2018 Tim Hortons Brier

The 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 11, 2018 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winning team represented Canada at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship from March 31 to April 8 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, United States.

2018 Tim Hortons Brier
Host city	Regina, Saskatchewan
Arena	Brandt Centre
Dates	March 3 – 11
Attendance	110,555
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Bally Haly G&CC & St. John's CC, St. John's
Skip	Brad Gushue
Third	Mark Nichols
Second	Brett Gallant
Lead	Geoff Walker
Alternate	Tom Sallows
Coach	Jules Owchar
Finalist	Alberta (Brendan Bottcher)
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This marked the fifth time the Brier was held in Regina, the first time since 2006.

The 2018 tournament was the first to use a new 16-team format, featuring representation by all fourteen member associations of Curling Canada, alongside the defending champions (as Team Canada), and a new wildcard team. As part of this new format, the Bronze medal game was removed from the schedule.

Teams

Curling Canada introduced a new 16-team format for both the Brier and Tournament of Hearts for 2018, under which all 14 member associations of Curling Canada are now represented in the main field, rather than being limited by a pre-qualifying tournament. The teams were divided into two pools for round robin play, after which the top four teams from each advanced to a Championship Pool. Alongside the inclusion of the previous year's champions as Team Canada, the final spot in the tournament was filled by a wildcard play-in game held on the Friday before the tournament.[1]

The rinks of John Epping (Ontario), Mike Fournier (Quebec), and Greg Smith (Newfoundland and Labrador) made their Brier debuts.

Team Canada's Brad Gushue set a new record for the most Canadian national men's championship game wins as a skip when he skipped the 114th victory of his Brier career over the Northwest Territories on March 5.[2]

Canada	Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Bally Haly G&CC & St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Tom Sallows	Saville SC, Edmonton Skip: Brendan Bottcher Third: Darren Moulding Second: Brad Thiessen Lead: Karrick Martin	^1Kelowna CC, Kelowna Skip: Sean Geall Third: Jeff Richard Second: Andrew Nerpin Lead: David Harper Alternate: Brad Wood	West St. Paul CC, West St. Paul Skip: Reid Carruthers Third: Braeden Moskowy Second: Derek Samagalski Lead: Colin Hodgson
New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador	Northern Ontario	Nova Scotia
Gage G&CC, Oromocto Skip: James Grattan Third: Chris Jeffrey Second: Andy McCann Lead: Peter Case Alternate: Brian King	Bally Haly G&CC & St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Greg Smith Third: Matthew Hunt Second: Andrew Taylor Lead: Ian Withycombe Alternate: Connor Stapleton	Community First CC, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Brad Jacobs Third: Ryan Fry Second: E.J. Harnden Lead: Ryan Harnden^2 Alternate: Tanner Horgan^2	Halifax CC, Halifax Skip: Jamie Murphy Third: Paul Flemming Second: Scott Saccary Lead: Phil Crowell
Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Leaside CC, East York, Toronto Skip: John Epping Third: Mat Camm Second: Pat Janssen Lead: Tim March	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Eddie MacKenzie Third: Josh Barry Second: Christopher Gallant Lead: Sean Ledgerwood Alternate: Robbie Younker	Glenmore CC, Dollard-des-Ormeaux & CC Valleyfield, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Skip: Mike Fournier Third: Félix Asselin Second: William Dion Lead: Jean-François Trépanier^3 Alternate: Émile Asselin^3	Nutana CC, Saskatoon Fourth: Matt Dunstone Skip: Steve Laycock Second: Kirk Muyres Lead: Dallan Muyres Alternate: Lyle Muyres
Northwest Territories	Nunavut	Yukon	Wildcard
Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Jamie Koe Third: Chris Schille Second: Brad Chorostkowski Lead: Robert Borden	Iqaluit CC, Iqaluit Skip: Dave St. Louis Third: Wade Kingdon Second: Peter Mackey Lead: Jeff Nadeau	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Thomas Scoffin Third: Tom Appelman Second: Wade Scoffin^4 Lead: Steve Fecteau^4 Alternate: Clint Ireland^4	Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg Skip: Mike McEwen Third: B.J. Neufeld Second: Matt Wozniak Lead: Denni Neufeld

Notes

1. ^ British Columbia's alternate Brad Wood threw lead stones after the fourth end during Draw 2, because lead David Harper abruptly left the tournament to join his wife for the birth of their second child.[3] Wood continued to throw lead stones for the rest of the Brier except for Draw 10; Harper returned to throw lead stones against Newfoundland and Labrador before leaving once again.[4] Before Team BC's placement round match, third Jeff Richard left to join his wife for the birth of their child; in their game against New Brunswick, second Andrew Nerpin threw third stones, while alternate Brad Wood and Nerpin split the throwing of second stones.[5]
2. ^ Northern Ontario's alternate Tanner Horgan threw lead stones during Draws 9, 19 & 20; lead Ryan Harnden was hospitalized with an illness for a day during Draws 19 and 20.[6]
3. ^ During Draw 9, Quebec's alternate Émile Asselin threw lead stones for the last 3 ends.
4. ^ During Draw 8, Yukon's Wade Scoffin threw second stones for six ends; lead Steve Fecteau threw second stones for three ends, while alternate Clint Ireland threw lead stones for three ends.

CTRS ranking

Member Association (Skip)	Rank	Points
Wildcard (McEwen)	2	365.181
Canada (Gushue)	3	361.585
Manitoba (Carruthers)	4	270.599
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	5	265.245
Alberta (Bottcher)	7	233.333
Ontario (Epping)	8	212.384
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	12	140.208
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	28	85.656
British Columbia (Geall)	31	78.758
Quebec (Fournier)	49	53.503
New Brunswick (Grattan)	74	34.131
Yukon (Scoffin)	155	5.038
Northwest Territories (Koe)	156	4.725
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	156	4.725
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	NR	0.000
Nunavut (St. Louis)	NR	0.000

Wildcard game

A play-in game was held on March 2, 2018 that determined the wildcard team that rounded out the tournament field. It was played between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who lost[1] in their provincial championship: the Fort Rouge Curling Club's Mike McEwen rink and the Granite Curling Club's Jason Gunnlaugson rink, both from Winnipeg.

CTRS standings as of February 12

Rank	Team	Member Association	Eligibility
1	Kevin Koe	Alberta	Qualified for Olympics (ineligible)
2	Mike McEwen	Manitoba	Eliminated from provincials[7]
3	Brad Gushue	Newfoundland and Labrador	Qualified as Team Canada (ineligible)
4	Reid Carruthers	Manitoba	Won Manitoba provincials
5	Brad Jacobs	Northern Ontario	Won Northern Ontario provincials
6	Jason Gunnlaugson	Manitoba	Eliminated from provincials

Wildcard Game

Friday, March 2, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike McEwen	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4
Jason Gunnlaugson	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3

Player percentages
Team McEwen		Team Gunnlaugson
Denni Neufeld	92%	Connor Njegovan	68%
Matt Wozniak	93%	Ian McMillan	93%
B.J. Neufeld	74%	Alex Forrest	92%
Mike McEwen	93%	Jason Gunnlaugson	74%
Total	88%	Total	82%

Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Championship Round
	Teams to Tie-Breakers
	Teams to Placement Draw

Pool A Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%  Alberta Brendan Bottcher 6 1 50 31 30 19 7 11 85%  Canada Brad Gushue 6 1 55 31 29 23 7 6 90% Wildcard Mike McEwen 5 2 43 31 25 22 14 7 86%  Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy 4 3 44 44 31 29 8 9 85%  Northwest Territories Jamie Koe 3 4 36 46 25 28 8 7 78%  British Columbia Sean Geall 2 5 40 53 25 32 6 6 78%  Newfoundland and Labrador Greg Smith 1 6 32 58 20 34 9 3 75%  Yukon Thomas Scoffin 1 6 31 44 26 25 11 7 78%

Pool B Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%  Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs 6 1 45 29 29 21 12 9 87%  Ontario John Epping 6 1 62 30 30 26 7 6 86%  Manitoba Reid Carruthers 5 2 55 42 29 26 8 6 85%  Saskatchewan Steve Laycock 4 3 45 37 27 25 12 9 84%  Quebec Mike Fournier 3 4 38 41 28 24 12 7 82%  New Brunswick James Grattan 2 5 42 50 28 32 7 9 83%  Prince Edward Island Eddie MacKenzie 2 5 49 56 27 28 7 6 81%  Nunavut Dave St. Louis 0 7 22 73 18 34 5 1 67%

Round Robin Results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Draw 1

Saturday, March 3, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	X	9
Nunavut (St. Louis)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Quebec (Fournier)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	7
Manitoba (Carruthers)	3	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	X	X	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4
Ontario (Epping)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3

Draw 2

Saturday, March 3, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	0	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	X	X	10
British Columbia (Geall)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	9
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	7
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wildcard (McEwen)	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	5
Yukon (Scoffin)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 3

Sunday, March 4, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	7
Ontario (Epping)	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	6
Nunavut (St. Louis)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	7
Quebec (Fournier)	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6

Draw 4

Sunday, March 4, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	2
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	X	8
Yukon (Scoffin)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wildcard (McEwen)	1	2	0	0	3	0	2	1	X	X	9
British Columbia (Geall)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	X	9
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	6

Draw 5

Sunday, March 4, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	X	X	9
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	X	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nunavut (St. Louis)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	5
Manitoba (Carruthers)	2	1	0	2	4	0	3	0	X	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	7
Quebec (Fournier)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	X	X	9

Draw 6

Monday, March 5, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wildcard (McEwen)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	6
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Geall)	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	8
Alberta (Bottcher)	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	1	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Scoffin)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	6
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	X	8
Northwest Territories (Koe)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4

Draw 7

Monday, March 5, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	X	9
Quebec (Fournier)	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	1	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1	X	9
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	7
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	2	1	3	3	0	1	0	4	X	X	14
Nunavut (St. Louis)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	3

Draw 8

Monday, March 5, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	1	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	X	X	9
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wildcard (McEwen)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	5
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	7
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Scoffin)	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	X	8
British Columbia (Geall)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 6, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	6
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Fournier)	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	8
Nunavut (St. Louis)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5
Ontario (Epping)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	8
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 6, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	5
Canada (Gushue)	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	6
British Columbia (Geall)	0	0	3	2	4	0	1	0	2	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	7
Yukon (Scoffin)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	3
Wildcard (McEwen)	1	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	X	X	10

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 6, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Fournier)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	3	X	X	11
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nunavut (St. Louis)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	3
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	2	0	2	1	1	4	0	0	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	X	7
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	3

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 7, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2
Wildcard (McEwen)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Scoffin)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	4
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Geall)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	X	7
Northwest Territories (Koe)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	3	X	10
Canada (Gushue)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	7

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 7, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	X	8
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Quebec (Fournier)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	7
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nunavut (St. Louis)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	2
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	4	0	4	3	1	2	0	X	X	X	14

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 7, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Scoffin)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2
Northwest Territories (Koe)	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	1	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	X	X	9
Wildcard (McEwen)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Canada (Gushue)	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Geall)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	6
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	8

Placement Round

Each team that finished fifth through eight in their pool played the team that finished in the same position in the opposite pool for the purpose of determining final tournament ranking. For example, the winner of the game between fifth place teams was ranked ninth place overall, the loser of that game was ranked tenth place, and so on.

Seeding Games

All game times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

A5 vs. B5

Friday, March 9, 09:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (Koe)	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	6
Quebec (Fournier)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4

A6 vs. B6

Friday, March 9, 09:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Geall)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	X	5
New Brunswick (Grattan)	3	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	X	X	12

A7 vs. B7

Friday, March 9, 09:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Smith)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	3
Prince Edward Island (MacKenzie)	4	0	3	1	0	3	1	0	X	X	12

A8 vs. B8

Friday, March 9, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Scoffin)	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7
Nunavut (St. Louis)	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	6

Championship Pool Standings

All wins and losses earned in the round robin (including results against teams that failed to advance) were carried forward into the Championship Pool.

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Team Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%  Canada Brad Gushue 10 1 77 44 43 35 21 6 91%  Ontario John Epping 9 2 91 55 49 44 11 10 87%  Alberta Brendan Bottcher 8 3 89 45 51 35 14 17 85%  Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs 8 3 65 48 42 32 22 13 87% Wildcard Mike McEwen 7 4 65 54 38 35 22 9 86%  Saskatchewan Steve Laycock 6 5 68 59 44 41 20 11 86%  Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy 5 6 66 70 46 50 11 12 84%  Manitoba Reid Carruthers 5 6 67 72 40 41 20 11 83%

Championship Pool Results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Draw 15

Thursday, March 8, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	8
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	X	X	7
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	X	6
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wildcard (McEwen)	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	7
Ontario (Epping)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	8

Draw 16

Thursday, March 8, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Ontario (Epping)	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	6	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	8
Wildcard (McEwen)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	X	X	8
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Canada (Gushue)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5

Draw 17

Friday, March 9, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	9
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wildcard (McEwen)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	6
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	7

Draw 18

Friday, March 9, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	3
Wildcard (McEwen)	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Murphy)	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Epping)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	X	9
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Canada	6
	2	Ontario	2								1	Canada	6
						2	Ontario	4			3	Alberta	4
						3	Alberta	6
	3	Alberta	6
	4	Northern Ontario	5

1 vs. 2

Saturday, March 10, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	X	6
Ontario (Epping)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Player percentages
Canada		Ontario
Geoff Walker	79%	Tim March	83%
Brett Gallant	88%	Pat Janssen	88%
Mark Nichols	96%	Matt Camm	79%
Brad Gushue	100%	John Epping	82%
Total	91%	Total	83%

3 vs. 4

Saturday, March 10, 14:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	6
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5

Player percentages
Alberta		Northern Ontario
Karrick Martin	83%	Ryan Harnden	83%
Brad Thiessen	84%	E.J. Harnden	89%
Darren Moulding	70%	Ryan Fry	86%
Brendan Bottcher	82%	Brad Jacobs	85%
Total	80%	Total	86%

Semifinal

Sunday, March 11, 09:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Epping)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	6

Player percentages
Ontario		Alberta
Tim March	94%	Karrick Martin	94%
Pat Janssen	85%	Brad Thiessen	84%
Matt Camm	93%	Darren Moulding	80%
John Epping	84%	Brendan Bottcher	83%
Total	89%	Total	85%

Final

Sunday, March 11, 16:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Gushue)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6
Alberta (Bottcher)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4

Player percentages
Canada		Alberta
Geoff Walker	84%	Karrick Martin	89%
Brett Gallant	94%	Brad Thiessen	83%
Mark Nichols	91%	Darren Moulding	86%
Brad Gushue	96%	Brendan Bottcher	93%
Total	91%	Total	88%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Final Round Robin Percentages; minimum 6 games

Key
	First All-Star Team
	Second All-Star Team

Leads % WC Denni Neufeld 92 Geoff Walker 91 Tim March 89 Dallan Muyres 89 Colin Hodgson 89

Seconds % Brett Gallant 91 E.J. Harnden 89 Pat Janssen 86 WC Matt Wozniak 86 Brad Thiessen 85

Thirds % Mark Nichols 88 Steve Laycock (Skip) 86 Ryan Fry 85 Mat Camm 85 WC B.J. Neufeld 85

Skips % Brad Gushue 93 John Epping 86 Brad Jacobs 85 Brendan Bottcher 84 Matt Dunstone (Fourth) 83

Perfect games

Round Robin and Championship Pool only

Player	Team	Position	Shots	Opponent
Brad Gushue	Canada	Skip	16	Yukon
B.J. Neufeld	Wildcard	Third	16	Northwest Territories
Denni Neufeld	Wildcard	Lead	12	Northern Ontario
Denni Neufeld	Wildcard	Lead	14	Manitoba

Awards

The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:

All-Star Teams[8]

First Team

• Skip: Brad Gushue, Team Canada
• Third: Mark Nichols, Team Canada
• Second: Brett Gallant, Team Canada
• Lead: Denni Neufeld, Team Wildcard

Second Team

• Skip: John Epping, Ontario
• Third: Steve Laycock, Saskatchewan (skip; threw third stones)
• Second: E.J. Harnden, Northern Ontario
• Lead: Geoff Walker, Team Canada

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award[8]

• Greg Smith, Newfoundland and Labrador Skip

Paul McLean Award[9]

• Murray McCormick, Regina Leader-Post

Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award[10]

• Brad Gushue, Team Canada Skip

Provincial and territorial playdowns

• 2018 Boston Pizza Cup (Alberta)
• 2018 belairdirect BC Men's Curling Championship
• 2018 Viterra Championship (Manitoba)
• 2018 Papa John's Pizza Tankard
• 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
• 2018 NOCA Men's Provincial Championship (Northern Ontario)
• 2018 Deloitte Tankard (Nova Scotia)
• 2018 Ontario Tankard
• 2018 PEI Tankard
• 2018 WFG Tankard (Quebec)
• 2018 SaskTel Tankard (Saskatchewan)

• 2018 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship
• 2018 Yukon Men's Curling Championship
• 2018 Nunavut Brier Playdowns

References

1. "Format finalized for 16-team championships in 2018". Curling Canada. June 28, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
2. "Gushue breaks Tim Hortons Brier career victories record". Curling Canada. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
3. Zerr, Arielle (March 3, 2018). "With babies on the way, family comes first for Team B.C." News Talk 980. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
4. Cameron, Al (March 6, 2018). "Tim Hortons Brier Battle of Golden Bears goes to Bottcher". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
5. Cameron, Al (March 9, 2018). "Northwest Territories ends on winning note at Tim Hortons Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
6. Granger, Grant (March 10, 2018). "'Phenomenal shot' propels Team Alberta to Tim Hortons Brier semifinal". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
7. http://curlmanitoba.org/viterra-championship/team-personnel/
8. McCormick, Murray (March 10, 2018). "Bottcher steals win from Jacobs at Brier". Regina Leader-Post. Postmedia. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
9. Cameron, Al (March 10, 2018). "All-stars, award winners announced at 2018 Tim Hortons Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
10. Jones, Terry (March 11, 2018). "Gushue wins Brier, but Bottcher's future shows promise". Edmonton Sun. Postmedia News. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

External links

• Official website