The 2023 Boston Pizza Cup, the provincial men's curling championship for Alberta, was held February 8 to 12 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alberta.[1] The winning Kevin Koe rink represented Alberta at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario where after placing second in Pool A with a 7–1 record, they lost in the Championship round semifinal to Ontario 9–8.

2023 Boston Pizza Cup
Host cityEnoch, Alberta
ArenaRiver Cree Resort and Casino
DatesFebruary 8–12
WinnerTeam Koe
Curling clubThe Glencoe Club, Calgary
SkipKevin Koe
ThirdTyler Tardi
SecondBrad Thiessen
LeadKarrick Martin
FinalistBrendan Bottcher
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Additionally, two other rinks qualified for the Brier as wild card teams based on CTRS standings. The Brendan Bottcher rink was the Wild Card #1 representative while the Karsten Sturmay rink was the Wild Card #3 representative. The Bottcher rink would end up with a bronze medal finish losing to eventual runner-up Manitoba in the semifinal 7–5. The Sturmay rink finished sixth in Pool B with a 3–5 record.

Qualification process

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Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s)
WCT Leaders[2] 3 Brendan Bottcher
Kevin Koe
Karsten Sturmay
Excel Points Leader[3] 2 Aaron Sluchinski
Scott Webb
Okotoks Qualifier[4] 2 Kyler Kleibrink
Daylan Vavrek
Slave Lake Qualifier[5] 2 Warren Cross
Johnson Tao
Edmonton Qualifier[6] 3 Ryan Jacques
Parker Konschuh
Warren Kozak

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[7][8]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club
Brendan Bottcher Marc Kennedy Brett Gallant Ben Hebert The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Warren Cross Tyler Pfeiffer Morgan Van Doesburg Mike Lambert Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Ryan Jacques Desmond Young Andrew Gittis Gabe Dyck Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Kyler Kleibrink Chris Kennedy Evan van Amsterdam Tyler van Amsterdam The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Kevin Koe Tyler Tardi Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Parker Konschuh Craig Bourgonje Landon Bucholz Bryce Bucholz Derrick G&WC, Edmonton
Warren Kozak Michael Dumont Dwayne Romanchuk J. R. Falzetta Kris Gira Airdie CC, Airdrie
North Hill CC, Calgary
Aaron Sluchinski Jeremy Harty Ted Appelman[a] Dylan Webster Kerr Drummond The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Karsten Sturmay J. D. Lind Kyle Doering Glenn Venance Kurtis Goller St. Albert CC, St. Albert
Johnson Tao Jaedon Neuert Ben Morin Adam Naugler Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Daylan Vavrek Rolland Robinson Tyler Lautner Evan Asmussen Carter Lautner Sexsmith CC, Sexsmith
Scott Webb Tristan Steinke Jordan Steinke Andrew Dunbar Shawn Donnelly Grande Prairie CC, Grande Prairie

Knockout brackets

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Source:[10]

A event

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First Knockout     Qualifier 1
Brendan Bottcher 8
Johnson Tao 1 Kyler Kleibrink 1
Kyler Kleibrink 9 Brendan Bottcher 9
Karsten Sturmay 1
Karsten Sturmay 9
Scott Webb 7 Parker Konschuh 1
Parker Konschuh 10 Brendan Bottcher 8
Daylan Vavrek 3
Aaron Sluchinski 11
Ryan Jacques 8 Ryan Jacques 3
Warren Cross 3 Aaron Sluchinski 4
Daylan Vavrek 5
Kevin Koe 5
Daylan Vavrek 8 Daylan Vavrek 6
Warren Kozak 2

B event

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Second Knockout     Qualifier 2
Johnson Tao 7
Parker Konschuh 11 Parker Konschuh 2
Aaron Sluchinski 8
Aaron Sluchinski 7
Warren Cross 6 Kevin Koe 8
Kevin Koe 10 Kevin Koe 8
Karsten Sturmay 4
Kevin Koe 6
Scott Webb 9 Ryan Jacques 5
Kyler Kleibrink 4 Scott Webb 8
Warren Kozak 5 Ryan Jacques 9
Ryan Jacques 7 Ryan Jacques 7
Daylan Vavrek 4

C event

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Third Knockout   Qualifier 3
Kyler Kleibrink 5
Parker Konschuh 9 Parker Konschuh 2
Warren Kozak 3 Karsten Sturmay 6
Karsten Sturmay 9 Karsten Sturmay 9
Ryan Jacques 7
Third Knockout   Qualifier 4
Daylan Vavrek 9
Johnson Tao 4 Warren Cross 6
Warren Cross 6 Daylan Vavrek 1
Aaron Sluchinski 8
Scott Webb 4
Aaron Sluchinski 9

Knockout results

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All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC-07:00).[11][12]

Draw 1

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Wednesday, February 8, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Johnson Tao   0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1
Kyler Kleibrink 2 0 1 0 3 3 X X X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Webb   2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7
Parker Konschuh 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Warren Cross   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Ryan Jacques 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Warren Kozak 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
Daylan Vavrek   0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 X 8

Draw 2

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Wednesday, February 8, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brendan Bottcher   0 2 0 4 0 2 X X X X 8
Kyler Kleibrink 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Parker Konschuh   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Karsten Sturmay 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ryan Jacques   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 3
Aaron Sluchinski 0 3 0 1 0 2 5 X X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Daylan Vavrek   0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
Kevin Koe 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 3

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Thursday, February 9, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Warren Cross 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Kevin Koe   2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Parker Konschuh 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 11
Johnson Tao   2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7

Draw 4

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Thursday, February 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brendan Bottcher   3 0 3 2 1 X X X X X 9
Karsten Sturmay 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Aaron Sluchinski 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4
Daylan Vavrek   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kyler Kleibrink   1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X X 4
Scott Webb 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Warren Kozak 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 X 5
Ryan Jacques   1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 7

Draw 5

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Thursday, February 9, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kevin Koe   1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 X 8
Karsten Sturmay 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Aaron Sluchinski 1 0 5 2 0 X X X X X 8
Parker Konschuh   0 1 0 0 1 X X X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brendan Bottcher 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 X X X 8
Daylan Vavrek   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ryan Jacques 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 9
Scott Webb   0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 8

Draw 6

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Friday, February 10, 8:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Parker Konschuh 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 9
Kyler Kleibrink   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Johnson Tao 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4
Warren Cross   1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Karsten Sturmay   4 1 0 0 2 0 2 X X X 9
Warren Kozak 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X X X 3

Draw 7

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Friday, February 10, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ryan Jacques   0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 7
Daylan Vavrek 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kevin Koe 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 8
Aaron Sluchinski   2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7

Draw 8

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Friday, February 10, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Ryan Jacques   1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
Kevin Koe 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Warren Cross   0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Daylan Vavrek 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Karsten Sturmay   0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 6
Parker Konschuh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Aaron Sluchinski   1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 9
Scott Webb 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4

Draw 9

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Saturday, February 11, 11:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Aaron Sluchinski 1 0 4 0 3 X X X X X 8
Daylan Vavrek 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ryan Jacques 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 7
Karsten Sturmay 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 9

Playoffs

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Source:[13]

A vs. B

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Saturday, February 11, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brendan Bottcher   1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 6
Kevin Koe 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5

C1 vs. C2

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Saturday, February 11, 7:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Karsten Sturmay 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 x x 3
Aaron Sluchinski   0 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 x x 8

Semifinal

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Sunday, February 12, 10:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Aaron Sluchinski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Kevin Koe   0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 X 6

Final

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Sunday, February 12, 3:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brendan Bottcher   0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
Kevin Koe 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 6
2023 Boston Pizza Cup
 
Kevin Koe
8th Alberta Provincial Championship title

References

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  1. ^ "Alberta Men's Curling Provincials". Curling Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022–23 WCT Standings – Men". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  3. ^ "Alberta Curling Tour Standings". Curling Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "2022/23 Men's Provincial Qualifier - Okotoks Curling Club". Curling Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  5. ^ "2022/23 Men's Provincial Qualifier - Slave Lake Curling Club". Curling Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  6. ^ "2022/23 Men's Provincial Qualifier - Avonair Curling Club (Last Chance Event)". Curling Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  7. ^ "Teams". Curling Alberta. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  8. ^ "2023 Boston Pizza Cup Teams". Curling Alberta. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Ted Appelman back from retirement curling in Alberta Boston Pizza Cup". Edmonton Sun. February 10, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  10. ^ "Standings/Draw". Curling Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  11. ^ "Event Details". 2023 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  12. ^ "Scoreboard". Curling Alberta. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Championship Event, 4 team page playoff". 2023 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup. Curling Alberta. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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Notes

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  1. ^ Appelman replaced Drummond on the team, as his wife was expecting to give birth.[9]