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1994 Labatt Brier

FieldValue
Name1994 Labatt Brier
Host cityRed Deer, Alberta
ArenaCentrium
DatesMarch 5–13
Attendance130,625
Winner****
Curling clubKelowna CC, Kelowna
SkipRick Folk
ThirdPat Ryan
SecondBert Gretzinger
LeadGerry Richard
AlternateRon Steinhauer
Finalist(Russ Howard)
prev1993
next1995

The 1994 Labatt Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 13 at the Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta.

In the final, former Brier champion Rick Folk of British Columbia, who won the Brier in 1980 representing Saskatchewan, defeated Russ Howard of Ontario to win his second Brier title, by a score of 8–5. The game was a re-match of the 1993 Labatt Brier, which saw Howard defeat Folk. In the game, the two teams traded singles in the first two ends. Ontario took a 2–1 lead in the third, after when B.C.'s third Bert Gretzinger missed his shots, leading to a steal of one for Ontario. However, B.C. rebounded with a three-ender in the fourth when Howard wrecked on a guard with his final shot, and Folk made an open draw to score three. In the fifth, Folk make a come-around raise to lie three on his last. Howard's final shot came up a bit short, giving up a steal of two. Ontario tried in vain to come back, scoring two in the sixth, but it was too little too late, with Folk eventually claiming victory. After the game, Howard called the Folk rink "uptight", as Folk did not engage with him for much of the game. There was also some controversy before the game, as the Folk rink chose to pick the same set of rocks that the Howard rink had already carefully chosen for their semifinal match, and had intended to use for the final. After finishing first in the round robin, Folk's team had the privilege of having first selection of rocks. Team Folk countered that the Howard team had broken a rule by selecting rocks of different colours (and changing their handles).

With the win, Folk became the first person to have won the Brier for two different provinces, and it was the longest time between two Brier victories (14 years) for a skip since Ab Gowanlock's 15 year gap between 1938 and 1953. It was the first Brier title for B.C. in 30 years. With the win, Folk and his rink would go on to represent Canada at the 1994 World Men's Curling Championship.

The 1994 Brier is remembered primarily for the antagonistic relationship between the mostly Albertan crowd and the Ontario team. This led it to be dubbed the "redneck brier" by some media commentators.

Teams

British ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthern OntarioNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewanYukon/Northwest Territories
Glencoe CC, Calgary
Kelowna CC, Kelowna
St. Vital CC, Winnipeg
Thistle-St. Andrews CC, Saint John
St. John's CC, St. John's
Granite CC, North Bay
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth
Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown
CC Amos, Amos
Quill Lake CC, Quill Lake
Atlin CC, Atlin

Map of teams

Round-robin standings

Key
ProvinceSkipWL
Rick Folk101
Dave Smith92
Russ Howard83
Scott Patterson74
NLMark Noseworthy74
Ed Lukowich56
Brian Dobson56
Ghislain Doyon56
Doug Harcourt38
Alan O'Leary38
Robert Andrews29
Mike Gaudet29

Round-robin results

Draw 1

|1|0|0|1|0|0|1|1|1|X| |5 |0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|X| |1 |0|0|0|0|0|1|1|1|0|1|0|4 |0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|1|5 |1|0|1|0|2|0|0|2|0|X| |6 |0|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|1|X| |3 |1|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|2|X| |7 |0|0|1|0|1|1|0|0|0|X| |3

Draw 2

|1|0|0|0|2|0|0|1|0|X| |4 |0|2|1|0|0|2|2|0|1|X| |8 |0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|X|X| |1 |1|0|0|1|0|3|1|1|X|X| |7

Draw 3

|2|1|1|0|0|1|0|0|1|1| |7 |0|0|0|0|3|0|0|2|0|0| |5 |1|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|0| |4 |0|0|2|0|0|1|0|0|0|2| |5 |2|1|0|1|0|2|1|0|1|X| |8 |0|0|2|0|1|0|0|1|0|X| |4 |0|2|0|0|1|0|0|3|1|X| |7 |1|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|X| |3

Draw 4

|0|2|0|0|1|0|3|0|1|X| |7 |0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|X| |2 |1|0|1|0|0|2|0|1|0|X| |5 |0|1|0|0|5|0|0|0|1|X| |7 |1|0|2|0|0|1|0|0|0|X| |4 |0|1|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|X| |3 |1|0|0|1|1|1|0|1|1|X| |6 |0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|X| |2

Draw 5

|0|1|1|0|0|2|1|0|0|X| |5 |1|0|0|2|1|0|0|3|2|X| |9 |1|0|0|0|1|2|0|1|0|X| |5 |0|1|1|1|0|0|2|0|3|X| |8 |1|0|2|0|0|2|0|1|0|X| |6 |0|4|0|1|1|0|1|0|3|X| |10 |0|0|1|0|0|1|3|0|0|0| |5 |0|0|0|0|1|0|0|2|0|1| |4

Draw 6

|0|1|1|0|0|0|2|0|0|0| |4 |1|0|0|1|1|0|0|2|0|4| |9 |2|0|0|0|2|0|2|2|0|X| |8 |0|1|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|X| |4 |2|0|0|1|0|1|2|1|0|X| |7 |0|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|1|X| |4 |1|1|0|0|0|0|3|0|1|X| |6 |0|0|2|0|0|0|0|1|0|X| |3

Draw 7

|1|0|2|0|0|0|0|X|X|X| |3 |0|2|0|2|2|1|4|X|X|X| |11 |1|0|0|0|1|0|0|3|0|1|1|7 |0|0|1|2|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|6 |0|1|3|0|1|1|0|1|0|X| |7 |0|0|0|1|0|0|2|0|1|X| |4 |0|1|0|0|1|0|3|1|0|0| |6 |2|0|2|0|0|2|0|0|0|1| |7

Draw 8

|2|0|1|0|0|1|0|5|0|0| |9 |0|2|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|2| |8 |0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|1|X| |4 |0|1|0|2|0|1|0|3|0|X| |7 |0|1|1|1|0|1|0|3|0|X| |7 |0|0|0|0|3|0|1|0|0|X| |4 |1|0|2|0|2|1|0|1|0|1| |8 |0|2|0|2|0|0|1|0|1|0| |6

Draw 9

|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|1|0|2|0|6 |0|0|1|0|1|1|0|0|3|0|1|7 |0|0|2|0|0|1|2|0|0|X| |5 |0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|X| |2 |0|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|1|X| |5 |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|X| |3 |1|0|1|2|0|1|0|0|2|X| |7 |0|3|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|X| |5

Draw 10

|1|0|1|0|2|2|0|0|2|X| |8 |0|1|0|3|0|0|3|4|0|X| |11 |1|0|2|3|0|0|2|0|2|X| |10 |0|2|0|0|1|0|0|2|0|X| |5 |0|2|0|0|0|2|1|0|3|X| |8 |0|0|1|1|0|0|0|1|0|X| |3 |2|0|0|2|0|1|1|0|0|2| |8 |0|1|1|0|2|0|0|0|1|0| |5

Draw 11

|2|0|3|0|1|0|2|2|X|X| |10 |0|1|0|2|0|1|0|0|X|X| |4 |1|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|3 |0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|1|1|4 |2|0|3|0|1|0|1|0|1|X| |8 |0|1|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|X| |4 |1|1|0|0|0|2|0|1|0|X| |5 |0|0|0|2|2|0|1|0|3|X| |8

Draw 12

|2|0|2|0|1|0|0|1|0|X| |6 |0|2|0|3|0|2|1|0|2|X| |10 |1|0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|X| |4 |0|1|1|0|2|0|2|0|0|X| |6 |0|1|0|1|0|0|2|0|4|X| |8 |0|0|2|0|0|2|0|2|0|X| |6 |2|0|2|0|2|0|X|X|X|X| |6 |0|1|0|1|0|1|X|X|X|X| |3

Draw 13

|3|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|X| |6 |0|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|X| |5 |1|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0| |3 |0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|1|1| |4 |1|2|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|0| |8 |0|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|2|1| |7 |0|2|1|2|1|2|X|X|X|X| |8 |1|0|0|0|0|0|X|X|X|X| |1

Draw 14

|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|0|1|6 |1|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|5 |2|2|0|2|0|0|1|0|1|X| |8 |0|0|1|0|1|1|0|2|0|X| |5 |1|0|1|0|0|0|3|0|2|0|1|8 |0|1|0|1|1|2|0|1|0|1|0|7 |0|2|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|0| |4 |0|0|1|1|1|0|1|0|1|3| |8

Draw 15

|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|2|0|1| |5 |1|0|0|1|0|2|1|0|1|0| |6 |2|0|1|0|0|2|0|0|0|0| |5 |0|2|0|0|2|0|1|0|0|1| |6 |2|0|3|0|2|0|0|0|0|2| |9 |0|1|0|4|0|0|0|1|0|0| |6 |2|2|0|2|0|2|0|2|X|X| |10 |0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|X|X| |3

Draw 16

|1|0|0|0|0|1|1|0|0|0| |3 |0|1|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|1| |4 |0|2|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|2|0|6 |0|0|0|3|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|7 |2|0|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|X| |6 |0|0|2|0|3|0|2|0|2|X| |9 |1|0|2|0|2|0|2|1|0|0| |8 |0|2|0|3|0|1|0|0|2|1| |9

Draw 17

|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|X|X| |1 |2|1|1|0|2|1|1|1|X|X| |9 |0|0|0|1|0|2|0|1|1|X| |5 |0|1|2|0|3|0|1|0|0|X| |7 |1|0|2|0|3|1|2|0|2|X| |11 |0|1|0|3|0|0|0|2|0|X| |6 |0|2|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|X| |3 |1|0|0|1|0|1|0|4|2|X| |9

Playoffs

| team-width=150 | RD1-seed1= 2 | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1= 3 | RD1-seed2= 3 | RD1-team2= **** | RD1-score2= 6

| RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= **** | RD2-score1= 8 | RD2-seed2= 3 | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2= 5

Semifinal

|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|0|X| |3 |0|1|0|0|0|2|0|2|1|X| |6 | Charlie Salina | 88% | Scott Grant | 75% | Peter Nicholls | 91% | Dave Smith | 79% | Peter Corner | 94% | Wayne Middaugh | 94% | Glenn Howard | 80% | Russ Howard | 91%

Final

|1|0|0|3|2|0|1|0|1|X| |8 |0|1|1|0|0|2|0|1|0|X| |5 | Gerry Richard | 86% | Bert Gretzinger | 81% | Pat Ryan | 86% | Rick Folk | 87% | Peter Corner | 95% | Wayne Middaugh | 95% | Glenn Howard | 88% | Russ Howard | 79%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads%
ON Peter Corner88
BC Gerry Richard85
AB Steve Petryk82
NL Eugene Trickett82
SK Brian Wempe82
Seconds%
ON Wayne Middaugh84
BC Bert Gretzinger82
MB Scott Grant80
AB Dan Petryk80
NB Andrew Buckle78
Thirds%
BC Pat Ryan82
ON Glenn Howard81
MB Peter Nicholls81
SK Kevin Kalthoff77
NB Charlie Sullivan Jr.77
Skips%
ON Russ Howard85
BC Rick Folk81
MB Dave Smith78
NB Brian Dobson76
NL Mark Noseworthy75

|}

Team percentages

Round Robin only

ProvinceSkip%
Russ Howard85
Rick Folk82
Dave Smith79
Brian Dobson78
Doug Harcourt76
Scott Patterson76
NLMark Noseworthy75
Ed Lukowich75
Ghislain Doyon74
Alan O'Leary73
Robert Andrews70
Mike Gaudet67

References

References

  1. "1994 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics". [[Canadian Curling Association]].
  2. (March 14, 1994). "Folkfest". Edmonton Journal.
  3. (March 14, 1994). "Brier finished but ruckus over rocks roll on". Edmonton Journal.
  4. (March 14, 1994). "Folk puts Howard on ice". Regina Leader-Post.
  5. (28 February 2013). "Howard's legacy continues to grow". Orillia Packet and Times.
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