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 against higher ranked teams Ontario and Canada. 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

Source:

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:
RankTeamMember AssociationEligibility
1Brad JacobsWon Provincials
2John EppingWon Provincials
3Brad GushueWon Provincials
4Mike McEwenEliminated from Provincials
5Brendan BottcherWon Provincials
6Kevin KoeQualified as Team Canada
7Jason GunnlaugsonWon Provincials
8Matt DunstoneWon Provincials
9Glenn HowardEliminated from Provincials

;Wild card Game
''Friday, February 28, 7:00 pm''

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time Zone.

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''

Championship pool results

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''

Playoffs

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''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''After Championship Pool; minimum 5 games''

Perfect games

Round robin and championship pool only
PlayerTeamPositionShotsOpponent
Brett GallantSecond16
Kevin KoeSkip16
Brendan BottcherSkip19
Brendan BottcherSkip15
Matt DunstoneSkip18
Matt DunstoneSkip20
Marc KennedyThird12
Colin HodgsonNOABONNL

Awards

The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:
;All-Star Teams
First Team
Second Team
;Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award
;Paul McLean Award
;Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award