Defending champ Koe beats Stoughton for spot in All-Star Skins final Defending champion Kevin Koe booked a place in the Dominion All-Star Curling Skins final after defeating Jeff Stoughton on Saturday afternoon. Edmonton's Koe, playing alongside B.J. Neufeld, Brent Laing, and Ben Hebert, held the final rock and won the $14,000 skin in the eighth end to secure his spot in the $42,000 final on Sunday. Koe will take on the winner of Saturday night's semi-final between current world champion Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., and four-time Brier champion Kevin Martin of Edmonton. Koe took the lead early in the draw, stealing the first two skins for a total of $2,000 and picking up another skin in the fourth end for an additional $1,500. Winnipeg's Stoughton won his first skin in the third end, good for $1,500, then took the fifth skin for $2,000 to even up the game. Two carry-overs in the sixth and seventh ends set up the dramatic final end. Stoughton, playing with Pat Simmons, Marc Kennedy, and Nolan Thiessen, won two skins for $3,500 in prize money. That brings Stoughton's career skins game winnings to $38,000. Koe also won the draw to the button challenge earlier Saturday morning for an additional $1,000, bringing his total for the day to $18,500.