The 2017 Tim Hortons Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4–12, 2017 at the Mile One Centre in St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador .
This marked the second time the Brier was hosted by St. John's, the first being the 1972 Macdonald Brier .[1]
Newfoundland and Labrador won the Brier 7–6 in the final against Team Canada , giving skip Brad Gushue his first Brier title. With the win, the Gushue rink earned the right to represent Canada at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship held from April 1–9, 2017 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton , Alberta . They also represented Team Canada at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina , Saskatchewan and earned $225,000 for the victory. The bronze medal was won by Manitoba .
The total attendance for the event was 122,592, up from the 115,047 that attended the previous year's Brier held in Ottawa , Ontario . The attendance for the final was 6,471.[2]
Background [ ] Host bidding [ ] Both Ontario 's Sault Ste. Marie (Essar Centre )[3] Newfoundland and Labrador 's St. John's (Mile One Centre ) made bids for the Brier, but it was announced on September 14, 2015 that St. John's would host.
Brier Bear [ ] The wearer of the Brier Bear – the Brier-renowned mascot – suit, Reg Caughie,[4] [5] Curling Canada would continue the tradition of the Brier Bear.
Teams [ ] Ten of the fifteen teams of the 2017 Brier were in the top 30 of the men's 2016–17 CTRS standings . Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue , skip of one of the consistent top three rinks in Canada, attempted to win his first Brier (in 14 appearances) in front of a hometown crowd. Brothers Kevin Koe – representing Team Canada, and Jamie Koe – representing the Northwest Territories, again competed against each other. 2016 PEI Champion Adam Casey and his third David Mathers moved west to join rinks that then won the championships of Saskatchewan and Ontario, respectively.[6]
Glenn Howard won the Ontario Championship for the 17th time as either third or skip.[6] Kevin Martin , Randy Ferbey or Kevin Koe won the Alberta Championship for the first time since 1999 (although Kevin Martin coached Alberta's Brendan Bottcher ).
The teams are listed as follows:
Alberta
The Glencoe Club , Calgary Skip: Kevin Koe Third: Marc Kennedy Second: Brent Laing Lead: Ben Hebert [a] Alternate: Scott Pfeifer [a]
Saville SC , Edmonton Skip: Brendan Bottcher Third: Darren Moulding Second: Brad Thiessen Lead: Karrick Martin Alternate:
, Vernon Kelowna CC , Kelowna
Fourth: Jim Cotter Skip: John Morris Second: Tyrel Griffith Lead: Rick Sawatsky Alternate:
Fort Rouge CC , Winnipeg Skip: Mike McEwen Third: B.J. Neufeld Second: Matt Wozniak Lead: Denni Neufeld
, Fredericton
Skip: Mike Kennedy Third: Scott Jones Second: Marc LeCocq Lead: Jamie Brannen [b] Alternate: Spencer Mawhinney [b]
Bally Haly G&CC &St. John's CC , St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker
Community First CC , Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Brad Jacobs Third: Ryan Fry Second: E.J. Harnden Lead: Ryan Harnden Alternate:
, Halifax
Skip: Jamie Murphy Third: Jordan Pinder Second: Scott Saccary Lead: Phil Crowell Alternate:
St. George's G&CC , Etobicoke Skip: Glenn Howard Third: Richard Hart Second: David Mathers Lead: Scott Howard Alternate: Adam Spencer
, Charlottetown
Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Robbie Doherty Alternate:
, Saint-Romuald
Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard Third: Martin Crête Second: Éric Sylvain Lead: Philippe Ménard Alternate: Pierre Charette
, Regina
Skip: Adam Casey [6] Third: Catlin Schneider Second: Shaun Meachem Lead: Dustin Kidby Alternate:
Yellowknife CC , Yellowknife Skip: Jamie Koe Third: Chris Schille Second: Brad Chorostkowski Lead: Alternate:
, Iqaluit
Skip: [8] Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:
Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse
Fourth: [9] Skip: Craig Kochan Second: Lead: Alternate:
CTRS ranking [ ] Pre-Qualifying Tournament [ ] Standings [ ] Results [ ] All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC−03:30 ).[10]
Draw 1 [ ] Thursday, March 2, 7:00 pm
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy) 2
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
X
X
8
Yukon (Kochan)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
X
X
2
Draw 2 [ ] Friday, March 3, 8:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon (Kochan) 1
0
1
1
0
2
3
0
2
2
12
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
0
2
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy) 3
2
4
3
0
4
0
1
X
X
17
Nunavut (Nix)
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
X
X
4
Draw 3 [ ] Friday, March 3, 3:30 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon (Kochan)0
1
1
2
0
1
2
3
X
X
10
Nunavut (Nix) 0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
1
Pre-Qualifying Final [ ] Saturday, March 4, 3:00 pm
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy) 1
0
3
0
2
0
3
0
0
X
9
Yukon (Kochan)
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
X
6
Round robin standings [ ] Final Round Robin Standings
Round robin results [ ] All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC−03:30 ).[10]
Draw 1 [ ] Saturday, March 4, 3:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Casey)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
5
Manitoba (McEwen) 1
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
6
Draw 2 [ ] Saturday, March 4, 8:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (K. Koe)0
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
2
X
7
Quebec (Ménard) 1
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Ontario (Howard) 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
5
Nova Scotia (Murphy)0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy) 1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
6
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
5
Draw 3 [ ] Sunday, March 5, 10:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (McEwen) 0
2
0
0
2
1
0
3
X
X
8
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Morris) 0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
Ontario (Howard)1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (K. Koe)2
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
6
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
0
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
X
5
Saskatchewan (Casey) 3
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
3
X
11
Draw 4 [ ] Sunday, March 5, 3:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
3
Saskatchewan (Casey) 3
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
X
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
X
6
Nova Scotia (Murphy) 2
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
4
X
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Morris) 1
0
3
0
1
0
0
3
X
X
8
New Brunswick (Kennedy)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Quebec (Ménard) 0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
8
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)1
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
9
Draw 5 [ ] Sunday, March 5, 8:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ménard)0
2
0
1
0
2
3
0
2
X
10
Nova Scotia (Murphy) 2
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)0
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
5
New Brunswick (Kennedy) 1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (McEwen) 0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
X
6
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (K. Koe)0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
5
Ontario (Howard) 2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
4
Draw 6 [ ] Monday, March 6, 3:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)1
0
0
0
1
2
0
3
X
X
7
New Brunswick (Kennedy) 0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Casey)
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
Quebec (Ménard) 1
0
2
0
3
0
1
1
X
X
8
Draw 7 [ ] Monday, March 6, 8:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (K. Koe)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
British Columbia (Morris) 2
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (McEwen) 0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
4
X
10
Alberta (Bottcher)
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
X
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0
3
0
0
1
0
2
1
X
X
7
Ontario (Howard)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Casey) 0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
5
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
4
X
10
Draw 8 [ ] Tuesday, March 7, 10:00 am
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
X
5
Canada (K. Koe)0
0
3
0
0
2
0
3
0
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy) 1
0
0
3
1
0
2
0
0
0
7
Manitoba (McEwen)0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Ontario (Howard) 1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
6
Quebec (Ménard)0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
7
Draw 9 [ ] Tuesday, March 7, 3:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy) 1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
6
Saskatchewan (Casey)0
1
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
1
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Quebec (Ménard) 0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
5
British Columbia (Morris)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
4
Draw 10 [ ] Tuesday, March 7, 8:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Casey) 3
0
0
1
0
5
0
0
X
X
9
Ontario (Howard)
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
X
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (K. Koe) 0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
4
Alberta (Bottcher)0
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Morris) 2
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
X
7
Manitoba (McEwen)
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
X
5
Draw 11 [ ] Wednesday, March 8, 10:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ménard) 1
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
3
X
8
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
2
0
7
Saskatchewan (Casey) 0
1
3
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
6
New Brunswick (Kennedy) 1
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
5
Draw 12 [ ] Wednesday, March 8, 3:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
5
Manitoba (McEwen)0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
X
3
Ontario (Howard) 0
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
0
X
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (K. Koe) 2
0
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
8
Saskatchewan (Casey)
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
1
7
Draw 13 [ ] Wednesday, March 8, 8:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
6
Canada (K. Koe) 3
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
X
3
Manitoba (McEwen) 1
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
3
X
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Howard) 1
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
8
New Brunswick (Kennedy)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)0
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
X
7
Quebec (Ménard) 1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
3
Draw 14 [ ] Thursday, March 9, 10:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy) 2
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
X
7
Nova Scotia (Murphy)0
0
1
0
4
2
0
2
0
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Casey) 1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
X
5
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)0
2
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
6
Quebec (Ménard) 2
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
2
British Columbia (Morris) 1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
X
5
Draw 15 [ ] Thursday, March 9, 3:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ménard) 2
0
3
0
0
2
0
2
X
X
9
New Brunswick (Kennedy)
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (McEwen)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
3
Canada (K. Koe) 0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
6
Draw 16 [ ] Thursday, March 9, 8:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Morris)0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
7
Saskatchewan (Casey) 1
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)0
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
7
Canada (K. Koe) 3
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher) 0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
5
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (McEwen) 0
0
2
0
2
0
4
0
X
X
8
Ontario (Howard)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
X
X
3
Draw 17 [ ] Friday, March 10, 10:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (McEwen) 0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
X
5
Quebec (Ménard)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Kennedy) 2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
6
Canada (K. Koe)0
0
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
7
Playoffs [ ] 1 vs. 2 [ ] Friday, March 10, 8:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (McEwen) 1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
5
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
7
3 vs. 4 [ ] Saturday, March 11, 3:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (K. Koe) 1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
X
6
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
X
2
Semifinal [ ] Saturday, March 11, 8:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Manitoba (McEwen) 0
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
6
Canada (K. Koe)0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
1
7
Bronze medal game [ ] Sunday, March 12, 3:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Manitoba (McEwen) 1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
2
7
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
5
Final [ ] Sunday, March 12, 8:00 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0
3
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
7
Canada (K. Koe)
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
1
0
6
Statistics [ ] Player percentages [ ] Round Robin only
Perfect games [ ] Round Robin only
Awards [ ] The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:
All-Star Teams[11] First Team
Second Team
Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award[11] Paul McLean Award[12] [13] Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award[14] Provincial and territorial playdowns [ ] Notes [ ]
^ a b Pfeifer threw lead stones during Draw 8[7] ^ a b Mawhinney threw lead stones during Draw 17.
References [ ]
^ "Curling Canada | St. John's named to host 2017 Tim Hortons Brier" .^ "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca" .^ "Sault Ste. Marie Brier 2017 Bid" . Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-03-26 .^ "Meet Reg Caughie, the man in the Brier Bear suit" . CBC News . March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2022 .^ "Brier Bear going into hibernation after 2017 championship in St. John's" . Ottawa Sun . Retrieved March 13, 2016 .^ a b c Brazeau, Jonathan (February 5, 2017). "Glenn Howard captures 17th career Ontario Tankard title" . Sportsnet.ca . Retrieved February 7, 2017 . ^ Strong, Gregory (March 7, 2017). "Gushue tops Jacobs; McEwen falls for first time as Brier heats up" . TSN.ca . The Canadian Press . Retrieved March 8, 2017 . ^ "Saltwire | Nova Scotia" .^ "Curling Canada | Teams Announced for 2013 WFG Continental Cup of Curling" .^ a b "Curling Canada | Tim Hortons Brier Draw 1 Media Scrum Video Interviews" .^ a b Cameron, Al (March 10, 2017). "All-stars, award winner announced at Tim Hortons Brier" . Curling Canada . Retrieved March 11, 2017 . ^ Bryan Mudryk [@BryanMudryk] (12 March 2017). "Real privilege to give Paul McLean Award to TSN's Leigh Buttery. Mac helped me get my dream job & Leigh makes our b…" (Tweet) – via Twitter . ^ "Team Canada rallies to win Tim Hortons Brier semifinal" . Curling Canada. March 11, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .^ Jones, Terry (March 11, 2018). "Gushue wins Brier, but Bottcher's future shows promise" . Edmonton Sun Postmedia News . Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
Macdonald Brier Labatt Brier Nokia Brier Tim Hortons Brier
Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada (Kevin Koe)
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Northern Ontario
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Yukon
Brad Gushue, Newfoundland and Labrador
Catlin Schneider, Saskatchewan
E.J. Harnden, Northern Ontario
Denni Neufeld, Manitoba
Jean-Michel Ménard, Quebec Skip
2017 Boston Pizza Cup (Alberta)
2017 belairdirect BC Men's Curling Championship
2017 Pepsi Tankard
2017 Deloitte Tankard (Nova Scotia)
2017 Ontario Tankard
2017 PEI Tankard