Travelers Men's NOCA Provincials
The Travelers Men's Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA) Provincials is the Northern Ontario provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Northern Ontarioannually at the Tim Hortons Brier. Northern Ontario has been represented at the Brier since 1927 despite not actually being a province. This historical fact has guaranteed Northern Ontario a separate team from Ontario in every national championship except the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Previous names include the Dominion of Canada Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship (2007-2013) Kia Cup (2006), Labatt Tankard (?-1999?; 2001-2005), and Nokia Cup (2000). It has been known as the Dominion of Canada Championships since 2007. The event is sponsored by The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company.
Qualifying
9 teams play at the Northern Ontario provincial. Three teams are selected from the East qualifier and three teams from the west qualifier. An additional team is selected each from an East last chance qualifier and one from a West last chance qualifier. The final team is selected by being the number one team from the region on the CTRS ranking as of December 31.
Winners
| Year | Team | Winning Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden | Soo Curlers Association |
| 2014 | Jeff Currie, Mike McCarville, Colin Koivula, Jamie Childs | Fort William Curling Club |
| 2013 | Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden | Soo Curlers Association |
| 2012 | Brad Jacobs, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden, Scott Seabrook | Soo Curlers Association |
| 2011 | Brad Jacobs, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden, Scott Seabrook | Soo Curlers Association |
| 2010 | Brad Jacobs, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden, Caleb Flaxey | Soo Curlers Association |
| 2009 | Mike Jakubo, Matt Seabrook, Luc Ouimet, Lee Toner | Copper Cliff Curling Club |
| 2008 | Eric Harnden, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden, Caleb Flaxey | Soo Curlers Association |
| 2007 | Al Harnden, Brad Jacobs, Dusty Jakomait, Rob Thomas | Soo Curlers Association |
| 2006 | Rob Gordon, David MacInnes, Steve Burnett, Jeremy Landry | Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club |
| 2005 | Mike Jakubo, Jon Solberg, Luc Ouimet, Lee Toner | Copper Cliff Curling Club |
| 2004 | Rob Gordon, Brian Fawcett, Steve Burnett, Jeremy Landry | Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club |
| 2003 | Scott Henderson, Art Lappalainen, Mike Desilets, Tim Lindsay | Fort William Curling Club |
| 2002 | Tim Phillips, Ron Collins, Drew Eloranta, Doug Hong | Sudbury Curling Club |
| 2001 | Al Hackner, Bryan Burgess, Joe Scharf, Mike Assad | Fort William Curling Club |
| 2000 | Tim Phillips, Roger Sauve, Ron Henderson, Dan Sauve | Idylwylde Golf and Country Club |
| 1999 | Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark, John McClelland, Wayne Lowe | North Bay Curling Club |
| 1998 | Bruce Melville, Rob Sinclair, Dale Wiersema, Larry Rathje | Port Arthur Curling Club |
| 1997 | Mike Coulter, Chris Buchan, Dusty Jakomait, Mark Maki | Soo Curlers Association |
| 1996 | David MacInnes, Jeffrey Henderson, Marc Butler, Will Gubbels | McIntyre Curling Club |
| 1995 | Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Aaron Skillen, Art Lappalainen | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1994 | Scott Patterson, Phil Loevenmark, John McClelland, Wayne Lowe | Granite Curling Club (North Bay) |
| 1993 | Rick Lang, Scott Henderson, Ross Tetley, Art Lappalainen | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1992 | Al Hackner, Larry Pineau, Brian Perozak, Brian Adams | Thunder Bay Curling Club |
| 1991 | Rick Lang, Scott Henderson, Ross Tetley, Art Lappalainen | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1990 | Al Harnden, Eric Harnden, Rich Evoy, Frank Caputo | Soo Curlers Association |
| 1989 | Al Hackner, Bill Adams, Jim Adams, John Salo | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1988 | Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Jim Adams, Doug Smith | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1987 | Larry Pineau, Jack Kallos, Brian Snell, Bruce Kennedy | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1986 | Al Harnden, Mike Coulter, Richard Evoy, Rick Elliott | Soo Curlers Association |
| 1985 | Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Ian Tetley, Pat Perroud | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1984 | Gord McKnight, Bill Johnston, Brian Carr, Reg Gardner | Horne Granite Curling Club |
| 1983 | John MacFarlane, Al Harnden, Eric Harnden, Rich Evoy | Tarentorus Curling Club |
| 1982 | Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nichol, Bruce Kennedy | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1981 | Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nichol, Bruce Kennedy | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1980 | Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nichol, Bruce Kennedy | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1979 | Larry Pineau, Scott Hamilton, George Campbell, Cliff Campbell | Thunder Bay Winter Club |
| 1978 | Barry Mutrie, John Ballantyne, John Ross, Edward Bowcock | Kapuskasing Curling Club |
| 1977 | John Tate, Bob Miller, Wayne Leavoy, George Medakovic | Idylwylde Golf and Country Club |
| 1976 | Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Al Fiskar, Jr., Warren Butters | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1975 | Bill Tetley, Rick Lang, Bill Hodgson, Jr., Peter Hnatiw | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1974 | John Ross, Frank Bell, Bob Tate, John Tate | Idylwylde Golf and Country Club |
| 1973 | Don Harry, Morley Harry, Peter Wong, Art Mousseau | Sudbury Curling Club |
| 1972 | Jack McFarlane, John Boyd, Rae Clattenburg, Dave McFarlane | Tarentorus Curling Club |
| 1971 | Bill Tetley, Frank Sargent, Jr., Jim Sargent, Eric Knudsen | Thunder Bay Curling Club |
| 1970 | Tom Tod, Jim Carson, J. Carl Whitfield, Bill Hallinan | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1969 | Terry Johnson, Jack Thompson, Grant Green, Gordon Peterson | Kenora Curling Club |
| 1968 | Herbert Pile, Len Tremblay, Ross Davis, D. Wayne Downey | Geraldton Curling Club |
| 1967 | Bill Grozelle, Bob Grozelle, John Dunn, George McIllwaine | Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club |
| 1966 | Bill Grozelle, Bob Grozelle, Ted Butt, George McIllwaine | Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club |
| 1965 | John Polyblank, Frank Buturac, Earl MacInnes, E. Wayne Petch | Kirkland Lake Curling Club |
| 1964 | John Polyblank, Frank Mcdonald, Earl MacInnes, E. Wayne Petch | Kirkland Lake Curling Club |
| 1963 | Doug Gathercole, Lawrence Sauve, Bernard LeClair, Arthur Dubery | Copper Cliff Curling Club |
| 1962 | Ron Redding, John Kostick, Al Hansen, Gord Peterson | Kenora Curling Club |
| 1961 | John Polyblank, Frank Mcdonald, Earl MacInnes, Murv Smith | Kirkland Lake Curling Club |
| 1960 | Don Groom, Art Silver, Bill Groom, Al Armstrong | Granite Curling Club (Sudbury) |
| 1959 | Darwin Wark, Dennis Stephen, Leslie Sutton, John Jones | Fort William Curling Club |
| 1958 | Ron Redding, John Kostick, Bill Sawkins, Al Hansen | Kenora Curling Club |
| 1957 | Don McEwen, Jim Simpson, Don Smeaton, Bill Tetley | Port Arthur Curling Club |
| 1956 | Steve Kuzmaski, Bill Hudgins, Al Rodin, George Burns | Copper Cliff Curling Club |
| 1955 | Rudy Steski, Bob Wyatt, Owen Staples, Ed McCormick | Granite Curling Club (North Bay) |
| 1954 | Don Groom, Ray Cook, Bob McInnes, Tom Callaghan | Granite Curling Club (Sudbury) |
| 1953 | Grant Watson, Don McEwen, Frank Sargent, Archie Grant | Port Arthur Curling Club |
| 1952 | James Guy, Jack Pike, J. Leo Fregeau, Ray Parnell[1] | Kenora Curling Club |
| 1951 | Walter Johnstone, Arnie Boyd, Wally Flowers, Bill MacKay | Copper Cliff Curling Club |
| 1950 | Tom Ramsay, Len Williamson, Bill Weston, Bill Kenney | Kirkland Lake Curling Club |
| 1949 | Jimmy Sutherland, Elmer Dick, Ken Vail, Hugh Calverley | Schumacher and McIntyre Curling Club |
| 1948 | James Guy, Bill Johnson, George Holmstrom, Jack McLeod | Kenora Curling Club |
| 1947 | Don Best, Tom Marston, Len Williamson, Harry McNabb | Kirkland Lake Curling Club |
| 1946 | Tom Ramsay, Wally Spencer, M. Gray Coughlin, Hugh Colquhoun | Kirkland Lake Curling Club |
| 1943-1945 cancelled due to World War II | ||
| 1942 | Bill McMitchell, Bert Cooper, Jr., Don Groom, Bert Cooper, Sr. | Sudbury Curling Club |
| 1941 | Don Best, J. C. Tuck, Tom Rushworth, George Sayles | Kirkland Lake Curling Club |
| 1940 | James Davis, Ab Sackrider, Harry McNabb, Scotty MacDonald | Kirkland Lake Curling Club |
| 1939 | Dan Millar, Dunc Sutherland, Bill Beecroft, Lorne Umprhrey | Haileybury Curling Club |
| 1938 | John Walker, Sam Caldbick, Bob Donald, Jack Gauthier | Timmins Curling Club |
| 1937 | Emmett Smith, Dan Millar, Bill Beecroft, Melvin Robb | Haileybury Curling Club |
| 1936 | Emmett Smith, Dan Millar, Bill Beecroft, Melvin Robb | Haileybury Curling Club |
| 1935 | James Shaw, Herb Lash, Bill Rubenstein, Frank Elliott | Sault Ste. Marie Curling Club |
| 1934 | James Shaw, Herb Lash, Noble Kenny, Frank Elliott | Sault Ste. Marie Curling Club |
| 1933 | Jerry Abrams, Mel Charron, Tom Ramsay, Bert Elliott | Kirkland Lake Curling Club |
| 1932 | A. E. Stephenson, R. W. Thomson, Charles Binkley, Jack McKinlay | New Liskeard Curling Club |
| 1931 | John Nicholson, James Shaw, George Murr, Lloyd Mason | Sault Ste. Marie Curling Club |
| 1930 | Albert Tobey, Frank Muirhead, Bob Morrison, David Moore | Sudbury Curling Club |
| 1929 | George Nicholson, Thomas Godfrey, Frank Hamlin, William Thompson | Chapleau Curling Club |
| 1928 | Albert Tobey, Frank Muirhead, Bob Morrison, Jim Scott | Sudbury Curling Club |
| 1927 | Emmett Smith, Dunc Sutherland, Dan Millar, Mel Hunt | Haileybury Curling Club |
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