- Source: 2018 Tim Hortons Brier
The 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 11, 2018 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winning team represented Canada at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship from March 31 to April 8 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, United States.
This marked the fifth time the Brier was held in Regina, the first time since 2006.
The 2018 tournament was the first to use a new 16-team format, featuring representation by all fourteen member associations of Curling Canada, alongside the defending champions (as Team Canada), and a new wildcard team. As part of this new format, the Bronze medal game was removed from the schedule.
Teams
Curling Canada introduced a new 16-team format for both the Brier and Tournament of Hearts for 2018, under which all 14 member associations of Curling Canada are now represented in the main field, rather than being limited by a pre-qualifying tournament. The teams were divided into two pools for round robin play, after which the top four teams from each advanced to a Championship Pool. Alongside the inclusion of the previous year's champions as Team Canada, the final spot in the tournament was filled by a wildcard play-in game held on the Friday before the tournament.
The rinks of John Epping (Ontario), Mike Fournier (Quebec), and Greg Smith (Newfoundland and Labrador) made their Brier debuts.
Team Canada's Brad Gushue set a new record for the most Canadian national men's championship game wins as a skip when he skipped the 114th victory of his Brier career over the Northwest Territories on March 5.
= CTRS ranking
=Wildcard game
A play-in game was held on March 2, 2018 that determined the wildcard team that rounded out the tournament field. It was played between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who lost in their provincial championship: the Fort Rouge Curling Club's Mike McEwen rink and the Granite Curling Club's Jason Gunnlaugson rink, both from Winnipeg.
CTRS standings as of February 12
Wildcard Game
Friday, March 2, 19:00
Map of teams
Round-robin standings
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).
= Draw 1
=Saturday, March 3, 14:00
= Draw 2
=Saturday, March 3, 19:00
= Draw 3
=Sunday, March 4, 09:00
= Draw 4
=Sunday, March 4, 14:00
= Draw 5
=Sunday, March 4, 19:00
= Draw 6
=Monday, March 5, 09:00
= Draw 7
=Monday, March 5, 14:00
= Draw 8
=Monday, March 5, 19:00
= Draw 9
=Tuesday, March 6, 09:00
= Draw 10
=Tuesday, March 6, 14:00
= Draw 11
=Tuesday, March 6, 19:00
= Draw 12
=Wednesday, March 7, 09:00
= Draw 13
=Wednesday, March 7, 14:00
= Draw 14
=Wednesday, March 7, 19:00
Placement round
Each team that finished fifth through eight in their pool played the team that finished in the same position in the opposite pool for the purpose of determining final tournament ranking. For example, the winner of the game between fifth place teams was ranked ninth place overall, the loser of that game was ranked tenth place, and so on.
= Seeding games
=All game times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).
A5 vs. B5
Friday, March 9, 09:00
A6 vs. B6
Friday, March 9, 09:00
A7 vs. B7
Friday, March 9, 09:00
A8 vs. B8
Friday, March 9, 09:00
Championship pool standings
All wins and losses earned in the round robin (including results against teams that failed to advance) were carried forward into the Championship Pool.
Championship pool results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).
= Draw 15
=Thursday, March 8, 14:00
= Draw 16
=Thursday, March 8, 19:00
= Draw 17
=Friday, March 9, 14:00
= Draw 18
=Friday, March 9, 19:00
Playoffs
= 1 vs. 2
=Saturday, March 10, 19:00
= 3 vs. 4
=Saturday, March 10, 14:00
= Semifinal
=Sunday, March 11, 09:00
= Final
=Sunday, March 11, 16:00
Statistics
= Top 5 player percentages
=Final Round Robin Percentages; minimum 6 games
= Perfect games
=Round Robin and Championship Pool only
Awards
The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:
All-Star Teams
First Team
Skip: Brad Gushue, Team Canada
Third: Mark Nichols, Team Canada
Second: Brett Gallant, Team Canada
Lead: Denni Neufeld, Team Wildcard
Second Team
Skip: John Epping, Ontario
Third: Steve Laycock, Saskatchewan (skip; threw third stones)
Second: E.J. Harnden, Northern Ontario
Lead: Geoff Walker, Team Canada
Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award
Greg Smith, Newfoundland and Labrador Skip
Paul McLean Award
Murray McCormick, Regina Leader-Post
Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award
Brad Gushue, Team Canada Skip
Provincial and territorial playdowns
2018 Boston Pizza Cup (Alberta)
2018 belairdirect BC Men's Curling Championship
2018 Viterra Championship (Manitoba)
2018 Papa John's Pizza Tankard
2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
2018 NOCA Men's Provincial Championship (Northern Ontario)
2018 Deloitte Tankard (Nova Scotia)
2018 Ontario Tankard
2018 PEI Tankard
2018 WFG Tankard (Quebec)
2018 SaskTel Tankard (Saskatchewan)
2018 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship
2018 Yukon Men's Curling Championship
2018 Nunavut Brier Playdowns
Notes
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 2018 Tim Hortons Brier
- 2017 Tim Hortons Brier
- Brad Gushue
- 2023 Tim Hortons Brier
- The Brier
- 2019 Tim Hortons Brier
- 2020 Tim Hortons Brier
- Brendan Bottcher
- 2018 PEI Tankard
- Ryan Fry
