2015 Tim Hortons Brier

2015 Tim Hortons Brier
Host city	Calgary, Alberta
Arena	Scotiabank Saddledome
Dates	February 28 – March 8
Attendance	151,835
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Glencoe CC, Calgary
Skip	Pat Simmons
Third	John Morris
Second	Carter Rycroft
Lead	Nolan Thiessen
Alternate	Tom Sallows
Coach	Earle Morris
Finalist	Northern Ontario (Brad Jacobs)
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The 2015 Tim Hortons Brier was held from February 28 to March 8 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[1] The winners earn the honour of representing Canada at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax.

Changes to competition format

For the first time, the event was expanded to include an entry from Nunavut, which has previously not participated in the Brier. Another notable change is having separate entries for the Yukon and Northwest Territories, which have historically competed as a single entry.

Starting with the 2015 tournament, the top ten teams automatically qualified to the main tournament, which was a competition between twelve teams as in years past. An eleventh team was the defending champions from the previous Brier who will play as Team Canada. The four remaining unqualified teams played in a pre-qualifying tournament to determine the twelfth team to play in the main tournament.[2]

It was the first time in the history of the Brier that a Team Canada will partake, which essentially allows the defending champions direct re-entry into the event.[3] The skip of the previous year's winning team, Kevin Koe, formed a new team in the off-season and was not be part of Team Canada. Koe won the 2015 Boston Pizza Cup with his new team and represented Alberta at the 2015 Brier. Koe's former teammates recruited John Morris to skip the first ever edition of Team Canada at the Brier. Morris was the runner-up from the previous year.[4]

Similar changes were also implemented for the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, meaning that for the first time the Canadian men's and women's curling championships will be conducted using identical formats. Previous versions of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts differed from the Brier in that they included a Team Canada entry, but did not include a separate entry from Northern Ontario.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Team Canada	Alberta	British Columbia
The Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Pat Simmons¹ Third: John Morris¹ Second: Carter Rycroft Lead: Nolan Thiessen Alternate: Tom Sallows	The Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Kevin Koe Third: Marc Kennedy Second: Brent Laing Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Jamie King	Vernon CC, Vernon & Kelowna CC, Kelowna Skip: Jim Cotter Third: Ryan Kuhn Second: Tyrel Griffith Lead: Rick Sawatsky Alternate: Grant Olsen
Manitoba	New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador
West St. Paul CC, West St. Paul Skip: Reid Carruthers Third: Braeden Moskowy Second: Derek Samagalski Lead: Colin Hodgson Alternate: Steve Gould	Thistle-St. Andrew's CC, Saint John Skip: Jeremy Mallais Third: Zach Eldridge Second: Chris Jeffrey Lead: Jared Bezanson Alternate: Jason Vaughan	Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker
Northern Ontario	Nova Scotia	Ontario
Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Brad Jacobs Third: Ryan Fry Second: E.J. Harnden Lead: Ryan Harnden Alternate: Eric Harnden	Mayflower CC, Halifax Fourth: Peter Burgess Skip: Glen MacLeod Second: Colten Steele Lead: Robbie McLean Alternate: Paul Flemming	Fenelon Falls CC, Fenelon Falls Skip: Mark Kean Third: Mathew Camm Second: David Mathers Lead: Scott Howard Alternate: Bryan Cochrane
Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Silver Fox C&YC, Summerside Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Adam Casey Third: Josh Barry Second: Anson Carmody Lead: Robbie Doherty Alternate: Robert Campbell	CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard Third: Martin Crête Second: Éric Sylvain Lead: Philippe Ménard Alternate: Pierre Charette	Nutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Steve Laycock Third: Kirk Muyres Second: Colton Flasch Lead: Dallan Muyres Alternate: Gerry Adam
Northwest Territories	Nunavut	Yukon
Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Jamie Koe Third: Mark Whitehead Second: Brad Chorostkowski Lead: Robert Borden Alternate: Bill Merklinger	No team (declined invitation)[5]	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Bob Smallwood Third: Wade Scoffin Second: Steve Fecteau Lead: Clint Ireland Alternate: Scott Odian

Notes

^ Morris skipped the first five games, and Simmons skipped the remaining six games.

CTRS ranking

The #1 ranked Mike McEwen rink lost in the Manitoba final.

Member Association (Skip)	Rank	Points
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	2	189.120
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	3	174.950
Manitoba (Carruthers)	4	138.430
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	5	132.315
Alberta (K. Koe)	6	126.730
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	11	78.555
Quebec (Ménard)	13	51.145
Ontario (Kean)	14	49.075
British Columbia (Cotter)	15	37.675
Canada (Morris)	17	33.000
New Brunswick (Mallais)	NR	0.000
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	NR	0.000
Nova Scotia (MacLeod)	NR	0.000
Yukon (Smallwood)	NR	0.000

Relegation playoff

Combined record of each province/territory from 2012 to 2014

Key
	Team directly qualifies to play in the tournament
	Team must play in a pre-tournament round-robin to qualify

Locale	W	L	Locale	W	L
Manitoba	25	8	Northwest Territories	15	18
Ontario	25	8	British Columbia	14	19
Alberta	24	9	Saskatchewan	14	19
Newfoundland and Labrador	19	14	Prince Edward Island	9	24
Quebec	17	16	Nova Scotia	5	28
New Brunswick	16	17	Yukon	0	0
Northern Ontario	15	18	Nunavut (declined to play)	0	0

Nunavut declined to send a team while Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon played a single round-robin at the Scotiabank Saddledome in order to determine which one of the three teams would qualify for the tournament. The teams with the two best records were to advance to the play-in game which was contested Saturday, February 28, concurrent with the opening draw of the Brier round-robin. However, each team finished the round robin tied with a 1-1 record which saw Nova Scotia eliminated based on pregame draws to the button.[6] Prince Edward Island then defeated the Yukon to advance to the main draw of the tournament.

Round robin standings

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Yukon	Bob Smallwood	1	1	13	10	9	6	1	5	73%
Prince Edward Island	Adam Casey	1	1	12	11	6	9	0	1	79%
Nova Scotia	Glen MacLeod	1	1	12	16	8	8	0	2	75%

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).[7]

Draw 1

Thursday, February 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon (Smallwood)	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	X	X	X	8
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Draw 2

Friday, February 27, 8:00 am

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

Draw 3

Friday, February 27, 3:30 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	2	0	1	4	0	2	0	2	X	X	11
Nova Scotia (MacLeod)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Pre-qualifying final

Saturday, February 28, 1:30 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Yukon (Smallwood)	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	6
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to 2016 Relegation Round

Locale	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Northern Ontario	Brad Jacobs	10	1	80	39	49	34	18	11	88%
Newfoundland and Labrador	Brad Gushue	9	2	80	61	51	42	12	11	85%
Saskatchewan	Steve Laycock	7	4	68	58	42	40	23	8	86%
Canada	Pat Simmons	7	4	64	61	44	43	17	9	87%
Alberta	Kevin Koe	6	5	72	63	49	42	13	14	89%
Quebec	Jean-Michel Ménard	6	5	70	67	45	50	11	4	85%
British Columbia	Jim Cotter	5	6	63	60	46	38	21	10	82%
Ontario	Mark Kean	5	6	64	79	41	49	14	6	83%
Prince Edward Island	Adam Casey	5	6	64	69	44	48	11	11	83%
Manitoba	Reid Carruthers	4	7	66	63	41	46	13	8	88%
New Brunswick	Jeremy Mallais	2	9	50	79	38	50	10	4	81%
Northwest Territories	Jamie Koe	0	11	46	88	37	47	12	4	79%

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).[7]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 28, 1:30 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	5
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Morris)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	6
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4

Draw 2

Saturday, February 28, 6:30 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (K. Koe)	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	7
British Columbia (Cotter)	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Kean)	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	8
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5
New Brunswick (Mallais)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	6

Draw 3

Sunday, March 1, 8:30 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Kean)	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	9
Quebec (Ménard)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	9
Alberta (K. Koe)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	9
Canada (Morris)	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	7

Draw 4

Sunday, March 1, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	8
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	7
Canada (Morris)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Mallais)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5
Quebec (Ménard)	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	X	8

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

Draw 5

Sunday, March 1, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	6
British Columbia (Cotter)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	5

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	X	X	6
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Kean)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Alberta (K. Koe)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	X	7

Draw 6

Monday, March 2, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Mallais)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5
Canada (Morris)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	X	4
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
British Columbia (Cotter)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6

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

Draw 7

Monday, March 2, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (K. Koe)	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	7
Quebec (Ménard)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	X	8
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 3, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	1	2	0	5	0	2	0	1	X	X	11
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	X	4
Alberta (K. Koe)	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	8

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Kean)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
British Columbia (Cotter)	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	X	8

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 3, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	1	X	X	11
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	3	X	X	10
New Brunswick (Mallais)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ménard)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	8
British Columbia (Cotter)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	6

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

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	8
Ontario (Kean)	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Simmons)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
Alberta (K. Koe)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ménard)	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	5

Draw 11

Wednesday, March 4, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Simmons)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	8
British Columbia (Cotter)	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	7

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	1	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	X	9
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	6

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

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 4, 1:30 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Kean)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	4
Canada (Simmons)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	7

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (K. Koe)	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	8

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 pm

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Kean)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
New Brunswick (Mallais)	2	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	X	X	8
British Columbia (Cotter)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Draw 14

Thursday, March 5, 8:30 am

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	5

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ménard)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	5
Canada (Simmons)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	7

Draw 15

Thursday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Carruthers)	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	7
Ontario (Kean)	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Mallais)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
British Columbia (Cotter)	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (K. Koe)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	X	X	5
Prince Edward Island (Casey)	2	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	X	X	9

Draw 16

Thursday, March 5, 6:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ménard)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (K. Koe)	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	1	8
Manitoba (Carruthers)	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	7

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

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

Draw 17

Friday, March 6, 8:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Cotter)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Kean)	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	8
Northwest Territories (J. Koe)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	4

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (K. Koe)	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	X	X	8
New Brunswick (Mallais)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	3

Playoffs

Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final

1	Northern Ontario	7
2	Newfoundland and Labrador	5				1	Northern Ontario	5
			2	Newfoundland and Labrador	6	4	Canada	6
			4	Canada	8
3	Saskatchewan	7
4	Canada	8

Bronze Medal Game


2	Newfoundland and Labrador	5

3	Saskatchewan	7

1 vs. 2

Friday, March 6, 6:30 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	X	7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Player percentages
Northern Ontario		Newfoundland and Labrador
Ryan Harnden	91%	Geoff Walker	94%
E. J. Harnden	88%	Brett Gallant	95%
Ryan Fry	84%	Mark Nichols	89%
Brad Jacobs	84%	Brad Gushue	82%
Total	87%	Total	90%

3 vs. 4

Saturday, March 7, 1:00 pm

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

Player percentages
Saskatchewan		Canada
Dallan Muyres	89%	Nolan Thiessen	93%
Colton Flasch	82%	Carter Rycroft	92%
Kirk Muyres	75%	John Morris	85%
Steve Laycock	78%	Pat Simmons	89%
Total	81%	Total	90%

Semifinal

Saturday, March 7, 6:00 pm

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

Player percentages
Newfoundland and Labrador		Canada
Geoff Walker	86%	Nolan Thiessen	95%
Brett Gallant	76%	Carter Rycroft	79%
Mark Nichols	86%	John Morris	78%
Brad Gushue	75%	Pat Simmons	79%
Total	81%	Total	83%

Bronze medal game

Sunday, March 8, 9:30 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Saskatchewan (Laycock)	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	7

Player percentages
Newfoundland and Labrador		Saskatchewan
Geoff Walker	92%	Dallan Muyres	75%
Brett Gallant	83%	Colton Flasch	78%
Mark Nichols	82%	Kirk Muyres	83%
Brad Gushue	74%	Steve Laycock	89%
Total	83%	Total	81%

Final

The 2015 Brier final was the first brier final to start with four blanks. This game came down to the final stone of the eleventh end, where Pat Simmons had a draw to the pin for the win.

Sunday, March 8, 5:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Canada (Simmons)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	6

Player percentages
Northern Ontario		Canada
Ryan Harnden	93%	Nolan Thiessen	83%
E. J. Harnden	89%	Carter Rycroft	91%
Ryan Fry	88%	John Morris	86%
Brad Jacobs	85%	Pat Simmons	93%
Total	89%	Total	88%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads	%
Colin Hodgson	95
Ben Hebert	93
Nolan Thiessen	91
Geoff Walker	89
Jared Bezanson	89

Seconds	%
Brent Laing	91
Carter Rycroft	90
Derek Samagalski	88
E. J. Harnden	87
Tyrel Griffith	86

Thirds	%
Ryan Fry	92
Marc Kennedy	91
Braeden Moskowy	89
John Morris	88
Kirk Muyres	87

Fourths	%
Brad Jacobs	86
Steve Laycock	84
Pat Simmons	84
Brad Gushue	82
Jean-Michel Ménard	82

Perfect games

Player	Team	Position	Shots	Opponent
Brent Laing	Alberta	Second	18	Northern Ontario
Ryan Harnden	Northern Ontario	Lead	18	British Columbia
Ryan Fry	Northern Ontario	Third	18	Ontario
Colin Hodgson	Manitoba	Lead	16	Northern Ontario

Awards

The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:[8]

All-Star Teams[8]

First Team

Skip: Brad Jacobs, Northern Ontario
Third: Ryan Fry, Northern Ontario
Second: Carter Rycroft, Team Canada
Lead: Colin Hodgson, Manitoba

Second Team

Skip: Brad Gushue, Newfoundland and Labrador
Third: Marc Kennedy, Alberta
Second: Brent Laing, Alberta
Lead: Ben Hebert, Alberta

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award[8]

Jim Cotter, British Columbia skip

Paul McLean Award[8]

Jim Young, longtime camera man for TSN's curling broadcasts

Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award

Pat Simmons, Team Canada skip

Provincial and territorial playdowns

2015 Boston Pizza Cup (Alberta)
2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship
2015 Safeway Championship (Manitoba)
2015 Pepsi Tankard
2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
2015 Travelers Men's NOCA Provincials
2015 Clearwater Men's Provincial Championship (Nova Scotia)
2015 Ontario Tankard
2015 PEI Tankard
2015 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship
2015 SaskTel Tankard (Saskatchewan)

References

"Canadian curling's first Triple Crown headed to Alberta". Canadian Curling Association. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
"Equitable Opportunity to Access Championships F.A.Q." Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
"Brier to follow Scotties in awarding a Team Canada bye to champion". The Globe and Mail. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
"Team Canada men name John Morris skip for 2014-15 season". Canadian Curling Association. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
"New Brier format has Nova Scotia winner under the gun". TheChronicleHerald. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
Korobanik, John (2015-02-27). "P.E.I. to take on Yukon for final Tim Hortons Brier berth - Curling Canada – 2015 Tim Hortons Brier". Curling.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
"Draw Schedule at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier". Canadian Curling Association. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
"Award winners, all-stars announced at Tim Hortons Brier". Canadian Curling Association. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Canadian curling's first Triple Crown headed to Alberta". Canadian Curling Association. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

[2] "Equitable Opportunity to Access Championships F.A.Q." Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 11 March 2014.

[3] "Brier to follow Scotties in awarding a Team Canada bye to champion". The Globe and Mail. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[4] "Team Canada men name John Morris skip for 2014-15 season". Canadian Curling Association. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[5] "New Brier format has Nova Scotia winner under the gun". TheChronicleHerald. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[6] Korobanik, John (2015-02-27). "P.E.I. to take on Yukon for final Tim Hortons Brier berth - Curling Canada – 2015 Tim Hortons Brier". Curling.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-09.

[2015_Brier_Sched-7] "Draw Schedule at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier". Canadian Curling Association. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

[all-star-8] "Award winners, all-stars announced at Tim Hortons Brier". Canadian Curling Association. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

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