Issue 9 – Sunday, March 11, 2012 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association. Kevin KO’s Manitoba Alberta crew will take on Glenn Howard’s Ontario bunch in the Brier’s gold medal game Sunday after an 8-6 win over Manitoba in the semi-finals.

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Manitoba third Allan Lyburn calls line in Saturday’s semi-final against Alberta. A four-ender by Kevin Koe in the eighth end was the story. Halifax final revisited By Larry Wood Halifax Metro Centre. end of the Page Three- with that pick for sure but lose. You go out and In the seventh, Fowler Tankard Times Editor Koe, second Carter Four playoff. it looked like we were play your heart out and played a crisp draw Rycroft and lead Nolan The loss, the second in going to get two in any play your best game and looking at three enemy lberta’s Kevin Thiessen, the same as many playoff nights for case for control,” allowed you’re in a position to counters to regain the Koe twice scored lineup that won the 2010 the Manitobans, dropped Kevin Koe. “Obviously win the game and it just lead but, facing three in Afour points in criti- world title, joined new Fowler into this morning’s that was the huge end in evaporates.” the eighth, he was unsuc- cal eighth ends Saturday third Pat Simmons in bronze-medal scuffle (9 the game.” Directing Allan Lyburn, cessful trying to bury at the Tim Hortons Brier knockingover Manitoba’s a.m.) against the Territo- Added Fowler: Richard Daneault and his last stone and Koe to qualify for tonight’s Rob Fowler of Bran- ries. Howard won his final “I thought we had our Derek Samagalski, Fowl- executed the takeout to championship final don 8-6 in the evening berth at Fowler’s expense best game tonight and we er executed a precise score the four-ender. against Ontario’s Glenn semi-final played before on Friday night. had that rough break in split raise in the fourth Undaunted, Fowler an- Howard. 10,049 fans at the Credit The semi-final may the eighth end. That rock end for a 3-1 lead but swered with a ninth-end The game (6 p.m. CT) Union Centre. have hinged on a ‘picked’ was just about to get to Koe bounced back to tie deuce but left an open hit will be a rematch of the Earlier, Koe defeated Manitoba rock in the the spot where we’d get the tilt after six, stealing a for an Alberta insurance championship final won his brother, Jamie Koe eighth which led to the the roll in behind cover point when Fowler left an point in the 10th. 6-5 in an extra end by of the Territories, with Alberta four-spot. and it picked (on debris). Alberta stone hanging on Koe two years ago at the another four in the eighth “Rob had a bad break “It’s a tough way to an attempted double-kill. Continued on 3 Sunday, March 11, 2012 Page 3 “It’s been a battle this week, we’ve had to grind “I just hope I can slide and I can stand tomor- out a lot of wins, and overcome some struggles row,” he said. “It has been a long week.” some days so it feels good to win two tough Simmons, then the Saskatchewan skip, was games today,” said Koe. the victim of a memorable pick in the 2008 Brier “We’ll hope to get better now. We’ll need our at Winnipeg. His last shot picked in the Page best game, probably, tomorrow.” One-Two playoff against Kevin Martin of Alberta Koe and his mates remember only too well the and deprived Saskatchewan of a berth in the fi nal excitement-packed Brier fi nish two years ago that match. catapulted them to Italy and the world champion- “That pick really changed that end,” Simmons ship. said of the Fowler rock. “I’d never wish that on “It’s a great memory for us, probably not so for anybody. That is not what you want to see. If it’s him (Howard),” said Koe. going to happen it’s nice to be on the right side of “It’ll be another great challenge, just like 2010. it every once in a while. But you don’t hope for that You know our record against Glenn hasn’t been for anyone, especially for those guys.” great but if we can get off to a good start that’ll be Fowler said he was aiming for gold in his fi rst key for us. Brier as a skip. “They’ve been playing great this week. We won’t “I’ve won a silver and a bronze here (with Jeff have to be perfect, they’ll have some misses, too. Stoughton) so our goal this week was gold to per- Our game in the round robin, we let him off the sonally complement that,” he allowed. hook and he didn’t have to make shots to beat us, “But we want to go home with something so we’ll we did it to ourselves. We just have to make him be working real hard to get that bronze. make the tough shots. Nobody’s perfect out there. “I thought that tonight, when it meant the most, “We know we can win it. We know we can beat our team played the best we could. Some times in Glenn in that game. We know we can be down and the game of curling the breaks don’t go your way. battle hard and come back. We proved that today. “We were in full control. If they get two in the “This was a great team effort. We were down eighth we’re one down playing nine with the ham- that deuce, then one without, and stayed positive mer. That’s one of the top fi ve teams in the world and, like this afternoon in the second half of the and we were in a position to beat them so what game, we played awesome.” more can you say?” The Albertans continued to achieve despite vice- This season, Howard and Koe have collided skip Simmons’s struggles with a throat infection seven times, including their Brier round-robin clash and respiratory problems. (6-3 Howard) earlier in this piece, with Howard “He (Simmons) battled hard for the way he’s winning six of seven. feeling and I can’t say enough about him,” said Koe’s only win transpired at Brooks in the No- Koe. vember Cactus Pheasant Classic playoffs. Simmons described his health problems as day- Head-to-head over their careers, Howard is 17 to-day. wins to Koe’s four, including that 2010 Brier fi nal. Manitoba skip Rob Fowler threw 66% in the semi- nal.

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Larry Wood Albertans embarked on a stealing spree in Tankard Times Editor the late going. “We knew we’d have a chance to win if ased on previous confrontations, it we played our game and we really played was closer than most expected. well for the first five, I thought,” said Jamie B For a time. Koe. Jamie Koe planned a different scenario “They came out a bit harder in the sixth for Saturday’s Page Three-Four playoff at and we seemed to sit back a bit. I missed the Tim Hortons Brier. big shots in the seventh and eighth that He’d been beaten 8-3 and 11-3 by his cost us the game in the end.” brother in the past but he showed up this But he made some vital shots in the first time with fire in his eyes. And he executed five to keep his team in control, particularly a series of massive shots to keep his in the fifth end when Alberta attempted to Yellowknife group in the thick of it against lock the Territories stone on the button for brother Kevin Koe’s Albertans. the tying point. But a difference in team talent finally The younger Koe nonchalantly changed began to show up again, this time along the turn and tossed a cold draw to an about the seventh end. And it was evident actual bite of the button for a go-ahead the only way Jamie Koe was going to deuce. be headed anywhere but this morning’s “We weathered a storm there,” said bronze-medal match at the Credit Union Kevin Koe, whose team of Pat Simmons, Centre was by executing at least 20 and Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen from maybe 22 shots to utter perfection. Calgary advanced to the semi-final match “I felt like I did in the other games we’ve against Manitoba’s Rob Fowler. won here,” said the Territories skip, who finally bowed 10-6 when his brother’s Continued on 5

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Continued from 4 “They were playing good and making all the shots. We came back with that deuce in the sixth right after he got that two with the great draw. Brothers Jamie and Kevin “We talked about it at the break. We Koe share a moment after the decided to just stay patient. We thought we’d probably get a couple of misses three-four playoff game. and we did. “We knew it was a big day for them and they’d never been in the playoffs before. “When you’re playing that well, after a while you get that feeling you’re never going to miss and you want to try everything. Then you get in trouble.” The Territories found trouble in the seventh when Jamie Koe was heavy on his last shot, attempting an angle-bump for a deuce rather than drawing for one. His stone failed to curl and sailed on past the target. In the eighth, there was a longshot possibility for a hit and roll to manufac- ture a deuce out of rings full of oppos- ing stones. Again the alternative was a draw for one. But the shot had to be let- ter perfect. It wasn’t. Jamie Koe killed his own stone, rolled out the shooter and yielded a four-count. “We talked about it,” said the Ter- ritories skip. “We figured the most we could give up was one. We didn’t like our situation so we took a chance. We got burned. We just went all in. We had deuce-three and we got called. “It’s disappointing, but I have some- one to cheer for tonight for sure and we don’t want to play those guys again tomorrow. We both still have a chance to medal. And that would be kind of cool, I think. “The bronze medal game probably means a little more to us than it would to all the other teams so if both Koes can medal it would be something pretty special.” The Albertans outscored the North- erners 86-77 on the percentage chart. Third Simmons, who has been suf- fering from a viral respiratory ailment, scored 89 per cent on third rocks. He was the game’s top shooter. “Pat seems to be getting worse,” said Kevin Koe of Simmons’ ailment. “It’s terrible timing. We still have to soldier on. We have a chance here. And he’s still playing OK. “If he can get out and feels that he can contribute, then he’ll be playing (tonight). “I thought he played pretty well that game.” Alberta has Blake MacDonald, who played third for the team when it won the world title two years ago, in the wings as a fifth player. The Territories lineup included third Tom Naugler, second Brad Chorost- kowski and lead Robert Borden. The bronze medal game goes this morning at 9 a.m. Page 6 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times

It was a tough night for the Manitoba crew, giving up a four-spot and losing 8-6 to Kevin Koe in the semi-final. Sunday, March 11, 2012 Page 7

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Question Of the Day: Nine teams have lost 10 straight games at the Brier. One of those nine repre- ASA sented Saskatchewan. Name the skip QUESTION 0F and the year. 1. Four teams that lost 10 straight were THE DAY: from Newfoundland. Can anyone name Nine teams have lost 10 straight all four skips? games at the Brier. One of those 2. How about the years of the blankings? nine represented Saskatch- 3. One team losing 10 in a row hailed ewan. Name the skip and the from Prince Edward Island. Can you year. name the skip and the year? 4. How about the one 10-straight loser from New Brunswick, skip and year.

5. Quebec also has sent one team that curlers who twice have been named Har- lost 10 in a row. Name skip and year. stone award winners and the provinces 6. During the 82-year history of the Brier, they’ve represented? one province has sent more giant-killing 11. How about the years of presentation? teams (those defeating the eventual win- 12.A Brier shot-of-the-week award has ner) than any other. Name the province been presented to an individual curler and the number of victories over the following Briers starting in 1997. Of the champs. 15 winners, ywo have been selected 7. Since selections began in 1966, seven twice. Can you name each and his home Saskatchewan curlers have been named province? Ross Harstone 13. When Garnet Campbell won the Award winners as most sportsmanlike Saskatchewan title in 1955 in advance as voted by their Brier peers. Can you of winning Saskatchewan’s first Brier, name the seven and the years they were he defeated a team representing the awarded? northern part of the province. Name the 8. One curler has been named winner skip of the vanquished team and his of the Harstone three times. Can you home town. name him and the province he has repre- 14. One skip in Saskatchewan curling sented? history has lost more provincial finals 9. Can you name the Brier winners in the leading to the Brier than any other, Name years he won the Harstone? him, his hometown, and the number of 10. How about two other Brier finals he lost.

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14. Merv Mann, Saskatoon, four finals lost. finals four Saskatoon, Mann, Merv 14.

13. Glenn Richardson, Saskatoon. Richardson, Glenn 13.

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12. Guy Hemmings, Quebec; Glenn How- Glenn Quebec; Hemmings, Guy 12.

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11. Watchorn 1973, 1981; Nlseworthy 1982, 1982, Nlseworthy 1981; 1973, Watchorn 11.

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10. Mel Watchorn, Alberta; Mark Nosewor- Mark Alberta; Watchorn, Mel 10.

Vic Peters, 1992. Peters, Vic

9. Ed Werenich, 1983; Russ Howard, 1987; 1987; Howard, Russ 1983; Werenich, Ed 9.

8. Jim Armstrong, British Columbia. British Armstrong, Jim 8.

Adam (2008), Dean Hicke (2009). Hicke Dean (2008), Adam

Shymko (1999), Mark Lang (2002), Gerry Gerry (2002), Lang Mark (1999), Shymko

(1974), Harvey Mazinke (1975), Gerald Gerald (1975), Mazinke Harvey (1974),

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2. Rockwell (1953), Kent (1954), Giannou Giannou (1954), Kent (1953), Rockwell 2.

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www.alpineplantfoods.com We’re here when it counts. Sunday, March 11, 2012 Page 11 Continued from 10 Normally, when somebody In 10 previous trips to in sport makes a fi nal, it’s a the Brier fi nal, including the e Winter Wizard: “Glenn is playing really well positive story. Not Howard. ones throwing third rocks for Glenn Howard and it’s a great feeling for us. He’s been what the Buffalo brother Russ, Glenn Howard “The guys are playing really Bills and Minnesota Vikings has won three. well. Our job is to give Glenn have been to the Super Bowl. A .300 average is not bad in opportunity. When you give The fi rst question he usu- baseball, but ... Glenn opportunity, he takes ally gets after making it into This is his 11th Brier fi nal. advantage. the Brier fi nal is along the “I’m proud to get to 11 “Glenn is leading us and lines of, ‘Gee, do you guys fi nals,” he said. leading us so well, he’s like think you could handle losing And so he should be, espe- a quarterback who is throw- this thing another time?’ cially in this one the way he ing every pass right on the Maybe that’s why the fi rst had to battle through a record numbers.” words out of Howard’s mouth fi ve extra-end games, includ- Howard laughed. to the media after punch- ing a record four in a row, to “Wayne is like a kid in a ing his ticket to a sixth Brier get to this day with an 11-1 candy store,” said the skip fi nal in the last seven years record. of his friend and long-time were of the cut-them-off-at- Eleven fi nals is one whale snowmobiling buddy who he the-pass variety when he of a record. Equaling your brought on board to replace said: “We’re going to win this brother’s record of 14 Brier Richard Hart at third for one thing!” appearances is one heck of last run to become Canada’s Consider Howard’s record a record. And breaking your Olympic team. in fi nals. brother’s record for Brier “It’s like I fi gured. Light a 2011 – Lost Brier fi nal to games played which will be fi re under him and he’s go- Manitoba’s Jeff Stoughton. extended to 182 here today is ing to be right there,” said 2010 – Lost Brier fi nal to one helluva record, too. Howard of Middaugh, who Alberta’s Kevin Koe. But it’s that record in the himself won the Brier and a 2009 – Lost Olympic trials fi nal that hangs over his head. world championship as a skip fi nal to Kevin Martin. “I do think we’re going to in 1998 but has had the rap of 2008 – Lost Brier fi nal to win this thing,” Howard said having lacked drive in several Alberta’s Kevin Martin. before practice Saturday seasons since. 2007 – Won Brier fi nal afternoon. Howard, of course, goes over Newfoundland’s Brad “We’re going to come into into the fi nal with his own rap. Gushue. this fi nal guns a-blazing. For him the Brier fi nal is 2006 – Lost Brier fi nal to “I have a really good feel- Final Jeopardy. Quebec’s Jean-Michel Men- ing about this. Hopefully I’m Accent on jeopardy. ard. right.”

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Media Report ­ Statistical Report for Draw 17

Game Scores for Draw 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL ANT/YT (Koe) *2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8 20:11 BC (Cotter) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 09:54

BQuebec (Desjardins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 16:31 NL (Gushue) *1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 7 17:07

COntario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 6 12:56 Alberta (Koe) *0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 03:37

D N. Ont (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 05:25 SK (Manners) *0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 02:35

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Team Standings After 17 Draw(s)

Team Wins Losses Ontario (Howard) 10 1 Manitoba (Fowler) 8 3 Alberta (Koe) 8 3 NT/YT (Koe) 7 4 NB (Odishaw) 5 6 N. Ont (Jacobs) 5 6 NL (Gushue) 5 6 BC (Cotter) 4 7 Quebec (Desjardins) 4 7 NS (Murphy) 4 7 SK (Manners) 3 8 PE (Gaudet) 3 8

Attendance Draw 17: 9386 Total: 129198

Scoring and Percentages Summary for Draw 17 Draw 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL ANT/YT (Koe)*2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8 20:11 BC (Cotter) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 09:54 NT/YT #SH PTS PCT BC #SH PTS PCT 1Robert Borden 18 60 83 1 Rick Sawatsky 18 60 83 2Brad Chorostkowski 18 60 83 2Ty Griffith 18 51 71 3 Tom Naugler 18 67 93 3Kevin Folk 18 58 81 4 Jamie Koe 18 62 86 4 Jim Cotter 18 45 63 Team Totals 72 249 86 Team Totals 72 214 74

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL BQuebec (Desjardins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 16:31 NL (Gushue) *1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 7 17:07 QC #SH PTS PCT NL #SH PTS PCT 1Steeve Villeneuve 16 55 86 1Geoff Walker 16 58 91 2Jean­Francois Charest 16 62 97 2 Adam Casey 16 57 89 3Jean­Sebastien Roy 16 49 77 3Ryan Fry 16 49 77 4Robert Desjardins 16 53 83 4Brad Gushue 16 47 73 Team Totals 64 219 86 Team Totals 64 2211 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL COntario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 6 12:56 Alberta (Koe) *0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 03:37 ON #SH PTS PCT AB #SH PTS PCT 1Craig Savill 18 62 86 1Nolan Thiessen 20 62 78 2Brent Laing 20 68 85 2Carter Rycroft 20 70 88 3Wayne Middaugh 20 76 95 3 Pat Simmons 20 75 94 4 Glenn Howard 20 76 95 4Kevin Koe 19 59 78 Team Totals 78282 90 Team Totals 79 266 84

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL D N. Ont (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 05:25 SK (Manners) *0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 02:35 NO #SH PTS PCT SK #SH PTS PCT 1Scott Seabrook 20 66 83 1 Mike Armstrong 20 72 90 2Ryan Harnden 20 69 86 2Ryan Deis 20 56 70 3 E.J. Harnden 20 73 91 3Tyler Lang 20 68 85 Page4 Brad Jacobs 14 20 72 90 Canadian4Scott Manners Curling Association 20 57 71 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times Team Totals 80 280 88 Team Totals 80 253 79

Positional Cumulative Percentages Report A LEAD LOOK Statistical story Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 1314151617AVG Leads +Carl deConinck Smith SK ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **92 ** ** 92 + Joe Scharf NO ** ** ** ** ** ** 92 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 92 1Derek Samagalski MB 899093 **86 **90 **95 **90 ** 97739791 ** 90 2 Craig Savill ON 84 ** **85 ** ** **86 **909393 94 **91 **86 89 3Nolan Thiessen AB **859385 ** **91848488 **98 **89 **9578 88 4 Rick Sawatsky BC ** 85 90 84 ** ** 89 90 85 95 ** 90 ** 84 ** 86 83 87 4 Mike Armstrong SK 79 ** ** 84 79 86 ** 93 ** 84 90 90 91 ** 93 ** 90 87 6Grant Odishaw NB 948582 **89 **94 **91 **86 ** 78858979 ** 86 6Robert Borden NT/YT 77 ** **928588 **91 **819395 80 **85 ** 836 8 SAMAGALSKI SAVILL 6Donald McDermaid NS 828181 **91 **85 **83 **90 ** 94828491 ** 86 + Scott Howard ON ** ** ** ** 85 83 ** ** ** ** ** ** 94 ** ** ** ** 85 9Scott Seabrook NO **838689 ** **98898671 **73 **81 **9483 84 9Steeve Villeneuve QC 83 ** **718482 **94 **92 **81 80 **81 **86 84 11 Geoff Walker NL **897980 ** **76907379 **83 **84 **8991 83 11 Sean Clarey PE 919482 **71 **77 **93 **86 ** 78749076 ** 83 + Greg Skauge NT/YT ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 81 ** ** ** ** ** 81 + Kyle Schmeisser NS ** 75 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 75 + Jean­Francois Charest QC ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 73 ** ** ** ** ** ** 73 THIESSEN SAWATSKY Seconds +Jean­Francois Charest QC ** ** **88 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **97 96 1Carter Rycroft AB **928692 ** **92868896 **91 **80 **9288 89 2 Brent Laing ON 90 ** **898584 **89 **848280100 **94PROUD **85 TO 87 HAVE LED THE BID TO HOST 3 Adam Casey NL **827974 ** **92869494 **84 **88 **7989THE 85 DAKOTA DUNES OPEN Saskatoon Sports Tourism exists 3Richard Daneault MB 857185 **92 **88 **86 **82 ** 77899491 ** 85 to make it easier for groups to 5Ryan Harnden NO **747781 ** **78918283 **89 **88 **9486 84 5Steven Munroe QC 83 ** **798881 **83 **847388 80 **94 ** ** 84 bring events to our great city. We

+Andrew Robinson PE **83 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 83 are proud to partner to bring the 7Mike Bardsley NS 818384 **85 **86 **78 **76 ** 81757780 ** 81 8 Ryan Deis SK 95 ** **738672 **89 **788375 70 **84**70 79 2012 Dakota Dunes Casino 8 Ty Griffith2012 DAKOTA DUNES CASINO OPENBC **697883 ** **85908359 **70 **89 **8671 79 Open to Saskatoon – but the hits

10Brad Chorostkowski2013 MASTERCARD MEMORIAL CUP: NT/YT 66 ** **897871 **74 **807870 83 **79 **83 78 don’t just stop there, 2012 and 11 Tyler HarrisCDN HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP PE 798073 **79 **61 **90 **86 ** 77708468 ** 77 12 Scott Jones2014 CANADIAN SUMMER NB 765492 **83 **81 **84 **70 ** 79847457 ** 76 beyond is packed with new exciting SWIM NATIONALS +Blake MacDonald AB ** ** **63 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 63 2015 ISF WORLD MEN’S SOFTBALL events and returning favourites. CHAMPIONSHIP ** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games CURRENT EVENTS THE TEAM SPORT FACILITIES OUR WINNING ADVANTAGE

Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.) The hitsDraw 1 2just 3 4 5 6 7keep 8 9101112 1314151617AVG on coming! Thirds © COPYRIGHT 2009 CANADIAN CURLING ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED +Carl deConinck Smith SK ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **100 ** ** ** ** 100 P. 3 / 7 Visit saskatoonsportstourism.ca 1Wayne Middaugh ON 84 ** ** 888483 **76 **899486 91 **94 **95 87 for a complete listing of events, facilities 2Allan Lyburn MB 858380 **94 **74 **94 **83 ** 73838894 ** 85 and our services or call 306.931.7583 2 Pat Simmons AB ** 94 75 96 ** ** 88 80 80 85 ** 73 ** 81 ** 89 94 85 to speak to one of our knowledgeable sports tourism team. 4 Tyler Lang SK 90 ** ** 788188 **78 **928384 84 **86 **85 84 4 Ryan Fry NL **9173 90 ** **89928091 **81 **84 **7677 84 6 E.J. Harnden NO ** 90 80 78 ** ** 69 82 89 79 ** 91 ** 90 ** 72 91 83 7Tom Naugler NT/YT 72 ** ** 887578 **92 **858682 77 **74 **93 82 8 Kevin Folk BC **8173 76 ** **79899270 **88 **81 **8981 81 +Blake MacDonald AB ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **81 ** ** ** ** ** 81 9Andy McCann NB 668083 **80 **94 **83 **84 ** 79787386 ** 80 10Jordan Pinder NS 667884 **78 **75 **79 **79 ** 80838389 ** 79 11Jean­Sebastien Roy QC 70 ** ** 667173 **83 **779589 76 **73**77 77 11 Tyler MacKenzie PE 75 73 76 ** 85 ** 84 ** 78 ** 85 ** 64 69 89 67 ** 77

Skips 1 Glenn Howard ON 82 ** ** 88 75 81 ** 89 ** 85 96 84 83 ** 92 ** 95 86 2 Kevin Koe AB **7986100 ** **80939471 **91 **70 **8078 83 3 Jamie Koe NT/YT 69 ** ** 868190 **79 **916964 72 **75 **86 79 3 Rob Fowler MB 757973 **85 **64 **83 **76 ** 83848988 ** 79 5Scott Manners SK 94 ** ** 768078 **72 **836688 71 **75 **71 78 5Brad Gushue NL **7478 85 ** **97695880 **74 **74 **8673 78 5 Brad Jacobs NO **7578 69 ** **61788378 **81 **88 **6790 78 8 Jim Cotter BC **7571 82 ** **75839073 **70 **79 **8363 77 8 Jamie Murphy NS 80 89 91 ** 70 ** 68 ** 76 ** 88 ** 79 68 67 72 ** 77 10Terry Odishaw NB 737172 **69 **97 **87 **86 ** 71746384 ** 76 11Robert Desjardins QC 82 ** ** 486667 **70 **738973 86 **88 **83 75 12Mike Gaudet PE 827576 **62 **73 **86 **79 ** 61856364 ** 74

** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games

Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.)

Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121314151617AVG Teams 1Ontario (Howard) 85 ** ** 87 82 83 ** 85 ** 87 91 86 92 ** 93 ** 90 87 2Alberta (Koe) **88 85 92 ** ** 88 8686 85 ** 89 ** 80 ** 8984 86 3Manitoba (Fowler) 84 80 83 ** 89 ** 79 ** 89 ** 83 ** 82 82 92 91 ** 85 4SK (Manners) 90 ** ** 78 8281 ** 83 ** 84 80 8480 ** 84 **79 82 4NL (Gushue) **84 77 82 ** ** 89 8477 86 ** 80 ** 82 ** 8382 82 4 N. Ont (Jacobs) ** 80 80 79 ** ** 76 85 85 78 ** 84 ** 86 ** 82 88 82 7 BC (Cotter) **77 78 81 ** ** 82 8888 74 ** 79 ** 83 ** 8674 81 7NT/YT (Koe) 71 ** ** 89 8082 ** 84 ** 84 82 7778 ** 78 **86 81 7 NS (Murphy) 77 83 85 ** 81 ** 78 ** 79 ** 83 ** 83 77 78 83 ** 81 10 NB (Odishaw) 77 72 82 ** 80 ** 91 ** 86 ** 81 ** 77 80 74 77 ** 80 10Quebec (Desjardins) 80 ** ** 67 77 76 ** 82 ** 82 83 83 80 ** 84 ** 86 80 12PE (Gaudet) 8281 77 ** 74 ** 74 **87 ** 84 **70 74 81 69 ** 78

** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games

Team Win/Loss Grid After 17 Draws

SK NT/YT NL NS NB PE QC ON NO MB AB BC

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NL WL*WLWWLLLLW

NS WWL*LWLLLLLW

NB WLWW*LLLWLLW

PE LWLLW*LLLLLW

QC LLLWWW*LLWLL

ON WLWWWWW*WWWW

NO LLWWLWWL*LWL

MB WWWWWWLLW*WL

AB WWWWWWWLLL*W

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Game Scores by Draw Draw A B C D

1 QC 7 PE 4 ON 6 NS 9 * MB 6 * SK 8 * NB 5 * NT/YT 5 2 * NS 10 BC 5 NL 6 NB 3 PE 4 * AB 9 * NO 7 * MB 6 3 * AB 9 MB 8 BC 3 NO 8 NB 4 * NL 7 * NS 5 * PE 7 4 * SK 5 * NT/YT 8 QC 2 * NL 5 BC 6 NO 5 * AB 9 ON 6 5 NT/YT 10 * NB 8 PE 3 SK 6 * ON 6 NS 6 * MB 8 * QC 5 6 QC 8 SK 5 * ON 9 * NT/YT 9 7 * NB 8 * AB 8 * NS 5 * MB 5 NO 3 PE 2 NL 10 BC 9 8 * AB 6 NL 6 BC 5 ON 6 SK 3 * NT/YT 10 * QC 4 * NO 5 9 * MB 10 NO 3 * NB 6 AB 8 NS 7 * BC 7 PE 8 * NL 1 10 BC 6 * ON 7 AB 6 * QC 7 * NL 8 SK 5 * NO 7 NT/YT 8 11 PE 9 NB 3 * MB 4 * SK 7 * NT/YT 6 * QC 8 ON 8 NS 10 12 * NO 9 NT/YT 3 * NL 10 * BC 4 QC 2 * AB 11 SK 6 ON 8 13 SK 8 * PE 5 * QC 7 NT/YT 5 * NB 9 ON 10 NS 6 * MB 10 14 * MB 8 NS 4 * PE 7 NL 4 AB 5 * NO 11 BC 5 * NB 6 15 * ON 8 SK 3 * NT/YT 9 PE 8 NS 3 * MB 9 NB 6 * QC 10 16 NL 10 BC 5 NO 4 NS 3 * PE 5 * NB 7 * MB 10 * AB 8 17 * NT/YT 8 QC 3 ON 6 NO 6 BC 3 * NL 7 * AB 3 * SK 7 2012 Tim Hortons Brier Presented by Monsanto Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, SK

Media Report ­ Statistical Report for Draw 17

Game Scores for Draw 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL ANT/YT (Koe) *2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8 20:11 BC (Cotter) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 09:54

BQuebec (Desjardins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 16:31 NL (Gushue) *1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 7 17:07

COntario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 6 12:56 Alberta (Koe) *0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 03:37

D N. Ont (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 05:25 SK (Manners) *0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 02:35

*last rock advantage

Team Standings After 17 Draw(s)

Team Wins Losses Ontario (Howard) 10 1 Manitoba (Fowler) 8 3 Alberta (Koe) 8 3 NT/YT (Koe) 7 4 NB (Odishaw) 5 6 N. Ont (Jacobs) 5 6 NL (Gushue) 5 6 BC (Cotter) 4 7 Quebec (Desjardins) 4 7 NS (Murphy) 4 7 SK (Manners) 3 8 PE (Gaudet) 3 8

Attendance Draw 17: 9386 Total: 129198

Scoring and Percentages Summary for Draw 17 Draw 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL ANT/YT (Koe)*2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8 20:11 BC (Cotter) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 09:54 NT/YT #SH PTS PCT BC #SH PTS PCT 1Robert Borden 18 60 83 1 Rick Sawatsky 18 60 83 2Brad Chorostkowski 18 60 83 2Ty Griffith 18 51 71 3 Tom Naugler 18 67 93 3Kevin Folk 18 58 81 4 Jamie Koe 18 62 86 4 Jim Cotter 18 45 63 Team Totals 72 249 86 Team Totals 72 214 74

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL BQuebec (Desjardins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 16:31 NL (Gushue) *1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 7 17:07 QC #SH PTS PCT NL #SH PTS PCT 1Steeve Villeneuve 16 55 86 1Geoff Walker 16 58 91 2Jean­Francois Charest 16 62 97 2 Adam Casey 16 57 89 3Jean­Sebastien Roy 16 49 77 3Ryan Fry 16 49 77 4Robert Desjardins 16 53 83 4Brad Gushue 16 47 73 Team Totals 64 219 86 Team Totals 64 2211 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL COntario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 6 12:56 Alberta (Koe) *0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 03:37 ON #SH PTS PCT AB #SH PTS PCT 1Craig Savill 18 62 86 1Nolan Thiessen 20 62 78 2Brent Laing 20 68 85 2Carter Rycroft 20 70 88 3Wayne Middaugh 20 76 95 3 Pat Simmons 20 75 94 4 Glenn Howard 20 76 95 4Kevin Koe 19 59 78 Team Totals 78282 90 Team Totals 79 266 84

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL D N. Ont (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 05:25 SK (Manners) *0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 02:35 NO #SH PTS PCT SK #SH PTS PCT 1Scott Seabrook 20 66 83 1 Mike Armstrong 20 72 90 2Ryan Harnden 20 69 86 2Ryan Deis 20 56 70 3 E.J. Harnden 20 73 91 3Tyler Lang 20 68 85 4 Brad Jacobs 20 72 90 Canadian4Scott Manners Curling Association 20 57 71 Team Totals 80 280 88 Team Totals 80 253 79

Positional Cumulative Percentages Report Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 1314151617AVG Leads +Carl deConinck Smith SK ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **92 ** ** 92 + Joe Scharf NO ** ** ** ** ** ** 92 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 92 1Derek Samagalski MB 899093 **86 **90 **95 **90 ** 97739791 ** 90 2 Craig Savill ON 84 ** **85 ** ** **86 **909393 94 **91 **86 89 3Nolan Thiessen AB **859385 ** **91848488 **98 **89 **9578 88 4 Rick Sawatsky BC ** 85 90 84 ** ** 89 90 85 95 ** 90 ** 84 ** 86 83 87 4 Mike Armstrong SK 79 ** ** 84 79 86 ** 93 ** 84 90 90 91 ** 93 ** 90 87 6Grant Odishaw NB 948582 **89 **94 **91 **86 ** 78858979 ** 86 6Robert Borden NT/YT 77 ** **928588 **91 **819395 80 **85 ** 836 8 6Donald McDermaid NS 828181 **91 **85 **83 **90 ** 94828491 ** 86 + Scott Howard ON ** ** ** ** 85 83 ** ** ** ** ** ** 94 ** ** ** ** 85 9Scott Seabrook NO **838689 ** **98898671 **73 **81 **9483 84 9Steeve Villeneuve QC 83 ** **718482 **94 **92 **81 80 **81 **86 84 Sunday,11 Geoff Walker March 11, 2012 NL **897980 ** **76907379 **83 **84 **8991 83 Page 15 11 Sean Clarey PE 919482 **71 **77 **93 **86 ** 78749076 ** 83 + Greg Skauge NT/YT ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 81 ** ** ** ** ** 81 + Kyle SchmeisserA SECOND NS ** 75 ** ** ** ** GLANCE ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 75 Statistical story + Jean­Francois Charest QC ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 73 ** ** ** ** ** ** 73

Seconds +Jean­Francois Charest QC ** ** **88 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **97 96 1Carter Rycroft AB **928692 ** **92868896 **91 **80 **9288 89 2 Brent Laing ON 90 ** **898584 **89 **848280100 **94 **85 87 3 Adam Casey NL **827974 ** **92869494 **84 **88 **7989 85 3Richard Daneault MB 857185 **92 **88 **86 **82 ** 77899491 ** 85 5Ryan Harnden NO **747781 ** **78918283 **89 **88 **9486 84 5Steven Munroe QC 83 ** **798881 **83 **847388 80 **94 ** ** 84 +Andrew Robinson PE **83 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 83 RYCROFT LAING 7Mike Bardsley NS 818384 **85 **86 **78 **76 ** 81757780 ** 81 8 Ryan Deis SK 95 ** **738672 **89 **788375 70 **84**70 79 8 Ty Griffith BC **697883 ** **85908359 **70 **89 **8671 79 10Brad Chorostkowski NT/YT 66 ** **897871 **74 **807870 83 **79 **83 78 11 Tyler Harris PE 798073 **79 **61 **90 **86 ** 77708468 ** 77 12 Scott Jones NB 765492 **83 **81 **84 **70 ** 79847457 ** 76 +Blake MacDonald AB ** ** **63 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 63

** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games CASEY DANEAULT Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.)

Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 1314151617AVG Thirds © COPYRIGHT 2009 CANADIAN CURLING ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED +Carl deConinck Smith SK ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **100 ** ** ** ** 100 P. 3 / 7 1Wayne Middaugh ON 84 ** ** 888483 **76 **899486 91 **94 **95 87 2Allan Lyburn MB 858380 **94 **74 **94 **83 ** 73838894 ** 85 2 Pat Simmons AB ** 94 75 96 ** ** 88 80 80 85 ** 73 ** 81 ** 89 94 85 4 Tyler Lang SK 90 ** ** 788188 **78 **928384 84 **86 **85 84 4 Ryan Fry NL **9173 90 ** **89928091 **81 **84 **7677 84 6 E.J. Harnden NO ** 90 80 78 ** ** 69 82 89 79 ** 91 ** 90 ** 72 91 83 7Tom Naugler NT/YT 72 ** ** 887578 **92 **858682 77 **74 **93 82 8 Kevin Folk BC **8173 76 ** **79899270 **88 **81 **8981 81 +Blake MacDonald AB ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **81 ** ** ** ** ** 81 9Andy McCann NB 668083 **80 **94 **83 **84 ** 79787386 ** 80 10Jordan Pinder NS 667884 **78 **75 **79 **79 ** 80838389 ** 79 11Jean­Sebastien Roy QC 70 ** ** 667173 **83 **779589 76 **73**77 77 11 Tyler MacKenzie PE 75 73 76 ** 85 ** 84 ** 78 ** 85 ** 64 69 89 67 ** 77

Skips 1 Glenn HowardJubilee Ford is proud ON 82 ** ** 88 75 81 ** 89 ** 85 96 84 83 ** 92 ** 95 86 2 Kevin Koeto sponsor the 2012AB **7986100 ** **80939471 **91 **70 **8078 83 Tim Hortons Brier. Last year, Casinos Regina & Moose Jaw 3 Jamie Koe NT/YT 69 ** ** 868190 **79 **916964 72 **75 **86 79 contributed over $750,000 and countless volunteer hours in support of local organizations and events. 3 Rob Fowler MB 757973 **85 **64 **83 **76 ** 83848988 ** 79 Giving back to the communities 5Scott Manners SK 94 ** ** 768078 **72 **836688 71 **75 **71 78 we love is always a win-win. Proud Sponsor of the 5Brad Gushue NL **7478 85 ** **97695880 **74 **74 **8673 78 2012 Tim Hortons Brier 5 Brad Jacobs NO **7578 69 ** **61788378 **81 **88 **6790 78 8 Jim Cotter BC **7571 82 ** **75839073 **70 **79 **8363 77 Visit saskgaming.com for more information 8 Jamie Murphy NS 80 89 91 ** 70 ** 68 ** 76 ** 88 ** 79 68 67 72 ** 77 about our Community Relations program. 10Terry Odishaw NB 737172 **69 **97 **87 **86 ** 71746384 ** 76 11Robert Desjardins QC 82 ** ** 486667 **70 **738973 86 **88 **83 75 12Mike Gaudet PE 827576 **62 **73 **86 **79 ** 61856364 ** 74

** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games

Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.)

Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121314151617AVG Teams 1Ontario (Howard) 85 ** ** 87 82 83 ** 85 ** 87 91 86 92 ** 93 ** 90 87 2Alberta (Koe) **88 85 92 ** ** 88 8686 85 ** 89 ** 80 ** 8984 86 3Manitoba (Fowler) 84 80 83 ** 89 ** 79 ** 89 ** 83 ** 82 82 92 91 ** 85 4SK (Manners) 90 ** ** 78 8281 ** 83 ** 84 80 8480 ** 84 **79 82 4NL (Gushue) **84 77 82 ** ** 89 8477 86 ** 80 ** 82 ** 8382 82 4 N. Ont (Jacobs) ** 80 80 79 ** ** 76 85 85 78 ** 84 ** 86 ** 82 88 82 7 BC (Cotter) **77 78 81 ** ** 82 8888 74 ** 79 ** 83 ** 8674 81 7NT/YT (Koe) 71 ** ** 89 8082 ** 84 ** 84 82 7778 ** 78 **86 81 7 NS (Murphy) 77 83 85 ** 81 ** 78 ** 79 ** 83 ** 83 77 78 83 ** 81 10 NB (Odishaw) 77 72 82 ** 80 ** 91 ** 86 ** 81 ** 77 80 74 77 ** 80 10Quebec (Desjardins) 80 ** ** 67 77 76 ** 82 ** 82 83 83 80 ** 84 ** 86 80 12PE (Gaudet) 8281 77 ** 74 ** 74 **87 ** 84 **70 74 81 69 ** 78

** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games

Team Win/Loss Grid After 17 Draws

SK NT/YT NL NS NB PE QC ON NO MB AB BC

SK *LLLLWWLWLLL

NT/YT W*WLWLWWWLLW

NL WL*WLWWLLLLW

NS WWL*LWLLLLLW

NB WLWW*LLLWLLW

PE LWLLW*LLLLLW

QC LLLWWW*LLWLL

ON WLWWWWW*WWWW

NO LLWWLWWL*LWL

MB WWWWWWLLW*WL

AB WWWWWWWLLL*W

BC WLLLLLWLWWL*

Game Scores by Draw Draw A B C D

1 QC 7 PE 4 ON 6 NS 9 * MB 6 * SK 8 * NB 5 * NT/YT 5 2 * NS 10 BC 5 NL 6 NB 3 PE 4 * AB 9 * NO 7 * MB 6 3 * AB 9 MB 8 BC 3 NO 8 NB 4 * NL 7 * NS 5 * PE 7 4 * SK 5 * NT/YT 8 QC 2 * NL 5 BC 6 NO 5 * AB 9 ON 6 5 NT/YT 10 * NB 8 PE 3 SK 6 * ON 6 NS 6 * MB 8 * QC 5 6 QC 8 SK 5 * ON 9 * NT/YT 9 7 * NB 8 * AB 8 * NS 5 * MB 5 NO 3 PE 2 NL 10 BC 9 8 * AB 6 NL 6 BC 5 ON 6 SK 3 * NT/YT 10 * QC 4 * NO 5 9 * MB 10 NO 3 * NB 6 AB 8 NS 7 * BC 7 PE 8 * NL 1 10 BC 6 * ON 7 AB 6 * QC 7 * NL 8 SK 5 * NO 7 NT/YT 8 11 PE 9 NB 3 * MB 4 * SK 7 * NT/YT 6 * QC 8 ON 8 NS 10 12 * NO 9 NT/YT 3 * NL 10 * BC 4 QC 2 * AB 11 SK 6 ON 8 13 SK 8 * PE 5 * QC 7 NT/YT 5 * NB 9 ON 10 NS 6 * MB 10 14 * MB 8 NS 4 * PE 7 NL 4 AB 5 * NO 11 BC 5 * NB 6 15 * ON 8 SK 3 * NT/YT 9 PE 8 NS 3 * MB 9 NB 6 * QC 10 16 NL 10 BC 5 NO 4 NS 3 * PE 5 * NB 7 * MB 10 * AB 8 17 * NT/YT 8 QC 3 ON 6 NO 6 BC 3 * NL 7 * AB 3 * SK 7 2012 Tim Hortons Brier Presented by Monsanto Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, SK

Media Report ­ Statistical Report for Draw 17

Game Scores for Draw 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL ANT/YT (Koe) *2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8 20:11 BC (Cotter) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 09:54

BQuebec (Desjardins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 16:31 NL (Gushue) *1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 7 17:07

COntario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 6 12:56 Alberta (Koe) *0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 03:37

D N. Ont (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 05:25 SK (Manners) *0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 02:35

*last rock advantage

Team Standings After 17 Draw(s)

Team Wins Losses Ontario (Howard) 10 1 Manitoba (Fowler) 8 3 Alberta (Koe) 8 3 NT/YT (Koe) 7 4 NB (Odishaw) 5 6 N. Ont (Jacobs) 5 6 NL (Gushue) 5 6 BC (Cotter) 4 7 Quebec (Desjardins) 4 7 NS (Murphy) 4 7 SK (Manners) 3 8 PE (Gaudet) 3 8

Attendance Draw 17: 9386 Total: 129198

Scoring and Percentages Summary for Draw 17 Draw 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL ANT/YT (Koe)*2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8 20:11 BC (Cotter) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 09:54 NT/YT #SH PTS PCT BC #SH PTS PCT 1Robert Borden 18 60 83 1 Rick Sawatsky 18 60 83 2Brad Chorostkowski 18 60 83 2Ty Griffith 18 51 71 3 Tom Naugler 18 67 93 3Kevin Folk 18 58 81 4 Jamie Koe 18 62 86 4 Jim Cotter 18 45 63 Team Totals 72 249 86 Team Totals 72 214 74

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL BQuebec (Desjardins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 16:31 NL (Gushue) *1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 7 17:07 QC #SH PTS PCT NL #SH PTS PCT 1Steeve Villeneuve 16 55 86 1Geoff Walker 16 58 91 2Jean­Francois Charest 16 62 97 2 Adam Casey 16 57 89 3Jean­Sebastien Roy 16 49 77 3Ryan Fry 16 49 77 4Robert Desjardins 16 53 83 4Brad Gushue 16 47 73 Team Totals 64 219 86 Team Totals 64 2211 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL COntario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 6 12:56 Alberta (Koe) *0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 03:37 ON #SH PTS PCT AB #SH PTS PCT 1Craig Savill 18 62 86 1Nolan Thiessen 20 62 78 2Brent Laing 20 68 85 2Carter Rycroft 20 70 88 3Wayne Middaugh 20 76 95 3 Pat Simmons 20 75 94 4 Glenn Howard 20 76 95 4Kevin Koe 19 59 78 Team Totals 78282 90 Team Totals 79 266 84

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL D N. Ont (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 05:25 SK (Manners) *0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 02:35 NO #SH PTS PCT SK #SH PTS PCT 1Scott Seabrook 20 66 83 1 Mike Armstrong 20 72 90 2Ryan Harnden 20 69 86 2Ryan Deis 20 56 70 3 E.J. Harnden 20 73 91 3Tyler Lang 20 68 85 4 Brad Jacobs 20 72 90 4Scott Manners 20 57 71 Team Totals 80 280 88 Team Totals 80 253 79

Positional Cumulative Percentages Report Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 1314151617AVG Leads +Carl deConinck Smith SK ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **92 ** ** 92 + Joe Scharf NO ** ** ** ** ** ** 92 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 92 1Derek Samagalski MB 899093 **86 **90 **95 **90 ** 97739791 ** 90 2 Craig Savill ON 84 ** **85 ** ** **86 **909393 94 **91 **86 89 3Nolan Thiessen AB **859385 ** **91848488 **98 **89 **9578 88 4 Rick Sawatsky BC ** 85 90 84 ** ** 89 90 85 95 ** 90 ** 84 ** 86 83 87 4 Mike Armstrong SK 79 ** ** 84 79 86 ** 93 ** 84 90 90 91 ** 93 ** 90 87 6Grant Odishaw NB 948582 **89 **94 **91 **86 ** 78858979 ** 86 6Robert Borden NT/YT 77 ** **928588 **91 **819395 80 **85 ** 836 8 6Donald McDermaid NS 828181 **91 **85 **83 **90 ** 94828491 ** 86 + Scott Howard ON ** ** ** ** 85 83 ** ** ** ** ** ** 94 ** ** ** ** 85 9Scott Seabrook NO **838689 ** **98898671 **73 **81 **9483 84 9Steeve Villeneuve QC 83 ** **718482 **94 **92 **81 80 **81 **86 84 11 Geoff Walker NL **897980 ** **76907379 **83 **84 **8991 83 11 Sean Clarey PE 919482 **71 **77 **93 **86 ** 78749076 ** 83 + Greg Skauge NT/YT ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 81 ** ** ** ** ** 81 + Kyle Schmeisser NS ** 75 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 75 + Jean­Francois Charest QC ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 73 ** ** ** ** ** ** 73

Seconds +Jean­Francois Charest QC ** ** **88 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **97 96 1Carter Rycroft AB **928692 ** **92868896 **91 **80 **9288 89 2 Brent Laing ON 90 ** **898584 **89 **848280100 **94 **85 87 3 Adam Casey NL **827974 ** **92869494 **84 **88 **7989 85 3Richard Daneault MB 857185 **92 **88 **86 **82 ** 77899491 ** 85 5Ryan Harnden NO **747781 ** **78918283 **89 **88 **9486 84 5Steven Munroe QC 83 ** **798881 **83 **847388 80 **94 ** ** 84 +Andrew Robinson PE **83 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 83 7Mike Bardsley NS 818384 **85 **86 **78 **76 ** 81757780 ** 81 8 Ryan Deis SK 95 ** **738672 **89 **788375 70 **84**70 79 8 Ty Griffith BC **697883 ** **85908359 **70 **89 **8671 79 10Brad Chorostkowski NT/YT 66 ** **897871 **74 **807870 83 **79 **83 78 11 Tyler Harris PE 798073 **79 **61 **90 **86 ** 77708468 ** 77 12 Scott Jones NB 765492 **83 **81 **84 **70 ** 79847457 ** 76 Page 16 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times +Blake MacDonald AB ** ** **63 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 63

Canadian Curling Association ** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games THE THIRD DEGREE Statistical story

Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.)

Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 1314151617AVG Thirds +Carl deConinck Smith SK ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **100 ** ** ** ** 100 1Wayne Middaugh ON 84 ** ** 888483 **76 **899486 91 **94 **95 87 2Allan Lyburn MB 858380 **94 **74 **94 **83 ** 73838894 ** 85 2 Pat Simmons AB ** 94 75 96 ** ** 88 80 80 85 ** 73 ** 81 ** 89 94 85 4 Tyler Lang SK 90 ** ** 788188 **78 **928384 84 **86 **85 84 MIDDAUGH 4 Ryan Fry NL **9173 90 ** **89928091 **81 **84 **7677 84 LYBURN 6 E.J. Harnden NO ** 90 80 78 ** ** 69 82 89 79 ** 91 ** 90 ** 72 91 83 7Tom Naugler NT/YT 72 ** ** 887578 **92 **858682 77 **74 **93 82 8 Kevin Folk BC **8173 76 ** **79899270 **88 **81 **8981 81 +Blake MacDonald AB ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **81 ** ** ** ** ** 81 9Andy McCann NB 668083 **80 **94 **83 **84 ** 79787386 ** 80 10Jordan Pinder NS 667884 **78 **75 **79 **79 ** 80838389 ** 79 11Jean­Sebastien Roy QC 70 ** ** 667173 **83 **779589 76 **73**77 77 11 Tyler MacKenzie PE 75 73 76 ** 85 ** 84 ** 78 ** 85 ** 64 69 89 67 ** 77 SIMMONS LANG

Skips 1 Glenn Howard ON 82 ** ** 88 75 81 ** 89 ** 85 96 84 83 ** 92 ** 95 86 2 Kevin Koe AB **7986100 ** **80939471 **91 **70 **8078 83 3 Jamie Koe NT/YT 69 ** ** 868190 **79 **916964 72 **75 **86 79 3 Rob Fowler MB 757973 **85 **64 **83 **76 ** 83848988 ** 79 5Scott Manners SK 94 ** ** 768078 **72 **836688 71 **75 **71MERLIN 78 5Brad Gushue NL **7478 85 ** **97695880 **74 **74 **8673 78 5 Brad Jacobs NO **7578 69 ** **61788378 **81 **88 **6790 78 8 Jim Cotter BC **7571 82 ** **75839073 **70 **79 **8363 77 8 Jamie Murphy NS 80 89 91 ** 70 ** 68 ** 76 ** 88 ** 79 68 67 72 ** 77 10Terry Odishaw NB 737172 **69 **97 **87 **86 ** 71746384 ** 76 11Robert Desjardins QC 82 ** ** 486667 **70 **738973 86 **88 **83 75 12Mike Gaudet PE 827576 **62 **73 **86 **79 ** 61856364 ** 74 OFFICIAL ** = did not play VEHICLE + = player unranked due to insufficient games SUPPLIER OF THE 2012 TIM HORTONS Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.) BRIER

Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121314151617AVG Teams MERLIN 1Ontario (Howard) 85 ** ** 87 82 83 ** 85 ** 87 91 86 92 ** 93 ** 90 87 931-66116611 or 1-800-298-8110 2Alberta (Koe) **88 85 92 ** ** 88 8686 85 ** 89 ** 80 ** 89843750 86 Idylwyld Dr. N. Across from Costco 3Manitoba (Fowler) 84 80 83 ** 89 ** 79 ** 89 ** 83 ** 82 82 92 91 ** 85 www.merlinford.com 4SK (Manners) 90 ** ** 78 8281 ** 83 ** 84 80 8480 ** 84 **79 82 4NL (Gushue) **84 77 82 ** ** 89 8477 86 ** 80 ** 82 ** 8382 82 4 N. Ont (Jacobs) ** 80 80 79 ** ** 76 85 85 78 ** 84 ** 86 ** 82 88 82 7 BC (Cotter) **77 78 81 ** ** 82 8888 74 ** 79 ** 83 ** 8674 81 © COPYRIGHT 2009 CANADIAN CURLING ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED7NT/YT (Koe) 71 ** ** 89 8082 ** 84 ** 84 82 7778 ** 78 **86 81 P. 4 / 7 7 NS (Murphy) 77 83 85 ** 81 ** 78 ** 79 ** 83 ** 83 77 78 83 ** 81 10 NB (Odishaw) 77 72 82 ** 80 ** 91 ** 86 ** 81 ** 77 80 74 77 ** 80 10Quebec (Desjardins) 80 ** ** 67 77 76 ** 82 ** 82 83 83 80 ** 84 ** 86 80 12PE (Gaudet) 8281 77 ** 74 ** 74 **87 ** 84 **70 74 81 69 ** 78

** = did not play + = player unranked due to insufficient games

Team Win/Loss Grid After 17 Draws

SK NT/YT NL NS NB PE QC ON NO MB AB BC

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Game Scores by Draw Draw A B C D

1 QC 7 PE 4 ON 6 NS 9 * MB 6 * SK 8 * NB 5 * NT/YT 5 2 * NS 10 BC 5 NL 6 NB 3 PE 4 * AB 9 * NO 7 * MB 6 3 * AB 9 MB 8 BC 3 NO 8 NB 4 * NL 7 * NS 5 * PE 7 4 * SK 5 * NT/YT 8 QC 2 * NL 5 BC 6 NO 5 * AB 9 ON 6 5 NT/YT 10 * NB 8 PE 3 SK 6 * ON 6 NS 6 * MB 8 * QC 5 6 QC 8 SK 5 * ON 9 * NT/YT 9 7 * NB 8 * AB 8 * NS 5 * MB 5 NO 3 PE 2 NL 10 BC 9 8 * AB 6 NL 6 BC 5 ON 6 SK 3 * NT/YT 10 * QC 4 * NO 5 9 * MB 10 NO 3 * NB 6 AB 8 NS 7 * BC 7 PE 8 * NL 1 10 BC 6 * ON 7 AB 6 * QC 7 * NL 8 SK 5 * NO 7 NT/YT 8 11 PE 9 NB 3 * MB 4 * SK 7 * NT/YT 6 * QC 8 ON 8 NS 10 12 * NO 9 NT/YT 3 * NL 10 * BC 4 QC 2 * AB 11 SK 6 ON 8 13 SK 8 * PE 5 * QC 7 NT/YT 5 * NB 9 ON 10 NS 6 * MB 10 14 * MB 8 NS 4 * PE 7 NL 4 AB 5 * NO 11 BC 5 * NB 6 15 * ON 8 SK 3 * NT/YT 9 PE 8 NS 3 * MB 9 NB 6 * QC 10 16 NL 10 BC 5 NO 4 NS 3 * PE 5 * NB 7 * MB 10 * AB 8 17 * NT/YT 8 QC 3 ON 6 NO 6 BC 3 * NL 7 * AB 3 * SK 7 Sunday, March 11, 2012 Page 17 Brier BEAR wins 50/50

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ow that we’ve determined the The hero and their curlers in the teeth! You want to best teams in this particular ver- — Are we do it at the Mixed, Seniors, Juniors? Fine. Nsion of the Tim Hortons Brier, it’s kidding? The But lay off the one showcase event that time to reminisce on the good, the bad, boys from already is proven 24-karat gold (check the the ugly and the so-so of this 83rd annual the far North price of it these days) and in no need of rockfest . . . persisted in tarnishing. Ye gods! Rating: Ugly. The 12-team fi eld — Having only four being the The biggest surprise — For most, it teams with winning round-robin records story . . . was the performance of the Territories. is a rarity at the Brier. Since a playoff most of the They were picked 10th, 11th or 12th at format was adopted, it has happened only week. Just best. There really was no other good-feel twice previously — in 1997 at Calgary and when you story at this edition of the Brier festival to in 1990 at Sault Ste. Marie. At the Soo, thought they compare with this one. Rating: Good. in fact, only three teams fi nished with were down The biggest bust — At the wrong end winning records. So . . . the question: Is and out, LARRY WOOD of the scale, it had to be Newfoundland/ it germane to use a shortage of winning back they Tankard Times Labrador. Nobody fi gured Brad Gushue records as a yardstick to measure a Brier bounced. Editor and mates to suffer from the kind of me- fi eld? In 1997 at Calgary? No. Kevin Mar- Skip Jamie diocre Brier week (5-6) that befell them. tin and Vic Peters went right to the wire in Koe had a great week . . . Honourable This was the fi rst time in nine tries that Jamie Koe: Hero of the week that one. James Grattan was a gung-ho mention to Saskatchewan. Scott Manners Gushue fi nished with more losses than youngster back then and The Wrench was comported himself well under big-time wins. Unbelievably . . . for you, us and abandon the skipper. Rating: Bad. on the scene, too. But in 1990 at the Soo? home-arena pressure. And what support him. Rating: Ugly. The hottest shot — That would be the Yes. The latter was one of the weaker they received from the faithful! Rating: The biggest fade — Probably British Brad Jacobs shot against Ontario in the Brier fi elds. And The Wrench’s was far Good. Columbia. Much more was expected from 10th end on Monday night — a miracu- and away the best team there. A bunch of The biggest loser — The Brier as Jim Cotter and the boys from the Okana- lous come-around bump, spin and roll that new faces were lauded here, which was we know it is in jeopardy. That’s if the gan. They lose two, win fi ve, lose fi ve in a gave Northern Ontario a deuce and an good. But most struggled adapting to the all-knowing nabobs in the back rooms row coming down the stretch! During the extra end. It didn’t give Northern Ontario arena and none found much consistency decide the event should adopt Nunavut, last two days, they had several chances the win, though, and that typifi ed the week — hence their lack of victories. Among the Team Canada, a change of format and a to jump up and be counted. Instead, they for the Soo crew. top four? Ontario was best on the week. relegation zone. Talk about kicking your stumbled and were counted out. Weight Rating: So-so. own long-standing provincial associations shots, or maybe it was the ice, seemed to Continued on 19

The Brier has been held in every province at proud sponsor of least once and in 31 cities from coast-to-coast. Sunday, March 11, 2012 Page 19 Continued from 18 The entertainment factor — We say this every year. Linda. Rating: Good. Jim Jerome’s schtick is impervious. He’s a can’t-do- The volunteers — We just copy this, year after year. Glenn Howard rebounded to play a 10-foot, “not-too- without star. Even if he seems, at times, on the verge of You never get volunteers that aren’t top-notch. If they heavy” raise-bump in the extra for the verdict. Rating: losing his tonsils, a la Russ Howard. The entertainment weren’t top-notch, they wouldn’t be volunteers. And, oh, Good. lineup? This is where familiar stands in for can’t-miss. how the Brier is dependent on them. Rating: Good. Best recruit — Surprise, surprise. Wayne Middaugh Rating: Good. Volunteer of the week — Ila May Northrop. The kind proved to be the best replacement at third that anybody The arena — Plenty of room in the mausoleum on the of pleasant personality you need around a press room. could possibly fi nd for a long-standing team. Rating: Prairie that Wild Bill built. Sometimes a tricky icemaking Rating: Good. Outstanding. proposition, but aren’t they all? We’d love to hear more The transportation — Best organized in years. And The attendance — If expectations for a record throng opinions from the locals. Should the CUC have been built if you needed immediacy, Brent Kolodziejski was your were being harboured by the Saskatoon committee, the downtown? Rating: Good enough. driver. Book him for the next Indy. Rating: Outstanding. expectations may have been unreasonably high. Match- The best quote — Robert Desjardins must have been The weather — It could have been worse. A couple ing some of those Brier turnstile counts of the last decade taking lessons from Guy Hemmings. The guy is hilari- of morning whiteouts. Otherwise, more than passable. are going to be nigh-on impossible to accomplish in this ous, straight-forward and opinionated. What more do you So much better than what the Prairies had to offer a year day and age. The numbers weren’t there but the bound- want? Overall, though, it was an excellent Brier for curlers ago. Rating: Good. less enthusiasm of the Saskatchewan curling fans more who were willing to give the media wretches the time of The politics — See Biggest Loser. Rating: Ugly. than made up for that. There was genuine excitement at day. A refreshing change from the practitioners of most The eateries — Tusq . . . outstanding! The Station . . . the Credit Union Centre. Rating: Good. sports these days. Good questions were met with good still among the best. Ivy . . . received good reports. Ditto The all-stars — The offi cial reporters’ consensus answers. Dumb questions elicited dumb answers. And Winston’s Pub. Reel and Raven, not bad. Memories of won’t be released until mid-day. But you’;ll allow the that’s totally fair. Rating: Good. the old Black Duck, but no Black Duck! Rating: Good. Tankard Times to select its own dream teams, thank- The honest quote — Brad Gushue never wavers. He The global prospects — The men’s title should be in you very much. Statistics don’t always refl ect the best tells it like it is. Rob Fowler gives you an interesting slant, stable hands at Basel. Heather Nedohin will be top two or players in any particular position at the Brier but this time too. Rating: Good. three at Lethbridge. Rating: Wait-and-see. around they were close. First team — Glenn Howard The quipster — If not Desjardins, then Terry Odishaw The coverage — The media contingent is shrinking (ON), Wayne Middaugh (ON), Carter Rycroft (AB), Derek of Moncton. Rating: Good. as the media business changes direction. Never mind. Samagalski (MB). Second team — Kevin Koe (AB), Allan The rookies —All performed as good or better than The Tankard Times was there to give them all a helping Lyburn (MB), Brent Laing (ON), Nolan Thiessen (AB). expected. All will be expected back. Rating: Reasonable. hand. Strictly an unbiased observation, you understand. Rating: Good. Brother acts — Koes took the cake, but the rookie Rating: Good. All-stars in sick bay — Craig Savill required IV for Lyburns weren’t far behind, Rating: Good guys. The future — Edmonton will be taking dead aim at its acute dehydration and Pat Simmons contracted a touch The press room — One of the better ones, with old own attendance record again next year. You can bet us of bronchitis, or some such. Great work by both under hand Scott Matheson handling the arrangements. Great the bar won’t be raised. The city set a record in 2005 with diffi cult circumstances. Rating: Courageous. volunteer efforts. So-so refreshments (lots of beer, no fruit 281,985 paying customers. That’ll be tough to beat, any The Brier Patch — In spite of the logistics, a bus ride juice). Rating: Good enough. time, anywhere. If they’re smart, they’ll talk Guy Hem- away from the arena, this one was a resounding success. The commentators — Talk about curling being in mings and CurlBob Desjardins to join forces and hope the Still, the inconvenience factor irritated some. Rating: So- good hands. TSN is on hand until 2020! And Russ How- tandem can win the Quebec title. so. ard really is starting to fi t right in perfectly with Vic and That should sell tickets! Rating: Wait-and-see.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL CAlberta (Koe)*0 2 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 X 10 10:07 CAlberta (Koe) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 8 01:13 NT/YT (Koe) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 6 09:45 Manitoba (Fowler)*0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 01:33 AB #SH PTS PCT NT/YT #SH PTS PCT AB #SH PTS PCT MB #SH PTS PCT 1Nolan Thiessen 16 55 86 1Robert Borden 18 62 86 1Nolan Thiessen 20 66 83 1Derek Samagalski 20 70 88 2Carter Rycroft 18 60 83 2Brad Chorostkowski 18 52 72 2Carter Rycroft 20 65 81 2Richard Daneault 20 66 83 3 Pat Simmons 16 57 89 3 Tom Naugler 18 55 76 3 Pat Simmons 20 60 75 3Allan Lyburn 20 64 80 3Blake MacDonald 2 7 88 ­ 4Kevin Koe 20 67 84 4Rob Fowler 20 53 66 4Kevin Koe 18 61 85 4 Jamie Koe 18 53 74 Team Totals 80 258 81 Team Totals 80253 79 Team Totals 70 240 86 Team Totals 72222 77

Attendance Draw 20: 10049 Total: 158298 Attendance Draw 19: 9419 Total: 148249

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Draw Schedule Date Local Draw A B C D

March 11, 2012 9:00am BRZ Bronze Medal March 11, 2012 6:00pm FNL Final

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1 Ontario 9

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2 Quebec 7 2 Quebec 8

4 Nova Scotia 6 3 Alberta 5 4 Nova Scotia 6

Page playoff, including a bronze medal match, from the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Page playoff system Semifinal Final

1 Saskatchewan 9 2 Canada 10 2 Canada 7

1 Saskatchewan 7 1 Saskatchewan 8

3 Ontario 5 3 Ontario 13 4 Nova Scotia 5

Bronze Medal Game 4 Nova Scotia 9 3 Ontario 7

Reaction

Players and fans alike have had a mixed reaction to the system. Broadcasters also enjoy it as it produces one more game than the single elimination format.[3] Considering the format is expanding to more curling events and more sports and games, it is reasonable to say its popularity and acceptance is increasing. See also

Early VFL Final systems Page-McIntyre system References

1. ^ For a detailed history of the evolution and development of the finals system used by the Victorian Football League (VFL) and, later, by the Australian Football League (AFL) see Early VFL Final systems and McIntyre System. 2. ^ International Softball Federation. Technical & Venue Manual (http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english /rules_standards/technical_venue_man.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved March 23, 2006 Sunday, March 11, 2012 Page 21

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Media Report ­ Statistical Report for Draw 17

Game Scores for Draw 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL ANT/YT (Koe) *2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8 20:11 BC (Cotter) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 09:54

BQuebec (Desjardins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 16:31 NL (Gushue) *1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 7 17:07

COntario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 6 12:56 Alberta (Koe) *0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 03:37

D N. Ont (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 05:25 SK (Manners) *0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 02:35

*last rock advantage

Team Standings After 17 Draw(s)

Team Wins Losses Ontario (Howard) 10 1 Manitoba (Fowler) 8 3 Alberta (Koe) 8 3 NT/YT (Koe) 7 4 NB (Odishaw) 5 6 N. Ont (Jacobs) 5 6 NL (Gushue) 5 6 BC (Cotter) 4 7 Quebec (Desjardins) 4 7 NS (Murphy) 4 7 SK (Manners) 3 8 PE (Gaudet) 3 8

Attendance Draw 17: 9386 Total: 129198

Scoring and Percentages Summary for Draw 17 Draw 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL ANT/YT (Koe)*2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8 20:11 BC (Cotter) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 09:54 NT/YT #SH PTS PCT BC #SH PTS PCT 1Robert Borden 18 60 83 1 Rick Sawatsky 18 60 83 2Brad Chorostkowski 18 60 83 2Ty Griffith 18 51 71 3 Tom Naugler 18 67 93 3Kevin Folk 18 58 81 4 Jamie Koe 18 62 86 4 Jim Cotter 18 45 63 Team Totals 72 249 86 Team Totals 72 214 74

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL BQuebec (Desjardins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 16:31 NL (Gushue) *1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 7 17:07 QC #SH PTS PCT NL #SH PTS PCT 1Steeve Villeneuve 16 55 86 1Geoff Walker 16 58 91 2Jean­Francois Charest 16 62 97 2 Adam Casey 16 57 89 3Jean­Sebastien Roy 16 49 77 3Ryan Fry 16 49 77 4Robert Desjardins 16 53 83 4Brad Gushue 16 47 73 Team Totals 64 219 86 Team Totals 64 2211 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL COntario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 6 12:56 Alberta (Koe) *0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 03:37 ON #SH PTS PCT AB #SH PTS PCT 1Craig Savill 18 62 86 1Nolan Thiessen 20 62 78 2Brent Laing 20 68 85 2Carter Rycroft 20 70 88 3Wayne Middaugh 20 76 95 3 Pat Simmons 20 75 94 4 Glenn Howard 20 76 95 4Kevin Koe 19 59 78 Team Totals 78282 90 Team Totals 79 266 84

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910TOTAL D N. Ont (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 05:25 SK (Manners) *0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 02:35 NO #SH PTS PCT SK #SH PTS PCT 1Scott Seabrook 20 66 83 1 Mike Armstrong 20 72 90 2Ryan Harnden 20 69 86 2Ryan Deis 20 56 70 3 E.J. Harnden 20 73 91 3Tyler Lang 20 68 85 4 Brad Jacobs 20 72 90 4Scott Manners 20 57 71 Team Totals 80 280 88 Team Totals 80 253 79

Positional Cumulative Percentages Report Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 1314151617AVG Leads +Carl deConinck Smith SK ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **92 ** ** 92 + Joe Scharf NO ** ** ** ** ** ** 92 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 92 1Derek Samagalski MB 899093 **86 **90 **95 **90 ** 97739791 ** 90 2 Craig Savill ON 84 ** **85 ** ** **86 **909393 94 **91 **86 89 3Nolan Thiessen AB **859385 ** **91848488 **98 **89 **9578 88 4 Rick Sawatsky BC ** 85 90 84 ** ** 89 90 85 95 ** 90 ** 84 ** 86 83 87 4 Mike Armstrong SK 79 ** ** 84 79 86 ** 93 ** 84 90 90 91 ** 93 ** 90 87 6Grant Odishaw NB 948582 **89 **94 **91 **86 ** 78858979 ** 86 6Robert Borden NT/YT 77 ** **928588 **91 **819395 80 **85 ** 836 8 6Donald McDermaid NS 828181 **91 **85 **83 **90 ** 94828491 ** 86 + Scott Howard ON ** ** ** ** 85 83 ** ** ** ** ** ** 94 ** ** ** ** 85 9Scott Seabrook NO **838689 ** **98898671 **73 **81 **9483 84 9Steeve Villeneuve QC 83 ** **718482 **94 **92 **81 80 **81 **86 84 11 Geoff Walker NL **897980 ** **76907379 **83 **84 **8991 83 11 Sean Clarey PE 919482 **71 **77 **93 **86 ** 78749076 ** 83 + Greg Skauge NT/YT ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 81 ** ** ** ** ** 81 + Kyle Schmeisser NS ** 75 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 75 + Jean­Francois Charest QC ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 73 ** ** ** ** ** ** 73

Seconds +Jean­Francois Charest QC ** ** **88 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **97 96 1Carter Rycroft AB **928692 ** **92868896 **91 **80 **9288 89 2 Brent Laing ON 90 ** **898584 **89 **848280100 **94 **85 87 3 Adam Casey NL **827974 ** **92869494 **84 **88 **7989 85 3Richard Daneault MB 857185 **92 **88 **86 **82 ** 77899491 ** 85 5Ryan Harnden NO **747781 ** **78918283 **89 **88 **9486 84 5Steven Munroe QC 83 ** **798881 **83 **847388 80 **94 ** ** 84 +Andrew Robinson PE **83 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 83 7Mike Bardsley NS 818384 **85 **86 **78 **76 ** 81757780 ** 81 8 Ryan Deis SK 95 ** **738672 **89 **788375 70 **84**70 79 8 Ty Griffith BC **697883 ** **85908359 **70 **89 **8671 79 10Brad Chorostkowski NT/YT 66 ** **897871 **74 **807870 83 **79 **83 78 11 Tyler Harris PE 798073 **79 **61 **90 **86 ** 77708468 ** 77 12 Scott Jones NB 765492 **83 **81 **84 **70 ** 79847457 ** 76 +Blake MacDonald AB ** ** **63 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 63

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Positional Cumulative Percentages Report (cont.)

Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 1314151617AVG Thirds +Carl deConinck Smith SK ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **100 ** ** ** ** 100 1Wayne Middaugh ON 84 ** ** 888483 **76 **899486 91 **94 **95 87 2Allan Lyburn MB 858380 **94 **74 **94 **83 ** 73838894 ** 85 2 Pat Simmons AB ** 94 75 96 ** ** 88 80 80 85 ** 73 ** 81 ** 89 94 85 4 Tyler Lang SK 90 ** ** 788188 **78 **928384 84 **86 **85 84 4 Ryan Fry NL **9173 90 ** **89928091 **81 **84 **7677 84 6 E.J. Harnden NO ** 90 80 78 ** ** 69 82 89 79 ** 91 ** 90 ** 72 91 83 7Tom Naugler NT/YT 72 ** ** 887578 **92 **858682 77 **74 **93 82 8 Kevin Folk BC **8173 76 ** **79899270 **88 **81 **8981 81 +Blake MacDonald AB ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **81 ** ** ** ** ** 81 Page9Andy McCann 22 NB 668083 **80 **94 **83 **84 ** 79787386 ** 80 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times 10Jordan Pinder NS 667884 **78 **75 **79 **79 ** 80838389 ** 79 11Jean­Sebastien Roy QC 70 ** ** 667173 **83 **779589 76 **73**77 77 11 Tyler MacKenzieTHE PE 75 73SKIP 76 ** 85 **STORY 84 ** 78 ** 85 ** 64 69 89 67 ** 77 Statistical story

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Terry Shea moved to the hinterlands four years ago to tend to the ice at the Yellowknife Curling Club. Now he’s the guy that Jamie Koe and his team of Tom Naugler, Brad Chorostkowski and Robert Borden credit with freezing a patch of ice so close to arena- type that the Yellowknife curlers have learned to adjust their throws to the vagaries of surfaces like those at the Credit Union Centre. And not only is Shea the prize icemaker back home, he’s coaching the Polars in the bronze- medal game at the Tim Hortons Brier this morn- ing. That’s right. The Ter- ritories. A shot at Brier bronze! Until this Saskatoon Brier, the best any Ter- ritories team could do was one futile crack at a tiebreaker. Otherwise, 11 games and sayonara. “I just think we’ve man- aged to maintain a fully- relaxed atmosphere,” Territorial coach Terry Shea (centre) has helped his crew to get to the next level by swinging the Yellowknife ice. says Coach Shea of this team’s secret to sudden much because we don’t are mutual. things, “It’s not always the ice,” ‘It’s not me, it’s the success. play enough. And I don’t “I try to keep the rocks “Guys like Hans (Brier says Shea, “Down east, surface I’m playing on’. “We didn’t set any hard say that as an excuse.” sharp and keep the ice icemaker Wuthrich) and it could be dull rocks, not We watch this on TV all and fast goals as such. Coach Shea tended to flat so it curls and these all these guys here, particularly straight ice. the time and we get this We just said we’d try to curling club ice at Clover- guys know that if they they’re like me, they’ve The problems could be philosophy in our minds. peak the week, and throw dale, B.C., for 13 years throw it badly they’re go- been in this business a either, or both.” The club curlers watch the curling stones as prior to moving back east ing to pay,” says Coach long time. We’ve made But the major com- it and they say, ‘I think good as we possibly can. to The Rock for a stretch Shea. all the mistakes,” Coach plainers take magnifying we should have this and And we’re throwing them at home in St. John’s. “So we prepare with a Shea says. glasses to inspect rocks we should have that’. better every game.” That was in 2007. mental vision of the rock “Every building is dif- for the slightest imperfec- But you still have to go Something else. “I had a call that they curling. Hey, you can’t ferent. You try until you tions. out and throw the curling “We’re just as good as were looking for someone play on straight ice, and get something that works. “All anybody talks stone well.” anybody here,” he insists. up in the Territories and then expect to do any- I’ve talked to Jamie about about is rocks, rocks, That’s Priority One in That includes the other I’ve been there five years thing here. You’re dead. this problem and that rocks” says Shea. “Like any curling game. three in this Brier’s top now,” he says. So they play on mani- problem. These guys Rick Folk was saving “We don’t necessarily four? “I enjoy it up there. cured ice every day. They know. So we share prob- the other night, ‘all these take things to a point that “We have to stay in the These guys (the Koe don’t play on sloppy ice. lems all the time.” guys are good curlers it’s going to affect our games and not let them team) are my friends now. “That’s one of the rea- Curlers from the Atlan- but they get caught up lives totally,” says Shea get away,” Coach says. It’s a great environment. sons I went up there to tic province show up at on these rocks’. They let of his coaching philoso- “These guys guys are And I like the outdoor life. try to help them. So they Briers almost to a man themselves get fooled. phy with Jamie Koe and top-notch curlers, they It’s not only about curling. never play on straight ice and talk of playing on It’s a mental thing. Co. play competitively all It’s about life, too. And all the time.” straight ice all the time. “We’re searching for “We play curling be- year, they know how to I’ve been treated really The art of icemaking Then, when they see endless perfection all the cause we like to play it handle certain situations good there. I like being for high-level curling the swing in the arena, time. Our own personal and have fun. And, like I better than we do. We around these people.” competition depends on they have to scramble to errors don’t seem to said, we’re just as good don’t mentally train as The feelings, obviously, the building, among other adjust. come into it any more. as anybody here.” Page 24 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times We’re outta here, thanks Saskatoon! There’s something you should own. know about this estimable publication The names of the winners of the to which you’ve subscribed the past 2012 Tim Hortons Brier will not be fi ve days. recorded for posterity in the Tankard What’s that? Well, simply, it never Times. 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