# 2020 Boston Pizza Cup

The 2020 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup presented by Best Western, the provincial men's curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 5 to 9 at the Westlock Curling Club in Westlock, Alberta. The winning Brendan Bottcher rink represented Alberta at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario.
In an all Saville Community SC final, Brendan Bottcher defeated Karsten Sturmay 7–6 with a draw to the button in the tenth end to win his third provincial title.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Berths | Qualifying team(s) |
| CTRS leader | 1 | Brendan Bottcher |
| Alberta Tour | 3 | Jeremy Harty James Pahl Karsten Sturmay |
| Inglewood Qualifier | 4 | Aaron Sluchinski Robert Johnson Daylan Vavrek Kevin Park |
| Ottewell Qualifier | 3 | Ted Appelman Jacob Libbus Evan van Amsterdam |
| Fort St. John Qualifier | 1 | Scott Webb |

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club |
| Ted Appelman | Nathan Connolly | Shawn Donnelly | Adam Enright | | Avonair Curling Club, Edmonton |
| Brendan Bottcher | Darren Moulding | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Jeremy Harty | Kyler Kleibrink | Joel Berger | Kurtis Goller | | The Glencoe Club, Calgary |
| Robert Johnson | Lyle Kent | Steve Thomas | Nathan Relitz | Jim Perry | Calgary Curling Club, Calgary |
| Jacob Libbus | Dustin Mikush | Michael Henricks | Zachary Pawliuk | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| James Pahl | Glen Kennedy | Roland Robinson | Craig MacAlpine | | Sherwood Park Curling Club, Sherwood Park |
| Kevin Park | Robert Collins | Scott Garnett | Ben Savage | | Strathmore Curling Club, Strathmore |
| Aaron Sluchinski | J. D. Lind | Dylan Webster | Jason Ginter | | Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie |
| Karsten Sturmay | Tristan Steinke | Christopher Kennedy | Glenn Venance | | Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Evan van Amsterdam | Parker Konschuh | Craig Bourgonje | Tyler van Amsterdam | | Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton |
| Daylan Vavrek | Dean Mamer | Carter Lautner | Evan Asmussen | Bradley Chyz | Calgary Curling Club, Calgary |
| Scott Webb | Dean Darwent | Stephen Byrne | Damien Gnass | | Peace River Curling Club, Peace River |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L |
| Ted Appelman | 4 | 1 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 4 | 1 |
| James Pahl | 3 | 2 |
| Jacob Libbus | 2 | 3 |
| Scott Webb | 1 | 4 |
| Kevin Park | 1 | 4 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Karsten Sturmay | 4 | 1 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 4 | 1 |
| Jeremy Harty | 3 | 2 |
| Evan van Amsterdam | 2 | 3 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 2 | 3 |
| Robert Johnson | 0 | 5 |

## Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−07:00).

### Draw 1

Wednesday, February 5, 12:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Evan van Amsterdam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeremy Harty | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Robert Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 2

Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 10 |
| Jacob Libbus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| James Pahl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Kevin Park | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ted Appelman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Scott Webb | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, February 6, 9:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Evan van Amsterdam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Scott Webb | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeremy Harty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, February 6, 2:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| James Pahl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Evan van Amsterdam | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Robert Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Kevin Park | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jacob Libbus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, February 6, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Robert Johnson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| James Pahl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeremy Harty | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Webb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Jacob Libbus | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |

### Draw 6

Friday, February 7, 9:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Park | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Scott Webb | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 11 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Jacob Libbus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Robert Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Evan van Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |

### Draw 7

Friday, February 7, 2:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeremy Harty | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Evan van Amsterdam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Karsten Sturmay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| James Pahl | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Scott Webb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Kevin Park | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 8

Friday, February 7, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Robert Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeremy Harty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 8 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ted Appelman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| James Pahl | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Jacob Libbus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Ted Appelman | 3 | | | | B1 | Karsten Sturmay | 6 |
| B1 | Karsten Sturmay | 4 | | | | A2 | Brendan Bottcher | 7 |
| | | | A1 | Ted Appelman | 5 | | | |
| | | | A2 | Brendan Bottcher | 8 | | | |
| A2 | Brendan Bottcher | 8 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Aaron Sluchinski | 4 | | | | | | |

### A2 vs. B2

Saturday, February 8, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

### A1 vs. B1

Saturday, February 8, 6:30 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Ted Appelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 9, 10:30 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ted Appelman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |

### Final

Sunday, February 9, 4:30 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Karsten Sturmay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
* 2020 Boston Pizza Cup
* Brendan Bottcher 3rd Alberta Provincial Championship title