The 2006

Tim Hortons Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...

, the Canadian men's national

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championship, was held from March 11 to 19 at the

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in Regina,

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. In the final, Quebec's

Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard (born January 19, 1976) is a curler from Aylmer, Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone born skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006. In 202 ...

rink became only the second Quebec team to win the Brier. They also became the first

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team to win. They defeated Ontario's

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in the final.

Teams

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−5).

Draw 1

''Saturday, March 11, 15:00''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 11, 20:00''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 12, 10:00''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 12, 15:00''

Draw 5

''Sunday, March 12, 20:00''

Draw 6

''Monday, March 13, 10:00''

Draw 7

''Monday, March 13, 15:00''

Draw 8

''Monday, March 13, 20:00''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, March 14, 10:00''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, March 14, 15:00''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, March 14, 20:00''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 15, 10:00''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 15, 15:00''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, March 15, 20:00''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 16, 9:30''

Draw 16

''Thursday, March 16, 14:00''

Draw 17

''Thursday, March 16, 20:00''

Playoffs

The Tim Hortons Brier uses the

page playoff system The Page playoff system is a playoff format used primarily in softball and curling at the championship level, the Indian Premier League and Pakistan Super League cricket tournaments. Teams are seeded using a round-robin tournament and the top four ...

where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.

1 vs. 2 game

''Friday, March 17, 20:00''

3 vs. 4 game

''Friday, March 17, 13:00''

Semifinal

''Saturday, March 18, 13:00''

Final

''Sunday, March 19, 19:00''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round Robin only

Provincial playdowns

Bold indicates winner. ''Italics'' indicated defending provincial champion

February 8–12 at the Saville Centre in

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, Alberta Playoffs *Morris 8–3 Petryk (2B vs 3B) *Ferbey 8–2 MacDonald (2A vs 3A) *Morris 6–5 Ferbey (Quarter-final) *Johnson 5–3 Martin (A1 vs. B1) *Martin 8–4 Morris (Semi-final) *Martin 7–5 Johnson (Final)

February 15–19 at the

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Playoffs *Ursel 7–1 Gretzinger (Semi-final) *Windsor 7–6 Ursel (Final) The defending champion,

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did not qualify.

February 8–12, T.G. Smith Centre,

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February 8–12 at the Capital Winter Club,

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Playoffs *Sherrard 5–3 Kennedy (Semi-final) *Grattan 9–6 Sherrard (Final) Defending champion

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played third for Charlie Sullivan

February 7–12, St. John's Curling Club,

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Tie-breakers *Skanes 12–11 Davidge *Oke 7–5 Symonds *Thomas 11–7 Skanes *Oke 9–8 Thomas Playoffs *Noseworthy 7–4 Oke *Peddigrew 6–5 Noseworthy Defending champion

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did not participate, as at the time he was representing Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

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February 6–12, Nipigon Curling Club,

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Tie-breakers *Harnden 8–6 Salo *Belec 8–6 Burgess *Scharf 9–6 Harnden *Harnden 8–2 Burgess *Scharf 4–3 Belec Playoffs *Scharf 5–3 Gordon (1 vs. 2) *Harnden 9–1 Belec (3 vs. 4) *Gordon 6–4 Harnden (Semi-final) *Gordon 7–6 Scharf (Final) Defending champion Mike Jakubo did not qualify.

February 10–15, Liverpool Curling Club,

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The 2006 Kia Cup was held February 6–12,

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, Ontario Tie-breakers *Matchett 11–9 Jeffries *Matchett 7–5 Epping Playoffs *Howard 8–7 Middaugh (1 vs. 2) *Harris 8–3 Matchett (3 vs. 4) *Middaugh 9–5 Harris (Semi-final) *Howard 9–6 Middaugh (Final)

February 8–12, Charlottetown Curling Club,

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February 6–12, Arena Conrad-Parent,

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Playoffs *Charette 10–4 Crête (A2 vs B3) *Desjardins 8–5 Kennedy (A3 vs B2) *Ménard 6–4 Lafleur (A1 vs B1) *Charette 8–7 Desjardins (Quarter-final) *Charette 7–6 Lafleur (Semi-final) *Ménard 10–5 Charette (Final)

February 8–12, Weyburn Curlin Club,

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February 16–19, Whitehorse Curling Club,

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References

External links

Final on YouTube
{{Canadian Men's Curling Championships 2006

Sports competitions in Regina, Saskatchewan Curling in Saskatchewan