# 2023 Boston Pizza Cup

The 2023 Boston Pizza Cup, the provincial men's curling championship for Alberta, was held February 8 to 12 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alberta. The winning Kevin Koe rink represented Alberta at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario where after placing second in Pool A with a 7–1 record, they lost in the Championship round semifinal to Ontario 9–8.
Additionally, two other rinks qualified for the Brier as wild card teams based on CTRS standings. The Brendan Bottcher rink was the Wild Card #1 representative while the Karsten Sturmay rink was the Wild Card #3 representative. The Bottcher rink would end up with a bronze medal finish losing to eventual runner-up Manitoba in the semifinal 7–5. The Sturmay rink finished sixth in Pool B with a 3–5 record.

## Qualification process

| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team(s) |
| WCT Leaders | 3 | Brendan Bottcher Kevin Koe Karsten Sturmay |
| Excel Points Leader | 2 | Aaron Sluchinski Scott Webb |
| Okotoks Qualifier | 2 | Kyler Kleibrink Daylan Vavrek |
| Slave Lake Qualifier | 2 | Warren Cross Johnson Tao |
| Edmonton Qualifier | 3 | Ryan Jacques Parker Konschuh Warren Kozak |

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club |
| Brendan Bottcher | Marc Kennedy | Brett Gallant | Ben Hebert | | The Glencoe Club, Calgary |
| Warren Cross | Tyler Pfeiffer | Morgan Van Doesburg | Mike Lambert | | Saville Community SC, Edmonton |
| Ryan Jacques | Desmond Young | Andrew Gittis | Gabe Dyck | | Saville Community SC, Edmonton |
| Kyler Kleibrink | Chris Kennedy | Evan van Amsterdam | Tyler van Amsterdam | | The Glencoe Club, Calgary |
| Kevin Koe | Tyler Tardi | Brad Thiessen | Karrick Martin | | The Glencoe Club, Calgary |
| Parker Konschuh | Craig Bourgonje | Landon Bucholz | Bryce Bucholz | | Derrick G&WC, Edmonton |
| Warren Kozak | Michael Dumont | Dwayne Romanchuk | J. R. Falzetta | Kris Gira | Airdie CC, Airdrie North Hill CC, Calgary |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Jeremy Harty | Ted Appelman | Dylan Webster | Kerr Drummond | The Glencoe Club, Calgary |
| Karsten Sturmay | J. D. Lind | Kyle Doering | Glenn Venance | Kurtis Goller | St. Albert CC, St. Albert |
| Johnson Tao | Jaedon Neuert | Ben Morin | Adam Naugler | | Saville Community SC, Edmonton |
| Daylan Vavrek | Rolland Robinson | Tyler Lautner | Evan Asmussen | Carter Lautner | Sexsmith CC, Sexsmith |
| Scott Webb | Tristan Steinke | Jordan Steinke | Andrew Dunbar | Shawn Donnelly | Grande Prairie CC, Grande Prairie |

## Knockout brackets

Source:

### A event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | | | | | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| | | Brendan Bottcher | 8 | | | | |
| Johnson Tao | 1 | Kyler Kleibrink | 1 | | | | |
| Kyler Kleibrink | 9 | | | Brendan Bottcher | 9 | | |
| | | | | Karsten Sturmay | 1 | | |
| | | Karsten Sturmay | 9 | | | | |
| Scott Webb | 7 | Parker Konschuh | 1 | | | | |
| Parker Konschuh | 10 | | | | | Brendan Bottcher | 8 |
| | | | | | | Daylan Vavrek | 3 |
| | | Aaron Sluchinski | 11 | | | | |
| Ryan Jacques | 8 | Ryan Jacques | 3 | | | | |
| Warren Cross | 3 | | | Aaron Sluchinski | 4 | | |
| | | | | Daylan Vavrek | 5 | | |
| | | Kevin Koe | 5 | | | | |
| Daylan Vavrek | 8 | Daylan Vavrek | 6 | | | | |
| Warren Kozak | 2 | | | | | | |

### B event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | | | | | | | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Johnson Tao | Johnson Tao | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Parker Konschuh | Parker Konschuh | 11 | Parker Konschuh | Parker Konschuh | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 7 | | | |
| Warren Cross | Warren Cross | 6 | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 8 | | | |
| Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 10 | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Karsten Sturmay | Karsten Sturmay | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 6 |
| Scott Webb | Scott Webb | 9 | | | | | | | Ryan Jacques | Ryan Jacques | 5 |
| Kyler Kleibrink | Kyler Kleibrink | 4 | Scott Webb | Scott Webb | 8 | | | | | | |
| Warren Kozak | Warren Kozak | 5 | Ryan Jacques | Ryan Jacques | 9 | | | | | | |
| Ryan Jacques | Ryan Jacques | 7 | | | | Ryan Jacques | Ryan Jacques | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Daylan Vavrek | Daylan Vavrek | 4 | | | |

### C event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | | | | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| Kyler Kleibrink | Kyler Kleibrink | 5 | | | | | | |
| Parker Konschuh | Parker Konschuh | 9 | Parker Konschuh | Parker Konschuh | 2 | | | |
| Warren Kozak | Warren Kozak | 3 | Karsten Sturmay | Karsten Sturmay | 6 | | | |
| Karsten Sturmay | Karsten Sturmay | 9 | | | | Karsten Sturmay | Karsten Sturmay | 9 |
| | | | | | | Ryan Jacques | Ryan Jacques | 7 |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | | | | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| | | | Daylan Vavrek | Daylan Vavrek | 9 | | | |
| Johnson Tao | Johnson Tao | 4 | Warren Cross | Warren Cross | 6 | | | |
| Warren Cross | Warren Cross | 6 | | | | Daylan Vavrek | Daylan Vavrek | 1 |
| | | | | | | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 8 |
| | | | Scott Webb | Scott Webb | 4 | | | |
| | | | Aaron Sluchinski | Aaron Sluchinski | 9 | | | |

## Knockout results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC-07:00).

### Draw 1

Wednesday, February 8, 1:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Johnson Tao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Kyler Kleibrink | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Webb | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Parker Konschuh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Warren Cross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Ryan Jacques | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Warren Kozak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |

### Draw 2

Wednesday, February 8, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Kyler Kleibrink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Parker Konschuh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ryan Jacques | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | X | X | X | 11 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, February 9, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Warren Cross | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Parker Konschuh | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Johnson Tao | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, February 9, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kyler Kleibrink | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Scott Webb | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Warren Kozak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Ryan Jacques | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, February 9, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Parker Konschuh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ryan Jacques | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Scott Webb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 6

Friday, February 10, 8:30 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Parker Konschuh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Kyler Kleibrink | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Johnson Tao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Warren Cross | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Karsten Sturmay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Warren Kozak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |

### Draw 7

Friday, February 10, 1:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ryan Jacques | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |

### Draw 8

Friday, February 10, 5:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Ryan Jacques | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Warren Cross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Parker Konschuh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Scott Webb | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Draw 9

Saturday, February 11, 11:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Ryan Jacques | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |

## Playoffs

Source:
| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Brendan Bottcher | 6 | | | | A | Brendan Bottcher | 5 |
| B | Kevin Koe | 5 | | | | B | Kevin Koe | 6 |
| | | | B | Kevin Koe | 6 | | | |
| | | | C2 | Aaron Sluchinski | 2 | | | |
| C1 | Karsten Sturmay | 3 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Aaron Sluchinski | 8 | | | | | | |

### A vs. B

Saturday, February 11, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 11, 7:00 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 3 |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | x | x | 8 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 12, 10:00 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |

### Final

Sunday, February 12, 3:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
* 2023 Boston Pizza Cup
* Kevin Koe 8th Alberta Provincial Championship title