# 2013 Boston Pizza Cup

The 2013 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup, the men's provincial curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 6 to 10 at the Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, Alberta. The winner of the Boston Pizza Cup represented Alberta at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton.

## 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 | Kevin Martin |
| Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points | 2 | Brendan Bottcher Jamie King |
| Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 4–6) | 2 | Kurt Balderston Graham Powell |
| Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 17–20) | 3 | Tom Appelman Wade White James Pahl |
| Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 18–21) | 3 | Charley Thomas Matthew Blandford Aaron Sluchinski |

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale(s) |
| Brendan Bottcher | Micky Lizmore | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Jamie King | Blake MacDonald | Scott Pfeifer | Jeff Erickson | | St. Albert Curling Club, St. Albert |
| Kevin Koe | Pat Simmons | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | | Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary |
| Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Kurt Balderston | Adam Enright | Rob Maksymetz | Del Shaughnessy | | Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith |
| Graham Powell | Kelsey Dusseault | Ken Powell | Alain Blanchette | | Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith |
| Brent Bawel | Tom Appelman | Ted Appelman | Brendan Melnyk | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Wade White | Kevin Tym | Dan Holowaychuk | George White | Brian McPherson | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| James Pahl | Mark Klinck | Kevin McGregor | Kelly Mauthe | | Strathcona Curling Club, Sherwood Park |
| Charley Thomas | J. D. Lind | Dominic Daeman | Matt Ng | | Calgary Curling Club, Calgary Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary |
| Matthew Blandford | Evan Assmussen | Brent Hamilton | Bradley Chyz | Greg Hill | Inglewood Curling Club, Calgary |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Justin Sluchinski | Dylan Webster | Craig Bourgonje | Steve Petryk | Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie |

## 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 | 14 | | | | | | |
| Wade White | Wade White | 5 | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 0 | | | | | | |
| Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 8 | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 5 | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 8 | | | | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 2 | | | |
| Graham Powell | Graham Powell | 4 | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 6 |
| | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 7 | | | | | | |
| Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 9 | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 4 | | | | | | |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 3 | | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 6 | | | |
| Kurt Balderston | Kurt Balderston | 5 | | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 7 | | | |
| James Pahl | James Pahl | 7 | James Pahl | James Pahl | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 8 | | | | | | |

### B event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Wade White | Wade White | 12 | Wade White | Wade White | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 7 | | | |
| Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 11 | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 9 | | | |
| Graham Powell | Graham Powell | 1 | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 5 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 6 | | | | | | | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 6 |
| James Pahl | James Pahl | 4 | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 8 | | | | | | |
| Kurt Balderston | Kurt Balderston | 9 | Kurt Balderston | Kurt Balderston | 5 | | | | | | |
| Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 3 | | | | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 7 | | | |

### C event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 9 | | | |
| Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 7 | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 3 | | | |
| Graham Powell | Graham Powell | 4 | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 8 |
| | | | | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 7 |
| | | | Kurt Balderston | Kurt Balderston | 3 | | | |
| | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 8 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Wade White | Wade White | 5 | | | | | | |
| James Pahl | James Pahl | 8 | James Pahl | James Pahl | 2 | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 9 | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 7 | | | |
| Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 8 | | | | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 1 |
| | | | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 6 |

## Knockout results

All draws are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).

### Draw 1

Wednesday, February 6, 9:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Graham Powell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wade White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Matthew Blandford | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kurt Balderston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| James Pahl | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 7 |

### Draw 2

Wednesday, February 6, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| James Pahl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Kevin Martin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie King | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, February 7, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jamie King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, February 7, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kurt Balderston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| James Pahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Graham Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wade White | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 12 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 3 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, February 7, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie King | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Wade White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kurt Balderston | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 6

Friday, February 8, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Graham Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Brent Bawel | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| James Pahl | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Wade White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Draw 7

Friday, February 8, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie King | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Charley Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |

### Draw 8

Friday, February 8, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kurt Balderston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Jamie King | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Kevin Koe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| James Pahl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Brent Bawel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Draw 9

Saturday, February 9, 1:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Jamie King | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Charley Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 6 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Kevin Martin | 7 | | | | 1 | Kevin Martin | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron Sluchinski | 3 | | | | 3 | Kevin Koe | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Aaron Sluchinski | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Kevin Koe | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Kevin Koe | 11 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Charley Thomas | 3 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 9, 6:30 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 7 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

### 3 vs. 4

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

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 10, 9:30 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 6 |

### Final

Sunday, February 10, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |