1997 Labatt Brier – Wikipedia

The 1997 Labatt Brier was held from March 8 to 15 at the Canadian Airlines Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. Kevin Martin of Alberta defeated Vic Peters of Manitoba in the final in front of a sell-out crowd of 17,024. It was the largest one-day attendance at any curling event in history up to that point and the Brier’s total attendance of 223,322 was a record.^[1] In the tenth end of the final, Alberta led 9–8, without hammer. Team Martin played for the steal, throwing up numerous guards. On his last stone, Peters missed a six-foot angle raise double takeout, giving Alberta the steal, and losing the game. It was the first Brier Alberta won on home ice since 1961. The win qualified the Martin rink to represent Canada at the 1997 World Men’s Curling Championship as well as a spot in the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.^[2]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Ottewell CC, Edmonton Skip: Kevin Martin Third: Don Walchuk Second: Rudy Ramcharan Lead: Don Bartlett Fifth: Jules Owchar	Kamloops CC, Kamloops Skip: Barry McPhee Third: Dave Schleppe Second: Ken Brown Lead: Bert Hinch Fifth: John Pisarczyk	Granite CC, Winnipeg Skip: Vic Peters Third: Dan Carey Second: Chris Neufeld Lead: Scott Grant Fifth: Don Rudd
New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador	Northern Ontario
Thistle-St. Andrews CC, Saint John Skip: James Grattan Third: Charles Sullivan Second: Daryell Nowlan Lead: Jeff Lacey Fifth: David Nowlan	St. John’s CC, St. John’s Skip: Jeff Thomas Third: Lorne Henderson Second: Ken Ellis Lead: Ian Kerr Fifth: Peter Hollett	Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie Fourth: Chris Buchan Skip: Mike Coulter Second: Dusty Jakomait Lead: Mark Maki Fifth: Rollie Ralph
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Lowell Goulden Third: Bill Robinson Second: Georg Ernst Lead: Kris MacLeod Fifth: Ron Robinson	Churchill CC, Churchill Skip: Ed Werenich Third: John Kawaja Second: Pat Perroud Lead: Neil Harrison Fifth: Peter Steski	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Robert Campbell Third: Peter Gallant Second: Mark O’Rourke Lead: Mark Butler Fifth: David Campbell
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
Buckingham CC, Buckingham Skip: Don Westphal Third: Dan Lemery Second: Pierre Charette Lead: Louis Biron Fifth: Daniel Lafleur	Estevan CC, Estevan Skip: Jim Packet Third: Jeff Mosley Second: Dallas Duce Lead: Ken Loeffler Fifth: Bob Doerr	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Lonnie Kofoed Third: Nolin McGowan Second: Humphrey Power Lead: Darol Stuart Fifth: Wade Scoffin

Round robin standings[edit]

Round robin results[edit]

Draw 1[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Manitoba (Peters)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	4
Alberta (Martin)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	X	X	7

Draw 2[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	5
Quebec (Westphal)	0	1	0	0	5	0	3	0	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	9
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	7

Draw 3[edit]

Draw 4[edit]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	6
Ontario (Werenich)	1	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2
Manitoba (Peters)	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	X	X	X	7

Draw 5[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	2	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	X	10
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4

Draw 6[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	3	0	3	1	2	0	X	X	X	X	9
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6
Quebec (Westphal)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5

Draw 7[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	X	X	8
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Alberta (Martin)	1	0	3	0	3	1	0	2	X	X	10

Draw 8[edit]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	7
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	6

Draw 9[edit]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	5
Manitoba (Peters)	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	X	7

Draw 10[edit]

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	2
Ontario (Werenich)	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	X	X	X	7

Draw 11[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Alberta (Martin)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	7
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 12[edit]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	6
Quebec (Westphal)	0	4	0	1	0	4	0	2	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5
Manitoba (Peters)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	X	9

Draw 13[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	X	6
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Draw 14[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	1	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	X	9
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Alberta (Martin)	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	4	1	X	10
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 15[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	6
Quebec (Westphal)	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	X	8
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

Draw 16[edit]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	7
Alberta (Martin)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	8
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	2	X	12

Draw 17[edit]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Manitoba (Peters)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4

Playoffs[edit]

3 vs. 4[edit]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	6
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4

1 vs. 2[edit]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Alberta (Martin)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6

Semifinal[edit]

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Final[edit]

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	3	1	10
Manitoba (Peters)	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	8

Statistics[edit]

Top 5 player percentages[edit]

Round Robin only

Team percentages[edit]

Round Robin only

References[edit]