CURLING CANADA • 2020 TIM HORTONS BRIER, PRESENTED BY AGI • MEDIA GUIDE 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION BOARD OF GOVERNORS & NATIONAL STAFF 3 MEDIA INFORMATION 4 CURLING CANADA PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES 5 TV NON-RIGHTS HOLDERS 6 EVENT INFORMATION FACT SHEET 7 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9 ROOM ALLOCATIONS & ARENA LAYOUT 10 2020 TIM HORTONS BRIER ANNOUNCEMENT 12 TIM HORTONS BRIER DRAW 14 SEEDING 14 PRACTICE SCHEDULE 15 TEAM AND PLAYER INFORMATION ROSTERS 16 PLAYER FACT SHEET 17 TEAM BIOS 19 CANADA 19 ALBERTA 24 BRITISH COLUMBIA 29 MANITOBA 32 NEW BRUNSWICK 35 NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR 37 NORTHERN ONTARIO 43 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 48 NOVA SCOTIA 51 NUNAVUT 54 ONTARIO 56 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 62 QUEBEC 65 SASKATCHEWAN 67 YUKON 70 WILD CARD 1 73 WILD CARD 2 77 RECORDS & HISTORICAL INFORMATION TIM HORTONS BRIER RECORDS 81 PLAYER APPEARANCES (ALL-TIME) 92 AWARDS 93 ALL-STAR TEAMS 93 ROSS HARSTONE AWARD 95 CURLING CANADA • 2020 TIM HORTONS BRIER, PRESENTED BY AGI • MEDIA GUIDE 2 BOARD OF GOVERNORS & NATIONAL STAFF CURLING CANADA 1660 Vimont Court Orléans, ON K4A 4J4 TEL: (613) 834-2076 FAX: (613) 834-0716 TOLL FREE: 1-800-550-2875 BOARD OF GOVERNORS John Shea, Chair Angela Hodgson, Governor Donna Krotz, Governor Amy Nixon, Governor George Cooke, Governor Cathy Dalziel, Governor Paul Addison, Governor Chana Martineau, Governor Sam Antila, Governor Mitch Minken, Governor NATIONAL STAFF Katherine Henderson, Chief Executive Officer Louise Sauvé, Administrative Assistant Bill Merklinger, Executive Director, Corporate Services Jacob Ewing, Web Application Developer Gordon McNabb, General Manager, Event Operations Kim Warburton, Sales Account Manager Gerry Peckham, Director, High Performance Melissa Hicks, Specialist, Event Partnerships Danny Lamoureux, Director, Championship Services & Helen Radford, Manager, Program Development Youth Curling Club Development Feeder System Justin Perry, Director, Information Services & Technology Dixie Lorentz, Sponsor Fulfillment Al Cameron, Director, Communication & Media Relations Andy Henry, Manager, Marketing & Tickets Stephanie Carbonette, Comptroller Marcy Hrechkosy, Event Manager Brodie Bazinet, Foundation Manager Neil Houston, Event Manager Robyn Mattie, Manager, Curling Club Championship Terry Morris, Event Manager Karen Ryan, Executive Assistant Kyle Jahns, Manager, Communication & Media Relations JoAnne Viau, Coordinator, Financial Services Nolan Thiessen, Manager, Championship Services & Athlete Liaison Casey Sweeney, Coordinator, Financial Services Maddie Kelly, Marketing and Office Coordinator Louise Delorme, Coordinator, National Athlete Services & Donna Gillis, Marketing and Office Coordinator Coaching Rachel Delaney, Coordinator, Development & Championship Amanda MacKenzie, Marketing and Office Coordinator Services CURLING CANADA • 2020 TIM HORTONS BRIER, PRESENTED BY AGI • MEDIA GUIDE 3 MEDIA INFORMATION ACCREDITATION The accreditation office is in the northeast corner of the concourse next to Gate 1 and the volunteer lounge. All media badges issued for the Tim Hortons Brier are non-transferable. Failure to follow this rule will result in forfeiture of your media credential. MEDIA SEATING An event/media bench has been constructed on the home end. The bench offers wireless Internet, electrical outlets and TV’s, as does the media room, should you wish to file from there. MEDIA ROOM/LOUNGE The media room is located on the southwest side of the lower 100 level floor. It will open on Thursday, Feb. 27 for Wild Card team practices at 7 p.m. On Friday, Feb. 28 it will open from 10 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. On Saturday it will open at 11 a.m., and beginning Sunday through to the conclusion of the event it will open 30 minutes before the first draw of the day and close roughly one hour after the last draw. The media room has electrical outlets, wireless Internet, a printer and television to assist in the production and distribution of media materials and media services. INTERVIEW REGULATIONS/PROCEDURES You will be required to fill out interview request forms, which will be available on the media bench and in the media room. Volunteers will be gathering the forms as the draw progresses and will hand them to requested players at the completion of their games. Players will be told they cannot leave the scrum area until they have fulfilled all requested interviews. All post-game media interviews during the round robin will be conducted in a scrum format at ice level in a designated space adjacent to the media bench. All players have been instructed to exit through this area on their way to the dressing rooms. Every effort will be made to escort players to the specified area as quickly as possible after each draw. For the final, arrangements may be made to offer a very brief scrum with the winner and/or loser, on or near the ice surface, prior to the closing ceremony. TRANSPORTATION Should you require courtesy transportation to and from the media hotel to Leon’s Centre for each draw, please call 1-844-299- CURL (2875). You must have the appropriate media credential in order to utilize the VIP/Media transportation service. DRAW STATISTICS A statistical report will be produced and limited copies distributed to the media shortly (about 15 minutes) after the conclusion of each draw. Live scores and stats can be viewed online at the Curling Canada website (www.curling.ca). If you would like to receive the Draw Stats media report by email, please contact Al Cameron ([email protected] or 403-463-5500) CURLING CANADA • 2020 TIM HORTONS BRIER, PRESENTED BY AGI • MEDIA GUIDE 4 CURLING CANADA PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES All photographers must be identified with a B4 credential. You must also wear black/dark colour clothing and shoes. In general, you are allowed to shoot from positions between the hoglines (starting about two metres from each hogline) on the carpeted areas separating the game sheets; in the corners of the arena; or behind the hack signs/scoreboards, provided you are not obscuring the vision of the spectators, blocking the scoreboard or in the way of the players. Before entering the ice surface, please ensure that you have used the shoe cleaner, located near the home-end entrance, to remove dust, dirt and other particles from your shoes. You are not allowed on the ice surface at any time. Also: • Flashes are not allowed. • If you are carrying a mobile device, turn it to silent before entering the ice surface. • No video can be shot from inside the boards. • Please photograph from a sitting or squatting position; not standing or kneeling. Please shift your position at appropriate intervals to not consistently block the view of the same spectators. • When moving along the walkway, ensure that no player is in the process of delivering a rock. If the curler is delivering, please wait until the deliver is complete before crossing the carpet at the end of the sheet. • When a player is about to deliver a stone, you must be behind the hack signs/scoreboards, or situated between the hoglines. • For playoff games, special instructions will be issued for photo locations in conjunction with the location of TSN’s cameras. In general, though, you should avoid being in the TSN shot at all times. Thank you for your co-operation. Failure to adhere to these regulations could result in the forfeiture of your photography credential. CURLING CANADA • 2020 TIM HORTONS BRIER, PRESENTED BY AGI • MEDIA GUIDE 5 TV NON-RIGHTS HOLDERS TSN is the sole TV rights-holder for the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, thus no cameras/portable video devices from any other media affiliation are allowed inside the boards during morning, afternoon and evening draws. However, in order to provide other stations and/or networks with an opportunity to get brief game/highlight footage, approved camera positions will be available at certain locations outside the boards around the perimeter or at various places on the concourse level or press box, provided your position at no time blocks the view of spectators nor presents a fire access hazard. Please ensure that your camera has no visible logo. If so, please cover it up. You are allowed to air two minutes of game footage daily, provided the game footage is not from a game being televised as the feature game by TSN, in which case you must use their highlights with the appropriate credit. The main media scrum takes place at ice level near the media bench. There will be an appropriate backdrop/signage noting the area. All players will pass by this area en route to their dressing rooms. TV cameras must allow the media scrum to first interview any requested players before arranging individual interviews. However, cameras may be part of any scrum. For TV non rights-holders, you are allowed to air as much footage from the scrums as you wish. When all games have been completed for any draw AND when TSN has concluded its telecast and is off the air, you are allowed to do ‘stand-ups’ or interviews at ice level on the carpeted areas, near the scoreboards or even inside the boards, provided you are not disrupting the ice technicians as they prepare the surface for the next draw. For brief live hits, if TSN is not on the air, you will be able to do stand-ups on the concourse, seating areas, etc., providing any lighting requirements have been pre-approved. When TSN is on the air, NO live hits are allowed. Thank you. If there are any questions, please contact (on-site): Al Cameron Director, Communication and Media Relations Curling Canada Cell: 403-463-5500 CURLING CANADA • 2020 TIM HORTONS BRIER, PRESENTED BY AGI • MEDIA GUIDE 6 FACT SHEET OFFICIAL NAME: 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by AGI DATE/SITE: Feb. 29 - March 8, 2020 - Leon’s Centre, Kingston, Ont. SEATING CAPACITY: 6,700 FORMAT: Sixteen teams (14-member provinces and territories, Team Canada and Wild Card) will compete in two pools of eight.