2009 Alexander Keith's Tankard

2009 Alexander Keith's Tankard
2009 Alexander Keith's Tankard
Host city	Saint John, New Brunswick
Arena	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
Dates	February 11–15
Winner	Team Howard
Curling club	Gage G&CC, Oromocto
Skip	Russ Howard
Third	James Grattan
Second	Steven Howard
Lead	Peter Case
Alternate	Jason Vaughan
Finalist	Rick Perron
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The 2009 Alexander Keith's Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for New Brunswick, was held from February 11 to 15 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, New Brunswick. The winning Russ Howard rink represented New Brunswick at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary, Alberta.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Skip	Vice	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club
Mark Armstrong	Terry Roach	Matt Hughes	Joe Vautour	Zack Smith	Riverside G&CC, Rothesay
Derek Ellard	David Nowlan	Shaun Mott	Nick McCann	Kendall McCann	Fredericton CC, Fredericton
Russ Howard	James Grattan	Steve Howard	Peter Case	Jason Vaughan	Gage G&CC, Oromocto
Mike Kennedy	Ryan Sherrard	Jeff Henderson	Adam Firth	Ron Burgess	Grand Falls CC, Grand Falls
Marc Lecocq	Jim Sullivan	Jason Roach	Andy McCann		Thistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John
Terry Odishaw	Jeremy Mallais	Grant Odishaw	Chris Jeffrey	Kevin Keefe	Curling Beauséjour, Moncton
Rick Perron	Scott Jones	Pierre Fraser	Jared Bezanson		Beaver CC, Moncton
Charlie Sullivan	Kevin Boyle	Paul Nason	Spencer Mawhinney		Thistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE
Russ Howard	5	2	–	53	39	31	29	3	7
Charlie Sullivan	4	3	2–0	38	33	26	23	7	9
Terry Odishaw	4	3	1–1	43	41	26	26	6	6
Rick Perron	4	3	0–2	53	42	29	28	5	8
Mike Kennedy	3	4	2–0	50	48	31	27	3	10
Marc Lecocq	3	4	1–1	46	52	27	30	5	6
Mark Armstrong	3	4	0–2	36	43	25	25	8	7
Derek Ellard	2	5	–	32	51	23	28	7	6

Round Robin results

All draw times listed in Atlantic Time (UTC−04:00).^[2]

Draw 1

Wednesday, February 11, 7:00 pm

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russ Howard	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	7
Terry Odishaw 🔨	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	5

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rick Perron	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	3	11
Derek Ellard 🔨	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	7

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Marc Lecocq 🔨	0	0	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	X	10
Mark Armstrong	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	X	8

Sheet 8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charlie Sullivan 🔨	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	8
Mike Kennedy	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	7

Draw 2

Thursday, February 12, 9:00 am

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Armstrong	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4
Charlie Sullivan 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike Kennedy	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	7
Marc Lecocq 🔨	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	6

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Terry Odishaw	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	7
Rick Perron 🔨	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	6

Sheet 8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Ellard 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Russ Howard	2	0	1	0	2	0	4	X	X	X	9

Draw 3

Thursday, February 12, 2:00 pm

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Marc Lecocq 🔨	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	7
Derek Ellard	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	X	X	X	4

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charlie Sullivan	2	0	0	1	0	3	1	X	X	X	7
Terry Odishaw 🔨	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russ Howard 🔨	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	7
Mike Kennedy	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	9

Sheet 8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rick Perron	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	X	7
Mark Armstrong 🔨	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	4

Draw 4

Thursday, February 12, 7:00 pm

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rick Perron 🔨	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	X	9
Mike Kennedy	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	X	7

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russ Howard	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	6
Mark Armstrong 🔨	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	7

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Ellard	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	5
Charlie Sullivan 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3

Sheet 8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Terry Odishaw 🔨	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	7
Marc Lecocq	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	8

Draw 5

Friday, February 13, 2:00 pm

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Armstrong 🔨	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Terry Odishaw	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	X	X	8

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Charlie Sullivan	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	6
Rick Perron 🔨	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Marc Lecocq 🔨	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	5
Russ Howard	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	X	9

Sheet 8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike Kennedy	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6
Derek Ellard 🔨	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	7

Draw 6

Friday, February 13, 7:00 pm

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Marc Lecocq 🔨	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	4
Rick Perron	1	0	0	3	3	0	3	X	X	X	10

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Terry Odishaw	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	8
Mike Kennedy 🔨	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	7

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Armstrong	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	X	X	8
Derek Ellard 🔨	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	3

Sheet 8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russ Howard 🔨	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	8
Charlie Sullivan	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	X	5

Draw 7

Saturday, February 14, 9:00 am

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Kennedy	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	7
Mark Armstrong 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rick Perron	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	6
Russ Howard 🔨	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	7

Sheet 7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Charlie Sullivan	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	7
Marc Lecocq 🔨	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	6

Sheet 8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Ellard 🔨	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Terry Odishaw	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	7

Tiebreaker

Saturday February 14, 2:00 pm

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Terry Odishaw	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	7
Rick Perron 🔨	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	9

Playoffs

Semifinal			Final

			1	Russ Howard	9
2	Charlie Sullivan	7	3	Rick Perron	6
3	Rick Perron	8

Semifinal

Saturday, February 14, 7:00 pm

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Rick Perron 🔨	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	8
Charlie Sullivan	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	7

Final

Sunday, February 15, 2:00 pm

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rick Perron 🔨	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	6
Russ Howard	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	2	9

2009 Alexander Keith's Tankard
Russ Howard 6th New Brunswick Provincial Championship title

References

↑ "Tankard field". Newspapers.com. Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
↑ "Tankard Standings/Results/Schedule". Newspapers.com. Telegraph-Journal. February 11, 2009. p. B11. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

External links

Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club

[1] "Tankard field". Newspapers.com. Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

[2] "Tankard Standings/Results/Schedule". Newspapers.com. Telegraph-Journal. February 11, 2009. p. B11. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

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