Game Notes – Edmonton

LET’S CROWN A CHAMPION – This weekend, for the sixth time in history, PBR Canada will hold its National Finals in Edmonton, Alberta, bucking into the state-of-the-art Rogers Place on Nov. 13-14 for the 2026 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels. PBR has only six 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 2022-2025. The 2026 PBR Canada National Finals will mark the richest in history, set to award more than $279,000 in prize money to the 21 competing athletes, including a $100,000 bonus for the 2026 PBR Canada Champion and $50,000 guaranteed to the 2026 PBR Canada National Finals event winner.

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THIS WEEKEND’S FORMAT – The 2026 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 2026 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 2026 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. The points table for the 2026 PBR Canada National Finals is as follows:

 

	2026 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 2026 PBR Canada National Finals, each round winner will earn more than $6,500, with a combined $13,125 paid out each round. $122,500 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 2026 PBR Canada Champion will earn the historic $100,000 bonus, with the total payout for the event being $275,000.

TETZ CHASES HISTORY – This season, Nick Tetz is riding in seemingly unstoppable form as he chases his record tying third national title. The Albertan standout has won both of his previous titles inside Rogers Place in 2022 and 2024, respectively. Thus far in 2026, Tetz is having a record campaign. Having won $108,921.42 to date on Canadian soil, he is the first rider in history to eclipse $100,000 in earnings during the regular season. Tetz leads PBR Canada in events won with eight, including three on the Cup Series and five within the Touring Pro Division, and round wins with 14 across all levels of competition. The 26-year-old etched his name in the record books when he won his second Cup Series event of the year in Lethbridge, Alberta, with the victory marking his sixth consecutive inside VisitLethbridge.com Arena. The phenom competitor also logged the first 90-point ride of the season on home soil, riding Posty for 90 points en route to his Touring Pro Division victory in Coronation, Alberta.

Tetz has gone a torrid 33-for-51 this season, riding 64.71% of his bovine athlete opponents, tallying 2843.80 aggregate points. By way of this accomplishment, Tetz has been crowned the 2026 Wrangler MVP, collecting the associated $30,000 bonus. Fresh off travelling to Las Vegas with the Arizona Ridge Riders for the 2026 PBR Teams Championship, where the team finished second, Tetz will first attempt Slingin Stones in Round 1 of the 2026 PBR Canada National Finals.

LET’S TALK ROOKIE RACE – One of the most intense races this season has been that for the title of 2026 Rookie of the Year, with 19-year-olds Jeremy Maisonneuve and Jayden Roy battling it out at seemingly every event, currently separated by a mere 41.5 national points. For Maisonneuve, currently No. 8 in the Canadian standings, his season has included two event wins, including his career-first on the Cup Series in Brandon, Manitoba in early May. Maisonneuve, who was sidelined for nearly three months as he recovered from a broken jaw, has gone 13-for-22 on home soil, registering an impressive 59.09% riding average. The 19-year-old also registered the high-marked ride of the season to date at the late October Cup Series event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, topping Shaboozie for 92.1 points en route to a second-place finish.

Roy, fresh off winning a PBR Teams World Championship with the Nashville Stampede this weekend, will make his PBR Canada National Finals debut ranked No. 10 in the nation. The 19-year-old made his PBR Canada debut in statement fashion, winning Round 1 of the Cup Series event in Brandon before finishing runner-up to Maisonneuve. Roy concluded the season with the first two wins of his PBR career, including his first on the Cup Series in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The Quebec native has gone 11-for-24 on home soil this season, amassing a 45.83% riding average.

When competition gets underway for Round 1 of the National Finals, Maisonneuve will attempt Players Club, while Roy has drawn Im a Playa.

MEET YOUR INVITES – This season’s PBR Canada National Finals will feature three, top-ranked international invites. Those competitors are:

Cassio Dias: While Dias has only been competing within the PBR ranks since 2021, he has already etched his name in the record books. After winning the PBR Brazil Championship in 2022, he made his way to the United States and became a force within the sport’s top ranks. In 2024 he won the PBR World Championship, while donning the chaps of the late Lane Frost, while also being crowned the season’s Rookie of the Year. Dias became just the second rider in history to win both titles in the same season. When the year pivoted to teams, Dias, a proud member of the Kansas City Outlaws, registered an unforgettable 98.25-point ride on Man Hater in Fort Worth. The score is the highest in Teams history and the second highest in PBR history. That same season, he led the Outlaws to a regular-season championship. Dias has drawn Jojo’s Mojo in Round 1.

Luciano De Castro: Castro will make his debut on Canadian soil as both a PBR Brazil and PBR Global Cup Champion. The eight-time PBR World Finals qualifier will travel to the Great White North following his first season with the Florida Freedom where he helped them conclude the regular season with a 15-20 record. Castro has drawn Pay Day in the opening round of action from Rogers Place.

Cort McFadden: The son of four-time PBR World Finals qualifier Cory McFadden, Cort McFadden has made a fast name for himself since joining the PBR ranks in 2023. Having ridden to three PBR World Finals qualifications, McFadden iis also an established member of the Oklahoma Wildcatters in the PBR Teams league. Set to make his Canadian debut this weekend, McFadden has been sidelined since this May’s World Finals after undergoing groin surgery. He has drawn Redneck and will be the first rider out in the opening round of the 2026 PBR Canada National Finals.

PAST PBR CANADA CHAMPIONS – When the record-breaking 2025 PBR Canada season wound to a close last November in Edmonton, Alberta, Jared Parsonage emerged the supreme competitor, crowned the 2025 PBR Canada Champion.

Parsonage travelled to Rogers Place for the National Finals ranked No. 1 in Canada, leading No. 2 Dakota Buttar by 71 points and No. 3 Jake Gardner by 102.83 points. Riding in lights out form inside the home of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers, Parsonage delivered a 4-for-4 performance at the National Finals to clinch both the event win and his first PBR Canada Championship. Parsonage earned $150,000 inside Rogers Place, including the $100,000 Champion’s bonus, concluding the 2025 campaign having won $230,101.73 on home soil. His earnings were part of the richest season in PBR Canada history as they awarded more than $1 million across the 36-event season, including $250,000 at the PBR Canada National Finals. When the dust settled, Parsonage finished the season having gone a torrid 33-for-51, covering 64.71% of his animal athlete opponents. The veteran Saskatchewan man also made history as the first rider to ever win the PBR Canada Championship and CPRA (Canadian Professional Rodeo Association) bull riding championship in the same season, having won his third career CPRA title inside Rogers Place earlier that Fall. Following his historic win in Edmonton, Parsonage announced his retirement from the sport of bull riding.

The complete list of past PBR Canada Champions is:

2025 Jared Parsonage
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 2025 PBR Canada Champion last year inside Rogers Place, Jared Parsonage also went a perfect 4-for-4 to win the National Finals. Parsonage began the year-end event with a bang, going 2-for-2 on the opening night to surge to an early lead. In Round 1, Parsonage rode Jet Black for 83.25 points, while in Round 2 he topped Pyper for 86.25 points. His white-hot momentum continued to flow in Round 3. Facing Trailer Trash Parsonage made the requisite 8 with ease, marked 84.75 points. Who would be the event winner then came down to a showdown of titans, No. 1 Parsonage against the regular-season No. 1 bull Moonwalk. A familiar showdown, the two had already danced four times that season, with Parsonage making the 8 in each matchup for a score of 88 points or more. Those scores were four of the five qualified rides logged on Moonwalk in 2025 across his 12 outs on Canadian soil. With the crowd inside Rogers Place brought to the edge of their seats, Parsonage nodded with confidence and logged his fifth qualified ride in as many attempts atop Moonwalk, marked an event-best 87.5 points to clinch the National Finals event title. Parsonage is the fifth rider to win the PBR Canada Championship and PBR Canada National Finals in the same season. He joins Zane Lambert (2017), Cody Coverchuk (2018), Daylon Swearingen (2019 and Nick Tetz (2024).

The complete list of past Canadian National Finals event winners is:

2025 Jared Parsonage
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 2026 Command Tubular PBE Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, will feature five rematches. The riders facing familiar opponents are:

• Aaron Roy will climb aboard Surprise Twist for the second time in his career. When the two faced off at the October 2025 Cup Series event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Roy was tossed in 3.38 seconds.

• Dakota Buttar has drawn Shockazoola for the second time in his career. Renewing a rivalry from the 2025 season, the bovine athlete bested Buttar in 5.72 second that July at the Cup Series event in Kelowna, British Columbia.

• Francisco Costa will attempt to even the score against Cracker Jack. At this August’s Touring Pro Division event in Raymond, Alberta, the surging Brazilian was tossed in 5.19 seconds. 

• Nick Tetz will look to rebound on Slingin Stones. At last year’s Cup Series event in Medicine Hat, Alberta, the two-time PBR Canada Champion was thrown in a close 6.90 seconds by the animal athlete.

• Tyler Craig will face the final rematch of the opening round in Joker On A Jack. The pair first danced at this July’s Cup Series event in Kelowna, with Craig hitting the ground after just 2.42 seconds.

BULL PEN – In addition to crowning a 2026 PBR Canada Champion, this weekend’s year-end event in Edmonton will also crown the season’s top bovine athlete. The 2026 CanGlobal 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 2026 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, in Edmonton, Alberta, at Rogers Place Nov. 13-14.

The rank contingent is led by Eno Bucking Bulls’ SweetPro Choices, currently 0.26 points ahead of No. 2 contender Moonwalk. SweetPro Choices is one of three bulls to have earned a PBR Canada-best four YETI “Built for the Wild” Bull of the Event honors in 2026. The powerful animal athlete first lit up the scoreboard at the Touring Pro Division event in Czar Lake, Alberta, marked a commanding 43.7 points for his 3.66 seconds of work against Jordan Hansen. As the season continued, SweetPro Choices again topped the scoreboard at the Touring Pro Division events in Coronation (44.3 points) and Stavely (44.3 points), Alberta, and the Cup Series stop in Medicine Hat (44.5 points), Alberta.

SweetPro Choices was marked in excess of 44 points four times this season, including for a 2026-best 44.5 points at the Cup Series event in Medicine Hat when he launched Austin Paley in 2.11 seconds.

The animal athlete was ridden just once in 10 outs on home soil in 2026. Hansen achieved the feat at the Cup Series regular-season finale in late October, topping the bull for 88.8 points. During the out, SweetPro Choices posted a 43.7-point bull score. 

While SweetPro Choices leads the standings, he is closely followed by reigning Bull of the Year Moonwalk who is attempting to become the first back-to-back winner of the coveted honor in PBR Canada history. Hailing from reigning Stock Contractor of the Year Thompson Rodeo Livestock, Moonwalk also bucked to a PBR Canada-best four Bull of the Event honors, concluding the season with a 43.94-point average. He was the top-marked animal athlete in Red Deer (43.8 points), Alberta, and Hamilton (44.3 points), London (44.2 points) and Ottawa (43.3 points), Ontario.

Moonwalk scored a season-best 44.3 points during the spring Cup Series event in Hamilton, Ontario, for his 3.93-second buckoff of Griffin Koester. Having made 11 outs in PBR Canada competition this year, Moonwalk was ridden just three times. The first rider to cover the bull this season was Rookie of the Year contender Jeremy Maisonneuve for 89.7 points en route to winning the Cup Series event in Brandon, Manitoba, in early May.

Jordan Hansen (88.7 points in Ottawa, Ontario) and Gilmar Santana (87.9 points in Kindersley, Saskatchewan) are the only other two riders to make the requisite 8 on Moonwalk during the 2026 campaign.

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

No. 1 SweetPro Choices (Eno Bucking Bulls) – 44.2 points
No. 2 Moonwalk (Thompson Rodeo Livestock) – 43.94 points (-0.26 points)
No. 3 Posty (Foley Bucking Bulls) – 43.88 points (-0.32 points)
No. 4 Boogey (Foley Bucking Bulls) – 43.74 points (-0.46 points)
No. 5T Dirty Habits (X6 Ranch Bucking Cattle) – 43.4 points (-0.8 points)
No. 5T Night Fury (Skori Bucking Bulls) – 43.4 points (-0.8 points)
No. 7T More or Less (Thompson Rodeo Livestock) – 43.32 points (-0.88 points)
No. 7T Stray Bucks (S&M Bucking Bulls) – 43.32 points (-0.88 points)
No. 9 Day Thuggin (S&M Bucking Bulls) – 43.3 points (-0.9 points)
No. 10 Magic Jam (Vold Rodeo) – 43.04 points (-1.16 points)

PROVIDING PROTECTION – The bullfighters selected to work the 2026 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, in Edmonton, Alberta, are Jesse Byrne, Tanner Byrne and Logan Kadlec. Brett Monea will be on hand as an alternate.

2026 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 2026:

March 6 in Lethbridge, Alberta | Stefan Tonita, 89.5 points on Monster Chip
October 23 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Grady Young, 88 points on Free Willie

 

EDMONTON COMPETITORS BY COUNTRY

Brazil (3) – Luciano De Castro, Francisco Costa, Cassio Dias

Canada (17) – Trinity Bear, Dakota Buttar, Tyler Craig, Cody Coverchuk, Tanner Eno, Garrett Green, Jordan Hansen, Griffin Koester, Jeremy Maisonneuve, Coy Robbins, Aaron Roy, Jayden Roy, Ashton Sahli, Marshall Senger, Nick Tetz, Lonnie West, Grady Young

United States (1) – Cort McFadden

BREAKDOWN BY PROVINCE –

Alberta – Tyler Craig, Tanner Eno, Garrett Green, Jordan Hansen, Griffin Koester, Coy Robbins, Ashton Sahli, Nick Tetz, Lonnie West; Quebec – Jeremy Maisonneuve, Jayden Roy;  Saskatchewan – Trinity Bear, Dakota Buttar, Cody Coverchuk, Aaron Roy, Marshall Senger, Grady Young.