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was held on January 7 and 8 at the Casino Rama Entertainment Centre in

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. The total purse for the event was

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$75,000. Four teams were invited to participate. The teams each played a semifinal match against another team, and the semifinal winners moved on to the final.

Teams

The 2012 TSN Skins Game sees four world champions playing against each other. Kevin Martin and his rink, the reigning Olympic champions, Alberta provincial champions, and former world champions, will play against Kevin Koe and his rink, former world and Albertan provincial champions, in the afternoon semifinal. Reigning world and Manitoban provincial champions Jeff Stoughton and team will play against

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and his rink, former world champions and reigning Ontario provincial champions, in a rematch of the

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final in the evening semifinal.

Team Howard

'' Coldwater & District Curling Club, Coldwater,

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Third: Wayne Middaugh
Second:

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Lead: Craig Savill

Team Koe

'' Saville Sports Centre,

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'' Skip: Kevin Koe
Third: Pat Simmons
Second: Carter Rycroft
Lead:

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Team Martin

'' Saville Sports Centre,

'' Skip: Kevin Martin
Third: John Morris
Second: Marc Kennedy
Lead: Ben Hebert

Team Stoughton

'' Charleswood Curling Club,

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'' Skip: Jeff Stoughton
Third: Jon Mead
Second: Reid Carruthers
Lead: Steve Gould

Results

All times listed in Eastern Standard Time.

Draw to the button challenge

Kevin Martin's team won the draw to the button challenge, which gave them an additional CAD$1,000 winnings. *Martin: 46.1 cm *Koe: 162.4 cm *Stoughton: 220.7 cm *Howard: 260.7 cm

Semifinals

Martin vs. Koe

''Saturday, January 7, 1:00 pm''

Howard vs. Stoughton

''Saturday, January 7, 8:00 pm''

Final

Koe vs. Stoughton

''Sunday, January 8, 1:00 pm'' A CAD$10,000 bonus was awarded to the winner, Kevin Koe.

Final winnings

The final prize winnings for each team are listed below:

Notes

References

External links

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