The 1995 Unitel Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held January 7-15 at the Sarnia Golf & Curling Club in Point Edward, Ontario.
Nova Scotia, skipped by Steve Ogden defeated Prince Edward Island, skipped by Peter MacDonald in the final. It was the province's second national mixed championship in three years. Ogden had to raise a rock to the four foot in the 10th and final end to claim a 6-5 victory. Ogden's rink also consisted of Mary Mattatall, Jeff Hopkins and Heather Hopkins.
For the first time, the final was televised nationally on TSN. After inking a 5-year agreement worth over $1,000,000, the tournament was sponsored by Unitel for the first time, was the first event of the new "Season of Champions" group of televised curling tournaments put on by the Canadian Curling Association. The event was also moved up the calendar year from March.
Format Fourteen teams played a round robin tournament, with the top four making the playoffs. The playoffs were held using the page playoff system for the first time (The Brier and Tournament of Hearts also adopted this system in 1995). The previous tournament had the 14 teams divided into two pools.
Teams Teams were as follows: LocaleSkipThirdSecondLeadCity Mike Sali Donna Choptuik Richard Kleibrink Karin Fletcher Airdrie Alan Roemer Lynda Roemer Mark Futcher Susan Allen Vancouver Scott Brown Lori Zeller Tom McGimpsey Lori Lang Winnipeg Grant Odishaw Heather Smith Rick Perron Krista Smith Moncton Roger Mabay Cynthia Young Fred Starkes Ruby Starkes St. John's Jeffrey Henderson Valerie MacInnes Marc Butler Wendy Fenerty Timmins Jack MacKinnon Juanita Case Darren Murdock Maureen Brockman Yellowknife Steve Ogden Mary Mattatall Jeff Hopkins Heather Hopkins Halifax Jim Marshall Betty Kirouac Paul MacDonald Wendy Marshall Trenton (Host) Ed Werenich Jane Hooper Pat Perroud Linda Werenich Toronto Peter MacDonald Karen A. MacDonald Rod MacDonald Karen E. MacDonald Summerside Guy Hemmings Nathalie Audet Guy Thibaudeau Josee Beaudet Tracy Grant McGrath Kim Hodson Mark Dacey Linda Horley Saskatoon Orest Peech Mardy Derby Pat Paslawski Wendy Halea Whitehorse
Standings Final standings
KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker
Province Skip Wins Losses Steve Ogden 11 2 Peter MacDonald 9 4 Mike Sali 9 4 (Host) Ed Werenich 8 5 Alan Roemer 8 5 Scott Brown 7 6 Grant Odishaw 7 6 Guy Hemmings 7 6 Grant McGrath 7 6 Jeffrey Henderson 7 6 Orest Peech 4 9 James Marshall 4 9 Roger Mabey 3 10 Jack MacKinnon 0 13
Tiebreakers (Host) 7, 6 8, 6 (for second place)
Playoffs
Final January 15, 3pm
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