The Brier

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::summary Canadian men's curling championship ::

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Field	Value
Name	Montana's Brier
Logo	Montana's Brier logo.png
Established
Current host city	St. John's,
Current arena	Mary Brown's Centre
Current champion
Current	2026 Montana's Brier
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| Name = Montana's Brier | Logo = Montana's Brier logo.png | Logo size = | Established = | Current host city = St. John's, | Current arena = Mary Brown's Centre | Current champion = | Current = 2026 Montana's Brier The Brier (**), known since 2024 as the Montana's Brier for sponsorship reasons, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during the month of March.

The winner of the Brier goes on to represent Canada at the World Curling Championships of the same year. The Brier is the best supported curling competition in terms of paid attendance, attracting crowds far larger than even those for World Championships held in Canada.

Its current main sponsor is Montana's, a Canadian restaurant chain. "Brier" originally referred to a brand of tobacco sold by the event's first sponsor, the Macdonald Tobacco Company.

History

In 1924, George J. Cameron, the president of the W. L. Mackenzie and Company subsidiary of the Macdonald Tobacco Company, pitched the idea of a national curling championship to Macdonald Tobacco and was accepted. At the time Canadian curling was divided between the use of granite and iron curling stones, with the latter being used in Quebec and Eastern Ontario and the former being used everywhere else. The granite camp held the advantage, as Macdonald Tobacco's T. Howard Stewart, brother of company president Walter Stewart, supported the use of granites, and was able to influence the decision to use granite stones for the new national championship.

Macdonald Tobacco further developed the concept, in 1925 and 1926, by sponsoring the winners of the "Macdonald Brier Trophy" at the MCA Bonspiel to travel to Eastern Canada. In 1925, the Manitoba team played a number of exhibition games against local teams, while the 1926 team played in the Quebec Bonspiel. The visits were deemed popular enough for Macdonald Tobacco to move forward with sponsorship of a full national championship in 1927.

The first Brier was held at the Granite Club in Toronto in 1927. Eight teams from across the country participated, representing Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northern Ontario, Toronto and Montreal. Games lasted 14 ends, and each team played each other in a 7-game round robin with no playoffs unless there was a tie for first. The first Brier champion was Nova Scotia, a rink skipped by Murray Macneill, with teammates Al MacInnes, Cliff Torey and Jim Donahue – who were normally skips in their own right, but were added to the Macneill rink because the rest of his normal team could not make the trip."Canada Curls", by Doug Maxwell, pg 109

By 1928, games were shortened to 12 ends in length and the single Western Canada team was replaced by individual teams from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, increasing the total number of teams to 10 – seven provinces, two cities and the region of Northern Ontario. In the 1932 Brier, the cities of Montreal and Toronto were dropped from competition, but Northern Ontario kept its entry, and still remains the only non provincial or territorial entry to this day. In 1936, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia were given entries. The Dominion of Newfoundland did not become part of Canada until after the 1949 Brier, so the team representing the new province of Newfoundland (later Newfoundland and Labrador) did not join the Brier until 1951. In 1975, a single combined team representing the federal territories of Yukon and Northwest Territories joined the Brier competition. In 1977, games were shortened to 10 ends, which is the current length for matches. Games had to be played in their entirety until the 1974 Brier, when the rules were changed to the present standard of allowing a team to concede defeat before the end of the match if they wished.

The Brier would continue to be played at the Granite Club in Toronto through to the 1940 competition. After then, the event would travel around the country, and would be played in all 10 provinces. Also at this point, rocks were coloured differently for each team and were matched to be of equal size. Play was discontinued between 1943 and 1945 due to World War II. After World War II, the event became more of a popular sporting spectacle across the country thanks to Macdonald Tobacco enlisting media outlets to cover the event. In 1946, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) began covering the event live across the country on the radio. By the 1960s, the CBC began showing curling on television, at first giving daily half-hour reports. In 1962, the CBC showed the tie-breaking playoff match up. In 1973, CBC began regularly showing live coverage of the final draw of the event. Today, TSN covers the entire tournament. CBC had covered the semi-finals and the finals up until the 2007–08 season. In 2013, Sportsnet and City began to offer coverage of the finals of the provincial playdowns in Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia as well.

In 1977, Macdonald Tobacco announced it would no longer be sponsoring the Brier, and the 1979 event would be the last one titled the Macdonald Brier. A committee headed by the Canadian Curling Association (today's Curling Canada) was put in charge to find a new sponsor, which would end up being the Labatt Brewing Company. The event retained the "Brier" name, despite the word being the property of Macdonald Tobacco. However, with the Labatt sponsorship came some changes to the event, such as adding a new championship trophy and adding a TV-friendly playoff round after the round robin games. Labatt remained the title sponsor until 2001 when Nokia took over. That sponsorship only lasted four years before Tim Hortons took over, until 2024. When the Labatt sponsorship ended, the original Brier trophy was brought back and the names of the winners during the Labatt era were engraved on it."Canada Curls", by Doug Maxwell, pg 121

Beginning in the 1990s, curling became more profitable, and the event would mostly be held in larger curling friendly markets (such as Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and Saskatoon). At the same time, the World Curling Tour made the sport more lucrative, and curlers demanded cash prizes at the Brier, and the ability to display their sponsors on their jerseys. The Canadian Curling Association ignored their demands, and when the Grand Slam curling series was instituted in 2001, many of the top teams in the country boycotted the Brier in favour of playing in the Slams. Curlers' demands were eventually met and the boycott ended in 2003. The dominant Brier team of the era, the "Ferbey four" did not boycott the Brier, and won four of five Briers during the era, while other top teams such as Kevin Martin's boycotted the event.

Sponsors

For the first fifty years, the Brier was sponsored by Macdonald Tobacco (later RJR Tobacco Company and now part of JTI-Macdonald Corporation). The name "Brier", in fact, came from a brand of tobacco being manufactured by Macdonald at the time (a brier being a small shrub whose roots are commonly used to make tobacco pipes). Macdonald was also responsible for introducing both the Brier Tankard trophy (originally named the British Consols Trophy after a brand of cigarettes), and the now famous heart-shaped patches awarded to the tournament winners. The patches were modeled after a small tin heart pressed into the centre of Macdonald tobacco plugs, along with the slogan “The Heart of the Tobacco.” The same heart appeared on tins of Macdonald pipe tobacco. Later, when other national championships were developed, many took the heart as their identifying symbol as well.

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Years	Sponsor
1927–1979	Macdonald Tobacco
1980–2000	Labatt
2001–2004	Nokia
2005–2023	Tim Hortons
2024–present	Montana's BBQ & Bar
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Qualification and eligibility

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The Brier is currently contested by 18 teams. Most provinces and territories are represented by one team, with the exception of Ontario, which sends two teams (named Ontario and Northern Ontario). Through 2014 the territories sent one team, but starting in 2015 all three territories were permitted to compete individually. Teams qualify for the Brier through their respective provincial championships, which are held every year and are open to any Canadian men's curling team consisting of Canadian citizens. The formats for these championships vary from province to province, but most entail a series of club, municipal, district and/or regional playdowns prior to the provincial championship. Playdown formats vary, with each member association choosing a format suited to its geography and demographics. Originally, nearly all teams regardless of ability or past performance had to qualify for each Brier, starting at the club level when more than one team from a club seeks to enter the playdowns. Today, member associations typically grant past champions and other strong teams automatic entry to the latter stage(s) of the playdowns.

Until 2013, the champions of the Brier did not automatically qualify for the following year's Brier, and had to qualify again. However, beginning in 2014, following the precedent set by its women's counterpart, the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, champions now earn a bye representing Canada during the following year's Brier.

For the three tournaments from 2015 to 2017, fifteen teams (ten provinces, three territories, Northern Ontario, and Team Canada) competed for twelve places in the Brier proper. The four lowest-ranked regions played a pre-qualifying tournament to open the Brier, with the winner advancing to the full round-robin. In this format's first year Nunavut declined to send a team, and the round was between the winners of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon.

Beginning with the 2018 Brier, the event expanded to a sixteen team field, with the ten provinces, three territories, Northern Ontario, and Team Canada being joined by the highest-ranked non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings. The teams are separated into two pools of eight, each playing a round-robin, with the top four teams in each pool advancing to a second pool to determine the final four teams.

Past champions

Macdonald Brier

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Year	Winning province	Winning team	Host
1927		Murray Macneill, Al MacInnes, Cliff Torey, Jim Donahoe	Toronto, Ontario
1928	Manitoba	Gordon Hudson, Sam Penwarden, Ron Singbush, Bill Grant	Toronto, Ontario (2)
1929	Manitoba	Gordon Hudson, Don Rollo, Ron Singbush, Bill Grant	Toronto, Ontario (3)
1930	Manitoba	Howard Wood, Sr., Jimmy Congalton, Victor Wood, Lionel Wood	Toronto, Ontario (4)
1931	Manitoba	Bob Gourley, Ernie Pollard, Arnold Lockerbie, Ray Stewart	Toronto, Ontario (5)
1932	Manitoba	Jimmy Congalton, Howard Wood, Sr., Bill Noble, Harry Mawhinney	Toronto, Ontario (6)
1933	Alberta	Cliff Manahan, Harold Deeton, Harold Wolfe, Bert Ross	Toronto, Ontario (7)
1934	Manitoba	Leo Johnson, Lorne Stewart, Linc Johnson, Marno Frederickson	Toronto, Ontario (8)
1935	Ontario	Gordon Campbell, Donnie Campbell, Gord Coates, Duncan Campbell	Toronto, Ontario (9)
1936	Manitoba	Ken Watson, Grant Watson, Marvin MacIntyre, Charles Kerr	Toronto, Ontario (10)
1937	Alberta	Cliff Manahan, Wes Robinson, Ross Manahan, Lloyd McIntyre	Toronto, Ontario (11)
1938	Manitoba	Ab Gowanlock, Bung Cartmell, Bill McKnight, Tom McKnight	Toronto, Ontario (12)
1939	Ontario	Bert Hall, Perry Hall, Ernie Parkes, Cam Seagram	Toronto, Ontario (13)
1940	Manitoba	Howard Wood, Sr., Ernie Pollard, Howie Wood, Jr., Roy Enman	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1941	Alberta	Howard Palmer, Jack Lebeau, Art Gooder, Clair Webb	Toronto, Ontario (14)
1942	Manitoba	Ken Watson, Grant Watson, Charlie Scrymgeour, Jim Grant	Quebec City, Quebec
1943	Cancelled due to World War II
1944
1945
1946	Alberta	Billy Rose, Bart Swelin, Austin Smith, George Crooks	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1947	Manitoba	Jimmy Welsh, Alex Welsh, Jock Reid, Harry Monk	Saint John, New Brunswick
1948	British Columbia	Frenchy D'Amour, Bob McGhie, Fred Wendell, Jim Mark	Calgary, Alberta
1949	Manitoba	Ken Watson, Grant Watson, Lyle Dyker, Charles Read	Hamilton, Ontario
1950	Northern Ontario	Tom Ramsay, Len Williamson, Bill Weston, Billy Kenny	Vancouver, British Columbia
1951		Don Oyler, George Hanson, Fred Dyke, Wally Knock	Halifax, Nova Scotia
1952	Manitoba	Billy Walsh, Al Langlois, Andy McWilliams, John Watson	Winnipeg, Manitoba (2)
1953	Manitoba	Ab Gowanlock, Jim Williams, Art Pollon, Russ Jackman	Sudbury, Ontario
1954	Alberta	Matt Baldwin, Glenn Gray, Pete Ferry, Jim Collins	Edmonton, Alberta
1955	Saskatchewan	Garnet Campbell, Don Campbell, Glen Campbell, Lloyd Campbell	Regina, Saskatchewan
1956	Manitoba	Billy Walsh, Al Langlois, Cy White, Andy McWilliams	Moncton, New Brunswick
1957	Alberta	Matt Baldwin, Gordon Haynes, Art Kleinmeyer, Bill Price	Kingston, Ontario
1958	Alberta	Matt Baldwin, Jack Geddes, Gordon Haynes, Bill Price	Victoria, British Columbia
1959	Saskatchewan	Ernie Richardson, Arnold Richardson, Garnet Richardson, Wes Richardson	Quebec City, Quebec (2)
1960	Saskatchewan	Ernie Richardson, Arnold Richardson, Garnet Richardson, Wes Richardson	Fort William, Ontario
1961	Alberta	Hec Gervais, Ron Anton, Ray Werner, Wally Ursuliak	Calgary, Alberta (2)
1962	Saskatchewan	Ernie Richardson, Arnold Richardson, Garnet Richardson, Wes Richardson	Kitchener, Ontario
1963	Saskatchewan	Ernie Richardson, Arnold Richardson, Garnet Richardson, Mel Perry	Brandon, Manitoba
1964		Lyall Dagg, Leo Hebert, Fred Britton, Barry Naimark	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1965	Manitoba	Terry Braunstein, Don Duguid, Ron Braunstein, Ray Turnbull	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (2)
1966	Alberta	Ron Northcott, George Fink, Bernie Sparkes, Fred Storey	Halifax, Nova Scotia (2)
1967		Alf Phillips, Jr., John Ross, Ron Manning, Keith Reilly	Hull, Quebec
1968	Alberta	Ron Northcott, Jim Shields, Bernie Sparkes, Fred Storey
1969		Ron Northcott, Dave Gerlach, Bernie Sparkes, Fred Storey	Oshawa, Ontario
1970		Don Duguid, Rod Hunter, Jim Pettapiece, Bryan Wood	Winnipeg, Manitoba (3)
1971		Don Duguid, Rod Hunter, Jim Pettapiece, Bryan Wood	Quebec City, Quebec (3)
1972		Orest Meleschuk, Dave Romano, John Hanesiak, Pat Hailley	St. John's, Newfoundland
1973		Harvey Mazinke, Billy Martin, George Achtymichuk, Dan Klippenstein	Edmonton, Alberta (2)
1974		Hec Gervais, Ron Anton, Warren Hansen, Darrel Sutton	London, Ontario
1975		Bill Tetley, Rick Lang, Bill Hodgson, Peter Hnatiw	Fredericton, New Brunswick
1976	NL	Jack MacDuff, Toby McDonald, Doug Hudson, Ken Templeton	Regina, Saskatchewan (2)
1977		Jim Ursel, Art Lobel, Don Aitken, Brian Ross	Montreal, Quebec
1978		Mike Chernoff, Ed Lukowich, Dale Johnston, Ron Schindle	Vancouver, British Columbia (2)
1979		Barry Fry, Bill Carey, Gordon Sparkes, Bryan Wood	Ottawa, Ontario
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Labatt Brier

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Year	Winning province	Winning team	Finalist province	Finalist team	Host
1980		Rick Folk, Ron Mills, Tom Wilson, Jim Wilson		Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy	Calgary, Alberta (3)
1981		Kerry Burtnyk, Mark Olson, Jim Spencer, Ron Kammerlock		Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy	Halifax, Nova Scotia (3)
1982		Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy		Brent Giles, Greg Monkman, Al Roemer, Brad Giles	Brandon, Manitoba (2)
1983		Ed Werenich, Paul Savage, John Kawaja, Neil Harrison		Mike Chernoff, Ed Lukowich, Neil Houston, Brent Syme	Sudbury, Ontario (2)
1984		Michael Riley, Brian Toews, John Helston, Russ Wookey		Ed Werenich, Paul Savage, John Kawaja, Neil Harrison	Victoria, British Columbia (2)
1985		Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Ian Tetley, Pat Perroud		Pat Ryan, Gord Trenchie, Don Mckenzie, Don Walchuk	Moncton, New Brunswick (2)
1986		Ed Lukowich, John Ferguson, Neil Houston, Brent Syme		Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Tim Belcourt, Kent Carstairs	Kitchener, Ontario (2)
1987		Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Tim Belcourt, Kent Carstairs		Bernie Sparkes, Jim Armstrong, Monte Ziola, Jamie Sexton	Edmonton, Alberta (3)
1988		Pat Ryan, Randy Ferbey, Don Walchuk, Don McKenzie		Eugene Hritzuk, Del Shaughnessy, Murray Soparlo, Don Dabrowski	Chicoutimi, Quebec
1989		Pat Ryan, Randy Ferbey, Don Walchuk, Don McKenzie		Rick Folk, Bert Gretzinger, Rob Koffski, Doug Smith
1990		Ed Werenich, John Kawaja, Ian Tetley, Pat Perroud		Jim Sullivan, Charlie Sullivan, Jr., Craig Burgess, Paul Power	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1991		Kevin Martin, Kevin Park, Dan Petryk, Don Bartlett		Randy Woytowich, Brian McCusker, Wyatt Buck, John Grundy	Hamilton, Ontario (2)
1992		Vic Peters, Dan Carey, Chris Neufeld, Don Rudd		Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner	Regina, Saskatchewan (3)
1993		Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner		Rick Folk, Pat Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Richard	Ottawa, Ontario (2)
1994		Rick Folk, Pat Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Richard		Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner	Red Deer, Alberta
1995		Kerry Burtnyk, Jeff Ryan, Rob Meakin, Keith Fenton		Brad Heidt, Mark Dacey, Wayne Charteris, Dan Ormsby	Halifax, Nova Scotia (4)
1996		Jeff Stoughton, Ken Tresoor, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould		Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Shawn Broda, Don Bartlett	Kamloops, British Columbia
1997		Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Rudy Ramcharan, Don Bartlett		Vic Peters, Dan Carey, Chris Neufeld, Scott Grant	Calgary, Alberta (4)
1998		Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey		Guy Hemmings, Pierre Charette, Guy Thibaudeau, Dale Ness	Winnipeg, Manitoba (4)
1999		Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Doug Armstrong		Guy Hemmings, Pierre Charette, Guy Thibaudeau, Dale Ness	Edmonton, Alberta (4)
2000		Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup		Russ Howard, Wayne Tallon, Rick Perron, Grant Odishaw	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (4)
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Nokia Brier

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Year	Winning province	Winning team	Finalist province	Finalist team	Host
2001		Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque		Kerry Burtnyk, Jeff Ryan, Rob Meakin, Keith Fenton	Ottawa, Ontario (3)
2002		Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque		John Morris, Joe Frans, Craig Savill, Brent Laing	Calgary, Alberta (5)
2003		Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque		Mark Dacey, Bruce Lohnes, Rob Harris, Andrew Gibson	Halifax, Nova Scotia (5)
2004		Mark Dacey, Bruce Lohnes, Rob Harris, Andrew Gibson		Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (5)
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Tim Hortons Brier

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Tournament	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Host	Locale	Team	Locale	Team	Locale	Team
2005		Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin
Scott Pfeifer
Marcel Rocque		Shawn Adams
Paul Flemming
Craig Burgess
Kelly Mittelstadt		Randy Dutiaume
Dave Elias
Greg Melnichuk
Shane Kilgallen	Edmonton, Alberta (5)
2006		Jean-Michel Ménard
François Roberge
Éric Sylvain
Maxime Elmaleh		Glenn Howard
Richard Hart
Brent Laing
Craig Savill		Mark Dacey
Bruce Lohnes
Rob Harris
Andrew Gibson	Regina, Saskatchewan (4)
2007		Glenn Howard
Richard Hart
Brent Laing
Craig Savill		Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Chris Schille
Jamie Korab		Jeff Stoughton
Ryan Fry
Rob Fowler
Steve Gould	Hamilton, Ontario (3)
2008		Kevin Martin
John Morris
Marc Kennedy
Ben Hebert		Glenn Howard
Richard Hart
Brent Laing
Craig Savill		Pat Simmons
Jeff Sharp
Gerry Adam
Steve Laycock	Winnipeg, Manitoba (5)
2009		Kevin Martin
John Morris
Marc Kennedy
Ben Hebert		Jeff Stoughton
Kevin Park
Rob Fowler
Steve Gould		Glenn Howard
Richard Hart
Brent Laing
Craig Savill	Calgary, Alberta (6)
2010		Kevin Koe
Blake MacDonald
Carter Rycroft
Nolan Thiessen		Glenn Howard
Richard Hart
Brent Laing
Craig Savill		Brad Jacobs
E.J. Harnden
Ryan Harnden
Caleb Flaxey	Halifax, Nova Scotia (6)
2011		Jeff Stoughton
Jon Mead
Reid Carruthers
Steve Gould		Glenn Howard
Richard Hart
Brent Laing
Craig Savill		Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Ryan Fry
Jamie Danbrook	London, Ontario (2)
2012		Glenn Howard

Brent Laing Craig Savill | | Kevin Koe Pat Simmons Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen | | Rob Fowler Allan Lyburn Richard Daneault Derek Samagalski | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (6) | | | | | 2013 | | Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E.J. Harnden Ryan Harnden | | Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Reid Carruthers Mark Nichols | | Glenn Howard Wayne Middaugh Brent Laing Craig Savill | Edmonton, Alberta (6) | | | | | 2014 | | Kevin Koe Pat Simmons Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen | | John Morris Jim Cotter Tyrel Griffith Rick Sawatsky | | Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Mark Nichols Reid Carruthers | Kamloops, British Columbia (2) | | | | | 2015 | | Pat Simmons John Morris Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen | | Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E.J. Harnden Ryan Harnden | | Steve Laycock Kirk Muyres Colton Flasch Dallan Muyres | Calgary, Alberta (7) | | | | | 2016 | | Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert | | Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker | | Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E.J. Harnden Ryan Harnden | Ottawa, Ontario (4) | | | | | 2017 | | Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker | | Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert | | Mike McEwen B.J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Denni Neufeld | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (2) | | | | | 2018 | | Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker | |
Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin | | John Epping Mat Camm Pat Janssen Tim March | Regina, Saskatchewan (5) | | | | | 2019 | | Kevin Koe B.J. Neufeld Colton Flasch Ben Hebert | AB Wild Card | Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin | | Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E.J. Harnden Ryan Harnden | Brandon, Manitoba (3) | | | | | 2020 | | Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker | | Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin | | Matt Dunstone

Catlin Schneider Dustin Kidby | Kingston, Ontario (2) | | | | | 2021 | |
Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin | AB Wild Card 2 | Kevin Koe B.J. Neufeld John Morris Ben Hebert | | Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Kirk Muyres Dustin Kidby | Calgary, Alberta (8) | | | | | 2022 | NL Wild Card 1 | Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker | | Kevin Koe B.J. Neufeld John Morris Ben Hebert | |
Pat Janssen Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin | Lethbridge, Alberta | | | | | 2023 | | Brad Gushue Mark Nichols E.J. Harnden Geoff Walker | | Matt Dunstone B.J. Neufeld Colton Lott Ryan Harnden | AB Wild Card 1 | Brendan Bottcher Marc Kennedy Brett Gallant Ben Hebert | London, Ontario (3) | | | | ::

Montana's Brier

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Tournament	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Host	Locale	Team	Locale	Team	Locale	Team
2024		Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
E.J. Harnden
Geoff Walker		Mike McEwen
Colton Flasch
Kevin Marsh
Dan Marsh	(Bottcher)	Brendan Bottcher
Marc Kennedy
Brett Gallant
Ben Hebert	Regina, Saskatchewan (6)
2025	(Jacobs)	Brad Jacobs
Marc Kennedy
Brett Gallant
Ben Hebert	(Dunstone)	Matt Dunstone
Colton Lott
E.J. Harnden
Ryan Harnden		Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Brendan Bottcher
Geoff Walker
2026							St. John's, [Newfoundland
and Labrador](newfoundland-and-labrador) (3)
2027							Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (7)
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Top 3 finishes table

As of the 2025 Brier

Prior to the 2011 Brier, there were no bronze medal games, so the third-place finishes listed in the table are for the teams that finished third in the tournament. Following the introduction of bronze medal games, which were played between the loser of the 3 versus 4 page playoff game and the loser of the semifinal game, the third-place finishes listed are for the teams that won the bronze medal games in each Brier. The bronze medal games were discontinued with the 2018 Brier.

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Province / Locale	1st	2nd	3rd	Top 3 finishes
	30	21	9	60
	27	16	15	58
	10	18	13	41
	7	16	18	41
	5	6	13	24
	4	13	14	31
	4	1	2	7
	3	3	6	12
	3	2	2	7
	2	4	4	10
	1	2	1	4
	0	3	7	10
	0	1	0	1
Toronto Flag.svg Toronto	0	0	5	5
	0	0	2	2
Nunavut
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Awards

Hec Gervais Playoff MVP Award

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Year	Player	Locale
1997	Kevin Martin
1998	Graeme McCarrel
1999	Jeff Stoughton
2000	Bryan Miki
2001	David Nedohin
2002	David Nedohin (2)
2003	David Nedohin (3)
2004	Mark Dacey
2005	David Nedohin (4)
2006	Jean-Michel Ménard
2007	Glenn Howard
2008	John Morris
2009	Kevin Martin (2)
2010	Kevin Koe
2011	Jon Mead
2012	Wayne Middaugh
2013	Brad Jacobs
2014	Carter Rycroft
2015	Pat Simmons
2016	Kevin Koe (2)
2017	Brad Gushue
2018	Brad Gushue (2)
2019	Kevin Koe (3)
2020	Brad Gushue (3)
2021	Brendan Bottcher
2022	Brad Gushue (4)	NL Wild Card 1
2023	Brad Gushue (5)
2024	Brad Gushue (6)
2025	Brad Jacobs (2)
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Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award

Named for Ross Harstone, an Ontario businessman and former member of Brier board of trustees.

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Year	Player	Locale
1966	George F. McCharles	NL
1967	Douglas S. McGibney
1968	Charles Piper, Jr.
1969	Bill Piercey	NL
1970	Ed Steeves
1971	Bob Pickering
1972	David Sullivan
1973	Mel Watchorn
1974	Larry McGrath
1975	Harvey Mazinke
1976	Jim Ursel
1977	Joe Power, Jr.	NL
1978	Peter Murray
1979	Dave Durrant
1979	Wayne Matheson
1980	Wayne Hamilton	NL
1981	Mel Watchorn (2)
1982	Mark Noseworthy	NL
1983	Jim Armstrong
1984	John Helston
1985	Daniel Hildebrand
1986	Bill Campbell, Jr.
1987	Jim Armstrong (2)
1988	Thomas Hakansson
1989	Bert Gretzinger
1990	Craig Lepine
1991	Rick Lang
1992	Jim Armstrong (3)
1993	Trevor Alexander
1994	Mark Noseworthy (2)	NL
1995	Rick Folk
1996	Brian Rafuse
1997	Vic Peters
1998	Toby McDonald	NL
1999	Gerald Shymko
2000	Bryan Miki
2001	Paul Flemming
2002	Mark Lang
2003	Bob Jenion
2004	Daniel Lafleur
2005	Randy Dutiaume
2006	Jean-Michel Ménard
2007	Mark Whitehead
2008	Gerry Adam
2009	Dean Hicke
2010	Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc
2011	Jim Cotter
2012	Scott Manners
2013	Paul Flemming (2)
2014	Greg Balsdon
2015	Jim Cotter (2)
2016	Tyrel Griffith
2017	Jean-Michel Ménard (2)
2018	Greg Smith
2019	Darren Moulding	AB Wild Card
2020	Colin Hodgson	MB Wild Card
2021	Brendan Bottcher
2022	Scott Saccary
2023	Kelly Knapp
2024	Luke Saunders
2025	Sheldon Wettig
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Shot of the Week Award

Main article: Tim Hortons Brier Shot of the Week Award

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Year	Player	Province
1997	Kevin Martin
1998	Guy Hemmings
1999	Guy Hemmings (2)
2000	Peter Corner
2001	Kerry Burtnyk
2002	David Nedohin
2003	Bruce Lohnes
2004	Jay Peachey
2005	David Nedohin (2)
2006	Mark Dacey
2007	Dean Joanisse
2008	Glenn Howard
2009	Glenn Howard (2)
2010	Richard Hart
2011	Jeff Stoughton
2012	Glenn Howard (3)
2013	Brad Gushue
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Ford Hot Shots

Records

Most Brier wins as skip

Only one skip, Brad Gushue, has won the Brier six times (2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024).

Four people have won the Brier four times as skip:

• Ernie Richardson (1959, 1960, 1962, 1963)
• Kevin Martin (1991, 1997, 2008, 2009)
• Randy Ferbey (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
• Kevin Koe (2010, 2014, 2016, 2019)

Top Attendance Records

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#	Brier	Venue	Total attendance
1	2005	Rexall Place, Edmonton	281,985
2	2000	Saskatchewan Place, Saskatoon	248,793
3	2009	Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary	246,126
4	2002	Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary	245,296
5	1999	Skyreach Centre, Edmonton	242,887
6	2004	Saskatchewan Place, Saskatoon	238,129
7	1997	Canadian Airlines Saddledome, Calgary	223,322
8	2013	Rexall Place, Edmonton	190,113
9	2012	Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon	177,226
10	2008	MTS Centre, Winnipeg	165,075
11	2003	Metro Centre, Halifax	158,414
12	2001	Civic Centre, Ottawa	154,136
13	2015	Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary	151,835
14	1989	Saskatchewan Place, Saskatoon	151,538
15	1998	Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg	147,017
16	1994	Centrium, Red Deer	130,625
17	1993	Civic Centre, Ottawa	130,076
18	1996	Riverside Coliseum, Kamloops	127,746
19	2006	Brandt Centre, Regina	125,971
20	2017	Mile One Centre, St. John's	122,592
21	1995	Metro Centre, Halifax	121,896
22	1992	Agridome, Regina	121,555
23	2016	TD Place Arena, Ottawa	115,047
24	2011	John Labatt Centre, London	113,626
25	2018	Brandt Centre, Regina	110,555
26	2010	Metro Centre, Halifax	107,242
27	2007	Copps Coliseum, Hamilton	107,199
28	1982	Keystone Centre, Brandon	106,394
29		Brandt Centre, Regina	101,401
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Perfect games

A perfect game in curling is one in which a player scores 100% on all their shots in a game. Statistics on shots have been kept since 1980 (except for 1982). ::data[format=table]

Curler	Team	Position	Shots	Year	Opponent
Pat Perroud		Lead	22	1985
Ron Kapicki		Lead	18	1987
Neil Harrison		Lead	18	1988
Don Harvey		Lead	20	1988
Don Walchuk (1)		Second	18	1988
Louis Biron (1)		Lead	10	1992
Glenn Howard (1)		Third	18	1992
Kevin Martin (1)		Skip	10	1992
Scott Alexander		Lead	20	1993
Louis Biron (2)		Lead	20	1993
Peter Corner		Lead	20	1993
John Gundy		Lead	20	1993
Glenn Howard (2)		Third	20	1993
Gerry Richard		Lead	16	1994
Kerry Burtnyk		Skip	14	1995
Ken Ellis		Second	20	1997
Pierre Charette (1)		Third	12	1998
Pierre Charette (2)		Third	18	1999
Grant Odishaw (1)		Third	10	1999
Grant Odishaw (2)		Lead	14	2000
Grant Odishaw (3)		Lead	20	2000
Don Walchuk (2)		Third	16	2000
Wayne Middaugh (1)		Skip	10	2001
Wayne Middaugh (2)		Skip	16	2001
Ian Tetley		Second	16	2001
Brad Fenton		Lead	20	2004
Phil Loevenmark		Second	12	2004
Scott Pfeifer		Second	12	2004
Trevor Wall		Lead	20	2004
Jean Gagnon		Lead	10	2006
Glenn Howard (3)		Skip	14	2006
Craig Savill (1)		Lead	18	2006
Pierre Fraser		Lead	12	2007
Craig Savill (2)		Lead	10	2007
Glenn Howard (4)		Skip	12	2008
Ryan Fry (1)		Second	14	2009
Steve Gould		Lead	18	2009
Kevin Martin (2)		Skip	12	2009
John Morris		Third	12	2009
Nolan Thiessen (1)		Lead	18	2010
Andrew Gibson		Second	14	2011
Ben Hebert (1)		Lead	16	2011
Marc Kennedy (1)		Second	14	2011
Brent Laing (1)		Second	20	2011
Craig Savill (3)		Lead	20	2011
Jeff Stoughton		Skip	15	2011
Kevin Koe (1)		Skip	14	2012
Brent Laing (2)		Second	16	2012
Ryan Harnden (1)		Lead	14	2013
Ryan Harnden (2)		Lead	17	2013
Ben Hebert (2)		Lead	10	2013
Brad Jacobs		Skip	14	2013
Marc Kennedy (2)		Second	14	2013
Brent Laing (3)		Second	14	2013
Mark Nichols (1)		Lead	18	2013
Mark Nichols (2)		Lead	16	2013
Philippe Ménard (1)		Lead	16	2013
Craig Savill (4)		Lead	14	2013
Reid Carruthers		Lead	10	2014
Jamie Childs		Lead	20	2014
Nolan Thiessen (2)		Lead	15	2014
Nolan Thiessen (3)		Lead	16	2014
Rick Sawatsky (1)		Lead	18	2014
Rick Sawatsky (2)		Lead	16	2014
Rick Sawatsky (3)		Lead	16	2014
Ryan Fry (2)		Third	18	2015
Ryan Harnden (3)		Lead	18	2015
Colin Hodgson (1)		Lead	16	2015
Brent Laing (4)		Second	18	2015
Marc Kennedy (3)		Third	16	2016
Marc LeCocq		Second	20	2016
Philippe Ménard (2)		Lead	18	2016
Scott Howard		Lead	18	2016
Glenn Howard (5)		Skip	16	2016
Nolan Thiessen (4)		Lead	20	2016
E.J. Harnden (1)		Second	16	2016
Mark Nichols (3)		Third	18	2016
Denni Neufeld (1)		Lead	20	2016
Denni Neufeld (2)		Lead	17	2016
Kevin Koe (2)		Skip	18	2016
Brett Gallant (1)		Second	18	2016
Brent Laing (5)		Second	18	2016
Geoff Walker (1)		Lead	18	2016
Brad Gushue (1)		Skip	19	2017
E.J. Harnden (2)		Second	16	2017
Denni Neufeld (3)		Lead	16	2017
Marc Kennedy (4)		Third	22	2017
Brad Gushue (2)		Skip	16	2018
Brad Gushue (3)		Skip	18	2018
B.J. Neufeld	MB Wild Card	Third	16	2018
Denni Neufeld (4)	MB Wild Card	Lead	12	2018
Denni Neufeld (5)	MB Wild Card	Lead	14	2018
E.J. Harnden (3)		Second	16	2019
Wes Forget		Second	16	2019
Brett Gallant (2)		Second	16	2020
Kevin Koe (3)		Skip	16	2020
Brendan Bottcher (1)		Skip	19	2020
Brendan Bottcher (2)		Skip	15	2020
Matt Dunstone (1)		Skip	18	2020
Matt Dunstone (2)		Skip	20	2020
Marc Kennedy (5)		Third	12	2020
Colin Hodgson (2)	MB Wild Card	Lead	20	2020
Darren Moulding		Third	16	2020
Brad Gushue (4)		Skip	20	2020	MB Wild Card
Brad Gushue (5)		Skip	18	2021
John Epping		Skip	16	2021
Karrick Martin (1)		Lead	16	2021
Brad Gushue (6)		Skip	16	2021
Braeden Moskowy		Third	16	2021
Karrick Martin (2)		Lead	20	2022
Mark Nichols (4)	NL Wild Card 1	Third	16	2022
Dan Marsh (1)		Lead	16	2022
Ben Hebert (3)	AB Wild Card 1	Lead	14	2023
Colin Hodgson (3)		Lead	20	2023	AB Wild Card 1
Andy McCann		Lead	16	2024
Ben Hebert (4)	(Bottcher)	Lead	18	2024
Ben Hebert (5)	(Bottcher)	Lead	16	2024
Brett Gallant (3)	(Bottcher)	Second	16	2024
Geoff Walker (2)		Lead	16	2024
Brad Gushue (7)		Skip	16	2024
Tim March		Lead	22	2024	(Dunstone)
Ryan Harnden (4)	(Dunstone)	Lead	14	2024
Stephen Trickett		Second	16	2024	(Dunstone)
Geoff Walker (3)		Lead	20	2024	(Carruthers)
Dan Marsh (2)		Lead	17	2024	(Bottcher)
Dan Marsh (3)		Lead	18	2024
Scott Mitchell		Second	16	2025
Connor Njegovan	(Carruthers)	Lead	16	2025
Trevor Johnson	(Kleiter)	Lead	20	2025	(Jacobs)
Brendan Bottcher (3)		Second	16	2025
Ian McMillan		Lead	16	2025
Ryan Abraham		Lead	20	2025	(Jacobs)
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Number of games played

As of the 2025 Brier ::data[format=table]

Rank	Player	Team(s) / Province(s)	Games played
1	Brad Gushue

NL Wild Card 1 | 268 | | 2 | Mark Nichols |

NL Wild Card 1 | 255 | | 3 | Glenn Howard |
ON Wild Card 3 | 227 | | 4 | Ben Hebert |

AB Wild Card 2 AB Wild Card 1 (Bottcher) (Jacobs) | 206 | | 5 | Brent Laing |

(McEwen) | 198 | | 6 | E.J. Harnden |

(Dunstone) | 193 | | 7 | Ryan Harnden |

(Dunstone) | 190 | | 8 | Brad Jacobs |

(Jacobs) | 188 | | 9 | Ryan Fry |

| 177 | | 10 | Russ Howard |
| 174 | | | James Grattan | | 174 | | | 12 | Geoff Walker |

NL Wild Card 1 | 171 | | | Marc Kennedy |

AB Wild Card 1 (Bottcher) (Jacobs) | 171 | | | 14 | Jamie Koe |
| 169 | | 15 | Brett Gallant |

NL Wild Card 1 AB Wild Card 1 (Bottcher) (Jacobs) | 163 | | 16 | Kevin Koe |

AB Wild Card 2 (Koe) | 155 | | 17 | Brad Chorostkowski |
| 150 | | | Kevin Martin | | 150 | | | | John Morris |

AB Wild Card 2 | 150 | | | 20 | Jeff Stoughton | | 139 | | 21 | Éric Sylvain | | 137 | | 22 | Reid Carruthers |
MB Wild Card MB Wild Card 1 MB Wild Card 2 | 130 | | 23 | Bernie Sparkes |
| 129 | | 24 | Wayne Middaugh |
ON Wild Card 3 | 127 | | | Jean-Michel Ménard | | 127 | | | 26 | Brendan Bottcher |
AB Wildcard

AB Wild Card 1 (Bottcher) | 123 | | 27 | Rick Lang | | 121 | | | Craig Savill | | 121 | | | 29 | Pat Ryan |
| 120 | | | Ed Werenich | | 120 | | | | Martin Crête | | 120 | | | 32 | B.J. Neufeld |
MB Wildcard

AB Wild Card 2 (Dunstone) | 119 | | 33 | Mark O'Rourke | | 118 | | 34 | Pat Simmons |

| 112 | | | Mike McEwen |
MB Wild Card MB Wild Card 1

(McEwen) | 112 | | | 36 | Jim Cotter | | 107 | | | Steve Laycock |
| 107 | | | 38 | Rick Sawatsky | | 106 | | | Al Hackner | | 106 | | | 40 | Karrick Martin |
AB Wildcard | 105 | | 41 | Paul Flemming | | 104 | | 42 | Richard Hart | | 103 | | 43 | Adam Casey |

MB Wild Card 3 | 102 | | 44 | Garnet Campbell | | 101 | | 45 | Randy Ferbey | | 100 | | | Peter Gallant | | 100 | | ::

Notes

References

References

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