EDMONTON – The University of Calgary Dinos brought home a collection of hardware to close out the 2024 Canada West Curling Championships, with the third and final day of action Sunday from the Saville Centre.

Dinos rookie Max Cinnamon was named a Canada West All-Star, while Laine Peters and Heather Rogers were named the Canada West Men's and Women's Coaches of the Year.

In just their first full season of competition and second since the program restarted last fall, the Dinos finished this year's conference tournament in third place on both sides. The men closed out the final day with a 9-4 loss to host Alberta, while the Calgary women gave this year's conference champion Pandas their toughest battle of the weekend with a 10-7 loss Sunday morning.

Following that result, Calgary, Victoria and Regina were all tied for second place on the women's side with 3-2 records, setting up a tie-breaker between the Dinos and Vikes. The Cougars were eliminated from the tie-breaker with the highest accumulative last stone draw distance. 

In a rematch of arguably the best showdown of the tournament that saw Calgary down the Vikes on Saturday in extra ends, Victoria got revenge in the tie-breaking rematch. Leading 6-5 through nine with hammer, the Vikes made a hit-and-stick for a single, punching their ticket to Fredericton with a 7-5 win over the Dinos. 

Both Alberta teams, the Victoria women and the Regina men all now head to the U SPORTS Championships, hosted this year by UNB in Fredericton, N.B.

Men's Champion: Alberta Golden Bears

Men's All-Stars
Lead: Max Cinnamon – Calgary Dinos
Second: Carter Williamson – Regina Cougars
Third: Adam Bukurak – Regina Cougars
Skip: Johnson Tao – Alberta Golden Bears

Coach of the Year: Laine Peters – Calgary Dinos

Women's Champion: Alberta Pandas

Women's All-Stars
Lead: Elizabeth Bowles – Victoria Vikes
Second: Elspeth Cooper – Lethbridge Pronghorns
Third: Catherine Clifford – Alberta Pandas
Skip: Serena Gray-Withers – Alberta Pandas

Coach of the Year: Heather Rogers – Calgary Dinos

FINAL MEN'S STANDINGS

TEAM	W	L
Alberta	5	0
Regina	4	1
Calgary	3	2
Brandon	2	3
Victoria	1	4
Lethbridge	0	5

FINAL WOMEN'S STANDINGS

TEAM	W	L
Alberta	5	0
Victoria *	3	2
Calgary	3	2
Regina	3	2
Lethbridge	1	4
Brandon	0	5

DRAW 5

	F
Alberta Pandas (W)	10
Calgary Dinos (W)	7
	F
Brandon Bobcats (W)	9
Victoria Vikes (W)	10
	F
Regina Cougars (W)	9
Lethbridge Pronghorns (W)	4
	F
Alberta Golden Bears (M)	9
Calgary Dinos (M)	4
	F
Brandon Bobcats (M)	7
Victoria Vikes (M)	5
	F
Regina Cougars (M)	10
Lethbridge Pronghorns (M)	1

TIE-BREAKER

	F
Calgary Dinos (W)	5
Victoria Vikes (W)	7

  
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