# 2005 Canada Cup of Curling

The 2005 Strauss Canada Cup of Curling was held March 15–20, 2005, at Sport Mart Place in Kamloops, British Columbia. The winning teams received berths into the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.
Future Olympic champion Kevin Martin won the men's event, while 2006 Olympic bronze medalist Shannon Kleibrink won the women's event, which aided her path to reach the Olympics. She had already qualified for the Trials, so the runner-up Jan Betker rink earned a berth.
The total purse for the event was $180,000. Martin's team won $37,750, while Team Kleibrink took home $37,250.
While it was the third edition of the Canada Cup, the 2005 event was the first to be a part of Curling Canada's Season of Champions programme.

## Men's event
### Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Kerry Burtnyk | Ken Tresoor | Rob Fowler | Keith Fenton | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Mark Dacey | Bruce Lohnes | Rob Harris | Andrew Gibson | Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax |
| David Nedohin | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | Granite Curling Club, Edmonton |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Keith Ryan | Jamie Korab | St. John's Curling Club, St. John's |
| Mike Harris | John Base | Phil Loevenmark | Trevor Wall | Oakville Curling Club, Oakville |
| Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| John Morris | Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Paul Moffatt | Innisfail Curling Club, Innisfail |
| Jim Cotter | Pat Ryan (skip) | Kevin MacKenzie | Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jon Mead | Garry VanDenBerghe | Steve Gould | Charleswood Curling Club, Winnipeg |
| Wayne Tuck Jr. | Jason Boyce | Matt Paul | Jason Curtis | Brant Curling Club, Brantford |

### Preliminary round

Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Group A | W | L |
| Randy Ferbey | 4 | 1 |
| Jeff Stoughton | 4 | 1 |
| Mike Harris | 3 | 2 |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 4 |
| Pat Ryan | 0 | 5 |
| Group B | W | L |
| Kevin Martin | 5 | 0 |
| Kerry Burtnyk | 3 | 2 |
| John Morris | 3 | 2 |
| Mark Dacey | 2 | 3 |
| Wayne Tuck Jr. | 0 | 5 |

### Tiebreaker

* Burtnyk 7, Morris 6

### Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Ferbey | 7 | | | | A1 | Ferbey | 5 |
| B1 | Martin | 5 | | | | B1 | Martin | 6 |
| | | | B1 | Martin | 8 | | | |
| | | | A2 | Stoughton | 7 | | | |
| A2 | Stoughton | 7 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Burtnyk | 5 | | | | | | |

## Women's event
### Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Cheryl Bernard | Susan O'Connor | Jody McNabb | Karen Ruus | Calgary Winter Club, Calgary |
| Jan Betker | Sherry Linton | Joan McCusker | Marcia Gudereit | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Michelle Englot | Jolene McIvor | Michelle McIvor | Cindy Simmons | Davidson Curling Club, Davidson |
| Colleen Jones | Kim Kelly | Mary-Anne Arsenault | Nancy Delahunt | Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax |
| Shannon Kleibrink | Amy Nixon | Glenys Bakker | Christine Keshen | Calgary Winter Club, Calgary |
| Marie-France Larouche | Karo Gagnon | Annie Lemay | Véronique Grégoire | Club de curling Victoria, Sainte-Foy & Club de curling Etchemin, Saint-Romuald |
| Anne Merklinger | Theresa Breen | Susan Froud | Audrey Reddick | Rideau Curling Club, Ottawa |
| Jo-Ann Rizzo | Cheryl McPherson | Kimberly Tuck | Sara Gatchell | Brant Curling Club, Brantford |
| Kelly Scott | Jeanna Schraeder | Sasha Carter | Renee Simons | Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna |
| Heather Smith-Dacey | Kim Hodson | Laine Peters | Allyson Burgess | Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax |

### Preliminary round

Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Group A | W | L |
| Anne Merklinger | 4 | 1 |
| Shannon Kleibrink | 3 | 2 |
| Colleen Jones | 3 | 2 |
| Heather Smith-Dacey | 2 | 3 |
| Marie-France Larouche | 1 | 4 |
| Group B | W | L |
| Jan Betker | 5 | 0 |
| Jo-Ann Rizzo | 4 | 1 |
| Michelle Englot | 2 | 3 |
| Kelly Scott | 1 | 4 |
| Cheryl Bernard | 0 | 5 |

### Tie breaker

* Kleibrink 8, Jones 1

### Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Merklinger | 7 | | | | A2 | Kleibrink | 7 |
| B1 | Betker | 8 | | | | B1 | Betker | 6 |
| | | | A2 | Kleibrink | 6 | | | |
| | | | A1 | Merklinger | 5 | | | |
| A2 | Kleibrink | 9 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Rizzo | 1 | | | | | | |