1994 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

1994 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Leduc, Alberta Leduc Curling Club March 26–April 2, 1994 3,255Lightning strikes twice April 3, 1994 30 Edmonton Journal https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/158784286/ November 10, 2024 Beaver Curling Club, Moncton Grant Odishaw Heather Smith Rick Perron Krista Smith 1993 1995 The 1994 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held March 26–April 2 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Alberta.Curling about to turn another 'Page' March 25, 1994 56 Edmonton Journal https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/158777859/ November 10, 2024 Team New Brunswick, skipped by Grant Odishaw won the event, defeating British Columbia (Eric Wiltzen) in the final, 9–5. Costly mistakes by British Columbia in the ninth end led to a score of two for New Brunswick. Wiltzen's wife Jan had a hog line violation, while Wiltzen himself was heavy on a draw attempt. Both teams curled 73 per cent in the final. It was the first mixed title for New Brunswick. It was also the first time the province won two national titles in the same year, with David Sullivan winning the 1994 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, only one week prior.Curling history April 4, 1994 11 Saint John Telegraph-Journal https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-journal/158784591/ November 10, 2024 For New Brunswick's third, Heather Smith, it was her second national title played in Leduc. She had also won the 1991 Canadian Junior Curling Championships there. For Odishaw, it was his first national title in five trips to the Canadian mixed. Format The event featured 14 teams, split into two pools of seven. It included teams from each of the country's 13 member associations plus a host team. The teams played a round robin within their pools, with the top two teams in each pool going to a preliminary playoff. The remaining 10 teams dropped to a wild-card playoff, with one team making the playoffs. The playoffs consisted of the pool winners playing second place in the opposite group, with the losers playing off and the winners each of the three games advancing to a page playoff. The loser of the game played between the losers of the first games then played the winner of wild-card playoff. The winner of that game then qualified as the fourth page playoff team.New format on trial at nationals March 25, 1994 20 Saskatoon Star-Phoenix https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-phoenix/158777460/ November 10, 2024 The format was heavily criticized by competitors due to how complicated it was, and the fact that not every team got to play against each other. Round robin Standings Canadian Mixed March 31, 1994 81 Edmonton Journal https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/158779745/ November 10, 2024 KeyTeams to tiebreakers Pool A Skip Locale W L Scott Saunders Halifax 4 2 Jeff Stoughton Winnipeg 4 2 Ralph Brust Grande Prairie 4 2 Keith Renouf St. John's 4 2 Grant Odishaw Moncton 4 2 Bob Ingram Ridgetown 1 5 Trevor Alexander Yellowknife 0 6 Pool B Skip Locale W L Eric Wiltzen Cranbrook 4 2 (Host) Les Rogers Edmonton 4 2 Rick Stewart Schumacher 4 2 Charles Haichert Saskatoon 4 2 John Likely Charlottetown 3 3 Guy Hemmings Tracy 2 4 Doug Hannah Whitehorse 0 6 Tiebreakers Curling March 31, 1994 40 Moncton Times-Transcript https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-transcript/158780233/ November 10, 2024 11, 3 6, 4 5, 4 6, 1 (Host) 9, 1 Playoffs Canadian Mixed April 2, 1994 26 Edmonton Journal https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/158782365/ November 10, 2024 Wild Card   Final 170px 11 1 8 6 6 5 6 2 4 6 8 6 2 3 8 3 2 3 Preliminary round By losing both of their games, Alberta (Host) did not advance to the page playoffs. All other teams did. no   Winners to page playoff Winner to page playoff Both teams to page playoff Loser eliminated 5 (Host) 4 8 4 (Host) 7 8 6 5 (Host) 8 9 To page playoff Page playoffs Page playoff system Semifinal Final 200px 1 7 2 6 3 5 4 7 2 8 4 4 1 9 2 5 Final April 2Canadian Mixed April 3, 1994 2 Edmonton Journal https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/158782700/ November 10, 2024 (Odishaw) 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 9 (Wiltzen) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 References Category:Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Category:Curling competitions in Alberta Category:1994 in Canadian curling Category:1994 in sports in Alberta Category:March 1994 sports events in Canada Category:April 1994 sports events in Canada Category:Leduc, Alberta