# 2016 Boston Pizza Cup

The 2016 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 10 to 14 at the Encana Arena in Camrose, Alberta. The winning Kevin Koe rink represented Alberta at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa. Koe's rink went on to win the Brier, his third Brier championship as skip.

## Qualification process

Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:
| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team |
| Defending champion from previous year | 1 | Kevin Koe |
| Highest-ranked team on CTRS not already qualified | 1 | Charley Thomas |
| Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points | 2 | Mick Lizmore Brendan Bottcher |
| Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 15–17) | 2 | Tom Sallows Greg Pasichnuk |
| Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 14–17) | 3 | Jeff Erickson Greg Hansen Warren Cross |
| Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 15–18) | 3 | Brent Bawel Kevin Park Kevin Yablonski |

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale(s) |
| Brent Bawel | Lyle Kent | Byron Wickerson | Nathan Relitz | | Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie |
| Brendan Bottcher | Tom Appelman | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Warren Cross | Dean Darwent | Jeremy Hodges | Cody Bartlett | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Jeff Erickson | Dustin Eckstrand | Shaun Planaden | Scott Cruickshank | | Sedgewick Curling Club, Sedgewick |
| Glen Hansen | Doug McLennan | Don Bartlett | George Parsons | | St. Albert Curling Club, St. Albert |
| Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | | Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary |
| Mick Lizmore | Daylan Vavrek | Brad Chyz | Carter Lautner | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Kevin Park | Brock Virtue | Adam Norget | Dylan Webster | Mike Neufeld | Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge |
| Greg Pasichnuk | James Knievel | Kevin Albrecht | Chad Krantz | Evan Asmussen | Manning Curling Club, Manning |
| Jordan Steinke (fourth) | Tom Sallows (skip) | Mark Pillsworth | Kendall Warawa | | Grande Prairie Curling Club, Grande Prairie |
| Charley Thomas | Nathan Connolly | Brandon Klassen | D. J. Kidby | | Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary Crestwood Curling Club, Calgary |
| Kevin Yablonski | Michael Roy | Scott Garrett | Matthew McDonald | | Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary |

## Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:

### A event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 8 | | | | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 7 | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 2 | | | | | | |
| Warren Cross | Warren Cross | 6 | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 4 | | | |
| Kevin Park | Kevin Park | 2 | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 6 | | | |
| Greg Pasichnuk | Greg Pasichnuk | 8 | Greg Pasichnuk | Greg Pasichnuk | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 7 |
| | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 7 | | | | | | |
| Jeff Erickson | Jeff Erickson | 7 | Kevin Yablonski | Kevin Yablonski | 2 | | | | | | |
| Kevin Yablonski | Kevin Yablonski | 8 | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 8 | | | |
| Tom Sallows | Tom Sallows | 7 | | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 7 | | | |
| Glen Hansen | Glen Hansen | 5 | Tom Sallows | Tom Sallows | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 9 | | | | | | |

### B event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Greg Pasichnuk | Greg Pasichnuk | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Warren Cross | Warren Cross | 6 | Greg Pasichnuk | Greg Pasichnuk | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 12 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 3 | | | |
| Kevin Yablonski | Kevin Yablonski | 7 | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 8 | | | |
| Kevin Park | Kevin Park | 8 | Kevin Park | Kevin Park | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 6 |
| Tom Sallows | Tom Sallows | 7 | | | | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 1 |
| Jeff Erickson | Jeff Erickson | 8 | Jeff Erickson | Jeff Erickson | 5 | | | | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 5 | Glen Hansen | Glen Hansen | 9 | | | | | | |
| Glen Hansen | Glen Hansen | 7 | | | | Glen Hansen | Glen Hansen | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 8 | | | |

### C event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | Kevin Yablonski | Kevin Yablonski | 9 | | | |
| Warren Cross | Warren Cross | 5 | Glen Hansen | Glen Hansen | 4 | | | |
| Kevin Yablonski | Kevin Yablonski | 9 | | | | Kevin Yablonski | Kevin Yablonski | 3 |
| | | | | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 10 |
| | | | Jeff Erickson | Jeff Erickson | 4 | | | |
| | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 6 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Tom Sallows | Tom Sallows | 11 | | | | | | |
| Greg Pasichnuk | Greg Pasichnuk | 6 | Tom Sallows | Tom Sallows | 2 | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 9 | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 9 | | | |
| Kevin Park | Kevin Park | 5 | | | | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 4 |
| | | | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 7 |

## Knockout results
### Draw 1

Wednesday, February 10, 9:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Greg Pasichnuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeff Erickson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kevin Yablonski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tom Sallows | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Glen Hansen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Warren Cross | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 2

Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Pasichnuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Mick Lizmore | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 7 |
| Kevin Yablonski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tom Sallows | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 9 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, February 11, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, February 11, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Pasichnuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Warren Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Kevin Yablonski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kevin Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tom Sallows | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Jeff Erickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Glen Hansen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, February 11, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeff Erickson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Glen Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Pasichnuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 12 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Charley Thomas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 7 |

### Draw 6

Friday, February 12, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tom Sallows | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Greg Pasichnuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Kevin Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Warren Cross | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Kevin Yablonski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |

### Draw 7

Friday, February 12, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 3 |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Glen Hansen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mick Lizmore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |

### Draw 8

Friday, February 6, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 6 |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeff Erickson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Yablonski | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Glen Hansen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Tom Sallows | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |

### Draw 9

Saturday, February 7, 1:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Yablonski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | X | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Charley Thomas | 7 | | | | A | Charley Thomas | 4 |
| B | Kevin Koe | 5 | | | | B | Kevin Koe | 8 |
| | | | B | Kevin Koe | 7 | | | |
| | | | C1 | Brendan Bottcher | 4 | | | |
| C1 | Brendan Bottcher | 5 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Mick Lizmore | 2 | | | | | | |

### A vs. B

Saturday, February 13, 6:30 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

### C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 13, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 14, 9:30 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Final

Sunday, February 14, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 8 |
* 2016 Boston Pizza Cup
* Kevin Koe 5th Alberta Provincial Championship title