# 2018 Boston Pizza Cup

The 2018 Boston Pizza Cup was held 31 January to 4 February at the Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The winning Brendan Bottcher rink represented Alberta at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan.
The semifinal and final games were broadcast on Sportsnet One.

## Qualification Method

Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:
| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team |
| Defending Champions | 1 | Brendan Bottcher Kevin Koe |
| Highest-ranked team on CTRS | 1 | Aaron Sluchinski |
| ACF bonspiel points | 2 | Karsten Sturmay Ted Appelman |
| Peace Qualifier | 2 | Scott Webb Daylan Vavrek |
| Northern Qualifier | 3 | Thomas Usselman Mike Hutchings Charley Thomas |
| Southern Qualifier | 3 | Scott Garnett Kevin Park Jeremy Harty |
* ^ Because he had competed as Team Canada in the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Kevin Koe would also have been eligible for direct entry to the 2018 Boston Pizza Cup as a past provincial/national champion. Had Koe entered, only one team would have qualified via ACF bonspiel points. However, Koe's team withdrew from the 2018 Boston Pizza Cup after qualifying to represent Canada in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

## Teams

The teams are as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale(s) |
| Ted Appelman | Nathan Connolly | Shawn Donnelly | Adam Enright | | Spruce Grove Curling Club, Spruce Grove |
| Brendan Bottcher | Darren Moulding | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin | | Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Scott Garnett | Tyler Lautner | Craig Bourgonje | Matthew McDonald | | Calgary Curling Club, Calgary |
| Jeremy Harty | Kyler Kleibrink | Joel Berger | Gregg Hamilton | | The Glencoe Club, Calgary |
| Mike Hutchings | Roland Robinson | Brian McPherson | Travis Cooper | Kevin Tym | Morinville Curling Club, Morinville |
| Kevin Park | Shane Park | Robert Collins | Ben Savage | Tony Germsheid | Calgary Curling Club, Calgary |
| Aaron Sluchinski | Dean Mamer | Justin Sluchinski | Dylan Webster | Cory Nelson | Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie |
| Karsten Sturmay | Tristan Steinke | Jason Ginter | Brett Winfield | | Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Charley Thomas | Mick Lizmore | Brandon Klassen | D. J. Kidby | Don Bartlett | Crestwood Curling Club, Edmonton |
| Thomas Usselman | Aaron Sarafinchan | Morgan Van Doesburg | Tyler Pfeiffer | Colin Davison | Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton |
| Daylan Vavrek | Carter Lautner | Rob Maksymetz | Evan Asmussen | | Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith |
| Scott Webb | Alex Wolfe | Stephen Byrne | Damien Gnass | | Peace River Curling Club, Peace River |

## Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:

### A Event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| | | | Bottcher | Bottcher | 9 | | | | | | |
| Garnett | Garnett | 4 | Vavrek | Vavrek | 3 | | | | | | |
| Vavrek | Vavrek | 8 | | | | Bottcher | Bottcher | 10 | | | |
| Usselman | Usselman | 2 | | | | Sturmay | Sturmay | 7 | | | |
| Sturmay | Sturmay | 4 | Slushinski | Slushinski | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Sturmay | Sturmay | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Bottcher | Bottcher | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | Thomas | Thomas | 6 |
| | | | Appelman | Appelman | 7 | | | | | | |
| Harty | Harty | 11 | Harty | Harty | 6 | | | | | | |
| Hutchings | Hutchings | 10 | | | | Appelman | Appelman | 5 | | | |
| Park | Park | 8 | | | | Thomas | Thomas | 7 | | | |
| Webb | Webb | 5 | Thomas | Thomas | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Park | Park | 6 | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Garnett | Garnett | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sluchinski | Sluchinski | 6 | Appelman | Appelman | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Garnett | Garnett | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Appelman | Appelman | 7 | | | |
| Harty | Harty | 9 | | | | Sturmay | Sturmay | 8 | | | |
| Webb | Webb | 6 | Sturmay | Sturmay | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | Harty | Harty | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Sturmay | Sturmay | 7 |
| Hutchings | Hutchings | 3 | | | | | | | Thomas | Thomas | 3 |
| Park | Park | 11 | Vavrek | Vavrek | 8 | | | | | | |
| Usselman | Usselman | 6 | Park | Park | 6 | | | | | | |
| Vavrek | Vavrek | 7 | | | | Vavrek | Vavrek | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Thomas | Thomas | 5 | | | |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | Webb | Webb | 0 | | | |
| Webb | Webb | 9 | Vavrek | Vavrek | 7 | | | |
| Sluchninski | Sluchninski | 4 | | | | Vavrek | Vavrek | 9 |
| | | | | | | Appelman | Appelman | 7 |
| | | | Appelman | Appelman | 10 | | | |
| | | | Park | Park | 6 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Hutchings | Hutchings | 7 | | | | | | |
| Garnett | Garnett | 9 | Garnett | Garnett | 8 | | | |
| Harty | Harty | 5 | Usselman | Usselman | 5 | | | |
| Usselman | Usselman | 8 | | | | Garnett | Garnett | 5 |
| | | | | | | Thomas | Thomas | 6 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Brendan Bottcher | 7 | | | | A | Brendan Bottcher | 9 |
| B | Karsten Sturmay | 6 | | | | B | Karsten Sturmay | 3 |
| | | | B | Karsten Sturmay | 7 | | | |
| | | | C1 | Daylan Vavrek | 5 | | | |
| C1 | Daylan Vavrek | 7 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Charley Thomas | 6 | | | | | | |

### A vs. B

February 3, 6:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

### C1 vs. C2

February 3, 6:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Daylan Vavrek | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

### Semifinal

February 4, 11:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Karsten Sturmay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Daylan Vavrek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Final

February 4, 5:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Karsten Sturmay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
* 2018 Boston Pizza Cup
* Brendan Bottcher 2nd Alberta Provincial Championship title