# 2017 Yukon Men's Curling Championship

The 2017 Yukon Men's Curling Championship was held January 12 to 15 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse, Yukon. The winning Jon Solberg team represented the Yukon at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship.

## Teams

Seven teams entered the event:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
| Herb Balsam | Alexander Peech | Cole Hume | Wes Huston |
| Dustin Mikkelsen | Scott Williamson | Branden Hayen | Scott Cole |
| Pat Paslawski | Terry Miller | Tyler Williams | Trent Derkatch |
| Brent Pierce | Wade Scoffin | Steve Fecteau | Clint Ireland |
| Bob Smallwood | Clint Abel | Scott Odian | David Rach |
| Jon Solberg | Craig Kochan | Ray Mikkelsen | Darrin Fredrickson |
| Gord Zealand | Dale Enzenauer | Don Duncan | Bob Walker |

## Draw

Following new rules set out by the Yukon Curling Association, championships with 6-7 teams are to have a modified triple knock out format.
Brackets:
| A Qualifier | A Qualifier | A Qualifier | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | A Final | A Final | A Final |
| | | | Bob Smallwood | Bob Smallwood | 7 | | | |
| Pat Paslawski | Pat Paslawski | 6 | Pat Paslawski | Pat Paslawski | 6 | | | |
| Dustin Mikkelsen | Dustin Mikkelsen | 5 | | | | Bob Smallwood | Bob Smallwood | 5 |
| Jon Solberg | Jon Solberg | 9 | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 6 |
| Herb Balsam | Herb Balsam | 2 | Jon Solberg | Jon Solberg | 3 | | | |
| | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 6 | | | |
| B Qualifier | B Qualifier | B Qualifier | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | B Final | B Final | B Final |
| | | | | | | Bob Smallwood | Bob Smallwood | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | Jon Solberg | Jon Solberg | 14 | | | |
| | | | Dustin Mikkelsen | Dustin Mikkelsen | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jon Solberg | Jon Solberg | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Jon Solberg | Jon Solberg | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 5 |
| | | | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | Pat Paslawski | Pat Paslawski | 6 | | | |
| | | | Pat Paslawski | Pat Paslawski | 9 | | | | | | |
| Herb Balsam | Herb Balsam | 9 | Herb Balsam | Herb Balsam | 4 | | | | | | |
| Gord Zealand | Gord Zealand | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| C Qualifier | C Qualifier | C Qualifier | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | C Final | C Final | C Final |
| | | | | | | Jon Solberg | Jon Solberg | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | Pat Paslawski | Pat Paslawski | 3 | | | |
| | | | Herb Balsam | Herb Balsam | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Pat Paslawski | Pat Paslawski | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Jon Solberg | Jon Solberg | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 8 |
| | | | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Bob Smallwood | Bob Smallwood | 3 | | | |
| | | | Bob Smallwood | Bob Smallwood | 8 | | | | | | |
| Dustin Mikkelsen | Dustin Mikkelsen | 6 | Gord Zealand | Gord Zealand | 5 | | | | | | |
| Gord Zealand | Gord Zealand | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

## Playoffs

Pierce had to be beaten twice
| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A | Brent Pierce | 6 |
| B | Jon Solberg | 11 | B | Jon Solberg | 7 |
| C | Brent Pierce | 5 | | | |

### Game #1

Sunday, January 16, 9:00 am
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jon Solberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 11 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Game #2

Sunday, January 16, 3:00 pm
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jon Solberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |