The 2013

Tim Hortons Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...

, the Canadian men's national

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championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at

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. This edition of the Brier marked the thirteenth time that Alberta has hosted the Brier, and the sixth time that Edmonton has hosted the Brier. In the final,

Brad Jacobs Bradley Robert Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Jacobs is also the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier championshi ...

of Northern Ontario defeated three-time Brier champion

Jeff Stoughton Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Stoughton (born July 26, 1963) is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is one of the most successful Manitoba ...

of Manitoba with a score of 11–4 to win his first Brier title and Northern Ontario's first title since 1985. Jacobs and his team will represent Canada at the

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Event summary

The eighty-fourth edition of the Canadian Men's Curling Championship saw one of the strongest fields in the past few years assembled. Defending champion

Glenn Howard Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straight ...

of Ontario made his eighth consecutive and record fifteenth overall appearance at the Brier. Veterans Kevin Martin of Alberta, an Olympic gold medalist and former world champion, and

of Manitoba, a former world champion, made their twelfth and tenth appearances at the Brier, respectively. Former bronze medalist and Olympic gold medalist

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 W ...

made his tenth appearance at the Brier representing Newfoundland and Labrador, while former Brier champion

Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard (born January 19, 1976) is a curler from Aylmer, Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone born skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006. In 202 ...

returned to compete for a fifth time. Northern Ontario's

, a former bronze medallist and perennial competitor, and

Jamie Koe Jamie Koe (born November 3, 1977 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian curler. He has played in 14 Briers, representing the Northwest Territories/Yukon team and three Briers representing just the Northwest Territories. At the 20 ...

of the Northwest Territories and Yukon, who made a breakout playoffs finish last year, returned to the Brier once more.

Brock Virtue Brock Virtue (born September 21, 1986) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays third on Team Charley Thomas. He is a former Canadian and World Junior Curling Champion. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, raised in from Regina, Saskatchewan, Virtue's ...

of Saskatchewan and

Andrew Bilesky Andrew Bilesky is a Canadian curler from New Westminster, British Columbia. Career Bilesky has skipped teams on the World Curling Tour since the 2009–10 curling season. His best finish to date is as champion at the 2011 Kamloops Crown of Cur ...

of British Columbia made their first appearances at the Brier, while veterans James Grattan of New Brunswick,

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of Prince Edward Island, and

Paul Flemming Paul Flemming (born October 8, 1968, in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team out of Halifax. Curling career Flemming's junior team was successful yet failed to ever win the Nova Scotia Junior Men's Ch ...

of Nova Scotia made repeat appearances at the Brier. Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northern Ontario, Ontario, and Quebec shot out to the top of the pack early on, while Alberta struggled to find its rhythm in the beginning draws, dropping four games out of the first five. As the tournament progressed, the top teams began to battle for rankings, and after the halfway point, only Ontario remained undefeated. Alberta began to string up a win streak, and scored crucial victories as they moved up on the standings. At the end of the round robin, Ontario had clinched the first seed in the standings, with only one loss to Alberta in the round robin. Newfoundland and Labrador and Northern Ontario secured spots in the page 3 vs. 4 game with two wins in the last day, while Manitoba's win in the last draw propelled them to the page 1 vs. 2 game against Ontario, simultaneously dropping Alberta out of playoff contention. In the page playoffs, Ontario's Glenn Howard and Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton faced off in a battle of veterans, which began as a close game and ended with a win for Manitoba after a missed shot by Howard gave Stoughton a shot for three and for the win, making the final score 7–6. Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario and Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador played to claim a spot in the semifinals. Jacobs held a slight advantage throughout the game, but Gushue made a comeback in the tenth to force an extra end, in which Jacobs drew for the 6–5 win. Jacobs then played Howard in the semifinal for a spot in the final, and early on, both teams played a back-and-forth game. However, a steal of two for Northern Ontario in the fifth, along with more missed shots from Howard and strong play from Jacobs, led to an upset win by Jacobs with a score of 9–7. Howard and Gushue then played for the bronze in another tight game which ended in Howard making a draw for the win in an extra end, resulting in a score of 7–6. Jacobs and Stoughton then played for the championship, in what turned out to be a mostly one-sided affair after excellent shots by Jacobs led to steals and multi-point ends against a struggling Manitoba team. Jacobs and team scored four straight points in the second half of the game, sealing it up in nine ends with a score of 11–4.

Teams

Team rankings

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All times listed in

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( UTC−7).

Draw 1

''Saturday, March 2, 1:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 2, 6:30 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 3, 8:30 am''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 3, 1:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Sunday, March 3, 6:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Monday, March 4, 1:30 pm''

Draw 7

''Monday, March 4, 6:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, March 5, 1:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, March 5, 6:30 pm''

Draw 10

''Wednesday, March 6, 1:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Wednesday, March 6, 8:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Thursday, March 7, 8:30 am''

Draw 13

''Thursday, March 7, 1:30 pm''

Draw 14

''Thursday, March 7, 7:30 pm''

Draw 15

''Friday, March 8, 8:30 am''

Draw 16

''Friday, March 8, 1:30 pm''

Draw 17

''Friday, March 8, 7:30 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, March 9, 1:30 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, March 9, 6:30 pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, March 10, 8:30 am''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, March 10, 1:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, March 10, 6:30 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round robin only''

Team percentages

''Round Robin only''

Perfect games

Awards

The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows: ;All-Star Teams ''First Team'' *Skip:

, Ontario *Third:

Wayne Middaugh Robert Wayne Middaugh (born September 20, 1967) is a Canadian curler. Born in Brampton, Ontario, Middaugh resides in Victoria Harbour, Ontario. He is the only player to have won the Canadian Men's Curling Championship (known as the Brier) at th ...

, Ontario *Second:

Brent Laing Brent George Laing (born December 10, 1978) is a Canadian curler from Horseshoe Valley, Ontario. He currently plays lead for Mike McEwen. He grew up in Meaford, Ontario. Career Curling out of the Ottawa Curling Club (in Ottawa) and later the ...

, Ontario *Lead Mark Nichols, Manitoba ''Second Team'' *Skip:

, Newfoundland and Labrador *Third:

Jon Mead Jonathan Mead (born April 10, 1967 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mead played third for Wayne Middaugh's rink (except for provincial playdowns) until the end of the 2009–10 curling season. Beginning in t ...

, Manitoba *Second:

Marc Kennedy Marc Kennedy (born February 5, 1982) is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medallist from St. Albert, Alberta. In 2019, Kennedy was named the greatest Canadian male second in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, rep ...

, Alberta *Lead:

Craig Savill Craig Edward Savill (born October 25, 1978) is a Canadian curler, originally from Manotick, Ontario, Canada. He currently plays third on Team Adam Casey. He also coaches the Czech men's national team. Career Savill's father was stationed at CF ...

, Ontario ;Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award *

, Nova Scotia skip ;Scotty Harper Award *Kevin Palmer, ''The Curling News'', for the best curling story of 2012 ;Paul McLean Award *

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, curling journalist, editor of ''The Tankard Times'',

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inductee ;Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award *

, Northern Ontario skip

References

External links

* {{2012–13 curling season Sport in Edmonton Curling in Alberta The Brier