2017 Boston Pizza Cup

2017 Boston Pizza Cup
2017 Boston Pizza Cup
Host city	Westlock, Alberta
Arena	Rotary Spirit Centre
Dates	February 8–12
Winner	Brendan Bottcher
Curling club	Saville Sports Centre
Skip	Brendan Bottcher
Third	Darren Moulding
Second	Brad Thiessen
Lead	Karrick Martin
Finalist	Ted Appelman
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The 2017 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 8 to 12 at the Rotary Spirit Centre in Westlock, Alberta.

Qualification process

Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team
Defending champions¹	N/A¹	~~Kevin Koe~~¹ ~~Pat Simmons~~¹
Highest-ranked team on CTRS	1	Charley Thomas
Next-ranked team on CTRS not already qualified¹	1	Brendan Bottcher
Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points	2	Mick Lizmore Ted Appelman
Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 6–8)	2	Roland Robinson Graham Powell
Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 19–22)	3	Thomas Scoffin Jamie King James Pahl
Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 20–23)	3	Josh Lameden Aaron Sluchniski Jeremy Harty

Notes

^ The defending champion usually receives the first berth, however the defending champion from 2016, Kevin Koe, won the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier and therefore entered the 2017 Brier as Team Canada, negating any need for him to compete in the Boston Pizza Cup. In addition, 2015 Brier champion Pat Simmons, who had competed as Team Canada in 2015 and 2016 with the team Koe won the 2014 Boston Pizza Cup and Brier titles with, would also have been eligible for direct entry into the 2017 Boston Pizza Cup as a past provincial/national champion. However, Simmons' team disbanded after the 2015-16 curling season and forfeited their berth. Had Koe and Simmons both entered the 2017 Boston Pizza Cup, only one team would have qualified via the ACF bonspiel route. Instead, the next-ranked team on the CTRS was granted automatic entry.

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale(s)
Ted Appelman	Tom Appelman	Shawn Donnelly	Adam Enright	Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Brendan Bottcher	Darren Moulding	Brad Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Jeremy Harty	Dylan Webster	Joel Berger	Gregg Hamilton	The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Glen Kennedy (fourth)	Jamie King (skip)	Sean Morris	Todd Brick	Ellerslie Curling Club, Edmonton
Josh Lambden	Chris McDonah	Robert Collins	Colin Stroeder	Calgary Curling Club, Calgary
Mick Lizmore	Daylan Vavrek	Carter Lautner	Brad Chyz	Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
James Pahl	Mark Klinck	Aaron Bartling	Thomas Stroh	Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton
Graham Powell	Tom Sallows	Jordan Steinke	Chris Wall	Grande Prairie Curling Club, Grande Prairie
Roland Robinson	Jeff Erickson	Ryan Konowalyk	James Knievel	Manning Curling Club, Manning
Thomas Scoffin	Tristan Steinke	Jason Ginter	Brett Winfield	Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Aaron Sluchinski	Justin Sluchinski	Eric Richard	Kyle Richard	Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie
Charley Thomas	Nathan Connolly	Brandon Klassen	Craig Savill	The Glencoe Club, Calgary Crestwood Curling Club, Edmonton

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081254/http://www.2017bostonpizzacup.com/default.aspx?p=draw

A Event

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

		Charley Thomas	6
James Pahl	6	James Pahl	4
Josh Lambden	2			Charley Thomas	6
Thomas Scoffin	6			Mick Lizmore	7
Roland Robinson	4	Thomas Scoffin	6
		Mick Lizmore	7
						Mick Lizmore	5
						Brendan Bottcher	6
		Ted Appelman	8
Jamie King	3	Jeremy Harty	6
Jeremy Harty	10			Ted Appelman	3
Aaron Sluchninski	7			Brendan Bottcher	9
Graham Powell	3	Aaron Slushinski	5
		Brendan Bottcher	8

B Event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 2

Josh Lambden	2
Thomas Scoffin	5	Ted Appelman	6
		Thomas Scoffin	10
				Thomas Scoffin	7
Jeremy Harty	9			Charley Thomas	9
Graham Powell	1	Jeremy Harty	6
		Charley Thomas	9
						Charley Thomas	10
Jamie King	3					Mick Lizmore	6
Aaron Slushninski	7	Aaron Slushninski	3
Roland Robinson	5	James Pahl	6
James Pahl	9			Mick Lizmore	6
				James Pahl	4

C Event

Third Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

		Josh Lambden	2
Graham Powell	4	James Pahl	7
Josh Lambden	7			James Pahl	5
				Aaron Sluchninski	9
		Aaron Sluchninski	5
		Thomas Scoffin	4

Third Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

Jamie King	8
Ted Appelman	10	Ted Appelman	7
Roland Robinson	5	Jeremy Harty	3
Jeremy Harty	7			Ted Appelman	7
				Mick Lizmore	6

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Brendan Bottcher

8

A

Brendan Bottcher

6

B

Charley Thomas

3

C2

Ted Appelman

5

B

Charley Thomas

6

C2

Ted Appelman

8

C1

Aaron Sluchniski

6

C2

Ted Appelman

10

A vs. B

Saturday, February 11, 6:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brendan Bottcher 🔨	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	X	X	8
Charley Thomas	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 11, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Aaron Sluchninski 🔨	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	6
Ted Appelman	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	10

Semifinal

Sunday, February 12, 11:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charley Thomas 🔨	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6
Ted Appelman	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	1	8

Final

Sunday, February 12, 4:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Brendan Bottcher 🔨	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	6
Ted Appelman	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	5

2017 Boston Pizza Cup
Brendan Bottcher 1st Alberta Provincial Championship title

References

External links

Official website