CHAMPION: Koe Wins 2014 Tim Hortons Brier

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Pat
Simmons

Second
Carter
Rycroft

Lead
Nolan
Thiessen

Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won 10-5 over John Morris (Vernon, BC) in the Final of the Tim Hortons Brier, held March 1 - 9, 2014 in Kamloops, British Columbia.

Koe finished 9-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe lost 7-6 to Morris, then responded with a 10-1 win over James Grattan (Oromocto, NB). Koe won 9-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL), then won 8-3 against Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, Y/NWT) and 10-4 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Koe won 9-3 against Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, NONT), then won 8-5 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) and 7-3 against Jamie Murphy (Lower Sackville, NS). Koe won 10-5 against Greg Balsdon (Hamilton, ON), then won 9-6 against Eddie MacKenzie (Charlottetown, PEI). Koe went on to lose 7-5 against Jean-Michel Menard (St-Romauld, PQ) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tim Hortons Brier Championship title, Koe earned 45.000 world rankings points. Koe move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 30.12 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with 416.600 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Koe ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 198.600 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	72	32	0	0.692	38-14	27-17	13-8	5-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	839	654	495	7.80	5.90	1.90	4.72	3.98	1.65	1.48	1.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	414	512	77	52	10-1	35-1	114-7	1.24	0.19	0.44	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	425	142	418	57	5-5	3-25	21-84	0.33	0.98	0.58	0.23

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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