2019 Canada Cup

2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup
Host cityLeduc, Alberta
ArenaSobeys Arena
DatesNovember 27 – December 1
Men's winnerOntario John Epping
Curling clubLeaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto
SkipJohn Epping
ThirdRyan Fry
SecondMat Camm
LeadBrent Laing
FinalistAlberta Kevin Koe
Women's winnerOntario Rachel Homan
Curling clubOttawa Curling Club, Ottawa
SkipRachel Homan
ThirdEmma Miskew
SecondJoanne Courtney
LeadLisa Weagle
CoachMarcel Rocque
FinalistManitoba Tracy Fleury
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The 2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup was held from November 27 – December 1 at Sobeys Arena in Leduc, Alberta. The tournament winners were the first qualifiers for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.[1]

In the men's final, John Epping beat Kevin Koe to win his first Canada Cup. Koe was looking for his third title, having won the event in 2008 and 2015.

In the women's final, Rachel Homan defeated Tracy Fleury to win her second Canada Cup event, her first in 2015. It was Fleury's first Canada Cup playoff appearance with her previous best finish a 2-4 round robin record.

The total purse for the event was $265,000 with the winning teams to receive $40,000.[2]

Men

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Teams

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Six teams qualified for the event on September 17. The top-ranked team on the CTRS standings as of November 11 that hasn't previously qualified will also qualify for the event.[3]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin Alberta Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Catlin Schneider Dustin Kidby Pat Simmons Saskatchewan Highland Curling Club, Regina, Saskatchewan
John Epping Ryan Fry Mat Camm Brent Laing Ontario Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto, Ontario
Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker Newfoundland and Labrador Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club & RE/MAX Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard Scott Howard David Mathers Tim March Ontario Penetanguishene Curling Club, Toronto, Ontario
Brad Jacobs Marc Kennedy E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Ontario Community First Curling Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Kevin Koe B. J. Neufeld Colton Flasch Ben Hebert Alberta The Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta

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Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
Alberta Kevin Koe 5 1 48 33 25 23 4 3 85%
Alberta Brendan Bottcher 5 1 39 23 23 17 8 5 84%
Ontario John Epping 4 2 40 29 23 23 5 6 82%
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 3 3 31 38 22 21 5 2 86%
Ontario Brad Jacobs 2 4 30 39 21 24 7 3 84%
Ontario Glenn Howard 2 4 25 34 19 21 6 2 81%
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 6 25 42 19 23 3 4 82%

Round-robin results

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All times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−06:00)[6]

Draw 1

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Wednesday, November 27, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario John Epping (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 7
Alberta Kevin Koe 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4
Alberta Brendan Bottcher 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 2 X X 10

Draw 2

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Wednesday, November 27, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 9
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Glenn Howard (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Ontario Brad Jacobs 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 X 6

Draw 3

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Wednesday, November 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Brendan Bottcher (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 X X 9
Ontario Glenn Howard 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 X 11
Ontario Brad Jacobs 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 X X 4
Ontario John Epping (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 X X 8

Draw 4

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Thursday, November 28, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Brad Jacobs (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 7
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 5

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Thursday, November 28, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario John Epping 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 6
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Alberta Brendan Bottcher (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Glenn Howard 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 9
Alberta Kevin Koe (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6

Draw 6

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Thursday, November 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Brendan Bottcher (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Alberta Kevin Koe 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Brad Jacobs 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Ontario John Epping (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Ontario Glenn Howard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3

Draw 7

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Friday, November 29, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Glenn Howard (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
Ontario John Epping 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Alberta Brendan Bottcher (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
Ontario Brad Jacobs 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 8

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Friday, November 29, 2:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Brad Jacobs 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 X X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 X X 8
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3

Draw 9

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Friday, November 29, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Ontario Glenn Howard (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe (has hammer) 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 X X 10
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario John Epping (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3
Alberta Brendan Bottcher 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 X X 7

Playoffs

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Semifinal Final
1 Alberta Kevin Koe 4
2 Alberta Brendan Bottcher 4 3 Ontario John Epping 7
3 Ontario John Epping 12

Semifinal

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Saturday, November 30, 2:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Brendan Bottcher (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 4
Ontario John Epping 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 3 X 12
Player percentages
Alberta Team Bottcher Ontario Team Epping
Karrick Martin 89% Brent Laing 99%
Brad Thiessen 90% Mat Camm 92%
Darren Moulding 85% Ryan Fry 88%
Brendan Bottcher 68% John Epping 93%
Total 83% Total 93%

Final

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Sunday, December 1, 5:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Ontario John Epping 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 X 7
Player percentages
Alberta Team Koe Ontario Team Epping
Ben Hebert 95% Brent Laing 100%
Colton Flasch 76% Mat Camm 91%
B. J. Neufeld 90% Ryan Fry 78%
Kevin Koe 74% John Epping 83%
Total 84% Total 88%

Women

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Teams

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Six teams qualified for the event on September 17. The top-ranked team on the CTRS standings as of November 11 that hasn't previously qualified will also qualify for the event.[3]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Chelsea Carey Sarah Wilkes Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown Alberta The Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta
Kerri Einarson Val Sweeting Shannon Birchard Briane Meilleur Manitoba Gimli Curling Club, Gimli, Manitoba
Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish Manitoba East St. Paul Curling Club, East St. Paul, Manitoba
Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle Ontario Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jocelyn Peterman Dawn McEwen Manitoba St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Cheryl Bernard[a] Cary-Anne McTaggart Jessie Haughian[b] Kristie Moore Susan O'Connor[b] Alberta Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge, Alberta
Robyn Silvernagle Stefanie Lawton Jessie Hunkin Kara Thevenot Saskatchewan Twin Rivers Curling Club, North Battleford, Saskatchewan

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Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
Ontario Rachel Homan 5 1 42 30 27 24 3 7 84%
Manitoba Tracy Fleury 5 1 53 30 30 20 3 10 76%
Alberta Chelsea Carey 4 2 39 39 26 22 5 7 81%
Alberta Team Scheidegger 2 4 33 41 22 23 1 6 80%
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 2 4 34 40 20 26 5 3 78%
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 2 4 39 47 24 27 0 4 81%
Saskatchewan Robyn Silvernagle 1 5 34 47 22 27 4 5 73%

Round-robin results

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All times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−06:00)[6]

Draw 1

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Wednesday, November 27, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Robyn Silvernagle 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 5
Ontario Rachel Homan (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
Alberta Team Scheidegger (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 9

Draw 2

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Wednesday, November 27, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Rachel Homan 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
Alberta Chelsea Carey (has hammer) 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 5
Manitoba Kerri Einarson (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Robyn Silvernagle (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3
Manitoba Tracy Fleury 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 4 X X 13

Draw 3

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Wednesday, November 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Team Scheidegger (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 X X X 7
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Tracy Fleury (has hammer) 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 X X X 10
Alberta Chelsea Carey 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X X X 5

Draw 4

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Thursday, November 28, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Rachel Homan 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 X 10
Manitoba Tracy Fleury (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Chelsea Carey 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 X 9
Alberta Team Scheidegger (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Manitoba Kerri Einarson (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 9
Saskatchewan Robyn Silvernagle 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 7

Draw 5

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Thursday, November 28, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan Robyn Silvernagle 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 7
Manitoba Jennifer Jones (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Team Scheidegger (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 3
Ontario Rachel Homan 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 X 8

Draw 6

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Thursday, November 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Manitoba Tracy Fleury (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Jennifer Jones (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 X 10
Alberta Chelsea Carey 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 X 7

Draw 7

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Friday, November 29, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Tracy Fleury (has hammer) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Chelsea Carey (has hammer) 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 7

Draw 8

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Friday, November 29, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Chelsea Carey 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
Saskatchewan Robyn Silvernagle (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Tracy Fleury (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 8
Alberta Team Scheidegger 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 4
Ontario Rachel Homan (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 X 5

Draw 9

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Friday, November 29, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Rachel Homan 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 7
Manitoba Jennifer Jones (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta Team Scheidegger 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 4
Saskatchewan Robyn Silvernagle (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 1 X X 9

Playoffs

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Semifinal Final
1 Ontario Rachel Homan 9
2 Manitoba Tracy Fleury 9 2 Manitoba Tracy Fleury 4
3 Alberta Chelsea Carey 4

Semifinal

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Saturday, November 30, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba Tracy Fleury (has hammer) 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 X 9
Alberta Chelsea Carey 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Player percentages
Manitoba Team Fleury Alberta Team Carey
Kristin MacCuish 82% Rachelle Brown 90%
Liz Fyfe 76% Dana Ferguson 86%
Selena Njegovan 90% Sarah Wilkes 86%
Tracy Fleury 92% Chelsea Carey 72%
Total 85% Total 84%

Final

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Sunday, December 1, 12:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario Rachel Homan (has hammer) 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 9
Manitoba Tracy Fleury 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Player percentages
Ontario Team Homan Manitoba Team Fleury
Lisa Weagle 88% Kristin MacCuish 93%
Joanne Courtney 82% Liz Fyfe 89%
Emma Miskew 88% Selena Njegovan 68%
Rachel Homan 90% Tracy Fleury 71%
Total 87% Total 80%

Notes

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  1. ^ Cheryl Bernard replaced Casey Scheidegger, who was due to give birth.[7]
  2. ^ a b Susan O'Connor threw lead stones for Team Scheidegger during Draw 4.

References

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  1. ^ Cameron, Al (February 1, 2019). "2019 HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP HEADED TO LEDUC, ALTA". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Cameron, Al (September 17, 2019). "HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP RAISES THE STAKES FOR COUNTRY'S BEST CURLING TEAMS". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "TEAMS". Curling Canada. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Field is Set!". Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b "DRAW SCHEDULE". Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "Team Scheidegger Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
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