2019 Tim Hortons Brier

The 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Westoba Place in Brandon, Manitoba. In the final, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Team Wildcard skipped by Brendan Bottcher 4–3 by scoring two in the tenth end to win. It was the lowest scoring Brier final since 1992, which was held before the adoption of any free guard zone rule.

The Koe rink represented Canada at the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship held from March 30 to April 7 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta.

This marked the third time the Brier has been held in Brandon, the first time since 1982.

This year's Brier was notable for a total team shot percentage efficiency for Northern Ontario of 97% during Draw 3 on March 3, tying a Brier record.

The teams are as follows:

Canada	Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Bally Haly G&CC & Re/Max Centre, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Tom Sallows	The Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Kevin Koe Third: B.J. Neufeld Second: Colton Flasch Lead: Ben Hebert  Alternate: Ted Appelman	Kelowna CC, Kelowna & Vernon CC, Vernon Skip: Jim Cotter Third: Steve Laycock Second: Tyrel Griffith Lead: Rick Sawatsky  Alternate: Brad Wood	West St. Paul CC, West St. Paul Skip: Mike McEwen Third: Reid Carruthers Second: Derek Samagalski Lead: Colin Hodgson Alternate: Matt Wozniak
New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador	Northern Ontario	Nova Scotia
Curl Moncton, Moncton Skip: Terry Odishaw Third: Jordan Pinder Second: Marc LeCocq  Lead: Grant Odishaw Alternate: Jamie Brannen	Re/Max Centre, St. John's Skip: Andrew Symonds Third: Chris Ford Second: Adam Boland Lead: Keith Jewer Alternate: Rick Rowsell	Community First CC, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Brad Jacobs Third: Ryan Fry Second: E.J. Harnden Lead: Ryan Harnden Alternate: Lee Toner	Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Stuart Thompson Third: Colten Steele Second: Travis Colter Lead: Taylor Ardiel Alternate: Bill MacPhee
Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Cataraqui G&CC, Kingston Skip: Scott McDonald Third: Jonathan Beuk Second: Wes Forget  Lead: Scott Chadwick  Alternate: Jeff Grant	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown & Western Community CC, Alberton Skip: John Likely Third: Anson Carmody Second: Steve Burgess Lead: Robbie Doherty  Alternate: Matt Nabuurs	CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald, CC Grand-Mère, Grand-Mère & Mt. Bruno CC, Saint-Bruno Skip: Martin Crête Third: Philippe Lemay Second: Éric Sylvain Lead: Philippe Ménard Alternate: Philippe Brassard	Nutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Kirk Muyres Third: Kevin Marsh Second: Dan Marsh Lead: Dallan Muyres
Northwest Territories	Nunavut	Yukon	Wildcard
Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Jamie Koe Third: David Aho Second: Matthew Ng  Lead: Cole Parsons Alternate: Shadrach Mcleod	Iqaluit CC, Iqaluit Skip: Dave St. Louis Third: Peter Mackey Second: Jeff Nadeau Lead: Lloyd Kendall	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Jon Solberg Third: Bob Smallwood Second: Clint Abel Lead: Scott Odian Alternate: Dave Rach	Saville SC, Edmonton Skip: Brendan Bottcher Third: Darren Moulding Second: Brad Thiessen Lead: Karrick Martin

A play-in game was held on Friday, March 1 to determine the wildcard team to round out the tournament field. It was played between the top two teams in the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who lost in their provincial championships: the Leaside Curling Club's John Epping rink from Toronto and the Saville Community Sports Centre's Brendan Bottcher rink from Edmonton. Team Wildcard entered the Brier as the number 3 seed.

CTRS standings for wildcard game

Source:

Wildcard Game

Friday, March 1, 19:00

Gushue

K. Koe

Cotter

McEwen

Odishaw

Symonds

Jacobs

Thompson

McDonald

Likely

Crête

Muyres

J. Koe

St. Louis

Solberg

Bottcher

Team Canada Provincial Winners Wild-Card Team

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Saturday, March 2, 14:00

Saturday, March 2, 19:00

Sunday, March 3, 09:00

Sunday, March 3, 14:00

Sunday, March 3, 19:00

Monday, March 4, 09:00

Monday, March 4, 14:00

Monday, March 4, 19:00

Tuesday, March 5, 09:00

Tuesday, March 5, 14:00

Tuesday, March 5, 19:00

Wednesday, March 6, 09:00

Wednesday, March 6, 14:00

Wednesday, March 6, 19:00

All wins and losses earned in the round robin (including results against teams that failed to advance) were carried forward into the championship pool.

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6:00).

Thursday, March 7, 14:00

Thursday, March 7, 19:00

Friday, March 8, 14:00

Friday, March 8, 19:00

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Alberta	9								1	Alberta	4
	2	Northern Ontario	4								4	Wildcard	3
						2	Northern Ontario	4
						4	Wildcard	5
	3	Canada	2
	4	Wildcard	7

Saturday, March 9, 19:00

Saturday, March 9, 14:00

Sunday, March 10, 13:00

Sunday, March 10, 19:00

Final round robin percentages; minimum 6 games

Round robin and championship pool only

The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:

All-Star Teams

First Team

• Skip: Brad Jacobs, Northern Ontario
• Third: Ryan Fry, Northern Ontario
• Second: E.J. Harnden, Northern Ontario
• Lead: Dallan Muyres, Saskatchewan

Second Team

• Skip: Brad Gushue, Team Canada
• Third: B.J. Neufeld, Alberta
• Second: Brett Gallant, Team Canada
• Lead: Colin Hodgson, Manitoba

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award

• Darren Moulding, Team Wildcard Third

Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award

• Kevin Koe, Alberta Skip

• 2019 Boston Pizza Cup (Alberta)
• 2019 BC Men's Curling Championship
• 2019 Viterra Championship (Manitoba)
• 2019 NB Tankard
• 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
• 2019 NOCA Men's Provincial Championship (Northern Ontario)
• 2019 Deloitte Tankard (Nova Scotia)
• 2019 Ontario Tankard
• 2019 PEI Tankard
• 2019 WFG Tankard (Quebec)
• 2019 SaskTel Tankard (Saskatchewan)

• 2019 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship
• 2019 Yukon Men's Curling Championship
• 2019 Nunavut Brier Playdowns

• Official website (Archive)