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Kevin Koe (
Originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Koe now resides in Calgary, Alberta and curls out of The Glencoe Club. He learned to curl at the age of six in Inuvik, Northwest Territories.[1]
Career
Junior career
After several trips to the territorial junior men's curling championships, Koe finally won in 1994. This earned him the right to skip the Northwest Territories/Yukon team at the 1994 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. He led the team, which consisted of his brother Jamie at third, second Mark Whitehead and lead Kevin Whitehead to an 8–3 round robin record, in a three-way tie for first. This gave them a direct spot into the final against Alberta's Colin Davison, to whom they lost 6–5 amidst a controversy involving a burnt rock.[2] The following year, he moved to Alberta for school, and made it to the finals of the 1995 Alberta Junior championships, where he lost to Cameron Dechant. It was his team's only loss in the tournament.[3]
Early men's career in Edmonton
After university, Koe stayed in the more competitive province of Alberta, first settling in Edmonton.
Koe's early career included skipping Team Alberta at the
From 2003 to 2006 he played third for
Up until 2010, Koe had little success in his attempts to win a provincial title on the men's stage, as he and his rink were in the shadows of fellow Edmontonian
Two months after winning the
The season following their World championship, the Koe rink would win three World Curling Tour events, the 2010 Twin Anchors Invitational, the Skookum WCT Cash Spiel and the March 2011 DeKalb Superspiel. They would not repeat their World title however, as they would lose in the final of the 2011 Boston Pizza Cup to Kevin Martin.
Move to Calgary (2011–2014)
Koe moved to Calgary in 2011. At the same time, his long-time fourth,
Koe finally won his first Grand Slam title as a skip at the 2012 Masters. After going 3–2 in the group stage, he led his team to three straight playoff wins to claim the title. Also that season, he won the 2012 Canad Inns Prairie Classic and the 2012 Cactus Pheasant Classic. The next season, Koe won another slam title at the 2013 Canadian Open of Curling, losing just one game in the process. The next month, Team Koe played in the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, but finished with a 2–5 record, missing the playoffs. On the tour, the team won the 2013 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic.
Koe's rink won their second provincial title in 2014, finally defeating Kevin Martin in the final. At the 2014 Brier Koe's rink won their second Canadian championship, defeating John Morris' British Columbia rink 10–5 in the final.[4] 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, settling for fourth place.
A new team (2014–2018)
Koe's win at the 2014 Brier gave his team an automatic bye (as Team Canada) at the
Koe and his new rink found more success in the 2015–16 season. The team began the season by winning the inaugural GSOC Tour Challenge Grand Slam event. They would also win the 2015 Canada Cup of Curling and would go on to win the 2016 Boston Pizza Cup, sending their team to that year's Brier. After going 8–3 at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, Koe and his foursome railed off three straight victories in the playoffs (again having to come out of the 3 vs. 4 game), 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. On the tour, the team won the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic again and the Mercure Perth Masters. They would finish the season in first place on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit rankings and in the CTRS standings.
Koe's win at the 2016 Brier qualified the team to represent Team Canada at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier. Koe again led his team to an 8–3 round robin record, and again had to fight through the 3 vs. 4 game and the semifinals in the playoffs to make it to the final, where he faced Brad Gushue in a re-match of the 2016 Brier. However, Gushue and his Newfoundland rink would win the re-match in front of a partisan home crowd. Earlier in the year, Koe would win the 2017 Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game, winning $71,000 for his team. On the tour, the team would win the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic and the Red Deer Curling Classic.
2018 Winter Olympics
Later in the year, Team Koe played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, leading his team to a 7–1 round robin record, which put him in the final against Mike McEwen. Koe would get the better of McEwen, qualifying his rink to represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics. At the Olympics, the team started off strong, winning their first four matches.[6] In the seminfinal match, Koe's team lost to John Shuster of the United States, the first time a Canadian team had failed to make the finals at the Olympics.[7] The team then lost again in the bronze medal match versus Switzerland, to place fourth overall.[8] Koe was the first skip to fail to medal at the Olympics in Canadian history.[8] The team was devastated by the upset loss, with their head coach John Dunn telling CBC News a year later that "The Olympics will scar all of us who went through that forever."[9]
On April 15, 2018, Koe won the Player's Championship Grand Slam of Curling event with a 6–2 victory over Niklas Edin of Sweden.
After the season, Kennedy and Laing left the team and were replaced with B. J. Neufeld and Colton Flasch.
Post Olympics (2018–2020)
Koe and his new team began the
Team Koe started their
Morris joins the team (2020–2022)
Team Koe began the
The Koe rink won their first two events of the
In March 2022, Team Koe announced that they would be disbanding.[40] It was later announced that Koe would skip a new team consisting of Tyler Tardi, Brad Thiessen and Karrick Martin for the 2022–23 season. Thiessen and Martin, formally members of Team Bottcher, would play front end while Tardi would play third.[41]
New team (2022–present)
The new-look Koe foursome began the 2022–23 curling season playing in the inaugural 2022 PointsBet Invitational, and were knocked out in the quarterfinals to Reid Carruthers and his new-look team. The next month, the team played in their first Slam of the season, the 2022 National. After going 3–1 in pool play, the team lost in the quarters to Matt Dunstone, another new team. A couple of weeks later, the team played in the 2022 Tour Challenge, going 2–2 in pool play. This put them in a tiebreaker against John Epping, which they won. They then beat Joël Retornaz in the quarters before losing to Dunstone again in the semifinal. In December, the team played in their third slam of the season, the 2022 Masters. They failed to make the playoffs after posting a 1–3 record in pool play. The following month, the team again failed to make the playoffs at the 2023 Canadian Open. Koe won his eighth career provincial title in February at the 2023 Boston Pizza Cup. The team lost just two games en route to defeating the Brendan Bottcher rink in the Alberta final. They represented Alberta at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, where Koe led the rink to a 7–1 record in pool play. They would be eliminated in their first playoff game, however, losing to Ontario (skipped by Mike McEwen). The team wrapped up their season at the 2023 Players' Championship. There, the team went 4–1 in pool play, and then won all three of their playoff games, including defeating Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller rink in the final. To win, Koe had to make a triple takeout to score three with just seconds on his game clock. It would be the final event for Bradley Thiessen who is stepping away from the game. [42] Thiessen will be replaced on the team by Jacques Gauthier for the 2023–24 curling season.[43]
Personal life
His brother,
Koe, who was born in Edmonton, Alberta,[47] attended École Sir John Franklin High School in Yellowknife, where he was later inducted into the Falcons Hall of Fame,[48] before moving to Alberta to attend the University of Calgary.[49] Koe was the recipient of the 2016 Scott-Mamini Memorial Award, for Male Athlete of the Year, given by the Calgary Booster Club.[50] Koe works as a land and stakeholder coordinator with TransAlta Corporation.[51] He is married and has two children.[52]
Grand Slam record
Key | |
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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 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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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 | Q | QF | SF | N/A | N/A | SF | Q |
The National | DNP | DNP | QF | Q | F | F | Q | SF | Q | QF | SF | QF | Q | QF | QF | QF | SF | QF | N/A | SF | QF | Q |
Masters | DNP | QF | Q | QF | QF | F | F | F | QF | QF | C | QF | QF | SF | Q | SF | F | Q | N/A | QF | Q | Q |
Canadian Open | DNP | DNP | SF | F | SF | Q | Q | Q | SF | Q | QF | C | SF | SF | Q | SF | QF | Q | N/A | N/A | Q | Q |
Players' | Q | C | Q | QF | DNP | SF | QF | SF | SF | Q | Q | QF | QF | QF | QF | C | F | N/A | Q | QF | C | Q |
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 | F | SF | F
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N/A | SF | F | DNP | N/A |
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 | SF | SF | QF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Teams
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1989–90[53] | Kevin Koe | Conan Donahue | Gordon McDermid | Brad Chorostkowski | |
1990–91[54] | Kevin Koe | ||||
1991–92[55] | Kevin Koe | Darcy Moshenko | Jaret Moshenko | Brad Chorostkowski | |
1992–93[56] | Kevin Koe | Jamie Koe | Mark Whitehead | Brad Chorostkowski | |
1993–94 | Kevin Koe | Jamie Koe | Mark Whitehead | Kevin Whitehead | 1994 CJCC |
1994–95 | Kevin Koe | Dean Mamer[citation needed] | Bryce Weber[citation needed] | Rob Nobert[citation needed] | |
1995–96[57] | Mickey Pendergast | Kevin Koe | Kevin Pendergast | Doug Marks | 1996 Alta. |
1996–97 | Mickey Pendergast | Kevin Koe | Kevin Pendergast | Bryan Blaylock | |
1997–98 | Mickey Pendergast | Kevin Koe | Kevin Pendergast | Eugene Doherty | |
1998–99 | Kevin Koe | 1999 Terr.[58] | |||
1999–00 | Kevin Koe | John Ferguson Adrian Bakker[59] |
Scott Cripps | Jamie Koe | |
2000–01 | Kevin Koe | Jamie Koe | Scott Cripps | Mike Westlund | 2001 Alta. |
2001–02 | Kevin Koe | ||||
2002–03 | Kevin Koe | Jamie Koe | Scott Cripps | Mike Westlund | 2003 CC |
2003–04 | John Morris | Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Paul Moffatt | 2004 CC, 2004 Alta. |
2004–05 | John Morris | Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Paul Moffatt | 2005 CC, 2005 Alta. |
2005–06 | John Morris | Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Paul Moffatt | 2005 COCT, 2006 CC, 2006 Alta. |
2006–07 | Blake MacDonald (Fourth) | Kevin Koe (Skip) | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | 2007 Alta. |
2007–08 | Blake MacDonald (Fourth) | Kevin Koe (Skip) | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | 2008 CC, 2008 Alta. |
2008–09 | Blake MacDonald (Fourth) | Kevin Koe (Skip) | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | 2009 CC, 2009 Alta. |
2009–10 | Kevin Koe | Blake MacDonald | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | 2009 COCT, 2010 Alta., 2010 Brier, 2010 WCC |
2010–11 | Kevin Koe | Blake MacDonald | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | 2010 CC, 2011 Alta. |
2011–12 | Kevin Koe | Pat Simmons | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | 2011 CC, 2012 Alta., 2012 Brier |
2012–13 | Kevin Koe | Pat Simmons | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | 2012 CC, 2013 Alta. |
2013–14 | Kevin Koe | Pat Simmons | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | 2013 COCT, 2014 Alta., 2014 Brier, 2014 WCC |
2014–15 | Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | 2014 CC, 2015 Alta., 2015 Brier |
2015–16 | Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | 2015 CC, 2016 Alta., 2016 Brier, 2016 WCC |
2016–17 | Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | 2016 CC, 2017 Brier |
2017–18 | Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | 2017 COCT, 2018 OG |
2018–19 | Kevin Koe | B. J. Neufeld | Colton Flasch | Ben Hebert | 2019 CWC/Final
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2019–20 | Kevin Koe | B. J. Neufeld | Colton Flasch | Ben Hebert | 2019 CC, 2020 Brier |
2020–21 | Kevin Koe | B. J. Neufeld | John Morris | Ben Hebert | 2021 Brier |
2021–22 | Kevin Koe | B. J. Neufeld | John Morris | Ben Hebert | 2021 COCT, 2022 Alta., 2022 Brier |
2022–23 | Kevin Koe | Tyler Tardi | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin |
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External links
- Kevin Koe at World Curling
- Kevin Koe at Olympics.com
- Kevin Koe at Olympedia
- Kevin Koe at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Team Koe Webpage