2019 - 2020 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEASON OF CHAMPIONS TEAM CAREY A DREAM TEAM TARDI RELOADS SEASON TAKES FOR HEARTS FOR KOE GAME TO REPEAT BID FOURSOME NEXT LEVEL 2019-2020 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEASON OF CHAMPIONS Editor ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4 A SALUTE TO CHAMPIONS 42 Laurie Payne Here’s to the teams that won CURLING CANADA national and world titles Managing editor BOARD OF GOVERNORS 5 Al Cameron ‘MY DAD AND JANET ARNOTT SEASON OF CHAMPIONS CONTACTS 7 Art director WILL BE WITH ME ALWAYS’ 46 Samantha Edwards A DREAM SEASON FOR KOE 8 The loss of two revered individuals has profound impact on Canadian curler Production director A er a remarkable first year together, Marylou Morris what does this foursome do for an encore? by Jennifer Jones by Paul Wiecek Printer LEADING BY EXAMPLE — Sunview Press Limited TEAM CAREY RELOADS IT’S PART OF OUR CURLING CULTURE 50 FOR HEARTS REPEAT BID 12 Curling Canada continues to invest Cover art Canadian champions Beginning Year Two, the Glencoe gang resources into the future of our sport Team Chelsea Carey and Team Kevin Koe has its sights set on familiar aims EYES ON THE FUTURE: IDYLWYLDE by George Johnson Cover photography PROGRAMS BOOST YOUTH CURLING 52 Team Carey: Andrew Klaver TEAM TARDI TAKES GAME TO NEXT LEVEL 17 “Progressive” Sudbury club keeps its Team Koe: Michael Burns Photography Hoping to develop their game and strategy young curlers on a path to success Photography prompted jump to men’s circuit by Don Landry Michael Burns by Mario Annicchiarico IN THE NEWS 54 Scotties Tournament of Hearts HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP 20 Congrats to annual award winners photography and Hall of Fame inductees Andrew Klaver Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs win one of curling’s toughest events THE MEMBER ASSOCIATION CUP 58 Manager, national sponsorship Catharine Dunlop WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP Ranking system generates CONTINENTAL CUP 22 greater interest among curling fans Chief executive officer Team World nails down victory, Katherine Henderson ON THE ROCKS 59 ending six-year winless streak One of the greatest aspects of curling? Extra End magazine is published by NEW HOLLAND CANADIAN JUNIORS 26 There’s still room for the unexpected Curling Canada. All rights reserved. Tyler Tardi and Selena Sturmay by Al Cameron Reproduction in whole or in part without etch themselves into the history books written consent is prohibited. The opinions HOME HARDWARE expressed by writers in Extra End do not SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS 30 CANADA CUP PROFILES 60 necessarily reflect the views or the position of Curling Canada or World Curling Federation. Alberta’s Chelsea Carey treats fans to historic comeback victory HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP DRAW 63 PRINTED IN CANADA. TIM HORTONS BRIER 34 HOME TEAM LOOKS TO RECLAIM Alberta’s Kevin Koe goes undefeated CONTINENTAL CUP BRAGGING RIGHTS 64 in journey to the top of the podium Team Canada will ice a fired-up lineup in bid to get back in the win column LGT WORLD WOMEN’S 38 Swiss held the hot hand in the playoffs, TSN BROADCAST GUIDE 66 upending Sweden in the battle for gold PIONEER H1-BRED WORLD MEN’S 40 Sweden’s Nik Edin wins back-to-back gold and a record-tying fourth world crown curling.ca ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Curling Canada extends its sincere appreciation to its partners and its 14 member associations and 11 affi liate organizations. 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As the owner of and volunteered at numerous Chair Ottawa-based John Shea Insurance other championship events in the Brokers Ltd. from to , Ottawa area. Shea worked closely with curling Shea was also instrumental in the centres across Canada and created launching of the Canadian Curling the National Curling Club Insurance Club Championships in . PAUL ADDISON SAM ANTILA GEORGE COOKE CATHY DALZIEL ANGELA HODGSON DONNA KROTZ CHANA MARTINEAU MITCH MINKEN AMY NIXON curling.ca NEVER STOP GROWING At Pioneer, we believe in growth. Growth of crops, people and the communities we’re proud to be part of. That’s why we continuously push the limits to provide Western Canadian growers with the best crop production tools – from agronomic service, to product choice, to our research that fuels future innovation. The proof is in the yield. Get the #YieldHero data at yieldhero.pioneer.com NEVER STOP GROWING. 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SEASON OF CHAMPIONS CONTACT INFORMATION HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP Presented by Pioneer NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER , Sobeys Arena, Leduc Recreation Centre Leduc, Alberta Event manager: Neil Houston Tel: - ­­-- Email: [email protected] OK TIRE & BKT TIRES CONTINENTAL CUP Presented by Service Experts JANUARY TO , The Sports Centre at Western Fair District London, Ontario Event manager: Jennifer McCandie Tel: - ­­-­- Email: [email protected] NEW HOLLAND CANADIAN JUNIORS JANUARY TO , George Preston Recreation Centre Langley, British Columbia Chair: Nigel Easton Tel: - --­­ Email: [email protected] SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS FEBRUARY TO , Mosaic Place Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Event manager: Marcy Hrechkosy Tel: - -­- Email: [email protected] TIM HORTONS BRIER Presented by AGI FEBRUARY TO MARCH , Leon’s Centre Kingston, Ontario Event manager: Gord McNabb Tel: - --­ Email: [email protected] WORLD WOMEN’S Presented by Nature’s Bounty Vitamins MARCH TO , CN Centre Prince George, British Columbia Event manager: Terry Morris Tel: - ­­- - Email: [email protected] curling.ca BY PAUL WIECEK BRIER PHOTOS: MICHAEL BURNS PHOTOGRAPHY BRIER PHOTOS: A DREAM SEASON FOR KOE Skip Kevin Koe, third B.J. It is months later and still B.J. Neufeld is having a Card’s Brendan Bottcher - in front of a packed Neufeld, second Colton Flasch hard time believing his team’s good fortune. house in Brandon, Manitoba’s Westoba Place. and lead Ben Hebert take the storied walk down centre ice “That is a day and night I will never forget,” says But that clinical description does not begin to do with the ultimate prize — the the -year-old Winnipegger. “If you were dreaming justice to a game that was being hailed one of the Brier Tankard. it up, you would dream it exactly like that.” all-time great Brier fi nals ever even before Koe’s The “that” to which Neufeld refers is, of winning counter in the th end had stopped course, the ­ Tim Hortons Brier fi nal. spinning just in time. History has recorded that Alberta’s Kevin Koe Down - to Bottcher and with his time — with Neufeld at third, Colton Flasch at second clock down to just seconds remaining, Koe and Ben Hebert at lead — defeated Team Wild needed a diffi cult double with the fi nal stone of the game to clinch what could be his record-tying fourth Brier title as a skip. With his time clock down to just 13 seconds remaining and needing to score two for the win, Kevin Koe executed a difficult double with the final stone of the game to clinch a 4-3 decision and his record-tying fourth Brier title as a skip. curling.ca With the stone three-quarters of the way down the ice, Neufeld had his doubts. “When it hit the hogline,” Neufeld recalls, “I didn’t think we were making that shot.” But a vigorous sweep by Flasch and Hebert held the line and when the dust had settled, Koe had his game-winning deuce and a piece of curling history, joining the great Ernie Richardson, Randy Ferbey and Kevin Martin as the only skips to win four Briers. For Neufeld, who joined Koe in the summer of a er an agonizing -year run with a hard-luck Mike McEwen team many think might be the greatest team never to have won a Brier, the moment — in front of a home-province crowd — was redemption, release and a dream come true all wrapped into one.