2013 Boston Pizza Cup
The 2013 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup, the men's provincial curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 6 to 10 at the Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, Alberta. The winner of the Boston Pizza Cup represented Alberta at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton.
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| Host city | Leduc, Alberta | 
| Arena | Leduc Recreation Centre | 
| Dates | February 6–10 | 
| Winner | Kevin Martin | 
| Curling club | Saville SC, Edmonton | 
| Skip | Kevin Martin | 
| Third | John Morris | 
| Second | Marc Kennedy | 
| Lead | Ben Hebert | 
| Finalist | Kevin Koe | 
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Qualification process
    
Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:
| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team | 
|---|---|---|
| Defending champion from previous year | 1 | Kevin Koe[1] | 
| Highest-ranked team on CTRS not already qualified | 1 | Kevin Martin[2] | 
| Alberta Curling Federation bonspiel points[2] | 2 | Brendan Bottcher Jamie King  | 
| Peace Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 4–6)[3] | 2 | Kurt Balderston Graham Powell  | 
| Northern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 17–20) | 3 | Tom Appelman  Wade White James Pahl  | 
| Southern Alberta Curling Association qualifier (Jan. 18–21)[4] | 3 | Charley Thomas  Matthew Blandford Aaron Sluchinski  | 
Teams
    
The teams are listed as follows:[5]
Knockout Draw Brackets
    
The draw is listed as follows:[7]
A event
    
| First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Koe | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wade White | 5 | Matthew Blandford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Blandford | 8 | Kevin Koe | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brent Bawel | 8 | Brent Bawel | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Graham Powell | 4 | Brent Bawel | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brendan Bottcher | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Koe | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Martin | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jamie King | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charley Thomas | 9 | Charley Thomas | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Sluchinski | 3 | Jamie King | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kurt Balderston | 5 | Kevin Martin | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Pahl | 7 | James Pahl | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Martin | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
B event
    
| Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brendan Bottcher | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wade White | 12 | Wade White | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jamie King | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jamie King | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charley Thomas | 11 | Charley Thomas | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Graham Powell | 1 | Charley Thomas | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brent Bawel | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charley Thomas | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Sluchinski | 6 | Aaron Sluchinski | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Pahl | 4 | Aaron Sluchinski | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kurt Balderston | 9 | Kurt Balderston | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Blandford | 3 | Aaron Sluchinski | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Koe | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
C event
    
| Third Knockout | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | ||||||||||||
| Kevin Koe | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Brendan Bottcher | 7 | Brendan Bottcher | 3 | |||||||||||
| Graham Powell | 4 | Kevin Koe | 8 | |||||||||||
| Jamie King | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Kurt Balderston | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie King | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Third Knockout | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | ||||||||||||
| Wade White | 5 | |||||||||||||
| James Pahl | 8 | James Pahl | 2 | |||||||||||
| Brent Bawel | 9 | Brent Bawel | 7 | |||||||||||
| Matthew Blandford | 8 | Brent Bawel | 1 | |||||||||||
| Charley Thomas | 6 | |||||||||||||
Knockout results
    
All draws are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).[7]
Draw 1
    
Wednesday, February 6, 9:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Thomas  | 
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 9 | 
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 | 
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Bawel  | 
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 | 
| Graham Powell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade White  | 
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 
| Matthew Blandford | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 | 
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Balderston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 
| James Pahl  | 
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 7 | 
Draw 2
    
Wednesday, February 6, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Bawel  | 
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 
| Brendan Bottcher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Koe  | 
3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 14 | 
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 0 | 
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Pahl  | 
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 | 
| Kevin Martin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 | 
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie King | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 
| Charley Thomas  | 
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 
Draw 3
    
Thursday, February 7, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie King  | 
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Koe  | 
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 5 | 
| Brent Bawel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 | 
Draw 4
    
Thursday, February 7, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Balderston  | 
0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 | 
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 | 
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 
| James Pahl  | 
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Thomas | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 11 | 
| Graham Powell  | 
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 1 | 
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade White  | 
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 12 | 
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 3 | 
Draw 5
    
Thursday, February 7, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Koe  | 
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Bawel  | 
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie King  | 
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 9 | 
| Wade White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 4 | 
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Balderston | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 
| Aaron Sluchinski  | 
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 
Draw 6
    
Friday, February 8, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 
| Brendan Bottcher  | 
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Blandford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 
| Brent Bawel  | 
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Pahl | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 | 
| Wade White  | 
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 
Draw 7
    
Friday, February 8, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Sluchinski  | 
4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 | 
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie King  | 
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 
| Charley Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 
Draw 8
    
Friday, February 8, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Balderston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 | 
| Jamie King  | 
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 8 | 
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 | 
| Kevin Koe  | 
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 9 | 
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Pahl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 | 
| Brent Bawel  | 
2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 7 | 
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Thomas  | 
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 
Draw 9
    
Saturday, February 9, 1:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Koe  | 
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 
| Jamie King | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Bawel  | 
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 
| Charley Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 6 | 
Playoffs
    
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Kevin Martin | 7 | 1 | Kevin Martin | 5 | ||||||||
| 2 | Aaron Sluchinski | 3 | 3 | Kevin Koe | 4 | ||||||||
| 2 | Aaron Sluchinski | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Kevin Koe | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Kevin Koe | 11 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Charley Thomas | 3 | |||||||||||
1 vs. 2
    
Saturday, February 9, 6:30 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Martin  | 
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 7 | 
| Aaron Sluchinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 | 
3 vs. 4
    
Saturday, February 9, 6:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Koe  | 
1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 11 | 
| Charley Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 3 | 
Semifinal
    
Sunday, February 10, 9:30 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Sluchinski  | 
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 | 
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 6 | 
Final
    
Sunday, February 10, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Martin  | 
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 
References
    
- "Kevin Koe to defend Alberta title". 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
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 - "Two More Qualifiers from Peace Curling Assoc". 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
 - "Men's Playdowns". Southern Alberta Curling Association. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
 - "2013 Boston Pizza Cup – Teams". 2013 Boston Pizza Cup. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
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 - "2013 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup – Draw" (PDF). 2013bostonpizzacup.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
 
