, March 9, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Ursel)
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
4
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
2
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon /Northwest Territories (Cowan)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
4
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
4
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Rafuse)
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
X
2
Quebec (Ménard)
5
3
0
4
0
1
X
X
X
X
13
Draw 6 [ ]
Monday, March 10, 9:30
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Harnden)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
4
Ontario (Howard)
1
0
2
0
3
0
2
1
X
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
2
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
X
X
8
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
X
X
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ménard)
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
5
British Columbia (Ursel)
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
4
Alberta (Martin)
1
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
X
7
Draw 7 [ ]
Monday, March 10, 14:00
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Rafuse)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
X
5
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Howard)
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
X
7
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
2
Draw 8 [ ]
Monday, March 10, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
3
10
Quebec (Menard)
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
2
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
9
Northern Ontario (Harnden)
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
1
1
0
8
Draw 9 [ ]
Tuesday, March 11, 9:30
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
3
1
9
Quebec (Menard)
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
2
1
3
0
1
0
0
2
X
X
9
Northern Ontario (Harnden)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
X
X
3
Draw 10 [ ]
Tuesday, March 11, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Menard)
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
7
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Rafuse)
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
6
Alberta (Martin)
0
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
8
Draw 11 [ ]
Tuesday, March 11, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Howard)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
5
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
0
7
Prince Edward Island (Gallant)
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
3
1
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
2
0
0
2
4
0
2
X
X
X
10
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
3
Draw 12 [ ]
Wednesday, March 12, 9:30
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
X
4
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)
1
0
4
0
0
2
0
2
X
X
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon /Northwest Territories (Cowan)
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
5
Quebec (Menard)
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Howard)
1
0
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
2
8
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
5
Draw 13 [ ]
Wednesday, March 12, 14:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
5
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
0
2
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Menard)
1
1
1
0
1
0
4
X
X
X
8
Prince Edward Island (Gallant)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
2
Draw 14 [ ]
Wednesday, March 12, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
1
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
X
8
Northern Ontario (Harnden)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Ursel)
2
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
1
X
8
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
1
1
X
7
Yukon /Northwest Territories (Cowan)
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
X
4
Draw 15 [ ]
Thursday, March 13, 9:30
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Howard)
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
4
Alberta (Martin)
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
1
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
9
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
3
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
7
Draw 16 [ ]
Thursday, March 13, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
6
British Columbia (Ursel)
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Harnden)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
7
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
X
7
Quebec (Menard)
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
3
Draw 17 [ ]
Thursday, March 13, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
0
0
0
3
4
0
1
X
X
X
8
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Menard)
2
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
9
Northern Ontario (Harnden)
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Rafuse)
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
6
Ontario (Howard)
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
8
Tiebreaker [ ]
Friday, March 14, 19:30
Playoffs [ ]
3 vs. 4 [ ]
Friday, March 14, 15:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Howard)
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
3
0
X
9
British Columbia (Ursel)
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
X
7
1 vs. 2 [ ]
Friday, March 14, 20:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
8
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
2
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
7
Semifinal [ ]
Saturday, March 15, 13:30
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Saskatchewan (Simmons)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
7
Ontario (Howard)
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
8
Final [ ]
Sunday, March 16, 17:30
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
5
Ontario (Howard)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
4
Statistics [ ]
Top 5 player percentages [ ]
Round Robin only
Playdowns [ ]
Canadian men's provincial and territorial curling championships
Defending provincial champions in italics
Alberta [ ]
The 2008 Boston Pizza Cup February 12��17, Grant Fuhr Arena , Spruce Grove
Triple knock out format.
Playoffs
1 vs. 2: Martin 7-6 Ferbey
3 vs. 4: Pahl 3-6 Koe
Semifinal: Ferbey 11-7 Koe
Final: Martin 7-4 Ferbey
British Columbia [ ]
February 4–10, , Penticton
Tie-breakers
Joanisse 10-5 McArdle
Horning 11-6 Joanisse
Page Playoffs
Buchy 2-8 Ursel
McAulay 8-1 Horning
Semifinal
Final
Manitoba [ ]
February 13–17, Brandon Keystone Centre , Brandon
Double knock out format with a playoff round and then a page playoff championship. After Saturday afternoon draws.
Playoffs
1 vs. 2: Burtnyk 5-8 Bohn
3 vs. 4: Peters 3-5 McEwen
Semifinal: McEwen 5-7 Burtnyk
Final: Bohn 5-11 Burtnyk
New Brunswick [ ]
February 13–17, , Fredericton [1]
Tie breakers
Sherrard 9-1 Brannen
Sullivan 7-3 Howard
Sullivan 7-6 Sherrard
Semifinal
Final
Defending champion Paul Dobson did not qualify/participate
Newfoundland and Labrador [ ]
February 5–10, , Labrador City
Tiebreaker
Semifinal
Final
Northern Ontario [ ]
February 4–9, , Englehart
Group A
Group B
Tie breakers
Dumontelle 6-4 Henderson
Dumontelle 5-3 Adams
Playoffs
A2 vs. B3: E. Harnden 9-5 Lapointe
B2 vs. A3: Dumontelle 8-7 Gordon
B1 vs. A1: Currie 7-3 Clifford
Quarter final: E. Harnden 11-10 Dumontelle
Semifinal: E. Harnden 7-3 Clifford
Final: Currie 3-7 E. Harnden
Nova Scotia [ ]
February 6–10, , Wolfville Triple knock-out format.
Playoffs
1 vs. 2: Saunders 3-4 Rafuse
3 vs. 4: MacKenzie 5-10 Adams
Semifinal: Saunders 6-7 Adams
Final: Rafuse 4-3 Adams
Ontario [ ]
The 2008 TSC Stores Tankard , February 4–10, Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex , Waterloo
Tie breakers
Tuck 9-4 Middaugh
Lobel 9-8 Tuck
Page Playoffs
Howard 4-6 Corner
Lobel 7-8 Harris
Semifinal
Final
Prince Edward Island [ ]
February 5–10, , Crapaud
Tiebreaker
Playoffs
1 vs. 2: Likely 5-6 Gallant
3 vs. 4: Stevenson 10-3 MacDonald
Semifinal: Likely 10-5 Stevenson
Final: Likely 7-8 Gallant
Quebec [ ]
February 5–12, Colisée de Trois-Rivières , Trois-Rivières
Group A
Group B
Defending champion Pierre Charette is playing third for Hemmings.
Tie breakers
Tardif 10-4 Reid
Roberge 7-3 Dupuis
Roberge 10-2 Tardif
Playoffs
A2 vs. B3: Desjardins 5-4 Butler
B2 vs. A3: Roberge 9-4 Bédard
A1 vs. B1: Ménard 7-5 Ferland
Quarter-final: Roberge 7-4 Desjardins
Semi-final: Ferland 7-5 Roberge
Final: Ménard 7-5 Ferland
Saskatchewan [ ]
February 6–10, , Balgonie . Triple elimination until playoff round.
Playoffs
1 vs. 2: Bryden 4-6 Simmons
3 vs. 4: Jordison 4-10 McKee
Semifinal: Bryden 4-6 McKee
Final: Simmons 10-5 McKee
Yukon/Northwest Territories [ ]
February 14–17, Whitehorse Curling Club, Whitehorse . Double round robin. Through five draws.
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Wins
Losses
4
2
4
2
4
2
0
5
Tiebreakers
Solberg d. Moss
Cowan 9-8 Solberg
Defending champion Jamie Koe was eliminated in the N.W.T. playdowns.
References [ ]
See also [ ]
Macdonald Brier Labatt Brier Nokia Brier Tim Hortons Brier