2015 Tim Hortons Brier

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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[edit]

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[edit]

The teams are listed as follows:

Canada Canada Alberta Alberta British Columbia 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 Manitoba New Brunswick New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador 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 Northern Ontario Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Ontario 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 Prince Edward Island Quebec Quebec Saskatchewan 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 Northwest Territories Nunavut Nunavut Yukon 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[edit]

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

Relegation playoff[edit]

Combined record of each province/territory from 2012 to 2014[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Draw 1[edit]

Thursday, February 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon (Smallwood) (has hammer) 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[edit]

Friday, February 27, 8:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (MacLeod) (has hammer) 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[edit]

Friday, February 27, 3:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Casey) (has hammer) 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[edit]

Saturday, February 28, 1:30 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Yukon (Smallwood) (has hammer) 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Draw 1[edit]

Saturday, February 28, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Jacobs) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 6

Draw 3[edit]

Sunday, March 1, 8:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Kean) (has hammer) 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)(has hammer) 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)(has hammer) 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[edit]

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)(has hammer) 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)(has hammer) 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)(has hammer) 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)(has hammer) 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[edit]

Sunday, March 1, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Casey) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6

Draw 7[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 X 8

Draw 9[edit]

Tuesday, March 3, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Jacobs) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 10[edit]

Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 7

Draw 12[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8

Draw 13[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 7

Draw 15[edit]

Thursday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Carruthers) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 X X 9

Draw 16[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 3

Playoffs[edit]

Bronze Medal Game
   
2  Newfoundland and Labrador 5
3  Saskatchewan 7

1 vs. 2[edit]

Friday, March 6, 6:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Jacobs) (has hammer) 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[edit]

Saturday, March 7, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Saskatchewan (Laycock) (has hammer) 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[edit]

Saturday, March 7, 6:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) (has hammer) 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[edit]

Sunday, March 8, 9:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) (has hammer) 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[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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[edit]

Top 5 player percentages[edit]

Round Robin only

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

Perfect games[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Canadian curling's first Triple Crown headed to Alberta". Canadian Curling Association. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  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.

External links[edit]

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