2015 Tim Hortons Brier

2015 Tim Hortons Brier
Host cityCalgary, Alberta
ArenaScotiabank Saddledome
DatesFebruary 28 – March 8
Attendance151,835
Winner Canada
Curling clubGlencoe CC, Calgary
SkipPat Simmons
ThirdJohn Morris
SecondCarter Rycroft
LeadNolan Thiessen
AlternateTom Sallows
CoachEarle Morris
Finalist Northern Ontario (Brad Jacobs)
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The 2015 Tim Hortons Brier was held from February 28 to March 8 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[1]

In the final, the team of Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen, representing "Team Canada" as defending Brier champions defeated the reigning Olympic gold medallist Brad Jacobs rink, representing Northern Ontario. Simmons had to make a draw to the button in an extra end to win the championship.[2] With the victory, the Simmons rink went on to represent Canada at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, where they won the bronze medal.

Changes to competition format

For the first time, the event was expanded to include an entry from Nunavut, which has previously not participated in the Brier. Another notable change was having separate entries for the Yukon and Northwest Territories, which had historically competed as a single entry.

Starting with the 2015 tournament, the top ten teams automatically qualified to the main tournament, which was a competition between twelve teams as in years past. An eleventh team was the defending champions from the previous Brier who played as Team Canada. The four remaining unqualified teams played in a pre-qualifying tournament to determine the twelfth team to play in the main tournament.[3]

It was the first time in the history of the Brier that a Team Canada partook, which essentially allowed the defending champions direct re-entry into the event.[4] The skip of the previous year's winning team, Kevin Koe, formed a new team in the off-season and was not part of Team Canada. Koe won the 2015 Boston Pizza Cup with his new team and represented Alberta at the 2015 Brier. Koe's former teammates recruited John Morris to skip the first ever edition of Team Canada at the Brier. Morris was the runner-up from the previous year.[5]

Similar changes were also implemented for the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, meaning that for the first time the Canadian men's and women's curling championships will be conducted using identical formats. Previous versions of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts differed from the Brier in that they included a Team Canada entry, but did not include a separate entry from Northern Ontario.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Canada Alberta British Columbia
The Glencoe Club, Calgary

Skip: Pat Simmons[a]
Third: John Morris[a]
Second: Carter Rycroft
Lead: Nolan Thiessen
Alternate: Tom Sallows

The Glencoe Club, Calgary

Skip: Kevin Koe
Third: Marc Kennedy
Second: Brent Laing
Lead: Ben Hebert
Alternate: Jamie King

Vernon CC, Vernon &
Kelowna CC, Kelowna

Skip: Jim Cotter
Third: Ryan Kuhn
Second: Tyrel Griffith
Lead: Rick Sawatsky
Alternate: Grant Olsen

Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador
West St. Paul CC, West St. Paul

Skip: Reid Carruthers
Third: Braeden Moskowy
Second: Derek Samagalski
Lead: Colin Hodgson
Alternate: Steve Gould

Thistle-St. Andrew's CC, Saint John

Skip: Jeremy Mallais
Third: Zach Eldridge
Second: Chris Jeffrey
Lead: Jared Bezanson
Alternate: Jason Vaughan

Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's

Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker

Northern Ontario Nova Scotia Ontario
Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie

Skip: Brad Jacobs
Third: Ryan Fry
Second: E. J. Harnden
Lead: Ryan Harnden
Alternate: Eric Harnden

Mayflower CC, Halifax

Fourth: Peter Burgess
Skip: Glen MacLeod
Second: Colten Steele
Lead: Robbie McLean
Alternate: Paul Flemming

Fenelon Falls CC, Fenelon Falls

Skip: Mark Kean
Third: Mathew Camm
Second: David Mathers
Lead: Scott Howard
Alternate: Bryan Cochrane

Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Silver Fox C&YC, Summerside
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Adam Casey
Third: Josh Barry
Second: Anson Carmody
Lead: Robbie Doherty
Alternate: Robert Campbell

CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald

Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard
Third: Martin Crête
Second: Éric Sylvain
Lead: Philippe Ménard
Alternate: Pierre Charette

Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Skip: Steve Laycock
Third: Kirk Muyres
Second: Colton Flasch
Lead: Dallan Muyres
Alternate: Gerry Adam

Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon
Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Jamie Koe
Third: Mark Whitehead
Second: Brad Chorostkowski
Lead: Robert Borden
Alternate: Bill Merklinger

No team (declined invitation)[6] Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse

Skip: Bob Smallwood
Third: Wade Scoffin
Second: Steve Fecteau
Lead: Clint Ireland
Alternate: Scott Odian

CTRS ranking

The #1 ranked Mike McEwen rink lost in the Manitoba final.

Member Association (Skip) Rank Points
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 2 189.120
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 3 174.950
Manitoba (Carruthers) 4 138.430
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 5 132.315
Alberta (K. Koe) 6 126.730
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 11 78.555
Quebec (Ménard) 13 51.145
Ontario (Kean) 14 49.075
British Columbia (Cotter) 15 37.675
 Canada (Morris) 17 33.000
New Brunswick (Mallais) NR 0.000
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) NR 0.000
Nova Scotia (MacLeod) NR 0.000
Yukon (Smallwood) NR 0.000

Map of teams

Relegation playoff

Combined record of each province/territory from 2012 to 2014

Key
Team directly qualifies to play in the tournament
Team must play in a pre-tournament round-robin to qualify
Locale W L Locale W L
Manitoba 25 8 Northwest Territories 15 18
Ontario 25 8 British Columbia 14 19
Alberta 24 9 Saskatchewan 14 19
Newfoundland and Labrador 19 14 Prince Edward Island 9 24
Quebec 17 16 Nova Scotia 5 28
New Brunswick 16 17 Yukon 0 0
Northern Ontario 15 18 Nunavut (declined to play) 0 0

Nunavut declined to send a team while Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon played a single round-robin at the Scotiabank Saddledome in order to determine which one of the three teams would qualify for the tournament. The teams with the two best records were to advance to the play-in game which was contested Saturday, February 28, concurrent with the opening draw of the Brier round-robin. However, each team finished the round robin tied with a 1-1 record which saw Nova Scotia eliminated based on pregame draws to the button.[7] Prince Edward Island then defeated the Yukon to advance to the main draw of the tournament.

Round-robin standings

Locale Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
Yukon Bob Smallwood 1 1 13 10 9 6 1 5 73%
Prince Edward Island Adam Casey 1 1 12 11 6 9 0 1 79%
Nova Scotia Glen MacLeod 1 1 12 16 8 8 0 2 75%

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).[8]

Draw 1

Thursday, February 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Yukon (Smallwood) 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 X X X 8
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1

Draw 2

Friday, February 27, 8:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (MacLeod) 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 X 9
Yukon (Smallwood) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 3

Friday, February 27, 3:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 2 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 X X 11
Nova Scotia (MacLeod) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3

Pre-qualifying final

Saturday, February 28, 1:30 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Yukon (Smallwood) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 6
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to 2016 Relegation Round
Locale Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs 10 1 80 39 49 34 18 11 88%
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 9 2 80 61 51 42 12 11 85%
Saskatchewan Steve Laycock 7 4 68 58 42 40 23 8 86%
 Canada Pat Simmons 7 4 64 61 44 43 17 9 87%
Alberta Kevin Koe 6 5 72 63 49 42 13 14 89%
Quebec Jean-Michel Ménard 6 5 70 67 45 50 11 4 85%
British Columbia Jim Cotter 5 6 63 60 46 38 21 10 82%
Ontario Mark Kean 5 6 64 79 41 49 14 6 83%
Prince Edward Island Adam Casey 5 6 64 69 44 48 11 11 83%
Manitoba Reid Carruthers 4 7 66 63 41 46 13 8 88%
New Brunswick Jeremy Mallais 2 9 50 79 38 50 10 4 81%
Northwest Territories Jamie Koe 0 11 46 88 37 47 12 4 79%

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).[8]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 28, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 5
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Morris) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 6
Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 2

Saturday, February 28, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Alberta (K. Koe) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7
British Columbia (Cotter) 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Kean) 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 8
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
New Brunswick (Mallais) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 6

Draw 3

Sunday, March 1, 8:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Kean) 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9
Quebec (Ménard) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 X 9
Alberta (K. Koe) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9
 Canada (Morris) 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 7

Draw 4

Sunday, March 1, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 8
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
 Canada (Morris) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Mallais) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Quebec (Ménard) 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 7
British Columbia (Cotter) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5

Draw 5

Sunday, March 1, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 6
British Columbia (Cotter) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Mallais) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
Manitoba (Carruthers) 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 X X 6
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Kean) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Alberta (K. Koe) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 X 7

Draw 6

Monday, March 2, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Mallais) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
 Canada (Morris) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X X 4
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
British Columbia (Cotter) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
Quebec (Ménard) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6

Draw 7

Monday, March 2, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (K. Koe) 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7
Quebec (Ménard) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 X X 8
 Canada (Morris) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 7
Ontario (Kean) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Carruthers) 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 8
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 3, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Carruthers) 1 2 0 5 0 2 0 1 X X 11
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 X X 4
Alberta (K. Koe) 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 7
New Brunswick (Mallais) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Kean) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
British Columbia (Cotter) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 X 8

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 3, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 X X 11
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 3 X X 10
New Brunswick (Mallais) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 8
British Columbia (Cotter) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
 Canada (Simmons) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 8
Ontario (Kean) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Simmons) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
Alberta (K. Koe) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Ménard) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5

Draw 11

Wednesday, March 4, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Simmons) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 8
British Columbia (Cotter) 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Ménard) 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 X 8
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 X 9
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Mallais) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 7

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 4, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Kean) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
 Canada (Simmons) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Quebec (Ménard) 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (K. Koe) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (K. Koe) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 X 7
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 7
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Kean) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 4
New Brunswick (Mallais) 2 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 X X 8
British Columbia (Cotter) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3

Draw 14

Thursday, March 5, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 8
New Brunswick (Mallais) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Cotter) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 6
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5
 Canada (Simmons) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 7

Draw 15

Thursday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Carruthers) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
Ontario (Kean) 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Mallais) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
British Columbia (Cotter) 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (K. Koe) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 X X 5
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 X X 9

Draw 16

Thursday, March 5, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (K. Koe) 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 8
Manitoba (Carruthers) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 6
 Canada (Simmons) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Ontario (Kean) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 8
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 7

Draw 17

Friday, March 6, 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Cotter) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Kean) 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 X X 8
Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
Manitoba (Carruthers) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (K. Koe) 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 X X 8
New Brunswick (Mallais) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 3

Playoffs

Bronze Medal Game
   
2 Newfoundland and Labrador 5
3 Saskatchewan 7

1 vs. 2

Friday, March 6, 6:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 X 7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Player percentages
Northern Ontario Newfoundland and Labrador
Ryan Harnden 91% Geoff Walker 94%
E. J. Harnden 88% Brett Gallant 95%
Ryan Fry 84% Mark Nichols 89%
Brad Jacobs 84% Brad Gushue 82%
Total 87% Total 90%

3 vs. 4

Saturday, March 7, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
 Canada (Simmons) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Player percentages
Saskatchewan  Canada
Dallan Muyres 89% Nolan Thiessen 93%
Colton Flasch 82% Carter Rycroft 92%
Kirk Muyres 75% John Morris 85%
Steve Laycock 78% Pat Simmons 89%
Total 81% Total 90%

Semifinal

Saturday, March 7, 6:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
 Canada (Simmons) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 8
Player percentages
Newfoundland and Labrador  Canada
Geoff Walker 86% Nolan Thiessen 95%
Brett Gallant 76% Carter Rycroft 79%
Mark Nichols 86% John Morris 78%
Brad Gushue 75% Pat Simmons 79%
Total 81% Total 83%

Bronze medal game

Sunday, March 8, 9:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7
Player percentages
Newfoundland and Labrador Saskatchewan
Geoff Walker 92% Dallan Muyres 75%
Brett Gallant 83% Colton Flasch 78%
Mark Nichols 82% Kirk Muyres 83%
Brad Gushue 74% Steve Laycock 89%
Total 83% Total 81%

Final

The 2015 Brier final was the first Brier final to start with four blanks. This game came down to the final stone of the eleventh end, where Pat Simmons had a draw to the pin for the win.

Sunday, March 8, 5:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
 Canada (Simmons) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 6
Player percentages
Northern Ontario  Canada
Ryan Harnden 93% Nolan Thiessen 83%
E. J. Harnden 89% Carter Rycroft 91%
Ryan Fry 88% John Morris 86%
Brad Jacobs 85% Pat Simmons 93%
Total 89% Total 88%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads %
Colin Hodgson 95
Ben Hebert 93
Nolan Thiessen 91
Geoff Walker 89
Jared Bezanson 89
Seconds %
Brent Laing 91
Carter Rycroft 90
Derek Samagalski 88
E. J. Harnden 87
Tyrel Griffith 86
Thirds %
Ryan Fry 92
Marc Kennedy 91
Braeden Moskowy 89
John Morris 88
Kirk Muyres 87
Fourths %
Brad Jacobs 86
Steve Laycock 84
Pat Simmons 84
Brad Gushue 82
Jean-Michel Ménard 82

Perfect games

Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Brent Laing Alberta Second 18 Northern Ontario
Ryan Harnden Northern Ontario Lead 18 British Columbia
Ryan Fry Northern Ontario Third 18 Ontario
Colin Hodgson Manitoba Lead 16 Northern Ontario

Awards

The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:[9]

All-Star Teams[9]

First Team

Second Team

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award[9]
Paul McLean Award[9]
  • Jim Young, longtime camera man for TSN's curling broadcasts
Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award

Provincial and territorial playdowns

Notes

  1. ^ a b Morris skipped the first five games, and Simmons skipped the remaining six games.

References

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  2. ^ "Johnson: Simmons right on the button for Brier champion Team Canada". Calgary Herald. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Equitable Opportunity to Access Championships F.A.Q." Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Brier to follow Scotties in awarding a Team Canada bye to champion". The Globe and Mail. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Team Canada men name John Morris skip for 2014-15 season". Canadian Curling Association. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ^ "New Brier format has Nova Scotia winner under the gun". TheChronicleHerald. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ^ Korobanik, John (2015-02-27). "P.E.I. to take on Yukon for final Tim Hortons Brier berth - Curling Canada – 2015 Tim Hortons Brier". Curling.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  8. ^ a b "Draw Schedule at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier". Canadian Curling Association. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d "Award winners, all-stars announced at Tim Hortons Brier". Canadian Curling Association. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.