2016 Tim Hortons® Brier - Alberta wins

Kevin Koe from Alberta has won the 2016 Tim Hortons® Brier.

He defeated Brad Gushue from Newfoundland and Labrador 9-5.

Coach: John Dunn, Alternate: Scott Pfeifer, 

Lead: Ben Hebert, Second: Brent Laing, 

Third: Marc Kennedy and Skip: Kevin Koe

They will now represent Canada at the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship will be held from April 2 to 10 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

2016 Tim Hortons® Brier - All-Stars and Award winners

Here are the First and Second team All-Stars and Award winners from the 2016 Tim Hortons® Brier 

First Team All-Stars
Lead: Denni Neufeld (Manitoba)

Second: Brent Laing (Alberta)

Third: Ryan Fry (Northern Ontario)

Skip: Brad Jacobs (Northern Ontario)

Second Team All-Stars

Lead: Ben Hebert (Alberta)

Second E.J. Harnden (Northern Ontario)

Third: Mark Nichols (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Skip: Brad Gushue (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Ross Harstone Award
The Ross Harstone Trophy is presented each year to the player chosen by his peers as the curler in the Tim Hortons Brier who best represents Ross G.L. Harstone’s high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.
2016 winner:  Tyrel Griffith, British Columbia

Scotty Harper Award - Media Award ($500)
For the best curling story of 2013, as selected by the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University in Ottawa, the Award is in memory of the late Scotty Harper of the Winnipeg Free Press.
2016 winner: Terry Jones, Edmonton Sun, for his story “John Morris at peace with change back to third”

Paul McLean Award

Named in honour of the highly-respected TSN Producer of curling, CFL football, world juniors hockey, etc., who died of cancer at the age of 39 in December of 2005.
The Award was presented for the first time in 2007 by the CCR and TSN to a media person behind the scenes who has made a significant contribution to the sport of curling.
2016 winner: Paul Wiecek, Winnipeg Free Press.

2016 Tim Hortons® Brier - Television Schedule

Here is the television schedule for the 2016 Tim Hortons® Brier being held from March 5 to 13 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario.

Date	Time	Matchup	Network
Sat. March 5	2:30pm	Draw 1	TSN 1/3/4
Sat. March 5	7:30pm	Draw 2	TSN 1/3/4
Sun. March 6	9am	Draw 3	TSN Network
Sun. March 6	2pm	Draw 4	TSN 1/3/5
Sun. March 6	7:30pm	Draw 5	TSN Network
Mon. March 7	2:30pm	Draw 6	TSN Network
Mon. March 7	7:30pm	Draw 7	TSN 1/3/5
Tue. March 8	9:30am	Draw 8	TSN Network
Tue. March 8	2:30pm	Draw 9	TSN 1/3/4
Tue. March 8	7:30pm	Draw 10	TSN 1/4
Wed. March 9	9:30am	Draw 11	TSN Network
Wed. March 9	2:30pm	Draw 12	TSN Network
Wed. March 9	7:30pm	Draw 13	TSN Network
Thu. March 10	9:30am	Draw 14	TSN Network
Thu. March 10	2:30pm	Draw 15	TSN 1/3/4
Thu. March 10	7:30pm	Draw 16	TSN 1/4
Fri. March 11	9:30am	Draw 17	TSN Network
Fri. March 11	2:30pm	Tiebreaker	TSN Network
Fri. March 11	7:30pm	Page Playoff 1 vs. 2	TSN Network
Sat. March 12	2:30pm	Page Playoff 3 vs. 4	TSN Network
Sat. March 12	7:30pm	Semifinal	TSN Network
Sun. March 13	2:30pm	Bronze Medal	TSN 1/3/4
Sun. March 13	7:30pm	Final	TSN Network

2016 Tim Hortons® Brier - Teams

Here are the teams competing at the 2016 Tim Hortons® Brier being held from March 5 to 13 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario.

Team Canada
Skip: Pat Simmons
Third: John Morris
Second: Carter Rycroft
Lead: Nolan Thiessen
Alternate: Tom Sallows
Glencoe CC, Calgary

Alberta
Skip: Kevin Koe
Third: Marc Kennedy
Second: Brent Laing
Lead: Ben Hebert
Alternate: Scott Pfeifer
Glencoe CC, Calgary

British Columbia
Skip: Jim Cotter
Third: Ryan Kuhn
Second: Tyrel Griffith
Lead: Rick Sawatsky
Alternate: Grant Olsen
Vernon CC, Vernon
Kelowna CC, Kelowna

Manitoba
Skip: Mike McEwen
Third: B.J. Neufeld
Second: Matt Wozniak
Lead: Denni Neufeld
Alternate: Jon Mead
Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg

New Brunswick
Skip: Mike Kennedy
Third: Scott Jones
Second: Marc LeCocq
Lead: Jamie Brannen
Alternate: David Konefal
Curl Moncton, Moncton

Newfoundland and Labrador
Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's

Northern Ontario
Skip: Brad Jacobs
Third: Ryan Fry
Second: E.J. Harnden
Lead: Ryan Harnden
Alternate: Lee Toner
Community First CC, Sault Ste. Marie

Northwest Territories
Skip: Jamie Koe
Third: Chris Schille
Second: Brad Chorostkowski
Lead: Robert Borden
Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Nova Scotia
Skip: Jamie Murphy
Third: Jordan Pinder
Second: Scott Saccary
Lead: Phil Crowell
Alternate: Alan Darragh
Mayflower CC, Halifax

Nunavut
Skip: Wade Kingdon
Third: Dennis Masson
Second: Aaron Fraser
Lead: Bruce Morgan
Alternate: Chris West
Iqaluit CC, Iqaluit

Ontario
Skip: Glenn Howard
Third: Richard Hart
Second: Adam Spencer
Lead: Scott Howard
Alternate: Joey Hart
St. George's G&CC, Etobicoke

Prince Edward Island
Skip: Adam Casey
Third: David Mathers
Second: Anson Carmody
Lead: Robbie Doherty
Alternate: Ryan Giddens
Silver Fox C&YC, Summerside
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Quebec
Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard
Third: Martin Crête
Second: Éric Sylvain
Lead: Philippe Ménard
Alternate: Pierre Charette

CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald
Mt. Bruno CC, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

Saskatchewan
Skip: Steve Laycock
Third: Kirk Muyres
Second: Colton Flasch
Lead: Dallan Muyres
Alternate: Gerry Adam
Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Yukon
Skip: Bob Smallwood
Third: Jon Solbert
Second: Clint Abel
Lead: Scott Odian
Alternate: David Rach
Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse

2016 Tim Hortons® Brier - Draw

Here is the draw for the 2016 Tim Hortons® Brier being held from March 5 to 13 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario.

Thursday, March 3

7:00 PM – Pre-Qualifying Round #1 (Sheet C – NS vs. YT, Sheet D – NT vs. NU)

Friday, March 4

7:30 AM – Pre-Qualifying Round #2 (Sheet A – NT vs. NS, Sheet B – NU vs. YT)

2:00 PM – Ford Hot Shots Preliminary Round **FREE ADMISSION

4:20 PM – Pre-Qualifying Round #3 (Sheet C – YT vs. NT, Sheet D – NU vs. NS)

Saturday, March 5

9:00 AM – Pre-Qualifying Tiebreaker (if necessary)a

Date	Time	Draw	A	B	C	D
Sat Mar 5	2:30 PM	1	NL vs MB	Pre-Q	CA vs QC	ON vs AB
	7:30 PM	2	NO vs SK	PE vs BC	Qf vs NB
Sun Mar 6	9:00 AM	3	AB vs NB	SK vs CA	ON vs MB	QC vs NO
	2:00 PM	4	Qf vs CA	NL vs ON	AB vs PE	SK vs BC
	7:30 PM	5	PE vs QC	MB vs NB	NO vs BC	NL vs Qf
Mon Mar 7	2:30 PM	6	ON vs BC	Qf vs AB	SK vs NL	CA vs PE
	7:30 PM	7	CA vs NO	QC vs SK	NB vs ON	AB vs MB
Tues Mar 8	9:30 AM	8	MB vs Qf	NB vs NL	PE vs NO	BC vs QC
	2:30 PM	9	SK vs PE	BC vs CA	NL vs AB	Qf vs ON
	7:30 PM	10	QC vs ON	AB vs NO	MB vs CA	NB vs SK
Wed Mar 9	9:30 AM	11	BC vs AB	ON vs PE	Qf vs SK	NL vs CA
	2:30 PM	12	NB vs CA	SK vs MB	AB vs QC	ON vs NO
	7:30 PM	13	Qf vs NO	NL vs QC	NB vs PE	MB vs BC
Thur Mar 10	9:30 AM	14	ON vs SK	CA vs AB	BC vs NL	PE vs Qf
	2:30 PM	15	PE vs NL	BC vs Qf	NO vs MB	NB vs QC
	7:30 PM	16	MB vs QC	NO vs NB	CA vs ON	SK vs AB
Fri  Mar 11	9:30 AM	17	BC vs NB	MB vs PE	QC vs Qf	NO vs NL
Tiebreaker Draws For 3rd and/or 4th Place (if required)
Fri  Mar 11	2:30 PM	TB1	Tiebreaker (if required)
	7:30 PM	TB2	Tiebreaker (if required)
Sat Mar 12	9:30 AM	TB3	Tiebreaker (if required)
Page Playoffs
Fri  Mar 11	7:30 PM	PP	Page Playoff
Sat Mar 12	2:30 PM	PP	Page Playoff
	7:30 PM	SF	Semifinal
Sun Mar 13	2:30 PM	BRZ	Bronze Medal
	7:30 PM	FNL	Final