# 2015 Boston Pizza Cup

The 2015 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 4 to 8 at the Peace Memorial Multiplex in Wainwright, Alberta. The winning Kevin Koe team represented Alberta at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.

## 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 | N/A | John Morris |
| Highest-ranked team on CTRS (April) | 1 | Brendan Bottcher |
| Highest-ranked team on CTRS (December) not already qualified | 1 | Kevin Koe |
| Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points | 2 | Mick Lizmore Aaron Sluchinski |
| Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 17–19) | 2 | Tom Sallows Daylan Vavrek |
| Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 15–18) | 3 | James Pahl Jamie King Jessi Wilkinson |
| Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 16–19) | 3 | Brock Virtue Brent Bawel Matthew Blandford |

### Notes

* ^ The defending champion usually receives the first berth, and in the case that the defending champion declines or is not eligible to receive the berth, the runner-up receives the berth. The defending champion from 2014, Kevin Koe, won the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier and, under the revised format implemented for the 2015 Brier, would have been eligible for automatic entry with his 2014 team in the 2015 Brier as Team Canada, which would have negated any need for him to compete in the Boston Pizza Cup. However, Koe assembled a new team in the off-season, rendering him ineligible for both the national and provincial berths. Had they not been eligible to compete as Team Canada, Koe's former teammates and their new skip John Morris would have received automatic entry into the 2015 Boston Pizza Cup. Meanwhile, the 2014 Albertan runner-up, Kevin Martin, retired in the off-season. Therefore, the first berth went to the highest ranked eligible team as of April.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale(s) |
| Brent Bawel | Michael Jantzen | Sean Morris | Byron Wickerson | | Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie |
| Matthew Blandford | Darren Moulding | Brent Hamilton | Brad Chyz | | Coaldale Granite Club, Coaldale Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie |
| Brendan Bottcher | Tom Appelman | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Jamie King | Jeff Erickson | Warren Hassall | Glen Kennedy | | St. Albert Curling Club, St. Albert |
| Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | | Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary |
| Mick Lizmore | Nathan Connelly | Parker Konschuh | Carter Lautner | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| James Pahl | Ted Appelman | Mark Klinck | Roland Robinson | | Strathcona Curling Club, Sherwood Park |
| Tom Sallows | Jordan Steinke | Ryan Deis | Kendall Warawa | | Grande Prairie Curling Club, Grande Prairie |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Justin Sluchinski | Dylan Webster | Eric Richard | Kyle Richard | Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie |
| Daylan Vavrek | Evan Asmussen | Jason Ginter | Andrew O'Dell | | Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith |
| Brock Virtue | Charley Thomas | Brandon Klassen | D. J. Kidby | | Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary |
| Jessi Wilkinson | Michael Lambert | Neal Woloschuk | Morgan Van Doesburg | Julian Sawiak | Ellerslie Curling Club, Edmonton |

## Knockout Draw Brackets
### A event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | A Qualifier | A Qualifier | A Qualifier |
| | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 9 | | | | | | |
| Jamie King | Jamie King | 9 | Jamie King | Jamie King | 4 | | | | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 1 | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 7 | | | |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 10 | | | | James Pahl | James Pahl | 5 | | | |
| Jessi Wilkinson | Jessi Wilkinson | 9 | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | James Pahl | James Pahl | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 2 |
| | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 8 | | | | | | |
| Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 8 | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 2 | | | | | | |
| Tom Sallows | Tom Sallows | 3 | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 8 | | | |
| Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 4 | | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 7 | | | |
| Daylan Vavrek | Daylan Vavrek | 6 | Daylan Vavrek | Daylan Vavrek | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 6 | | | | | | |

### B event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | B Qualifier | B Qualifier | B Qualifier |
| | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 11 | | | | | | |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 5 | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 1 | | | | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 6 | | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 8 | | | |
| Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 9 | | | | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 3 | | | |
| Jessi Wilkinson | Jessi Wilkinson | 6 | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | James Pahl | James Pahl | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Brendan Bottcher | Brendan Bottcher | 7 |
| Daylan Vavrek | Daylan Vavrek | 2 | | | | | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 3 |
| Tom Sallows | Tom Sallows | 8 | Tom Sallows | Tom Sallows | 5 | | | | | | |
| Jamie King | Jamie King | 9 | Jamie King | Jamie King | 6 | | | | | | |
| Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 5 | | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 3 | | | |

### C event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | C Qualifier 1 | C Qualifier 1 | C Qualifier 1 |
| | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 1 | | | |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 8 | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 9 | | | |
| Jessi Wilkinson | Jessi Wilkinson | 4 | | | | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 7 |
| | | | | | | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 6 |
| | | | Tom Sallows | Tom Sallows | 5 | | | |
| | | | Matthew Blandford | Matthew Blandford | 8 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | C Qualifier 2 | C Qualifier 2 | C Qualifier 2 |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 4 | | | | | | |
| Daylan Vavrek | Daylan Vavrek | 5 | Daylan Vavrek | Daylan Vavrek | 1 | | | |
| James Pahl | James Pahl | 4 | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 7 | | | |
| Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 7 | | | | Mick Lizmore | Mick Lizmore | 7 |
| | | | | | | Jamie King | Jamie King | 5 |

## Knockout results
### Draw 1

Wednesday, February 4, 9:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Tom Sallows | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Jessi Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie King | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |

### Draw 2

Wednesday, February 4, 6:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Jamie King | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| James Pahl | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brock Virtue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, February 5, 9:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| James Pahl | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brock Virtue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, February 5, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie King | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Tom Sallows | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Blandford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Jessi Wilkinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, February 5, 6:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| James Pahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tom Sallows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jamie King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 6

Friday, February 6, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Jessi Wilkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| James Pahl | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |

### Draw 7

Friday, February 6, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie King | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Matthew Blandford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 3 |

### Draw 8

Friday, February 6, 6:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Jamie King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Tom Sallows | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 7 |

### Draw 9

Saturday, February 7, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Matthew Blandford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mick Lizmore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Jamie King | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Kevin Koe | 6 | | | | A | Kevin Koe | 7 |
| B | Brendan Bottcher | 4 | | | | B | Brendan Bottcher | 4 |
| | | | B | Brendan Bottcher | 7 | | | |
| | | | C2 | Mick Lizmore | 4 | | | |
| C1 | Aaron Sluchinski | 5 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Mick Lizmore | 7 | | | | | | |

### A vs. B

Saturday, February 7, 6:30 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### C1 vs. C2

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

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 8, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Mick Lizmore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |

### Final

Sunday, February 8, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
* 2015 Boston Pizza Cup
* Kevin Koe 4th Alberta Provincial Championship title