The fifth annual Molson Canadian Hub City Shootout, the richest event on the Atlantic Curling Tour, gets underway Thursday evening and wraps up on Sunday afternoon at Curl Moncton’s Beaver and Beauséjour curling clubs, with 24 men’s teams, and 8 women’s rinks competing for $24,000 in cash prizes.
The 24 team men’s division includes ten New Brunswick, eight Nova Scotia, and six PEI rinks. The Island teams are skipped by Brett Gallant, who won the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix World Curling Tour event in Quebec two weekends ago, defeating Brad Gushue with former teammate Adam Casey in the final, along with Rod MacDonald, who won the Labatt/Journal Pioneer Cashspiel final in Summerside by a measure over Mike Gaudet the same weekend, and previously finished as runner-up to Moncton’s James Grattan in the TSA Fundy Cashspiel in Saint John NB. Gaudet is also competing, along with Robert Campbell, who was a semi-finalist in the TSA event, Robert Shaw, and Jamie Newson.
Here are the men’s team rosters (skip to lead)-note that rosters are as provided on the event website, and are subject to change:
Prince Edward Island
Brett Gallant, Eddie MacKenzie, Anson Carmody, Alex MacFadyen
Rod MacDonald, Kevin Champion, Mark O’Rourke, Andrew Robinson
Jamie Newson, Pat Lynch, Jeff Gallant, John Desrosiers
Robert Campbell, Phil Gorveatt, Eric Brodersen, Michael Dillon
Mike Gaudet, Tyler MacKenzie, Tyler Harris, Sean Clarey
Robert Shaw, Dennis Watts, Robbie Younker, Peter MacDonald
New Brunswick
Terry Odishaw, Andy McCann, Scott Jones, Grant Odishaw
Mike Flannery, Robert MacDiarmid, Gerry McCann, Danny MacDonald
Paul Dobson, Kevin Boyle, Mark Dobson, Spencer Mawhinney
James Grattan, Charlie Sullivan, Steve Howard, Peter Case, Paul Nason
Jason Vaughan, Mike Flemming, Steve Burgess, Jeff Lacey
Jeremy Mallais, Jason Roach, Darren Roach, Jared Bezanson
Marc Lecocq, Mike Kennedy, Jamie Brannen, Dave Konefal
Marcel Robichaud, Tom Girvan, Lloyd Morrison, Andre Boudreau
Pierre Fraser, Shane Longley, Doug Bourque, Yves Maillet
Zach Eldridge, Chris Jeffrey, Brian King, Robert Daley
Nova Scotia
Team Revolve – Jamie Murphy, Jordan Pinder, Mike Bardsley, Donald MacDiarmid
Team Subaru of Halifax – Doug MacKenzie, Kyle Schmeisser, Luke Evans, Malcolm Darnley
Brent MacDougall, Lee Buott, Sean Audis , Neil Gallant
Chad Stevens, Graham Breckon, Scott Saccary, Kevin Saccary
John Luckhurst, Bryce Everist, Peter Ross, Tuan Bui
Bruce Lohnes, Mark Kehoe, Ryan Garven, Richard Barker
Kent Smith, Stuart MacLean, Mark Robar, Phil Crowell
Rob Harris, Mike Adam, Ben Blanchard, Alan Cameron
Five teams from New Brunswick, and three from PEI, are taking part in the women’s division, including PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, who lost to New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud in last year’s event final, along with teams skipped by Meaghan Hughes and Donna Butler.
Here are the rosters for the women’s teams entered:
Prince Edward Island
Suzanne Birt, Shelly Bradley, Robyn MacPhee, Leslie MacDougall
Donna Butler, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Morrow, Lisa Moerike
Meaghan Hughes, Tricia Affleck, Jackie Reid, Stefanie Clark
New Brunswick
Sandy Comeau, Stacey Leger, Carol Whitaker, Jane Boyle
Andrea Kelly, Rebecca Atkinson, Jill Babin, Jodie DeSolla – NB
Sylvie Robichaud, Danielle Nicholson, Marie Richard, Kendra Dickison
Mary Jane McGuire, Megan McGuire, Abby Burgess, Alice McKay
Jessica Ronalds, Sarah Ronalds, TBD, Stephanie Taylor
All games are eight ends. Opening draws are 9 pm Thursday. The women’s teams play a two pool round robin, with two crossovers to the other pool, guaranteeing five games. The top two teams advance to the 12 noon Sunday final
The men play a triple knockout to eight qualifiers format, with the quarter-finals going Sunday morning at nine, the semis taking place at noon, and the final scheduled for 3:30 pm.
Tickets are available at either curling club, for $5 a draw or $15 for the full event.
Event website: http://curling.monctonut.com/
Live scoring: http://playdowns.com/nbca/event.php?id_cmp=27
