The Boston Pizza Cup is the Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Alberta at the Tim Hortons Brier

Tim Hortons Brier

The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply the Brier, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association . The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut shop chain.The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during...

. Previously, the Alberta Kia Cup and the Safeway Select. Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each year. Alberta did not participate in the 1927 Brier.

Qualification

In the current format, twelve teams compete in the provincial tournament. The following teams qualify:

• The defending champion automatically qualifies. If for whatever reason he does not enter the championship (as was the case with Kevin Martin
  Kevin Martin (curler)
  Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...
  
   in 2010) the runner-up enters in his place;
• The top Albertan team as determined by the Canadian Team Ranking System qualifies - if this team is the defending champion then the next ranked team qualifies;
• The two teams with the most Alberta Tour points not already qualified also qualify;
• The remaining eight spots are determined through the "traditional" route, that is, through zone and district playdowns. Two teams qualify from the Peace Country and three each from the Northern and Southern sections.

Past Champions

Year	Skip	Winning Club
2012 2012 Boston Pizza Cup The 2012 Boston Pizza Cup will be held February 8–13 at the Edgeworth Centre Encana Arena in Camrose, Alberta. The winning team will represent Alberta at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. -Teams:-Standings:...	TBA
2011 2011 Boston Pizza Cup The 2011 Boston Pizza Cup was held February 9–13 at the High River Arena in High River, Alberta. The winning team of Kevin Martin will represent Alberta at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario.-Teams:-A Event:...	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Saville Sports Centre Saville Sports Centre The Saville Sports Centre is a sports facility run by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Recreation, where it is located in Edmonton, Alberta. It features a curling rink, tennis courts and a gymnasium....
2010 2010 Boston Pizza Cup The 2010 Boston Pizza Cup is being held February 3–7 at the Olds Sportsplex in Olds, Alberta. The winner will represent Alberta at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier in Halifax, Nova Scotia....	Kevin Koe Kevin Koe Kevin Koe is a Canadian curler. Originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, he now resides in Grande Prairie, Alberta and curls out of Edmonton, Alberta. He is the skip of the current World champion team....	Saville Sports Centre Saville Sports Centre The Saville Sports Centre is a sports facility run by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Recreation, where it is located in Edmonton, Alberta. It features a curling rink, tennis courts and a gymnasium....
2009 2009 Boston Pizza Cup The 2009 Boston Pizza Cup was held February 11-15 at the Wainwright Arena in Wainwright. The winner will represent Alberta at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier.-Teams:...	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Saville Sports Centre Saville Sports Centre The Saville Sports Centre is a sports facility run by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Recreation, where it is located in Edmonton, Alberta. It features a curling rink, tennis courts and a gymnasium....
2008 2008 Boston Pizza Cup The 2008 Boston Pizza Cup, the men's curling championships for Alberta, took place on February 12-17 at the Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The Kevin Martin rink won the final over Randy Ferbey's team and represented Alberta at the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier.-Results:Triple-knockout...	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Saville Sports Centre Saville Sports Centre The Saville Sports Centre is a sports facility run by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Recreation, where it is located in Edmonton, Alberta. It features a curling rink, tennis courts and a gymnasium....
2007	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Saville Sports Centre Saville Sports Centre The Saville Sports Centre is a sports facility run by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Recreation, where it is located in Edmonton, Alberta. It features a curling rink, tennis courts and a gymnasium....
2006	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Saville Sports Centre Saville Sports Centre The Saville Sports Centre is a sports facility run by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Recreation, where it is located in Edmonton, Alberta. It features a curling rink, tennis courts and a gymnasium....
2005	Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....	Granite Curling Club
2004	Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....	Avonair Curling Club
2003	Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....	Avonair Curling Club
2002	Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....	Ottewell Curling Club
2001	Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....	Ottewell Curling Club
2000	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Ottewell Curling Club
1999	Ken Hunka	Ottewell Curling Club
1998	Tom Reed	Granite Curling Club
1997	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Ottewell Curling Club
1996	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Ottewell Curling Club
1995	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Ottewell Curling Club
1994	Ed Lukowich Ed Lukowich Edward "Ed" Lukowich is a former champion curler. Lukowich is a two-time Brier champion. In 1986 his team won the World Curling Championship....	Calgary Curling Club
1993	Greg Ferster	Leduc Curling Club
1992	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Avonair Curling Club
1991	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Avonair Curling Club
1990	Harold Breckenridge	North Hill Curling Club
1989	Pat Ryan	Ottewell Curling Club
1988	Pat Ryan	Ottewell Curling Club
1987	Pat Ryan	Ottewell Curling Club
1986	Ed Lukowich Ed Lukowich Edward "Ed" Lukowich is a former champion curler. Lukowich is a two-time Brier champion. In 1986 his team won the World Curling Championship....	Calgary Winter Club
1985	Pat Ryan	Ottewell Curling Club
1984	Ed Lukowich Ed Lukowich Edward "Ed" Lukowich is a former champion curler. Lukowich is a two-time Brier champion. In 1986 his team won the World Curling Championship....	Calgary Curling Club
1983	Ed Lukowich Ed Lukowich Edward "Ed" Lukowich is a former champion curler. Lukowich is a two-time Brier champion. In 1986 his team won the World Curling Championship....	North Hill Curling Club
1982	Gary Morken	Grande Prairie Curling Club
1981	Mel Watchorn	Fairview Curling Club
1980	Paul Gowsell Paul Gowsell Paul Gowsell is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. Gowsell hit the curling world by storm in the late 1970s with his unorthodox antics.-Playing career:...	Calgary Winter Club
1979	Paul Devlin	Crestwood Curling Club
1978	Ed Lukowich Ed Lukowich Edward "Ed" Lukowich is a former champion curler. Lukowich is a two-time Brier champion. In 1986 his team won the World Curling Championship....	Medicine Hat Curling Club
1977	Tom Reed	Crestwood Curling Club
1976	Wayne Sokolosky	Calgary Curling Club
1975	Tom Reed	St. Albert Curling Club
1974	Hec Gervais Hec Gervais Hector J. "The Friendly Giant" Gervais was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He was a two-time Brier champion and former World Champion....	St. Albert Curling Club
1973	Mel Watchorn	Fairview Curling Club
1972	Mel Watchorn	Fairview Curling Club
1971	Matt Baldwin Matt Baldwin Matthew M. Baldwin is a Canadian curler from Edmonton.Baldwin is a three time Brier champion, having skipped to the Canadian men's championship in 1954, 1957 and 1958....	Derrick Golf & Winter Club
1970	Hec Gervais Hec Gervais Hector J. "The Friendly Giant" Gervais was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He was a two-time Brier champion and former World Champion....	Granite Curling Club
1969	Ron Northcott Ron Northcott Ronald Charles "Owl" Northcott, CM is a three-time Canadian and World curling champion and a Hall of Fame member....	Calgary Curling Club
1968	Ron Northcott Ron Northcott Ronald Charles "Owl" Northcott, CM is a three-time Canadian and World curling champion and a Hall of Fame member....	Calgary Curling Club
1967	Ron Northcott Ron Northcott Ronald Charles "Owl" Northcott, CM is a three-time Canadian and World curling champion and a Hall of Fame member....	Calgary Curling Club
1966	Ron Northcott Ron Northcott Ronald Charles "Owl" Northcott, CM is a three-time Canadian and World curling champion and a Hall of Fame member....	Calgary Curling Club
1965	Nick Lashuk	Calgary Curling Club
1964	Ron Northcott Ron Northcott Ronald Charles "Owl" Northcott, CM is a three-time Canadian and World curling champion and a Hall of Fame member....	Calgary Curling Club
1963	Jim Shields	Calgary Curling Club
1962	Hec Gervais Hec Gervais Hector J. "The Friendly Giant" Gervais was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He was a two-time Brier champion and former World Champion....	Alberta Avenue Curling Club
1961	Hec Gervais Hec Gervais Hector J. "The Friendly Giant" Gervais was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He was a two-time Brier champion and former World Champion....	Alberta Avenue Curling Club
1960	Stu Beagle	Calgary Curling Club
1959	Herb Olsen	Edmonton Curling Club
1958	Matt Baldwin Matt Baldwin Matthew M. Baldwin is a Canadian curler from Edmonton.Baldwin is a three time Brier champion, having skipped to the Canadian men's championship in 1954, 1957 and 1958....	Granite Curling Club
1957	Matt Baldwin Matt Baldwin Matthew M. Baldwin is a Canadian curler from Edmonton.Baldwin is a three time Brier champion, having skipped to the Canadian men's championship in 1954, 1957 and 1958....	Granite Curling Club
1956	Matt Baldwin Matt Baldwin Matthew M. Baldwin is a Canadian curler from Edmonton.Baldwin is a three time Brier champion, having skipped to the Canadian men's championship in 1954, 1957 and 1958....	Granite Curling Club
1955	Hugh Brown	Claresholm Curling Club
1954	Matt Baldwin Matt Baldwin Matthew M. Baldwin is a Canadian curler from Edmonton.Baldwin is a three time Brier champion, having skipped to the Canadian men's championship in 1954, 1957 and 1958....	Granite Curling Club
1953	Len Haw	Glencoe Curling Club
1952	Art Simpson	Bassano Curling Club
1951	Bill Gray	Granite Curling Club
1950	Cliff Manahan Cliff Manahan Clifford Ross "Cliff" Manahan was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Manahan grew up in Fort William, Ontario and moved to Edmonton in 1926. He won eight provincial titles and won two Briers- in 1933 and 1937. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.Manahan Clifford...	Royal Curling Club
1949	Stu Beagle	Blackie Curling Club
1948	Walter McLaws	Glencoe Curling Club
1947	Howard Palmer	Calgary Curling Club
1946	Billy Rose	Sedgewick Curling Club
1945	Cliff Manahan Cliff Manahan Clifford Ross "Cliff" Manahan was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Manahan grew up in Fort William, Ontario and moved to Edmonton in 1926. He won eight provincial titles and won two Briers- in 1933 and 1937. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.Manahan Clifford...	Edmonton Royal Curling Club
1944	Cliff Manahan Cliff Manahan Clifford Ross "Cliff" Manahan was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Manahan grew up in Fort William, Ontario and moved to Edmonton in 1926. He won eight provincial titles and won two Briers- in 1933 and 1937. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.Manahan Clifford...	Edmonton Royal Curling Club
1943	Cliff Manahan Cliff Manahan Clifford Ross "Cliff" Manahan was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Manahan grew up in Fort William, Ontario and moved to Edmonton in 1926. He won eight provincial titles and won two Briers- in 1933 and 1937. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.Manahan Clifford...	Edmonton Royal Curling Club
1942	John Slavik	Viking Curling Club
1941	Howard Palmer	Calgary Curling Club
1940	Cliff Manahan Cliff Manahan Clifford Ross "Cliff" Manahan was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Manahan grew up in Fort William, Ontario and moved to Edmonton in 1926. He won eight provincial titles and won two Briers- in 1933 and 1937. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.Manahan Clifford...	Royal Curling Club
1939	Howard Palmer	Calgary Curling Club
1938	Cliff Manahan Cliff Manahan Clifford Ross "Cliff" Manahan was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Manahan grew up in Fort William, Ontario and moved to Edmonton in 1926. He won eight provincial titles and won two Briers- in 1933 and 1937. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.Manahan Clifford...	Royal Curling Club
1937	Cliff Manahan Cliff Manahan Clifford Ross "Cliff" Manahan was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Manahan grew up in Fort William, Ontario and moved to Edmonton in 1926. He won eight provincial titles and won two Briers- in 1933 and 1937. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.Manahan Clifford...	Royal Curling Club
1936	George Wanless	Granite Curling Club
1935	Robert Alexander	Calgary Curling Club
1934	Orwell Stewart	Macleod Curling Club
1933	Cliff Manahan Cliff Manahan Clifford Ross "Cliff" Manahan was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Manahan grew up in Fort William, Ontario and moved to Edmonton in 1926. He won eight provincial titles and won two Briers- in 1933 and 1937. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.Manahan Clifford...	Royal Curling Club
1932	Art Hallonquist	Three Hills Curling Club
1931	Robert Welliver	Red Deer Curling Club Red Deer Curling Club The Red Deer Curling Club is a curling club in Red Deer, Alberta.The club was founded ca. 1900s. The club has been operating out of its current location, the Red Deer Curling Centre since 1953...
1930	Bob Munro	Edmonton Curling Club
1929	Arnold Johnson	Edmonton Curling Club
1928	Joe Heartwell	Rosetown Curling Club (SK)