The 2017 Yukon Men's Curling Championship was held January 12 to 15 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse, Yukon.[1] The winning Jon Solberg team represented the Yukon at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship.
| 2017 Yukon Men's Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Arena | Whitehorse Curling Club |
| Dates | January 8–15, 2017 |
| Winner | Jon Solberg |
| Curling club | Whitehorse Curling Club |
| Skip | Jon Solberg |
| Third | Craig Kochan |
| Second | Ray Mikkelsen |
| Lead | Darrin Fredrickson |
| Finalist | Brent Pierce |
« 2016 2018 » | |
Teams
editSeven teams entered the event:[2]
Draw
editFollowing new rules set out by the Yukon Curling Association, championships with 6-7 teams are to have a modified triple knock out format.[3]
Brackets:[4]
| A Qualifier | Semifinals | A Final | ||||||||||||
| Bob Smallwood | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Pat Paslawski | 6 | Pat Paslawski | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dustin Mikkelsen | 5 | Bob Smallwood | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jon Solberg | 9 | Brent Pierce | 6 | |||||||||||
| Herb Balsam | 2 | Jon Solberg | 3 | |||||||||||
| Brent Pierce | 6 | |||||||||||||
| B Qualifier | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | B Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Smallwood | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jon Solberg | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dustin Mikkelsen | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jon Solberg | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jon Solberg | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brent Pierce | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brent Pierce | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pat Paslawski | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pat Paslawski | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Herb Balsam | 9 | Herb Balsam | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gord Zealand | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| C Qualifier | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | C Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Jon Solberg | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pat Paslawski | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Herb Balsam | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pat Paslawski | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jon Solberg | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brent Pierce | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brent Pierce | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Smallwood | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Smallwood | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dustin Mikkelsen | 6 | Gord Zealand | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gord Zealand | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Playoffs
editPierce had to be beaten twice
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
| A | Brent Pierce | 6 | |||||||
| B | Jon Solberg | 11 | B | Jon Solberg | 7 | ||||
| C | Brent Pierce | 5 | |||||||
Game #1
editSunday, January 16, 9:00 am
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Solberg 🔨 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 11 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
Game #2
editSunday, January 16, 3:00 pm
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Solberg 🔨 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
References
edit- ↑ "2016-2017 Championship Schedule" (PDF). Yukon Curling Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
- ↑ "WCCYukon Men's Curling Championship Draw Schedule | WCC". Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
- ↑ "2015-2016 Yukon Championships". Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
- ↑ "Mens Draw". Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-13.