CHAMPION: Sluchinski Wins 2024 Alberta Boston Pizza Cup

SKIP
Aaron
Sluchinski

Third
Jeremy
Harty

Second
Kerr
Drummond

Lead
Dylan
Webster

Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) won 6-3 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup, held February 7 - 11, 2024 in Hinton, Alberta.

Sluchinski finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sluchinski defeated Andrew Dunbar (Edmonton, AB) 8-1, then went on to lose 8-2 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). Sluchinski responded with a 7-2 win over Scott Webb (Grande Prairie, AB). Sluchinski won 8-6 against Cole Adams (Calgary, AB) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 7-6 against Sturmay to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup Championship title, Sluchinski earned 22.500 world rankings points. Sluchinski move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 15 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 14th overall with 162.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sluchinski ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 162.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	42	27	0	0.609	8-6	5-3	0-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	526	388	334	7.38	6.35	1.03	4.43	4.05	1.67	1.57	1.52

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	273	291	80	40	7-1	16-4	60-10	1.07	0.29	0.36	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	253	97	254	40	1-5	9-18	17-48	0.38	1.00	0.54	0.23

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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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