# 2017 Boston Pizza Cup

The 2017 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 8 to 12 at the Rotary Spirit Centre in Westlock, Alberta.

## Qualification process

Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:
| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team |
| Defending champions | N/A | Kevin Koe Pat Simmons |
| Highest-ranked team on CTRS | 1 | Charley Thomas |
| Next-ranked team on CTRS not already qualified | 1 | Brendan Bottcher |
| Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points | 2 | Mick Lizmore Ted Appelman |
| Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 6–8) | 2 | Roland Robinson Graham Powell |
| Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 19–22) | 3 | Thomas Scoffin Jamie King James Pahl |
| Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 20–23) | 3 | Josh Lameden Aaron Sluchniski Jeremy Harty |

### Notes

* ^ The defending champion usually receives the first berth, however the defending champion from 2016, Kevin Koe, won the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier and therefore entered the 2017 Brier as Team Canada, negating any need for him to compete in the Boston Pizza Cup. In addition, 2015 Brier champion Pat Simmons, who had competed as Team Canada in 2015 and 2016 with the team Koe won the 2014 Boston Pizza Cup and Brier titles with, would also have been eligible for direct entry into the 2017 Boston Pizza Cup as a past provincial/national champion. However, Simmons' team disbanded after the 2015-16 curling season and forfeited their berth. Had Koe and Simmons both entered the 2017 Boston Pizza Cup, only one team would have qualified via the ACF bonspiel route. Instead, the next-ranked team on the CTRS was granted automatic entry.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale(s) |
| Ted Appelman | Tom Appelman | Shawn Donnelly | Adam Enright | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Brendan Bottcher | Darren Moulding | Brad Thiessen | Karrick Martin | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Jeremy Harty | Dylan Webster | Joel Berger | Gregg Hamilton | The Glencoe Club, Calgary |
| Glen Kennedy (fourth) | Jamie King (skip) | Sean Morris | Todd Brick | Ellerslie Curling Club, Edmonton |
| Josh Lambden | Chris McDonah | Robert Collins | Colin Stroeder | Calgary Curling Club, Calgary |
| Mick Lizmore | Daylan Vavrek | Carter Lautner | Brad Chyz | Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| James Pahl | Mark Klinck | Aaron Bartling | Thomas Stroh | Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton |
| Graham Powell | Tom Sallows | Jordan Steinke | Chris Wall | Grande Prairie Curling Club, Grande Prairie |
| Roland Robinson | Jeff Erickson | Ryan Konowalyk | James Knievel | Manning Curling Club, Manning |
| Thomas Scoffin | Tristan Steinke | Jason Ginter | Brett Winfield | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Justin Sluchinski | Eric Richard | Kyle Richard | Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie |
| Charley Thomas | Nathan Connolly | Brandon Klassen | Craig Savill | The Glencoe Club, Calgary Crestwood Curling Club, Edmonton |

## Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081254/http://www.2017bostonpizzacup.com/default.aspx?p=draw

### A Event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 6 | | | | | | |
| James Pahl | James Pahl | 6 | James Pahl | James Pahl | 4 | | | | | | |
| Josh Lambden | Josh Lambden | 2 | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 6 | | | |
| Thomas Scoffin | Thomas Scoffin | 6 | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 7 | | | |
| Roland Robinson | Roland Robinson | 4 | Thomas Scoffin | Thomas Scoffin | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 6 |
| | | | Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 8 | | | | | | |
| Jamie King | Jamie King | 3 | Jeremy Harty | Jeremy Harty | 6 | | | | | | |
| Jeremy Harty | Jeremy Harty | 10 | | | | Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 3 | | | |
| Aaron Sluchninski | Aaron Sluchninski | 7 | | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 9 | | | |
| Graham Powell | Graham Powell | 3 | Aaron Slushinski | Aaron Slushinski | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 8 | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Josh Lambden | Josh Lambden | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Scoffin | Thomas Scoffin | 5 | Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Thomas Scoffin | Thomas Scoffin | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Thomas Scoffin | Thomas Scoffin | 7 | | | |
| Jeremy Harty | Jeremy Harty | 9 | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 9 | | | |
| Graham Powell | Graham Powell | 1 | Jeremy Harty | Jeremy Harty | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Charley Thomas | Charley Thomas | 10 |
| Jamie King | Jamie King | 3 | | | | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 6 |
| Aaron Slushninski | Aaron Slushninski | 7 | Aaron Slushninski | Aaron Slushninski | 3 | | | | | | |
| Roland Robinson | Roland Robinson | 5 | James Pahl | James Pahl | 6 | | | | | | |
| James Pahl | James Pahl | 9 | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | James Pahl | James Pahl | 4 | | | |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | Josh Lambden | Josh Lambden | 2 | | | |
| Graham Powell | Graham Powell | 4 | James Pahl | James Pahl | 7 | | | |
| Josh Lambden | Josh Lambden | 7 | | | | James Pahl | James Pahl | 5 |
| | | | | | | Aaron Sluchninski | Aaron Sluchninski | 9 |
| | | | Aaron Sluchninski | Aaron Sluchninski | 5 | | | |
| | | | Thomas Scoffin | Thomas Scoffin | 4 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Jamie King | Jamie King | 8 | | | | | | |
| Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 10 | Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 7 | | | |
| Roland Robinson | Roland Robinson | 5 | Jeremy Harty | Jeremy Harty | 3 | | | |
| Jeremy Harty | Jeremy Harty | 7 | | | | Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 7 |
| | | | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 6 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Brendan Bottcher | 8 | | | | A | Brendan Bottcher | 6 |
| B | Charley Thomas | 3 | | | | C2 | Ted Appelman | 5 |
| | | | B | Charley Thomas | 6 | | | |
| | | | C2 | Ted Appelman | 8 | | | |
| C1 | Aaron Sluchniski | 6 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Ted Appelman | 10 | | | | | | |

### A vs. B

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

### C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 11, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchninski | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 12, 11:00 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Final

Sunday, February 12, 4:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
* 2017 Boston Pizza Cup
* Brendan Bottcher 1st Alberta Provincial Championship title