Alberta’s Koe remains unbeaten at Montana’s Brier with wins over McEwen, Grattan
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ST. JOHN’S – Kevin Koe’s unbeaten Alberta squad moved to the top of Pool B on Sunday with two significant wins at the Montana’s Brier.
Koe, from Calgary’s Glencoe Club, improved to 3-0 by beating James Grattan of New Brunswick 9-4 in nine ends in the evening draw, hours after outlasting Mike McEwen of Saskatchewan 6-4. Koe scored three in the 10th end to edge McEwen.
Against Grattan, Koe counted two in the first end, surrendered a single in the second, and counted three in the third to grab a 5-1 lead and coasted from there.
McEwen bounced back in the evening draw with a 10-5 win in eight ends over the Yukon’s Thomas Scoffin. McEwen improved to 2-1 in Pool B.
Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone kept pace with Koe, winning his third straight game with a 9-4 decision against Cody Tanaka’s crew from B.C.
And Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories drew to the button with his final shot to beat Sandy MacEwan of Northern Ontario 7-6 in 11 ends. It was Koe’s first win in three outings, while MacEwan slipped to 1-2.
In earlier action Sunday, Grattan topped Northern Ontario 8-6, and Manitoba’s Braden Calvert beat the Northwest Territories 12-5. Scoffin got past Tanaka 7-4.
In the afternoon session, Canada’s Brad Jacobs improved to 3-0 in Pool A with an 11-2 win over Nunavut’s Derek Samagalski, while Newfoundland and Labrador’s Brad Gushue also improved to 3-0 with an 8-4 win over Ontario’s Jayden King, who slipped to 2-1.
Nathan Young’s Newfoundland and Labrador team edged Prince Edward Island’s Tyler Smith 9-8, and Saskatchewan’s Kelly Knapp topped Nova Scotia’s Kendal Thompson 8-5.
The event runs until March 8 at Mary Brown’s Centre.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 1, 2026.