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2007 Tim Hortons Brier
Host city	Hamilton, Ontario
Arena	Copps Coliseum
Dates	March 3-11
Attendance	107,199
Winner	Ontario
Curling club	Coldwater & District Curling Club, Coldwater
Skip	Glenn Howard
Third	Richard Hart
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Craig Savill
Alternate	Steve Bice
Coach	Scott Taylor
Finalist	Newfoundland and Labrador

The 2007 Tim Hortons Brier Canadian men's curling championship was held at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario from March 3 to 11th. After losing in the final the previous season, Team Ontario skipped by Glenn Howard defeated 2006 Olympic gold medalist Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland and Labrador team in the final.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Standings 3 Schedule 3.1 Draw 1 3.2 Draw 2 3.3 Draw 3 3.4 Draw 4 3.5 Draw 5 3.6 Draw 6 3.7 Draw 7 3.8 Draw 8 3.9 Draw 9 3.10 Draw 10 3.11 Draw 11 3.12 Draw 12 3.13 Draw 13 3.14 Draw 14 3.15 Draw 15 3.16 Draw 16 3.17 Draw 17 3.18 Page playoffs 3.19 Semi-final 3.20 Final 3.21 Positional percentages 4 Playdowns 4.1 Alberta 4.2 British Columbia 4.3 Manitoba 4.4 New Brunswick 4.5 Newfoundland and Labrador 4.6 Northern Ontario 4.7 Nova Scotia 4.8 Ontario 4.9 Prince Edward Island 4.10 Quebec 4.11 Saskatchewan 4.12 Yukon / Northwest Territories

[edit] Teams

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton Skip: Kevin Martin Third: John Morris Second: Marc Kennedy Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Blayne Iskiw	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria Skip: Dean Joanisse Third: Mike Wood Second: Dave Nantes Lead: Chris Atchison	Charleswood Curling Club, Winnipeg Skip: Jeff Stoughton Third: Ryan Fry Second: Rob Fowler Lead: Steve Gould
New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador	Northern Ontario
Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club, Saint John Skip: Paul Dobson Third: Scott Jones Second: Ryan Porter Lead: Pierre Fraser	Corner Brook Curling Association, Corner Brook Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Chris Schille Lead: Jamie Korab	Soo Curlers Curling Club, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Al Harnden* Third: Brad Jacobs Second: Dusty Jakomait Lead: Rob Thomas
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Windsor Curling Club, Windsor Skip: Mark Kehoe Third: Curt Palmer Second: Doug Bryant Lead: Richard Barker Alternate: Donnie Smith	Coldwater & District Curling Club, Coldwater Skip: Glenn Howard Third: Richard Hart Second: Brent Laing Lead: Craig Savill Alternate: Steve Bice	Charlottetown Curling Club, Charlottetown Skip: Peter Gallant Third: Kevin Champion Second: Mark O'Rourke Lead: Robert Campbell
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
Cap-de-la-Madeleine Curling Club, Cap-de-la-Madeleine Skip: Pierre Charette* Third: Martin Ferland Second: Philippe Lemay Lead: Marco Berthelot	Davidson Curling Club, Davidson Skip: Pat Simmons Third: Jeff Sharp Second: Gerry Adam Lead: Steve Laycock Alternate: Brian McCusker	Yellowknife Curling Club, Yellowknife Skip: Jamie Koe Third: Kevin Whitehead Second: Mark Whitehead Lead: Brad Choroskowski Alternate: Randy Turpin

*Throws third stones

[edit] Standings

Locale	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Ontario	Glenn Howard	10	1	90	52	53	39	6	20	85
Newfoundland and Labrador	Brad Gushue	8	3	82	66	52	41	14	16	81
Manitoba	Jeff Stoughton	8	3	76	61	45	45	12	11	85
Alberta	Kevin Martin	8	3	81	65	46	45	13	9	87
Saskatchewan	Pat Simmons	7	4	84	67	47	46	8	10	83
Northern Ontario	Al Harnden	5	6	74	77	47	49	9	11	77
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Jamie Koe	5	6	55	70	36	40	12	8	80
British Columbia	Dean Joanisse	4	7	71	75	48	43	10	14	78
Quebec	Pierre Charette	4	7	64	82	40	49	11	8	81
Prince Edward Island	Peter Gallant	4	7	63	74	45	49	8	9	81
Nova Scotia	Mark Kehoe	2	9	67	82	45	47	13	7	78
New Brunswick	Paul Dobson	1	10	52	88	36	47	12	5	76

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Draw 1

March 3, 14:30

•  Quebec 8 - 6  Saskatchewan
•  Nova Scotia 6 - 11  Ontario
•  British Columbia 5 - 6  Alberta
•  New Brunswick 3 - 6  Northwest Territories/Yukon

[edit] Draw 2

March 3, 19:00

•  Alberta 10 - 3  New Brunswick
•  Newfoundland and Labrador 4 - 6  Manitoba
•  Prince Edward Island 8 - 7 Northern Ontario (11)
•  Quebec 5 - 8  Ontario

[edit] Draw 3

March 4, 09:00

•  Prince Edward Island 4 - 6  British Columbia
•  Northwest Territories/Yukon 10 - 4  Quebec

[edit] Draw 4

March 4, 14:30

•  Newfoundland and Labrador 8 - 2  Prince Edward Island
• Northern Ontario 8 - 4  Alberta
•  Ontario 9 - 7  Manitoba (11)
•  Saskatchewan 7 - 5  Nova Scotia

[edit] Draw 5

March 4, 19:00

•  British Columbia 5 - 8  Northwest Territories/Yukon
•  New Brunswick 5 - 6  Saskatchewan
•  Nova Scotia 8 - 5  Newfoundland and Labrador
•  Manitoba 6 - 5 Northern Ontario

[edit] Draw 6

March 5, 09:00

•  Saskatchewan 9 - 7  Alberta
•  Ontario 10 - 6  Newfoundland and Labrador (11)
• Northern Ontario 5 - 10  British Columbia
•  Northwest Territories/Yukon 7 - 3  Prince Edward Island

[edit] Draw 7

March 5, 14:30

•  Prince Edward Island 7 - 8  Quebec
•  Manitoba 7 - 1  Northwest Territories/Yukon
•  Alberta 7 - 5  Ontario
•  Nova Scotia 9 - 6  New Brunswick

[edit] Draw 8

March 5, 19:30

•  New Brunswick 6 - 7 Northern Ontario
•  British Columbia 6 - 4  Nova Scotia
•  Quebec 4 - 6  Manitoba
•  Newfoundland and Labrador 10 - 8  Saskatchewan (11)

[edit] Draw 9

March 6, 09:00

•  Quebec 7 - 6  Nova Scotia
•  Northwest Territories/Yukon 7 - 8 Northern Ontario
•  Ontario 8 - 6  Saskatchewan
•  New Brunswick 5 - 10  Manitoba

[edit] Draw 10

March 6, 14:30

• Northern Ontario 8 - 10  Newfoundland and Labrador (11)
•  Nova Scotia 8 - 9  Alberta (11)
•  Manitoba 7 - 5  Prince Edward Island
•  Saskatchewan 9 - 3  British Columbia

[edit] Draw 11

March 6, 19:30

•  Alberta 10 - 2  Northwest Territories/Yukon
•  Newfoundland and Labrador 8 - 2  Quebec
•  British Columbia 4 - 9  New Brunswick
•  Prince Edward Island 4 - 9  Ontario

[edit] Draw 12

March 7, 09:00

•  Ontario 11 - 1  New Brunswick
•  Saskatchewan 10 - 7  Manitoba
•  Nova Scotia 6 - 10 Northern Ontario
•  Alberta 6 - 8  Newfoundland and Labrador (11)

[edit] Draw 13

March 7, 14:30

•  Manitoba 8 - 7  British Columbia
•  New Brunswick 4 - 8  Prince Edward Island
•  Newfoundland and Labrador 7 - 2  Northwest Territories/Yukon
• Northern Ontario 8 - 6  Quebec

[edit] Draw 14

March 7, 19:00

•  Prince Edward Island 7 - 4  Saskatchewan
•  British Columbia 5 - 6  Ontario
•  Quebec 6 - 7  Alberta
•  Northwest Territories/Yukon 8 - 5  Nova Scotia

[edit] Draw 15

March 8, 09:00

•  Nova Scotia 4 - 6  Manitoba
•  Alberta 8 - 5  Prince Edward Island
•  New Brunswick 4 - 5  Newfoundland and Labrador
•  British Columbia 10 - 5  Quebec

[edit] Draw 16

March 8, 14:30

•  Newfoundland and Labrador 11 - 10  British Columbia (11)
•  Quebec 9 - 6  New Brunswick
•  Saskatchewan 11 - 2  Northwest Territories/Yukon
•  Ontario 6 - 3 Northern Ontario

[edit] Draw 17

March 8, 19:30

•  Northwest Territories/Yukon 2 - 7  Ontario
• Northern Ontario 5 - 8  Saskatchewan
•  Prince Edward Island 7 - 6  Nova Scotia
•  Manitoba 6 - 7  Alberta (11)

[edit] Page playoffs

The Page playoff system is used at the Brier. The top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.

	Page playoffs					Semifinal					Final
	1	Ontario	6
	2	Newfoundland and Labrador	7								2	Newfoundland and Labrador	6
						1	Ontario	8			1	Ontario	10
						3	Manitoba	4
	3	Manitoba	6
	4	Alberta	3

Page 3 vs 4 game - March 9, 14:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Stoughton)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	X	6
Alberta (Martin)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Player Percentages
Manitoba		Alberta
Steve Gould	94%	Ben Hebert	88%
Rob Fowler	96%	Marc Kennedy	84%
Ryan Fry	81%	John Morris	88%
Jeff Stoughton	86%	Kevin Martin	64%
Total	89%	Total	81%

Page 1 vs. 2 game - March 9, 19:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Howard)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	6
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7

Player Percentages
Ontario		Newfoundland and Labrador
Craig Savill	93%	Jamie Korab	85%
Brent Laing	79%	Chris Schille	94%
Richard Hart	88%	Mark Nichols	88%
Glenn Howard	75%	Brad Gushue	83%
Total	83%	Total	87%

[edit] Semi-final

March 10, 14:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Howard)	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	8
Manitoba (Stoughton)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Player Percentages
Ontario		Manitoba
Craig Savill	88%	Steve Gould	90%
Brent Laing	96%	Rob Fowler	81%
Richard Hart	90%	Ryan Fry	79%
Glenn Howard	83%	Jeff Stoughton	74%
Total	89%	Total	81%

[edit] Final

March 11, 16:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	X	6
Ontario (Howard)	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	3	X	10

Player Percentages
Newfoundland and Labrador		Ontario
Jamie Korab	90	Craig Savill	93
Chris Schille	75	Brent Laing	89
Mark Nichols	88	Richard Hart	93
Brad Gushue	86	Glenn Howard	83
Total	85	Total	89

[edit] Positional percentages

(After Round Robin)

Leads
#	Curler	%
1	Craig Savill	92
2	Ben Hebert	91
3	Marco Berthelot	90
3	Steve Laycock	90
5	Chris Atchison	88

Seconds
#	Curler	%
1	Marc Kennedy	85
1	Gerry Adam	85
3	Rob Fowler	84
4	Brent Laing	83
5	Philippe Lemay	82

Thirds
#	Curler	%
1	John Morris	87
2	Ryan Fry	84
3	Richard Hart	82
4	Kevin Whitehead	81
4	Kevin Champion	81

Skips
#	Curler	%
1	Kevin Martin	85
2	Glenn Howard	84
2	Jeff Stoughton	84
4	Brad Gushue	80
5	Pat Simmons	79

[edit] Playdowns

[edit] Alberta

The 2007 Alberta Kia Cup was held February 5-11 at the Drayton Valley Arena in Drayton Valley.

Group A
Skip	Wins	Losses
Jeff Ginter	3	2
Randy Ferbey	3	2
Don Walchuk	3	2
Leon Moch	2	3
Rob Armitage	2	3
Mark Johnson	2	3

Group B
Skip	Wins	Losses
Kevin Martin	5	0
Kevin Koe	3	2
Adrian Bakker	3	2
Lloyd Hill	2	3
Wade White	2	3
Rob Maksymetz	0	5

Quarter-finals: Ferbey 7-4 Bakker; Koe 9-7 Walchuk
A1 vs B1: Martin 14-2 Ginter
A2 vs B2: Koe 6-3 Ferbey
Semi-final: Koe 6-3 Ginter
Final: Martin 9-7 Koe

[edit] British Columbia

The 2007 BC Men's Provincial Curling Championship was held February 6-11 at the George Preston Recreation Centre in Langley.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Dean Joanisse	6	1
Greg McAulay	5	2
Rick Folk	4	3
Brian Windsor	4	3
Bert Gretzinger	3	4
Tom Buchy	3	4
Wes Craig	2	5
Barry Swain	1	6

Final: Joanisse 8-6 McAulay

[edit] Manitoba

The 2007 Safeway Championship was held February 7-11 at Credit Union Place in Dauphin. The tournament was a double-knock out with a page playoff.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Jeff Stoughton	7	0
Peter Nicholls	7	3
Terry McNamee	6	3
Kerry Burtnyk	5	2
Reid Carruthers	4	2
Don Spriggs	4	2
Randy Dutiaume	3	3
David Bohn	3	3
Brent Scales	3	2
Trevor Loreth	3	2
Mark Franklin	3	2
Graham Freeman	2	2
Kelly Skinner	2	2
Mark Lukowich	2	2
Dave Boehmer	2	2
Randy Neufeld	2	2
Ron Westcott	1	2
Bob Sigurdson	1	2
Ryan Hyde	1	2
Dave Smith	1	2
Rae Hainstock	1	2
Brent Braemer	1	2
Kelly Robertson	1	2
Brian Fowler	1	2
Rob Ramage	0	2
Blair Goethals	0	2
Don Holmes	0	2
Wes Jonasson	0	2
Peter Prokopowich	0	2
Kyle Foster	0	2
Russel Kihn	0	2
Steve Pauls	0	2

[edit] New Brunswick

The 2007 New Brunswick Labatt Tankard was held February 7-11 at Curling Beauséjour Inc. in Moncton.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Paul Dobson	6	1
Russ Howard	6	1
Mike Kennedy	4	3
Rick Perron	4	3
Terry Odishaw	3	4
Robert MacDiarmid	2	5
Tim Comeau	2	5
James Grattan	1	6

3 vs. 4: Kennedy 4-3 Perron
Semi-final: Howard 4-2 Kennedy
Final: Dobson 9-6 Howard

[edit] Newfoundland and Labrador

The 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Men's Championship was held February 6-11 at the Gander Curling Club in Gander.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Brad Gushue	8	0
Rick Rowsell	5	3
Trent Skanes	4	4
Ken Peddigrew	4	4
Geoff Cunningham	4	4
Gary Oke	3	5
Alex Smith	3	5
Keith Ryan	3	5
Dean Branton	2	6

Tiebreaker: Peddigrew 8-7 Cunningham; Skanes 9-3 Peddigrew
Semi-final: Skanes 9-4 Rowsell
Final: Gushue 8-4 Skanes

[edit] Northern Ontario

The 2007 Dominion of Canada Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship was held February 5-11 at the Idylwylde Golf and Country Club in Sudbury.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Tim Phillips	6	2
Al Harnden	6	2
Jeff Zechner	5	3
Brian Fawcett	5	3
Brian Adams, Jr.	4	4
Rob Gordon	3	5
Jamie Mophet	3	5
Tom Armstrong	2	6
Lorne Jackson	2	6

1 vs. 2: Phillips 8-7 Harnden
3 vs. 4: Zechner 7-5 Fawcett
Semi-final: Harnden 8-1 Zechner
Final: Harnden 14-6 Phillips

[edit] Nova Scotia

The 2007 Alexander Keith's Tankard was played February 7-11 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax. The tournament format was triple knock-out with a page playoff.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Mark Kehoe	6	0
Shawn Adams	6	3
Mark Dacey	5	3
Chris Sutherland	5	3
Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc	4	3
Brian Rafuse	4	3
Mike Robinson	3	3
Glen MacLeod	3	3
Jamie Murphy	2	3
Brent MacDougall	2	3
Don MacIntosh	2	3
Kevin White	1	3
Kevin Saccary	1	3
Doug MacKenzie	1	3
Steve Ogden	0	3
Aaron Sweeney	0	3

[edit] Ontario

The 2007 TSC Stores Tankard was held February 12-18 at the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Glenn Howard	9	0
Wayne Middaugh	7	2
Greg Balsdon	6	3
John Epping	6	3
Heath McCormick	5	4
Damien Villard	4	5
Jim Lyle	4	5
Bryan Cochrane	2	7
Robert Stafford	1	8
Wayne Warren	1	8

1 vs. 2: Howard 9-2 Middaugh
3 vs. 4: Epping 12-8 Balsdon
Semi-final: Middaugh 9-5 Epping
Final: Howard 9 - 5 Middaugh

[edit] Prince Edward Island

The 2007 PEI Labatt Tankard was held February 6-11 at the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Peter Gallant	7	0
John Likely	5	2
Rod MacDonald	5	2
Kyle Stevenson	4	3
Andrew Robinson	3	4
Mel Bernard	2	5
Robert Shaw	1	6
Kevin Ellsworth	1	6

1 vs. 2: Gallant 6-3 Likely
3 vs. 4: MacDonald 6-4 Stevenson
Semi-final: MacDonald 9-8 Likely
Final: Gallant 8-6 MacDonald

[edit] Quebec

The 2007 Quebec Men's Provincial Championship was held February 7-13 at the Colisée Cardin in Sorel-Tracy.

Group A
Skip	Wins	Losses
Jean-Michel Ménard	8	1
Dwayne Fowler	8	1
Simon Dupuis	7	2
Serge Reid	5	4
Pierre Gervais	4	5
Claude Brazeau, Jr.	4	5
Mario Tremblay	3	6
Shawn Fowler	3	6
Maxime Dufresne	2	7
Georges Tardif	1	8

Group B
Skip	Wins	Losses
Pierre Charette	8	1
Robert Desjardins	7	2
François Gagné	6	3
Steeve Gagnon	6	3
Blake Stoughton	4	5
Daniel Bédard	4	5
Mike Kennedy	4	5
Denis Laflamme	3	6
Stéphane Morand	2	7
Roland Bélanger	1	8

A2 vs. B3: Gagné 9-7 D. Fowler
B2 vs. A3: Desjardins 5-3 Dupuis
A1 vs. B1: Charette 8-5 Ménard
Quarter-final: Desjardins 6-5 Gagné
Semi-final: Ménard 9-8 Desjardins
Final: Charette 12-8 Ménard

[edit] Saskatchewan

The 2007 SaskTel Provincial Men's Tankard was held February 7-11 at the Humboldt Arena in Humboldt. The event was a triple knock out with a page playoff.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Pat Simmons	6	0
Eugene Hritzuk	6	3
Brad Heidt	6	3
Randy Bryden	5	3
Joel Jordison	4	3
Bruce Korte	3	3
Al Schick	3	3
Dean Moulding	3	3
Rod Montgomery	2	3
Scott Coghlan	2	3
Bryan Derbowka	2	3
Brian Humble	1	3
Shawn Joyce	1	3
Gerald Shymko	1	3
Darren Camm	0	3
Brent Gedak	0	3

[edit] Yukon / Northwest Territories

The Yukon / Northwest Territories Men's Championship was held February 8-11 at the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife.

Skip	Wins	Losses
Jamie Koe	5	1
Darcy Moshenko	4	2
Wade Scoffin	3	6
Steve Fraser	0	6