2020 Viterra Championship

2020 Viterra Championship
Host city	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Arena
Dates	February 5–9
Winner	Team Gunnlaugson
Curling club	, Morris
Skip	Jason Gunnlaugson
Third	Alex Forrest
Second	Adam Casey
Lead	Connor Njegovan
Finalist	Mike McEwen
« 2019 2022 »

The 2020 Viterra Championship, Manitoba's provincial men's curling championship, was held from February 5 to 9 at the in Winnipeg.^[1] The winning Jason Gunnlaugson rink represented Manitoba at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier and finished with a 5–6 record.

Jason Gunnlaugson won his first Viterra Championship by defeating Mike McEwen 7–4 in the final.

Teams[]

Teams are as follows:^[2]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club
	Jason Yates	Rob Fisher
	Neil Kitching		Daniel Hunt		Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club
Braden Calvert		Ian McMillan	Rob Gordon		Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club
		Devon Wiebe
Cale Dunbar	Shayne MacGranachan	Cody Chatham	Kyle Sambrook	Chris Campbell	Brandon Curling Club
	Brooks Freeman		Dwayne Barkley	Kevin Barkley
Josh Friesen	Emerson Klimpke	Troy Kemball	Reece Hamm	Josh Maisey
Jacques Gauthier	Jordan Peters	Brayden Payette	Zack Bilawka		Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club
Allan Gitzel	Kris Mazinke	Rheal Vermette	Duane Gitzel	Rheal Bedard
Sean Grassie
Jason Gunnlaugson	Alex Forrest	Adam Casey	Connor Njegovan
Tanner Horgan	Colton Lott
Steve Irwin	Travis Taylor	Travis Brooks	Travis Saban		Brandon Curling Club
Gerry Janz	Jesse Janz	Darrick Jones	Drew Janz	Grant Shewfelt
Jay Kinnaird	Cory Zdan	Chris Mannle	Tyler Strachan	Kris Kinnaird
				Stu Gresham	Granite Curling Club
	Sheldon Oshanyk	Chris Chimuk	Kevin Wiebe	Rob Atkins	Granite Curling Club
William Lyburn	Daley Peters				Granite Curling Club
	Bart Witherspoon		Scott Crayston	Rob Van Kommer
Mike McEwen	Reid Carruthers	Derek Samagalski	Colin Hodgson
Randy Neufeld				Brett Moxham
Dean North	Darcy Hayward	Wayne Nussey	Mike Hutton	Warren McCutcheon
Shaun Parsons	Kevin Parsons	Bronston Jonasson	Jim Davidson
Darren Perche	Jason Perche	Shane Perche	Bryce Perche	Clint Stuart	Charleswood Curling Club
	Colin Kurz				Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club
Paul Scinocca	Ed Barr	Tim Loeb	Justin Hartloper	Dan Lagace	St. Vital Curling Club
	Justin Reynolds	Nick Weshnoweski	Justin Hoplock	Joe Eade
Jordan Smith		Devin McArthur
Jeff Stewart	Dean Smith	Austin Mustard	Jeff Steen	Eric Zamrykut
Ryan Thomson	Kyle Peters	Mark Georges	Evan Gillis
	Thomas Dunlop	Zachary Wasylik	Frank Walter	Lawson Yates	Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club
				Brett MacDonald	St. Vital Curling Club

Knockout Brackets[]

The scores are as follows:^[3]

32 team double knockout with playoff round
Four teams qualify each from A Event and B Event

A Event[]

	First Knockout										Qualifier 1
			8
	Randy Neufeld		6
								6
						Jason Gunnlaugson		7
	Jason Gunnlaugson		10
	Darren Perche		5
											Jason Gunnlaugson		2
													8
			3
			11
								5
								9
			7
			4

	First Knockout										Qualifier 2
	Jeff Stewart		5
	Steve Irwin		6
						Steve Irwin		5
								6
			9
	Gerry Janz		4
													3
											Tanner Horgan		7
	Shaun Parsons		3
	Tanner Horgan		10
						Tanner Horgan		9
								1
			9
			3

	First Knockout										Qualifier 3
	Josh Friesen		4
			9
								1
						Braden Calvert		8
	Braden Calvert		11
	Allan Gitzel		1
											Braden Calvert		4
											William Lyburn		7
	Jay Kinnaird		4
	William Lyburn		8
						William Lyburn		8
						Jacques Gauthier		7
	Jacques Gauthier		7
	Ryan Thomson		3

	First Knockout										Qualifier 4
			7
	Jordan Smith		11
						Jordan Smith		2
						Mike McEwen		8
	Mike McEwen		11
	Paul Scinocca		2
											Mike McEwen		6
											Sean Grassie		1
	Dean North		3
	Sean Grassie		7
						Sean Grassie		6
								5
			12
	Cale Dunbar		3

B Event[]

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 5
	Randy Neufeld		6
	Darren Perche		7			Darren Perche		5
								9
													7
			10										4
			6					4
								8
																		5
																Jason Gunnlaugson		9

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 6
	Jeff Stewart		7
	Gerry Janz		1			Jeff Stewart		5
								7
													3
	Shaun Parsons		4								Steve Irwin		5
			5					3
						Steve Irwin		4
																Steve Irwin		7
																		4

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 7
	Josh Friesen		4
	Allan Gitzel		3			Josh Friesen		3
						Jacques Gauthier		8
											Jacques Gauthier		5
	Jay Kinnaird		3										4
	Ryan Thomson		9			Ryan Thomson		6
								7
																Jacques Gauthier		5
																Braden Calvert		4

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 8
			7
	Paul Scinocca		3					7
								9
													6
	Dean North		1								Jordan Smith		4
	Cale Dunbar		10			Cale Dunbar		3
						Jordan Smith		11
																		7
																Sean Grassie		9

Knockout Results[]

All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).

Draw 1[]

Wednesday, February 5, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	8
Randy Neufeld	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Gunnlaugson	3	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	X	X	10
Darren Perche	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	X	X	5

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	7
	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Stewart	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
Steve Irwin	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	6

Draw 2[]

Wednesday, February 5, 12:15 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Braden Calvert	0	1	4	2	0	3	1	X	X	X	11
Allan Gitzel	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Josh Friesen	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	9

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shaun Parsons	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	3
Tanner Horgan	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	X	X	X	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	X	9
Gerry Janz	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4

Draw 3[]

Wednesday, February 5, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dean North	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Sean Grassie	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jacques Gauthier	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	X	7
Ryan Thomson	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	X	7
Jordan Smith	3	0	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	3	X	X	11
Paul Scinocca	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jay Kinnaird	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	4
William Lyburn	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	X	X	8

Draw 4[]

Wednesday, February 5, 8:15 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	3	X	X	10
	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shaun Parsons	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Randy Neufeld	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	6
Darren Perche	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Stewart	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	X	X	7
Gerry Janz	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	2	1	0	2	0	1	6	X	X	X	12
Cale Dunbar	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	3

Draw 5[]

Thursday, February 6, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jay Kinnaird	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	X	3
Ryan Thomson	3	0	4	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tanner Horgan	2	3	0	0	4	X	X	X	X	X	9
	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
William Lyburn	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	8
Jacques Gauthier	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Josh Friesen	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
Allan Gitzel	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Braden Calvert	0	2	1	0	4	1	X	X	X	X	8

Draw 6[]

Thursday, February 6, 12:15 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	5
	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	3	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steve Irwin	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5
	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Grassie	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
Jason Gunnlaugson	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jordan Smith	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	X	X	X	2
Mike McEwen	4	1	1	2	0	0	X	X	X	X	8

Draw 7[]

Thursday, February 6, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	X	7
Paul Scinocca	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ryan Thomson	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6
	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jeff Stewart	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	X	5
	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dean North	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Cale Dunbar	2	2	0	2	2	2	X	X	X	X	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Josh Friesen	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
Jacques Gauthier	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	X	8

Draw 8[]

Thursday, February 6, 7:45 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
Steve Irwin	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Darren Perche	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5
	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cale Dunbar	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	3
Jordan Smith	0	3	0	3	2	3	X	X	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	7
	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	4
	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	X	X	8

Draw 9[]

Friday, February 7, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Tanner Horgan	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	X	6
Sean Grassie	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	2
	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	X	X	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Braden Calvert	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	4
William Lyburn	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	X	7

Draw 10[]

Friday, February 7, 12:15 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	X	6
Jordan Smith	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	4

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jacques Gauthier	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	5
	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Steve Irwin	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5

Draw 11[]

Friday, February 7, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	7
Sean Grassie	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jacques Gauthier	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Braden Calvert	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steve Irwin	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	7
	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	5
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	X	9

Playoff Round[]

8 team double knockout
Four teams qualify into Championship Round

A Bracket[]

						Qualifier 1
	Q1		8
	Q6	Steve Irwin	9
						Q6	Steve Irwin	5
						Q5	Jason Gunnlaugson	8
	Q2	Tanner Horgan	7
	Q5	Jason Gunnlaugson	9

						Qualifier 2
	Q3	William Lyburn	4
	Q8	Sean Grassie	5
						Q8	Sean Grassie	4
						Q4	Mike McEwen	8
	Q4	Mike McEwen	10
	Q7	Jacques Gauthier	7

Draw 12[]

Friday, February 7, 7:45 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	8
Steve Irwin	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
William Lyburn	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
Sean Grassie	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Tanner Horgan	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	7
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	1	X	10
Jacques Gauthier	0	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	7

Draw 13[]

Saturday, February 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Grassie	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	X	4
Mike McEwen	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steve Irwin	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	5
Jason Gunnlaugson	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	X	8

B Bracket[]

						Qualifier 3
						Q8	Sean Grassie	8
						Q1		5
	Q1		8
	Q2	Tanner Horgan	6

						Qualifier 4
						Q6	Steve Irwin	7
						Q3	William Lyburn	8
	Q3	William Lyburn	9
	Q7	Jacques Gauthier	3

Draw 13[]

Saturday, February 8, 9:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
William Lyburn	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	X	X	9
Jacques Gauthier	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	8
Tanner Horgan	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	6

Draw 14[]

Saturday, February 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Grassie	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	8
	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steve Irwin	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7
William Lyburn	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	8

Championship Round[]

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Jason Gunnlaugson	8
	2	Mike McEwen	6								1	Jason Gunnlaugson	7
						2	Mike McEwen	7			2	Mike McEwen	4
						3	Sean Grassie	3
	3	Sean Grassie	6
	4	William Lyburn	5

1 vs. 2[]

Saturday, February 8, 6:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	8
Mike McEwen	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6

3 vs. 4[]

Saturday, February 8, 6:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sean Grassie	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	6
William Lyburn	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	5

Semifinal[]

Sunday, February 9, 8:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike McEwen	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	X	7
Sean Grassie	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	3

Player percentages
Team McEwen		Team Grassie
Colin Hodgson	90%		76%
Derek Samagalski	93%		61%
Reid Carruthers	88%		71%
Mike McEwen	86%	Sean Grassie	68%
Total	89%	Total	69%

Final[]

Sunday, February 9, 2:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	7
Mike McEwen	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	X	4

Player percentages
Team Gunnlaugson		Team McEwen
Connor Njegovan	89%	Colin Hodgson	86%
Adam Casey	86%	Derek Samagalski	75%
Alex Forrest	68%	Reid Carruthers	75%
Jason Gunnlaugson	75%	Mike McEwen	64%
Total	79%	Total	75%

2020 Viterra Championship
Jason Gunnlaugson 1st Manitoba Provincial Championship title

References[]

External links[]

• Official site