Kevin Koe

Kevin Koe
Curler
Born (1975-01-11) January 11, 1975
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Team
Curling club The Glencoe Club,
Calgary, AB
Skip Kevin Koe
Third Marc Kennedy
Second Brent Laing
Lead Ben Hebert
Career
Brier appearances 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
World Championship
appearances		 3 (2010, 2014, 2016)
Top CTRS ranking 1st (2015-16)
Grand Slam victories 4 (Players': 2004; Masters: 2012; Canadian Open: 2013; Tour Challenge: 2015)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's Curling
World Curling Championships
Cortina d'Ampezzo 2010
Basel 2016
Representing  Alberta
Tim Hortons Brier
Halifax 2010
Kamloops 2014
Ottawa 2016
Saskatoon 2012
Representing  Northwest Territories
Arctic Winter Games
Slave Lake 1994

Kevin Koe (/ˈkuː.iː/ KOO-ee; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curler. Originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, he now resides in Calgary, Alberta and curls out of Calgary, Alberta representing The Glencoe Club.

Career

Koe skipped his Yukon/Northwest Territories team to the final of the 1994 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The team lost the final to Alberta's Colin Davison amidst a controversy involving a burnt rock.

Koe would later leave Yellowknife, to curl in the more competitive province of Alberta. He skipped Alberta to a 2000 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. From 2004 to 2006 he played third for John Morris. He currently skips his own team.

Up until 2010, Koe had little success in his attempts to win a provincial title on the men's stage. His team is currently regarded as one of the best in the world, and while he has been in many Grand Slam finals, he has only won three Slam events as a skip. In 2007, he almost went to the Brier, but lost in the provincial finals to Kevin Martin. In both the 10th and 11th ends, his team's former fourth player, Blake MacDonald had a draw to the eight-foot to win, but missed on both opportunities. In 2010, Koe finally won a provincial championship, benefiting from an absent Martin who would be preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Koe went on to win the 2010 Brier, beating Ontario's Glenn Howard in the final. Koe's rink became the first team to come out of the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game to win the Brier, and he became the first rookie skip to win the Brier since Vic Peters in 1992. Koe finished with a 9-2 round robin record at the 2010 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship, finishing second behind Norway. However, in the playoffs, Koe beat Norway twice to claim his first world title.

Koe moved to Calgary in 2011. At the same time, his long-time third, Blake MacDonald retired, and was replaced by Pat Simmons. Koe returned to the Brier in 2012, for the second time in his career. In doing so, he broke an 18-year drought for the city of Calgary in winning the Alberta provincial championship, representing the city's Glencoe Curling Club. At the 2014 Brier Koe's rink repeated as Canadian champions, defeating John Morris' B.C. rink 10-5 in the final.[1] Koe's rink then went on to represent Canada at the 2014 World Men's Curling Championship. After finishing the round robin in 2nd place with an 8-3 record, the team collapsed in the playoffs, losing all three of their games, including the bronze medal game. Two years later, the team of Koe won the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship with a 10-1 round-robin record and beat Denmark twice in the play-offs to win his second World Championship gold medal.

Koe's win at the 2014 Brier gave his team an automatic bye (as Team Canada) at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, following a rule change by the Canadian Curling Association. However, Koe announced that he was leaving his team to form a new team, leaving him ineligible to represent Team Canada at the 2015 Brier. Somewhat ironically, Koe's former teammates recruited 2014 runner-up Morris to skip Team Canada for the 2015 Brier. With his new team, Koe successfully repeated as Albertan champion in the 2015 Boston Pizza Cup, which qualified him to represent Alberta at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier. There, he led his new team to a 6-5 record, missing the playoffs.

Koe and his new rink found more success in 2016; after going 8-3 at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, Koe and his foursome railed off three straight victories in the playoffs, defeating Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue in the final. The team would represent Canada at the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship, losing just one game en route to winning the gold medal. Koe led Canada to a 5-3 win over Denmark, skipped by Rasmus Stjerne, in the final.

Personal life

His brother, Jamie Koe, has represented the Territories in four of the last five Briers, while his sister Kerry has represented the Territories in five of the last six Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Koe works as a surface landman for Respol Oil & Gas Canada. He is married .[2]

Career statistics

Grand Slam record

Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Masters/World Cup DNP QF Q QF QF F F F QF QF C QF QF SF Q
Tour Challenge N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A C Q
The National DNP DNP QF Q F F Q SF Q QF SF QF Q QF
Canadian Open DNP DNP SF F SF Q Q Q SF Q QF C SF SF
Elite 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SF SF
Players' Q C Q QF DNP SF QF SF SF Q Q QF QF QF
Champions Cup N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A QF

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1993–94 Kevin Koe Jamie Koe Mark Whitehead Kevin Whitehead 1994 CJCC
1994–95 Kevin Koe
1996-97 Mickey Pendergast Kevin Koe Kevin Pendergast Bryan Blaylock
1997-98 Mickey Pendergast Kevin Koe Kevin Pendergast Eugene Doherty
1999–00 Kevin Koe John Ferguson Scott Cripps Jamie Koe
2000–01 Kevin Koe
2001–02 Kevin Koe
2002–03 Kevin Koe Jamie Koe Scott Cripps Mike Westlund
2003–04 John Morris Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Paul Moffatt
2004–05 John Morris Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Paul Moffatt
2005–06 John Morris Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Paul Moffatt
2006–07 Blake MacDonald (fourth) Kevin Koe (skip) Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen
2007–08 Blake MacDonald (fourth) Kevin Koe (skip) Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen 2007 CC
2008–09 Blake MacDonald (fourth) Kevin Koe (skip) Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen
2009–10 Kevin Koe Blake MacDonald Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen 2009 COCT, 2010 Alta., Brier, WCC
2010–11 Kevin Koe Blake MacDonald Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen 2011 Alta., CC
2011–12 Kevin Koe Pat Simmons Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen 2012 Alta., Brier
2012–13 Kevin Koe Pat Simmons Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen 2013 Alta.
2013–14 Kevin Koe Pat Simmons Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen 2014 Alta., Brier, WCC
2014–15 Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert 2015 Alta., Brier
2015-16 Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert 2016 Alta., Brier, WCC
2016-17 Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert

References

  1. ↑ "Brier: Alberta's Kevin Koe beats B.C.'s Morris for title". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.curling.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2016/03/BRIER-THURSDAY-ALL.pdf
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