# 2014 Boston Pizza Cup

The 2014 Boston Pizza Cup, the provincial men's curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 5 to 9 at the Lacombe Curling Club in Lacombe, Alberta. The winner represented Alberta at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops.

## 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 Martin |
| Highest-ranked team on CTRS not already qualified | 1 | Kevin Koe |
| Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points | 2 | Robert Schlender Jamie King |
| Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 17–19) | 2 | Greg Pasichnuk Mark Johnson |
| Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 17–19) | 3 | Brendan Bottcher Wade White Ted Appelman |
| Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 17–20) | 3 | Lloyd Hill Matthew Blandford Charley Thomas |

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale(s) |
| Ted Appelman | Shawn Donnelly | Landon Bucholz | Bryce Bucholz | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Matthew Blandford | Darren Moulding | Brent Hamilton | Brad Chyz | Inglewood Curling Club, Calgary |
| Brendan Bottcher | Micky Lizmore | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Lloyd Hill | Scott Egger | Greg Hill | Maurice Sonier | Calgary Curling Club, Calgary |
| Mark Johnson | Kurt Balderston | Rob Bucholz | Del Shaughnessy | Grande Prairie Curling Club, Grande Prairie |
| 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 | David Nedohin | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Rob Maksymetz (fourth) | Evan Asmussen | Sean Morris | Greg Pasichnuk (skip) | Manning Curling Club, Manning |
| Robert Schlender | Aaron Sluchinski | Justin Sluchinski | Dylan Webster | Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie |
| Charley Thomas | Colin Hodgson | Matthew Ng | Mike Westlund | Calgary Curling Club, Calgary Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary |
| Wade White | Kevin Tym | Dan Holowaychuk | George White | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |

## Knockout Draw Brackets
### A Event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 5 | | | | | | |
| Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 6 | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 4 | | | | | | |
| Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 4 | | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 10 | | | |
| Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 7 | | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 8 | | | |
| Greg Pasichnuk | Greg Pasichnuk | 5 | Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 3 |
| | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 6 | | | | | | |
| Mark Johnson | Mark Johnson | 7 | Mark Johnson | Mark Johnson | 5 | | | | | | |
| Lloyd Hill | Lloyd Hill | 2 | | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 7 | | | |
| Wade White | Wade White | 10 | | | | Wade White | Wade White | 4 | | | |
| Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 4 | Wade White | Wade White | 12 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 6 | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 10 | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Wade White | Wade White | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 6 | | | |
| Mark Johnson | Mark Johnson | 7 | | | | Mark Johnson | Mark Johnson | 3 | | | |
| Greg Pasichnuk | Greg Pasichnuk | 6 | Mark Johnson | Mark Johnson | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 6 |
| Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 8 | | | | | | | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 8 |
| Lloyd Hill | Lloyd Hill | 2 | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 2 | | | | | | |
| Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 11 | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 4 | | | | | | |
| Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 4 | | | | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 5 | | | |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 11 | | | |
| Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 9 | Jamie King | Jamie King | 6 | | | |
| Greg Pasichnuk | Greg Pasichnuk | 3 | | | | Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 4 |
| | | | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 7 |
| | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 7 | | | |
| | | | Mark Johnson | Mark Johnson | 3 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Wade White | Wade White | 9 | | | | | | |
| Lloyd Hill | Lloyd Hill | 2 | Wade White | Wade White | 5 | | | |
| Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 4 | Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 10 | | | |
| Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 6 | | | | Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 2 |
| | | | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 7 |

## Results

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

### Draw 1

Wednesday, February 5, 9:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mark Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Lloyd Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Greg Pasichnuk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Blandford | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wade White | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 4 |

### Draw 2

Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wade White | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | X | 12 |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jamie King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mark Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, February 6, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie King | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Wade White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, February 6, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Ted Appelman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Lloyd Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mark Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Greg Pasichnuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Robert Schlender | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 6 |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 10 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, February 6, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Wade White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mark Johnson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Jamie King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |

### Draw 6

Friday, February 7, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Greg Pasichnuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wade White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Lloyd Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |

### Draw 7

Friday, February 7, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Mark Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Blandford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Jamie King | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 8

Friday, February 7, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Jamie King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Mark Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wade White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |

### Draw 9

Saturday, February 8, 1:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Robert Schlender | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Kevin Martin | 10 | | | | A | Kevin Martin | 5 |
| B | Matthew Blandford | 4 | | | | C1 | Kevin Koe | 7 |
| | | | B | Matthew Blandford | 4 | | | |
| | | | C1 | Kevin Koe | 8 | | | |
| C1 | Kevin Koe | 8 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Charley Thomas | 7 | | | | | | |

### A vs. B

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

### C1 vs. C2

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

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 9, 9:00 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |

### Final

Sunday, February 9, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
* 2014 Boston Pizza Cup
* Kevin Koe 3rd Alberta Provincial Championship title