1981_Labatt_Brier

1981 Labatt Brier
1981 Labatt Brier
Host city	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Arena	Halifax Metro Centre
Dates	March 1–8
Attendance	67,257
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Kerry Burtnyk
Third	Mark Olson
Second	Jim Spencer
Lead	Ron Kammerlock
Finalist	Northern Ontario (Al Hackner)
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1981 Labatt Brier

Canada's men's curling championship

The 1981 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 1 to 8, 1981 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The total attendance for the week was 67,257.^[1]

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Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Kerry Burtnyk won the Brier tankard as they defeated Northern Ontario, skipped by Al Hackner in the final 5–4. Manitoba advanced to the final after beating Saskatchewan in the semifinal 5–4. This was Manitoba's twenty-first Brier championship and the first of two skipped by Burtnyk. At 22 years, 3 months, and 15 days, Burtnyk became the youngest skip to ever win a Brier^[2] surpassing Hec Gervais' record by nearly five years when he won the 1961 Brier.

The Burtynk rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1981 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil in London, Ontario where they lost in the semifinal to eventual champion Switzerland.

The event set a record for the most extra end games in a single Brier as fourteen games went to an extra end breaking the record of eleven set in 1976. This remains a record and would only be matched in 1990.^[3]

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).^[4]^[5]

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BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS

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Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Fairview CC, Fairview Skip: Mel Watchorn Third: Jim Fox Second: Terry Watchorn Lead: Merv Watchorn	Kamloops CC, Kamloops Skip: Barry McPhee Third: Robert Kuroyama Second: Brian Eden Lead: Grant Young	Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg Skip: Kerry Burtnyk Third: Mark Olson Second: Jim Spencer Lead: Ron Kammerlock
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Beaver CC, Moncton Fourth: Tony Richardson Third: Bruce Forster Second: Gord Johnson Skip: Don Mix	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Toby McDonald Third: Jim Miller Second: John Allan Lead: Neil Young	Fort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Al Hackner Third: Rick Lang Second: Bob Nicol Lead: Bruce Kennedy
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Alan Darragh Third: Tom Fetterly Second: Michael Currie Lead: Brent Cotter	Avonlea CC, Don Mills Skip: Ed Werenich Third: Bob Widdis Second: Neil Harrison Lead: Jim McGrath	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Peter MacDonald Third: Bobby Carruthers Second: Alexander Stewart Lead: Rod MacDonald
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
Howick CC, Howick Skip: Brian Ness Third: Karl Murovic Second: Roy Weigand Lead: Robert Carter	Assiniboia CC, Assiniboia Skip: Bob Ellert Third: Don Bushell Second: Ken Berner Lead: Bill Wilson	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Chuck Haines Third: Gordon Gee Second: Lyle Sieg Lead: John Russell

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Northern Ontario	Al Hackner	9	2	81	63	50	40	8	15	77%
Manitoba	Kerry Burtnyk	8	3	71	44	46	37	11	8	80%
Ontario	Ed Werenich	7	4	73	59	51	43	7	18	75%
Saskatchewan	Bob Ellert	7	4	66	58	45	40	8	10	73%
British Columbia	Barry McPhee	7	4	81	72	48	46	5	12	72%
Quebec	Brian Ness	6	5	61	58	45	39	9	14	75%
Alberta	Mel Watchorn	5	6	69	60	47	46	3	11	75%
Prince Edward Island	Peter MacDonald	4	7	56	69	41	47	13	9	71%
Yukon/Northwest Territories	Chuck Haines	4	7	50	71	37	50	8	4	70%
New Brunswick	Don Mix	3	8	53	69	39	50	13	2	71%
Newfoundland	Toby McDonald	3	8	55	70	41	45	11	11	73%
Nova Scotia	Alan Darragh	3	8	56	79	43	50	4	10	69%

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Mix)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ness)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	X	9

1981_Labatt_Brier

1981 Labatt Brier

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Draw 12

Draw 13

Draw 14

Draw 15

Tiebreakers

Round 1

Round 2

Playoffs

Semifinal

Final

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Awards

All-Star Team

Ross G.L. Harstone Award

External links

References

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Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	4
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	X	X	7
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Mix)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	5
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	X	7

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

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	8
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	5

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	7
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	3	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	11
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	X	9

			To Semifinal

			1	Ontario	5
2	Saskatchewan	7		Saskatchewan	6
3	British Columbia	5

Player percentages
Saskatchewan		British Columbia
Bill Wilson	83%	Grant Young	84%
Ken Berner	74%	Brian Eden	81%
Don Bushell	68%	Robert Kuroyama	76%
Bob Ellert	74%	Barry McPhee	66%
Total	74%	Total	77%

Player percentages
Ontario		Saskatchewan
Jim McGrath	89%	Bill Wilson	55%
Neil Harrison	90%	Ken Berner	80%
Bob Widdis	77%	Don Bushell	70%
Ed Werenich	66%	Bob Ellert	85%
Total	80%	Total	72%

Player percentages
Northern Ontario		Manitoba
Bruce Kennedy	84%	Ron Kammerlock	83%
Bob Nicol	76%	Jim Spencer	80%
Rick Lang	74%	Mark Olson	75%
Al Hackner	84%	Kerry Burtnyk	78%
Total	79%	Total	79%

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Al Hackner	Northern Ontario
Third	Mark Olson	Manitoba
Second	Roy Weigand	Quebec
Lead	Jim McGrath	Ontario