at the 2013 brier, martin and team began the round-robin with one win and four losses, including losses to jeff stoughton, jean-michel ménard, and eventual champion brad jacobs, before winning their final six matches. despite a 7–4 win-loss record, they did not qualify for the playoffs, placing fifth and becoming the first alberta team since martin's squad in 2000 to miss the playoffs. at the players' championship, martin and team finished with a 2–2 win-loss record, and they advanced to a tiebreaker, where they lost to john epping. a few days after the conclusion of the players' championship, martin's longtime third, john morris, announced that he and martin were parting ways.