1982 Labatt Brier | |
Host City: | Brandon, Manitoba |
Arena: | Keystone Centre |
Dates: | March 7–14 |
Attendance: | 106,394 |
Winner: | |
Curling Club: | Fort William CC, Thunder Bay |
Skip: | Al Hackner |
Third: | Rick Lang |
Second: | Bob Nicol |
Lead: | Bruce Kennedy |
Finalist: | (Brent Giles) |
The 1982 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 7 to 14, 1982[1] at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The total attendance for the week was 106,394, which was the first Brier to be attended by over 100,000 spectators.[2]
After losing in the Brier final the previous two years, Al Hackner, who skipped Team Northern Ontario finally captured the Brier tankard in the third straight final appearance after defeating British Columbia, skipped by Brent Giles in the final 7–3. Northern Ontario advanced to the final after defeating Manitoba 8–5 in the semifinal. This was Northern Ontario's third Brier championship and the first of two titles skipped by Hackner.
The Hackner rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1982 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany which they captured the world championship as well.
Manitoba's 6–5 victory over New Brunswick in Draw 2 and British Columbia's 7–6 victory over Northern Ontario in Draw 12 were the sixth and seventh instances in which a game went into a second extra end in the Brier. This was also only the second Brier to feature multiple double extra end games, with the other occurring in .
The teams were listed as follows:[3]
British Columbia | Manitoba | ||
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Grande Prairie CC, Grande PrairieSkip: Gary Morken Third: Dennis Graber Second: Richard Maksymetz Lead: Murray Gummer | Vancouver CC, VancouverSkip: Brent Giles Third: Greg Monkman Second: Al Roemer Lead: Brad Giles | Souris CC, SourisSkip: Mel Logan Third: Doug Armour Second: Lloyd Lang Lead: Allan Granger | |
New Brunswick | Newfoundland | Northern Ontario | |
Capital WC, FrederictonSkip: Charlie Sullivan Third: Dave Sullivan Second: Shelly Palk Lead: Robert Cormier | St. John's CC, St. John'sSkip: Mark Noseworthy Third: Randy Perry Second: Eugene Trickett Lead: John Wheeler | Fort William CC, Thunder BaySkip: Al Hackner Third: Rick Lang Second: Bob Nicol Lead: Bruce Kennedy | |
Nova Scotia | Ontario | Prince Edward Island | |
Dartmouth CC, DartmouthSkip: Lowell Goulden Third: Peter MacPhee Second: Bruce MacArthur Lead: David Wallace | Forest City CC, LondonSkip: Bruce Munro Third: Bob Laidlaw Second: Clive Bowden Lead: Bruce Paterson | Charlottetown CC, CharlottetownSkip: Peter Jenkins Third: Doug Weeks Second: Peter Gallant Lead: Roy Rodd | |
Quebec | Saskatchewan | Yukon/Northwest Territories | |
CFB St-Jean CC, Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuSkip: Don Aitken Third: Earle Morris Second: Lawren Steventon Lead: Malcolm Turner | Kerrobert CC, KerrobertSkip: Brad Heidt Third: Wayne Charteris Second: John Whetter Lead: Warren Rechenmacher | Takhini CC, WhitehorseSkip: Paul Hunter Third: John Yeulet Second: Gabriel Aucoin Lead: Ross Birnie |
Final Round Robin standings
Key | ||
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Teams to Playoffs | ||
Teams to Tiebreakers |
Province | Skip | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
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9 | 2 | 68 | 51 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 14 | ||||||||||
8 | 3 | 82 | 51 | 50 | 40 | 6 | 22 | ||||||||||
6 | 5 | 71 | 64 | 44 | 41 | 8 | 16 | ||||||||||
6 | 5 | 64 | 59 | 45 | 44 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||
6 | 5 | 60 | 57 | 42 | 45 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
5 | 6 | 65 | 61 | 41 | 46 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
5 | 6 | 64 | 75 | 45 | 45 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||
5 | 6 | 71 | 73 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 19 | ||||||||||
5 | 6 | 58 | 65 | 38 | 42 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||||
5 | 6 | 63 | 67 | 44 | 45 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||
3 | 8 | 55 | 72 | 40 | 43 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||
3 | 8 | 47 | 73 | 37 | 46 | 12 | 6 |
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time .[4]
Sunday, March 7, 1:00 pm
Sunday, March 7, 7:30 pm
Monday, March 8, 9:00 am
Monday, March 8, 1:30 pm
Monday, March 8, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, March 9, 9:00 am
Tuesday, March 9, 1:30 pm
Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, March 10, 9:00 am
Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm
Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 pm
Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm
Thursday, March 11, 7:30 pm
Friday, March 12, 9:00 am
Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm
Manitoba was awarded the bye into the second tiebreaker round based on head-to-head victories over both New Brunswick and Newfoundland in the round robin.[5]
Friday, March 12, 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 13, 9:00 am
Saturday, March 13, 1:45 pm
Sunday, March 14, 12:45 pm
The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.[6]
Position | Name | Team | |
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Skip | Al Hackner (2) | ||
Third | |||
Second | |||
Lead |
The Ross Harstone Award was presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.[7]