CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2023 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Tyler
Tardi

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won 6-5 over Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup, held February 8 - 12, 2023 at the River Cree Twin Rinks in Enoch, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koe won 6-2 over Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup in Enoch, Alberta, Canada;

Koe finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe lost 6-5 to Daylan Vavrek (Sexsmith, AB), then responded with a 10-6 win over Warren Cross (Edmonton, AB). Koe won 8-4 against Karsten Sturmay (St. Albert, AB), then won 8-7 against Sluchinski to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 6-5 against Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup Championship title, Koe earned 30.000 world rankings points, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 26.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koe ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 223.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	50	22	0	0.694	19-4	11-4	9-2	2-0	2-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	559	442	348	7.91	6.23	1.68	4.60	4.01	1.72	1.55	1.40

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	274	353	49	39	9-0	26-1	76-9	1.29	0.18	0.47	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	285	89	299	39	2-1	3-22	17-66	0.31	1.05	0.52	0.21

2024: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Jeremy Harty, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster , Mickey Pendergast
Airdrie, AB
2023: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2022: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, John Morris, B.J. Neufeld, Ben Hebert , John Dunn
Calgary, AB
2020: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, B.J. Neufeld, Colton Flasch, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2016: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen, Blake MacDonald
Calgary, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Mark Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Mark Kennedy, Ben Hebert
, AB

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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