The 2018 Tim Hortons Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 11, 2018 at the Brandt Centre in Regina , Saskatchewan . The winning team represented Canada at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship from March 31 to April 8 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas , United States .
This marked the fifth time the Brier was held in Regina, the first time since 2006 .
The 2018 tournament was the first to use a new 16-team format, featuring representation by all fourteen member associations of Curling Canada , alongside the defending champions (as Team Canada), and a new wildcard team. As part of this new format, the Bronze medal game was removed from the schedule.
Teams [ ]
Curling Canada introduced a new 16-team format for both the Brier and Tournament of Hearts for 2018, under which all 14 member associations of Curling Canada are now represented in the main field, rather than being limited by a pre-qualifying tournament. The teams were divided into two pools for round robin play, after which the top four teams from each advanced to a Championship Pool. Alongside the inclusion of the previous year's champions as Team Canada, the final spot in the tournament was filled by a wildcard play-in game held on the Friday before the tournament.[1]
The rinks of John Epping (Ontario ), Mike Fournier (Quebec ), and Greg Smith (Newfoundland and Labrador ) made their Brier debuts.
Team Canada 's Brad Gushue set a new record for the most Canadian national men's championship game wins as a skip when he skipped the 114th victory of his Brier career over the Northwest Territories on March 5.[2]
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Bally Haly G&CC &St. John's CC , St. John's
Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: Tom Sallows
Saville SC , Edmonton
Skip: Brendan Bottcher
Third: Darren Moulding
Second: Brad Thiessen
Lead: Karrick Martin
[a] Kelowna CC , Kelowna
Skip: Sean Geall
Third: Jeff Richard
Second: Andrew Nerpin
Lead:
Alternate: Brad Wood
, West St. Paul
Skip: Reid Carruthers
Third: Braeden Moskowy
Second: Derek Samagalski
Lead: Colin Hodgson
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northern Ontario
Nova Scotia
, Oromocto
Skip: James Grattan
Third: Chris Jeffrey
Second: Andy McCann
Lead:
Alternate:
Bally Haly G&CC &St. John's CC , St. John's
Skip: Greg Smith
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Alternate:
Community First CC , Sault Ste. Marie
Skip: Brad Jacobs
Third: Ryan Fry
Second: E.J. Harnden
Lead: Ryan Harnden [b]
Alternate: Tanner Horgan [b]
, Halifax
Skip: Jamie Murphy
Third: Paul Flemming
Second: Scott Saccary
Lead: Phil Crowell
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Leaside CC , East York , Toronto
Skip: John Epping
Third: Mat Camm
Second: Pat Janssen
Lead: Tim March
, Charlottetown
Skip:
Third: Josh Barry
Second:
Lead:
Alternate:
, Dollard-des-Ormeaux & , Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Skip: Mike Fournier
Third: Félix Asselin
Second: William Dion
Lead: Jean-François Trépanier [c]
Alternate: Émile Asselin [c]
Nutana CC , Saskatoon
Fourth: Matt Dunstone
Skip: Steve Laycock
Second: Kirk Muyres
Lead: Dallan Muyres
Alternate:
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Yukon
Wildcard
Yellowknife CC , Yellowknife
Skip: Jamie Koe
Third: Chris Schille
Second: Brad Chorostkowski
Lead:
, Iqaluit
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
, Whitehorse
Skip: Thomas Scoffin
Third:
Second: [d]
Lead: [d]
Alternate: [d]
Fort Rouge CC , Winnipeg
Skip: Mike McEwen
Third: B.J. Neufeld
Second: Matt Wozniak
Lead: Denni Neufeld
CTRS ranking [ ]
Member Association (Skip)
Rank
Points
Wildcard (McEwen)
2
365.181
Canada (Gushue)
3
361.585
Manitoba (Carruthers)
4
270.599
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
5
265.245
Alberta (Bottcher)
7
233.333
Ontario (Epping)
8
212.384
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
12
140.208
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
28
85.656
British Columbia (Geall)
31
78.758
Quebec (Fournier)
49
53.503
New Brunswick (Grattan)
74
34.131
Yukon (Scoffin)
155
5.038
Northwest Territories (Koe)
156
4.725
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)
156
4.725
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
NR
0.000
Nunavut (St. Louis)
NR
0.000
Wildcard game [ ]
A play-in game was held on March 2, 2018 that determined the wildcard team that rounded out the tournament field. It was played between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who lost[1] in their provincial championship: the Fort Rouge Curling Club 's Mike McEwen rink and the Granite Curling Club 's Jason Gunnlaugson rink, both from Winnipeg .
CTRS standings as of February 12
Rank
Team
Member Association
Eligibility
1
Kevin Koe
Alberta
Qualified for Olympics (ineligible)
2
Mike McEwen
Manitoba
Eliminated from provincials[7]
3
Brad Gushue
Newfoundland and Labrador
Qualified as Team Canada (ineligible)
4
Reid Carruthers
Manitoba
Won Manitoba provincials
5
Brad Jacobs
Northern Ontario
Won Northern Ontario provincials
6
Jason Gunnlaugson
Manitoba
Eliminated from provincials
Wildcard Game
Friday, March 2, 19:00
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Mike McEwen
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
4
Jason Gunnlaugson
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
Round robin standings [ ]
Key
Teams to Championship Round
Teams to Tie-Breakers
Teams to Placement Draw
Pool A
Skip
W
L
PF
PA
Alberta
Brendan Bottcher
6
1
50
31
30
19
7
11
85%
Canada
Brad Gushue
6
1
55
31
29
23
7
6
90%
Wildcard
Mike McEwen
5
2
43
31
25
22
14
7
86%
Nova Scotia
Jamie Murphy
4
3
44
44
31
29
8
9
85%
Northwest Territories
Jamie Koe
3
4
36
46
25
28
8
7
78%
British Columbia
Sean Geall
2
5
40
53
25
32
6
6
78%
Newfoundland and Labrador
Greg Smith
1
6
32
58
20
34
9
3
75%
Yukon
Thomas Scoffin
1
6
31
44
26
25
11
7
78%
Pool B
Skip
W
L
PF
PA
Northern Ontario
Brad Jacobs
6
1
45
29
29
21
12
9
87%
Ontario
John Epping
6
1
62
30
30
26
7
6
86%
Manitoba
Reid Carruthers
5
2
55
42
29
26
8
6
85%
Saskatchewan
Steve Laycock
4
3
45
37
27
25
12
9
84%
Quebec
Mike Fournier
3
4
38
41
28
24
12
7
82%
New Brunswick
James Grattan
2
5
42
50
28
32
7
9
83%
Prince Edward Island
2
5
49
56
27
28
7
6
81%
Nunavut
0
7
22
73
18
34
5
1
67%
Round robin results [ ]
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00 ).
Draw 1 [ ]
Saturday, March 3, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
2
2
X
9
Nunavut (St. Louis)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
2
Quebec (Fournier)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
2
X
X
7
Manitoba (Carruthers)
3
3
0
1
2
0
3
0
X
X
12
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
4
Ontario (Epping)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
Draw 2 [ ]
Saturday, March 3, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Gushue)
0
4
0
0
0
4
2
0
X
X
10
British Columbia (Geall)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)
0
2
0
2
0
2
1
1
0
1
9
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)
1
0
2
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
7
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Wildcard (McEwen)
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
X
5
Yukon (Scoffin)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
X
3
Draw 3 [ ]
Sunday, March 4, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
5
Manitoba (Carruthers)
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
7
Ontario (Epping)
0
3
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
X
6
Nunavut (St. Louis)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
7
Quebec (Fournier)
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
6
Draw 4 [ ]
Sunday, March 4, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
X
X
2
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
X
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Gushue)
2
2
0
2
1
0
1
0
X
X
8
Yukon (Scoffin)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Wildcard (McEwen)
1
2
0
0
3
0
2
1
X
X
9
British Columbia (Geall)
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
2
1
X
9
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)
1
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
X
6
Draw 5 [ ]
Sunday, March 4, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
1
0
2
4
2
0
0
X
X
9
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
X
X
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nunavut (St. Louis)
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
X
X
5
Manitoba (Carruthers)
2
1
0
2
4
0
3
0
X
X
12
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Epping)
3
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
X
7
Quebec (Fournier)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
4
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
2
0
2
1
1
1
0
2
X
X
9
Draw 6 [ ]
Monday, March 5, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Wildcard (McEwen)
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
6
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Geall)
0
0
4
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
8
Alberta (Bottcher)
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
3
0
1
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon (Scoffin)
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
6
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Gushue)
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
3
X
X
8
Northwest Territories (Koe)
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
4
Draw 7 [ ]
Monday, March 5, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)
0
2
0
2
0
3
0
0
2
X
9
Quebec (Fournier)
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
X
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
1
1
0
2
1
0
3
0
1
X
9
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
7
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Epping)
2
1
3
3
0
1
0
4
X
X
14
Nunavut (St. Louis)
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
X
3
Draw 8 [ ]
Monday, March 5, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
1
0
1
1
2
0
4
0
X
X
9
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
X
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Wildcard (McEwen)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
X
5
Canada (Gushue)
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
7
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon (Scoffin)
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
2
X
8
British Columbia (Geall)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
2
Draw 9 [ ]
Tuesday, March 6, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
6
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
2
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Fournier)
3
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
X
X
8
Nunavut (St. Louis)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
5
Ontario (Epping)
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
5
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
0
0
4
0
0
3
0
1
0
X
8
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
X
4
Draw 10 [ ]
Tuesday, March 6, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
5
Canada (Gushue)
1
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
2
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)
1
3
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
6
British Columbia (Geall)
0
0
3
2
4
0
1
0
2
X
12
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
X
7
Yukon (Scoffin)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
X
X
3
Wildcard (McEwen)
1
3
2
1
0
3
0
0
X
X
10
Draw 11 [ ]
Tuesday, March 6, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Fournier)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
3
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
1
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Epping)
0
3
0
3
0
2
0
3
X
X
11
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nunavut (St. Louis)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
3
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
2
0
2
1
1
4
0
0
X
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
X
7
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
3
Draw 12 [ ]
Wednesday, March 7, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
2
Wildcard (McEwen)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
X
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon (Scoffin)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
X
4
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
1
0
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Geall)
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
2
1
X
7
Northwest Territories (Koe)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
1
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
3
X
10
Canada (Gushue)
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
X
7
Draw 13 [ ]
Wednesday, March 7, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Epping)
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
4
X
8
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
3
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
2
X
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Quebec (Fournier)
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
7
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nunavut (St. Louis)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
2
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
4
0
4
3
1
2
0
X
X
X
14
Draw 14 [ ]
Wednesday, March 7, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon (Scoffin)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
2
Northwest Territories (Koe)
0
2
0
3
0
0
2
1
X
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
0
0
1
2
5
0
1
X
X
9
Wildcard (McEwen)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Canada (Gushue)
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
X
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Geall)
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
6
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
8
Placement round [ ]
Each team that finished fifth through eight in their pool played the team that finished in the same position in the opposite pool for the purpose of determining final tournament ranking. For example, the winner of the game between fifth place teams was ranked ninth place overall, the loser of that game was ranked tenth place, and so on.
Seeding games [ ]
All game times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00 ).
A5 vs. B5 [ ]
Friday, March 9, 09:00
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
6
Quebec (Fournier)
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
A6 vs. B6 [ ]
Friday, March 9, 09:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Geall)
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
X
X
5
New Brunswick (Grattan)
3
0
2
0
0
7
0
0
X
X
12
A7 vs. B7 [ ]
Friday, March 9, 09:00
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
3
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)
4
0
3
1
0
3
1
0
X
X
12
A8 vs. B8 [ ]
Friday, March 9, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Yukon (Scoffin)
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
7
Nunavut (St. Louis)
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
1
0
6
Championship pool standings [ ]
All wins and losses earned in the round robin (including results against teams that failed to advance) were carried forward into the Championship Pool.
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Team
Skip
W
L
PF
PA
Canada
Brad Gushue
10
1
77
44
43
35
21
6
91%
Ontario
John Epping
9
2
91
55
49
44
11
10
87%
Alberta
Brendan Bottcher
8
3
89
45
51
35
14
17
85%
Northern Ontario
Brad Jacobs
8
3
65
48
42
32
22
13
87%
Wildcard
Mike McEwen
7
4
65
54
38
35
22
9
86%
Saskatchewan
Steve Laycock
6
5
68
59
44
41
20
11
86%
Nova Scotia
Jamie Murphy
5
6
66
70
46
50
11
12
84%
Manitoba
Reid Carruthers
5
6
67
72
40
41
20
11
83%
Championship pool results [ ]
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00 ).
Draw 15 [ ]
Thursday, March 8, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
8
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Gushue)
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
2
X
X
7
Manitoba (Carruthers)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
X
6
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Wildcard (McEwen)
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
7
Ontario (Epping)
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
2
8
Draw 16 [ ]
Thursday, March 8, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
6
Ontario (Epping)
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
1
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
6
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
X
8
Wildcard (McEwen)
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
X
1
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
0
1
0
0
4
2
1
X
X
8
Manitoba (Carruthers)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
Canada (Gushue)
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
5
Draw 17 [ ]
Friday, March 9, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Gushue)
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
5
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Epping)
1
0
4
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
9
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Wildcard (McEwen)
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
6
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
5
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
7
Draw 18 [ ]
Friday, March 9, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
X
X
3
Wildcard (McEwen)
0
2
2
0
1
0
3
0
X
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
5
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Ontario (Epping)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
Canada (Gushue)
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
4
X
9
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
3
Playoffs [ ]
Page playoff system
Semifinal
Final
1
Canada
6
2
Ontario
2
1
Canada
6
2
Ontario
4
3
Alberta
4
3
Alberta
6
3
Alberta
6
4
Northern Ontario
5
1 vs. 2 [ ]
Saturday, March 10, 19:00
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Gushue)
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
X
6
Ontario (Epping)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
2
3 vs. 4 [ ]
Saturday, March 10, 14:00
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
6
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
5
Semifinal [ ]
Sunday, March 11, 09:00
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Epping)
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
6
Final [ ]
Sunday, March 11, 16:00
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Gushue)
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
6
Alberta (Bottcher)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
4
Statistics [ ]
Top 5 player percentages [ ]
Final Round Robin Percentages; minimum 6 games
Key
First All-Star Team
Second All-Star Team
Perfect games [ ]
Round Robin and Championship Pool only
Player
Team
Position
Shots
Opponent
Brad Gushue
Canada
Skip
16
Yukon
B.J. Neufeld
Wildcard
Third
16
Northwest Territories
Denni Neufeld
Wildcard
Lead
12
Northern Ontario
Denni Neufeld
Wildcard
Lead
14
Manitoba
Awards [ ]
The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:
All-Star Teams[8]
First Team
Skip: Brad Gushue , Team Canada
Third: Mark Nichols , Team Canada
Second: Brett Gallant , Team Canada
Lead: Denni Neufeld , Team Wildcard
Second Team
Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award[8]
Paul McLean Award[9]
Murray McCormick, Regina Leader-Post
Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award[10]
Brad Gushue , Team Canada Skip
Provincial and territorial playdowns [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ British Columbia's alternate Brad Wood threw lead stones after the fourth end during Draw 2, because lead abruptly left the tournament to join his wife for the birth of their second child.[3] Wood continued to throw lead stones for the rest of the Brier except for Draw 10; Harper returned to throw lead stones against Newfoundland and Labrador before leaving once again.[4] Before Team BC's placement round match, third Jeff Richard left to join his wife for the birth of their child; in their game against New Brunswick, second Andrew Nerpin threw third stones, while alternate Brad Wood and Nerpin split the throwing of second stones.[5]
^ a b Northern Ontario's alternate Tanner Horgan threw lead stones during Draws 9, 19 & 20; lead Ryan Harnden was hospitalized with an illness for a day during Draws 19 and 20.[6]
^ a b During Draw 9, Quebec's alternate Émile Asselin threw lead stones for the last 3 ends.
^ a b c During Draw 8, Yukon's threw second stones for six ends; lead threw second stones for three ends, while alternate threw lead stones for three ends.
References [ ]
^ a b "Format finalized for 16-team championships in 2018" . Curling Canada . June 28, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
^ "Gushue breaks Tim Hortons Brier career victories record" . Curling Canada. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018 .
^ Zerr, Arielle (March 3, 2018). "With babies on the way, family comes first for Team B.C." News Talk 980 . Retrieved March 5, 2018 .
^ Cameron, Al (March 6, 2018). "Tim Hortons Brier Battle of Golden Bears goes to Bottcher" . Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
^ Cameron, Al (March 9, 2018). "Northwest Territories ends on winning note at Tim Hortons Brier" . Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
^ Granger, Grant (March 10, 2018). " 'Phenomenal shot' propels Team Alberta to Tim Hortons Brier semifinal" . Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
^ "Team Personnel" .
^ a b McCormick, Murray (March 10, 2018). "Bottcher steals win from Jacobs at Brier" . Regina Leader-Post . Postmedia . Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
^ Cameron, Al (March 10, 2018). "All-stars, award winners announced at 2018 Tim Hortons Brier" . Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
^ Jones, Terry (March 11, 2018). "Gushue wins Brier, but Bottcher's future shows promise" . Edmonton Sun . Postmedia News. Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
External links [ ]
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