2020 Tim Hortons Brier

The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 29 to March 8 at the Leon's Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The winning Brad Gushue rink was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.

Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue rink won their third Brier Tankard by defeating Alberta's Brendan Bottcher rink 7–3 in the final. Gushue won the Tankard in and. Bottcher finished runner-up in the past two Briers as well, losing to Gushue in 2018 and Kevin Koe in.

On Tuesday, March 3, Saskatchewan skip Matt Dunstone curled two perfect games in the same day (Draws 10 and 11) against higher ranked teams Ontario (John Epping) and Canada (Kevin Koe). It was the first time a curler curled two perfect games in the same day in Canadian Men's Curling Championship history.

At the end of the Championship pool round on Friday March 6, four teams were tied for the fourth place berth in the playoffs, requiring three tiebreaker games to determine the final team eligible for the playoff round.

Teams
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Wild card game
A wild card play-in game was played on February 28. It was contested between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their respective provincial championships: the West St. Paul Curling Club's Mike McEwen rink from West St. Paul, Manitoba; and the Penetanguishene Curling Club's Glenn Howard rink from Penetanguishene, Ontario. Team Wild Card entered the Brier as the number 3 seed.


 * CTRS standings for wild card game:

Friday, February 28, 7:00 pm
 * Wild card Game

Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings

Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time Zone (UTC−05:00).

Draw 1
Saturday, February 29, 2:00 pm

Draw 2
Saturday, February 29, 7:00 pm

Draw 3
Sunday, March 1, 9:00 am

Draw 4
Sunday, March 1, 2:00 pm

Draw 5
Sunday, March 1, 7:00 pm

Draw 6
Monday, March 2, 9:00 am

Draw 7
Monday, March 2, 2:00 pm

Draw 8
Monday, March 2, 7:00 pm

Draw 9
Tuesday, March 3, 9:00 am

Draw 10
Tuesday, March 3, 2:00 pm

Draw 11
Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 pm

Draw 12
Wednesday, March 4, 9:00 am

Draw 13
Wednesday, March 4, 2:00 pm

Draw 14
Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 pm

Championship pool standings
The top four teams from each pool advance to the Championship pool. All wins and losses earned in the round robin will be carried forward into the Championship Pool. Wins in tiebreaker games are not carried forward.

Final Championship pool standings

Draw 16
Thursday, March 5, 1:00 pm

Draw 17
Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm

Draw 18
Friday, March 6, 1:00 pm

Draw 19
Friday, March 6, 7:00 pm

Tiebreakers
Saturday, March 7, 9:00 am

Saturday, March 7, 2:00 pm

1 vs. 2
Saturday, March 7, 2:00 pm

3 vs. 4
Saturday, March 7, 7:00 pm

Semifinal
Sunday, March 8, 12:00 pm

Final
Sunday, March 8, 7:00 pm

Top 5 player percentages
After Championship Pool; minimum 5 games

Perfect games
Round robin and championship pool only

Awards
The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:

First Team
 * All-Star Teams
 * Skip: Brendan Bottcher, Alberta
 * Third: Reid Carruthers, Team Wild Card
 * Second: E.J. Harnden, Northern Ontario
 * Lead: Colin Hodgson, Team Wild Card

Second Team
 * Skip: Mike McEwen, Team Wild Card
 * Third: Marc Kennedy, Northern Ontario
 * Second: Derek Samagalski, Team Wild Card
 * Lead: 🇨🇦 Ben Hebert, Team Canada


 * Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award
 * Colin Hodgson, Team Wild Card Lead


 * Paul McLean Award
 * Geoff Kamada and Shayne Dilling, TSN video editors


 * Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award
 * Brad Gushue, Newfoundland and Labrador Skip