Game Notes – Edmonton

LET’S CROWN A CHAMPION – This weekend, for the fifth time in history, PBR Canada will hold its National Finals in Edmonton, Alberta, bucking into the state-of-the-art Rogers Place on Nov. 14-15 for the 2025 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels. PBR has only five times prior held an event inside the home of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers, launching the Global Cup in the venue in November 2017 and debuting the National Finals at the facility in November 2021, before returning in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2025 PBR Canada National Finals will mark the richest in history, set to award more than $250,000 in prize money to the 20 competing athletes, including a $100,000 bonus for the 2025 PBR Canada Champion and $50,000 guaranteed to the 2025 PBR Canada National Finals event winner.

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THIS WEEKEND’S FORMAT – The 2025 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, will feature four rounds of bull riding. Each rider will get on one bull in Round 1 and Round 2 on Friday and Round 3 on Saturday. The 12 bull riders with the top combined ride scores will then advance to the championship round on Saturday where they will attempt one final bull in an effort to win the PBR Canada National Finals event and earn crucial points to be crowned the 2025 PBR Canada Champion. During the event Round 2, Round 3 and the championship round will feature a rider drafted draw, while Round 1 will be pre-determined.

LET’S TALK POINTS & PAYOUT – At the 2025 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, a maximum 360 points are available to one rider via the rounds and aggregate, with an additional 36 maximum ride-score points up for grabs. As a result, the battle for the 2025 PBR Canada Championship will come down to a shootout between No. 1 Jared Parsonage, No. 2 Dakota Buttar and No. 3 Jake Gardner. The points table for the 2025 PBR Canada National Finals are as follows:

	2025 PBR Canada National Finals		Ride Score Points
	Rounds	Aggregate	Score	Points
1	40	200	70-79.75	7
2	20	126	80-89.75	8
3	18	90	90-99.75	9
4	16	54
5	14	46
6	12	36
7	10	24
8	8	16
9	6	10
10	4	6
11	2	4

During the 2024 PBR Canada National Finals, each round winner will earn $5,000, with a combined $11,250 paid out each round. $105,000 will be paid out to riders via their overall finish in the aggregate, with the winner of the event guaranteed to earn $50,000. Additionally, the 2024 PBR Canada Champion will earn the historic $100,000 bonus, with the total payout for the event being $250,000.

PARSONAGE RIDES INTO EDMONTON RANKED NO. 1 – Veteran contender Jared Parsonage is looking to cement his name in the Western sports record books, attempting to become the first athlete in history to win the CPRA (Canadian Pro Rodeo Association) title and PBR Canada Championship in the same season. Fresh off winning his third CPRA bull riding title in early October, Parsonage made a late-season surge to begin the PBR Canada National Finals ranked No. 1.  The Saskatchewan native overtook the top spot in Canada in late October by winning the final Cup Series event of the season in front of a record-setting, home province crowd in Saskatoon.

Inside SaskTel Centre, Parsonage first converted in the opening round when he logged the fifth-best score as he went the distance on Wild Time for 84.5 points. The home province hopeful then climbed the leaderboard when he tied for the Round 2 victory, covering Linebacker for 86.5 points. Parsonage then elected to go head-to-head with Moonwalk, a top contender in the race for the 2025 Canadian Global Bull of the Year title, in the championship round. A decision which proved dividends, Parsonage conquered the bovine athlete for an event best 89 points to cement the win. Courtesy of the win, Parsonage earned a crucial 240 national points, allowing him to leap-frog Dakota Buttar for the No. 1 rank.

When the dust settled on the 2025 regular season, Parsonage went a torrid 29-for-47, riding 61.7% of his animal athlete competitors. His campaign was headlined by a PBR Canada-best three Cup Series victories, along with two additional wins on the developmental Touring Pro Division. Parsonage also leads all competitors in round wins, amassing 11 across both the Cup Series and Touring Pro Division. The 2022 PBR Canada National Finals event winner also delivered the first of three 90-point rides on Canadian soil in 2025, topping Moonwalk for a monster 90 points en route to his first Cup Series win in June in Ottawa. As action gets underway inside Rogers Place, Buttar has drawn Jet Black in Round 1.

BUTTAR TO CHASE HISTORY – Two-time PBR Canada Champion Dakota Buttar will look to etch his name in the history books this weekend inside the home of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers as he attempts to win his record-tying third national title. Winning three PBR Canada Cup Series events, Buttar delivered the top riding percentage on home soil among riders with 15 or more outs, going 30-for-47, making the requisite 8 on 63.83% of his draws. Buttar will begin the 2025 National Finals ranked No. 2 in Canada, a mere 71 points behind No. 1 Jared Parsonage. Buttar will climb aboard Magic Jam in Round 1.

GARDNER CHASES FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP – Canadian No. 3 Jake Gardner will make his way to Edmonton as the third and final rider still contending for the 2025 PBR Canada Championship, and accompanying $100,000 bonus. In addition to his Cup Series win in Brandon, Manitoba, Gardner stood atop the podium at four Touring Pro Division stops throughout 2025.

Gardner attempted the most bulls throughout the season, amassing a 34-for-65 record as he covered 53.13% of the bulls he climbed aboard. The British Columbia cowboy also registered 38 entries in 2025, tallying an unrivaled 2,877 aggregate points. By way of these two accomplishments, Gardner was crowned the 2025 Road Warrior, earning the accompanying $10,000 bonus, and 2025 Wrangler MVP, collecting the associated $25,000 bonus. Beginning his Championship quest 102.83 points back of No. 1 Jared Parsonage, Gardner has drawn Grand Slam in the opening round.

PAST PBR CANADA CHAMPIONS – After delivering a record-breaking season in 2024, Nick Tetz punctuated the year by winning his second PBR Canada Championship. Tetz traveled to Edmonton for the National Finals ranked No. 2 to Cody Coverchuk by 21.75 points. However, Tetz rode lights out inside Rogers Place clinching the title early en route to also winning the National Finals. Tetz earned a record $153,375 during the 2024 PBR Canada National Finals, including the $100,000 Champion’s bonus, concluding the campaign having won an unprecedented $249,622.29 on home soil. When the dust settled, the Calgarian finished the season having gone a torrid 34-for-61, covering 55.74% of his animal athlete opponents. Tetz also broke the season event win record. Following his victory at the 2024 PBR Canada National Finals, Tetz rode to victory at 12 events, while also registering 20 round wins across both the elite Cup Series and Touring Pro Division. Tetz is now one of just five riders to have won the PBR Canada Championship multiple times, first victorious in 2022. He joins the likes of three-time Champion Aaron Roy and two-time title holders Zane Lambert, Cody Coverchuk and Dakota Buttar.

The complete list of past PBR Canada Champions is:

2024 Nick Tetz
2023 Dakota Buttar
2022 Nick Tetz
2021 Cody Coverchuk
2020 Dakota Buttar
2019 Daylon Swearingen
2018 Cody Coverchuk
2017 Zane Lambert
2016 Ty Pozzobon
2015 Tanner Byrne
2014 Stetson Lawrence
2013 Zane Lambert
2012 Aaron Roy
2011 Tyler Thomson
2010 Aaron Roy
2009 Beau Hill
2008 Aaron Roy
2007 Tyler Pankewicz
2006 Scott Schiffner

PAST NATIONAL FINALS EVENT WINNERS – In addition to being crowned the 2024 PBR Canada Champion last year inside Rogers Place, Nick Tetz also went a perfect 4-for-4 to win the National Finals. As competition got underway inside the home of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers, Tetz was quick to strike in Round 1, besting Emerald Inn for 85.25 points. With an electric crowd watching on, Tetz continued to ride red hot in Round 2, covering Ain’t About Fame for 83.25 points. On Championship Saturday, Tetz continued to make his presence known winning Round 3 and clinching his second PBR Canada Championship as he went the distance on Talk’s Cheap for 85.57 points. With the year-end Championship in hand, Tetz then cemented his National Finals event win as one of just two riders to go a perfect 4-for-4 as he faced a familiar opponent in Langham Kid in the championship round. Less than a month after covering the powerful bovine athlete for a monster 90 points to win the Cup Series event in Medicine Hat, Tetz delivered his fourth qualified ride in six attempts atop Langham Kid for 87.5 points Saturday night to punctuate his event win. Tetz is the fourth rider to win the PBR Canada Championship and PBR Canada National Finals in the same season. He joins Zane Lambert (2017), Cody Coverchuk (2018) and Daylon Swearingen (2019).

The complete list of past Canadian Finals event winners is:

2024 Nick Tetz
2023 Tyler Craig
2022 Jared Parsonage
2021 Daylon Swearingen
2020 *Multiple Riders*
2019 Daylon Swearingen
2018 Cody Coverchuk
2017 Zane Lambert / Edgar Durazo
2016 Zane Lambert
2015 Brady Oleson
2014 Aaron Roy
2013 Scott Schiffner
2012 Ty Pozzobon
2011 Dusty Ephrom/Harve Stewart
2010 Mike Lee
2009 Guilherme Marchi
2008 Jock Connolly
2007 Vince Northrup
2006 Brian Canter

FAMILIAR WATERS – Round 1 of the 2025 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, will feature five rematches. Those riders facing familiar opponents are:

• Cauy Schmidt will look to remain perfect aboard House Fire. When the duo first met in July 2023 at the Touring Pro Division event in Calgary, Alberta, Schmidt covered the powerful animal athlete for 81.5 points.
• Ashton Sahli will attempt to even the record against Kryptonite. In their one meeting in PBR competition, Sahli was bested by the bull in 3.07 seconds during the June 2024 Touring Pro Division event in Ponoka, Alberta.
• Coy Robbins has drawn High Voltage for the second time in his career. With their lone showdown dating back to the July 2023 Cup Series event in Kelowna, British Columbia, High Voltage emerged the supreme athlete, tossing Robbins in 2.66 seconds.
• Lonnie West will look to avenge a past buck off dealt to him by Hammer Time. This past May at the Touring Pro Division event in Brooks, Alberta, West was bested by the bull in a close 5.97 seconds.
• Nick Tetz will face a familiar opponent in Hanna Motors Stand By You. The bull bucked Tetz off in a hard-fought 6.51 seconds during the May 2024 Touring Pro Division event in Brooks, Alberta.

BULL PEN – In addition to crowning a 2025 PBR Canada Champion, this weekend’s year-end event in Edmonton will also crown the season’s top bovine athlete. The 2025 Canadian Global PBR Canada Bull of the Year will be the animal athlete with the top average score when combining his Top 5 outs from the regular season across all levels of competition and his one out at the 2025 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, in Edmonton, Alberta, at Rogers Place Nov. 14-15.

The rank contingent is led by Thompson Rodeo Livestock’s Moonwalk, currently 0.4 points ahead of No. 2 contender Grand Funk. After making his PBR debut in 2022 and finishing third in the Bull of the Year race in 2024, Moonwalk has had a career year in 2025, concluding the season with a 44.1-point average score. Bucking 12 times on home soil throughout the season, Moonwalk has claimed a PBR Canada-best five Bull of the Event titles; one earned via a career-best 45.5-point bull score.

Moonwalk first topped the scoreboard in early February, earning his first Bull of the Event title of 2025 at the season-launch Cup Series event in Red Deer, Alberta marked 43.5 points for 7.62 seconds of work against Jerson Arantes. Making three additional outs following his impressive season debut, Moonwalk then made the journey East for the June duo of Cup Series events in Ontario. In London, Moonwalk delivered the top bull score of the season, awarded 45.5 points when he bucked off Jordan Hansen in 5.87 seconds, also collecting his second Bull of the Event award.

As the season continued, Moonwalk earned an additional three Bull of the Event titles, also leading the field at the Cup Series events in Ottawa (44.5 points) and Kelowna, British Columbia (43.5 points), and the Touring Pro Division stop in North Battleford, Saskatchewan (43.5 points).

Moonwalk was ridden five times during the 2025 campaign – with four of those qualified rides registered by PBR Canada No. 1 Jared Parsonage. Parsonage notably rode the powerful animal athlete for 90 points en route to his Cup Series win in Ottawa in June, and for 89 points to capture the victory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in late October which allowed the veteran rider to overtake the Canadian No. 1 rank.  In those trips, Moonwalk was marked 44.5 points and 43 points, respectively.

While Moonwalk leads the standings, he is closely followed by reigning Bull of the Year Grand Funk who is attempting to become the first back-to-back winner of the coveted honor in PBR Canada history.

Hailing from Kinky Buckers, Grand Funk also bucked to a PBR Canada best five Bull of the Event honors, holding a 43.7-point average score ahead of the 2025 PBR Canada National Finals. He was the top marked animal athlete in Red Deer, Alberta; Camrose, Alberta; Kelowna, British Columbia; Armstrong, British Columbia; and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 

Grand Funk was scored a season-best 44 points twice across the 2025 campaign. He first delivered the marks at the Touring Pro Division event in Armstrong when he bucked off Gilmar Santana in 5.06 seconds, while Grand Funk most recently lit up the scoreboard at the Cup Series season-finale in Saskatoon when he launched Lonnie West in 6.72 seconds.

In 2025, Grand Funk was ridden just once in seven outs. The lone rider to crack Grand Funk’s code was none other than No. 1 Parsonage. He rode the bull for 88.5 points at the Cup Series event in Lethbridge, Alberta, in mid-March. 

The complete list of contenders for this year’s Canadian Global PBR Canada Bull of the Year honor are:

No. 1 Moonwalk (Thompson Rodeo Livestock) – 44.1 points
No. 2 Grand Funk (Kinky Buckers) – 43.7 points (-0.4 points)
No. 3T Shot Caller (X6 Ranch Bucking Cattle) – 43.4 points (-0.7 points)
No. 3T Crazy Little Thing (Two Bit Bucking Bulls) – 43.4 points (-0.7 points)
No. 5T Pagewire (Thompson Rodeo Livestock) – 43.3 points (-0.8 points)
No. 5T Get Rhythm (Skori Bucking Bulls) – 43.3 points (-0.8 points)
No. 7 More or Less (Thompson Rodeo Livestock) – 43.2 points (-0.9 points)
No. 8 Stray Bucks (S&M Bucking Bulls) – 43.1 points (-1 points)
No. 9 Whiskey Moon (Skori Bucking Bulls) – 43 points (-1.1 points)
No. 10T Blue Nerve (X6 Ranch Bucking Cattle) – 42.8 points (-1.3 points)
No. 10T Margy Kat (W Sunrise) – 42.8 points (-1.3 points)
No. 10T Write This Down (Thompson Rodeo Livestock) – 42.8 points (-1.3 points)

PROVIDING PROTECTION – The bullfighters selected to work the 2025 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, in Edmonton, Alberta, are Jesse Byrne, Tanner Byrne and Brett Monea. Logan Kadlec will be on hand as an alternate.

2025 5/5 BUCKING BATTLE SCHEDULE AND RESULTS - Each 5/5 Bucking Battle features the Top 5 riders from the event following Round 1, competing against the five highest-ranked bulls at the event for extra bonus points and an additional purse. Here are the winners of the special round in 2025:

October 24        in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan        Jordan Hansen, 87.5 points on Lord Fear

 

EDMONTON COMPETITORS BY COUNTRY

Australia (1) – Callum Miller

Brazil (3) – Jerson Arantes, Francisco Costa, Gilmar Santana

Canada (15) – Dakota Buttar, Cody Coverchuk, Weston Davidson, Tanner Eno, Jake Gardner, Garrett Green, Jordan Hansen, Jared Parsonage, Coy Robbins, Aaron Roy, Ashton Sahli, Cauy Schmidt, Chanse Switzer, Nick Tetz, Lonnie West

United States (1) – Daniel Keeping

BREAKDOWN BY PROVINCE –

Alberta – Tanner Eno, Garrett Green, Jordan Hansen, Coy Robbins, Ashton Sahli, Cauy Schmidt, Nick Tetz, Lonnie West; British Columbia – Jake Gardner; Saskatchewan – Dakota Buttar, Cody Coverchuk, Weston Davidson, Jared Parsonage, Aaron Roy, Chanse Switzer.