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Hometown: Calgary, AB

Twitter: @TeamKevinKoe

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Team Bio

Kevin Koe grew up in the Northwest Territories and represented the region in juniors. After moving to Alberta, he played third for John Morris from 2003-06 and won his first Grand Slam at the Players’ Championship in 2004.

Koe has skipped his own squad since 2006 — joining Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen. At first Koe still threw third stones with MacDonald at fourth until they switched spots in the order in 2009. Team Koe captured Brier and world titles in 2010. Pat Simmons took over at third in 2011 and Koe won his first Grand Slam as a skip the following season at the 2012 Masters. Koe parted ways with the group in 2014 forming a new team with third Marc Kennedy, second Brent Laing and lead Ben Hebert.

Team Koe cleaned up in 2015-16 capturing the inaugural Tour Challenge Tier 1 at the start of the season with Brier and world titles to follow. They were victorious at the Roar of the Rings to represent Canada at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics but fell just short of the podium losing to Switzerland in the bronze-medal match. Koe claimed the 2018 Players’ Championship with the team going undefeated posting a perfect 8-0 record.

B.J. Neufeld and Colton Flasch joined Team Koe in 2018. The new-look Team Koe won the Brier and earned silver at the world championship. A consistent year on the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling circuit, including runner-up finishes at the Masters and Players’ Championship, allowed them to capture the Pinty’s Cup as the season champions even though they didn’t win an event in the series. 

Neufeld won seven Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling event titles while playing third for skip Mike McEwen. Flasch represented his home province of Saskatchewan three times as the second for skip Steve Laycock.

Hebert was part of Kevin Martin’s legendary team that won practically everything in the sport including 10 Grand Slams plus Olympic gold on home ice at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.

2019-20 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling results

Masters

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Howard	W 8-4
Round Robin	De Cruz	L 4-7
Round Robin	Jacobs	L 3-7
Round Robin	McDonald	W 7-5
Tiebreaker	Paterson	L 6-7

KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge (Tier 1)

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	McEwen	W 7-4
Round Robin	Mouat	W 7-2
Round Robin	De Cruz	W 6-4
Round Robin	Shuster	WL 3-6
Quarterfinals	Shuster	W 6-1
Semifinals	Gushue	L 3-6

2018-19 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling results

Princess Auto Elite 10

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Jacobs	W 3-0
Round Robin	Edin	W 4-1
Round Robin	Paterson	W 5-2
Round Robin	Carruthers	L 1-2
Quarterfinals	Jacobs	L 1-4

Masters

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Murphy	W 8-5
Round Robin	Walstad	W 8-3
Round Robin	Howard	W 7-1
Round Robin	Mouat	W 8-2
Quarterfinals	Dunstone	W 6-4
Semifinals	Mouat	W 6-5
Final	Epping	L 4-7

Tour Challenge (Tier 1)

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Calvert	W 6-3
Round Robin	Bottcher	L 1-8
Round Robin	Howard	L 2-8
Round Robin	Jacobs	W 3-1
Quarterfinals	De Cruz	L 6-7

BOOST National

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Gunnlaugson	L 3-4
Round Robin	Howard	W 5-4
Round Robin	Muyres	W 7-3
Round Robin	Epping	W 8-5
Quarterfinals	Gunnlaugson	W 9-5
Semifinals	Mouat	L 5-6

Meridian Canadian Open

Stage	Opponent	Result
Triple Knockout A	Kleiter	W 10-1
Triple Knockout A	De Cruz	L 4-6
Triple Knockout B	Dunstone	W 6-2
Triple Knockout B	Edin	W 7-2
Quarterfinals	Epping	L 4-6

Players’ Championship

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Howard	L 5-6
Round Robin	Carruthers	W 7-6
Round Robin	Edin	W 6-2
Round Robin	Paterson	W 7-3
Round Robin	Mouat	L 4-5
Quarterfinals	Howard	W 7-3
Semifinals	De Cruz	W 9-8
Final	Bottcher	L 1-6

Humpty’s Champions Cup

Stage	Opponent	Result
Round Robin	Muyres	W 9-5
Round Robin	Schwaller	W 8-3
Round Robin	Epping	W 7-2
Round Robin	Gushue	L 5-7
Quarterfinals	Gushue	W 6-3
Semifinals	Edin	W 6-5
Final	Bottcher	L 5-6