The following season, he formed his own team before heading east to play second for 2006 Olympic champion Brad Gushue out of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

[2] Schille's move to Newfoundland to play for the Gushue rink followed the departure of Russ Howard.

The team made it to the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier where they lost to Ontario (skipped by Russ' brother, Glenn) in the final.

The team qualified for the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier as well, but has less success, losing in the tie-breaker game to British Columbia (Bob Ursel).

Before a match, the Koe rink got extremely drunk and disorderly, and were disqualified from the tournament, and banned from future Red Deer Curling Classics.