CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2010 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Blake
MacDonald

Second
Carter
Rycroft

Lead
Nolan
Thiessen

Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) won 6-5 over Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the Final of the Tim Hortons Brier, held March 6 - 14, 2010 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Koe finished 8-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, NONT) 9-6, then won 9-4 against Rod MacDonald (Charlottetown, PEI) and 7-6 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Koe went on to lose 7-5 against Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC). Koe responded with a 9-5 win over Darrell McKee (Saskatoon, SK). Koe went on to lose 13-8 against Ian Fitzner-Leblanc (Halifax, NS). Koe responded with a 7-2 win over Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Koe won 7-6 against Serge Reid (Jonquiere, PQ), then won 6-3 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) and 8-3 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, Y/NWT). Koe went on to lose 7-6 against Howard in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tim Hortons Brier Championship title, Koe earned 0.000 world rankings points. For week of the event schedule, Koe did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Koe ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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