Curling competition at Calgary, Alberta
The 2002 Nokia Brier , the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 9 to 17 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary , Alberta .[ 1] It was won by the Albertan foursome headed by Randy Ferbey . Ferbey threw third stones throughout the tournament while his mate (third) David Nedohin threw skip (or fourth) stones. The other two members of the team were second Scott Pfeifer and lead Marcel Rocque .
The Ferbey team beat the young Ontario foursome of John Morris , Joe Frans , Craig Savill , and Brent Laing by a score of 9–4. The game's pivotal moment came when Ferbey scored four points in the fifth end to break open an otherwise even and low-scoring game.
Third place in the tournament went to the team skipped by New Brunswick 's Russ Howard , while fourth place was taken by Saskatchewan 's Scott Bitz .
Absent from the event were many of the top teams in the country who had boycotted the Brier in favour of the Grand Slam of Curling series,[ 2] protesting the lack of prize money.
Teams
The teams were listed as follows:[ 3]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Ottewell CC , Edmonton
Fourth: David Nedohin
Skip: Randy Ferbey
Second: Scott Pfeifer
Lead: Marcel Rocque
Alternate: Dan Holowaychuk
Kelowna CC , Kelowna
Skip: Pat Ryan
Third: Deane Horning
Second: Kevin MacKenzie
Lead: Rob Koffski
Alternate: Gerry Richard
Valour Road CC , Winnipeg
Skip: Mark Lukowich
Third: Chris Suchy
Second: Dave Elias
Lead: Shane Kilgallen
Alternate: Greg McGibbon
Beaver CC , Moncton
Skip: Russ Howard
Third: James Grattan
Second: Marc LeCocq
Lead: Grant Odishaw
Alternate: Terry Odishaw
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northern Ontario
Nova Scotia
Ontario
St. John's CC , St. John's
Skip: Mark Noseworthy
Third: Bill Jenkins [ a]
Second: Randy Turpin
Lead: Ian Kerr
Alternate: Toby McDonald [ a]
Sudbury CC , Sudbury
Skip: Tim Phillips
Third: Ron Collins
Second: Drew Eloranta
Lead: Doug Hong
Alternate: Thomas Leonard
Bridgewater CC , Bridgewater
Skip: Shawn Adams
Third: Craig Burgess
Second: Jeff Hopkins
Lead: Ben Blanchard
Alternate: Jason Blanchard
Stayner GC , Stayner
Skip: John Morris
Third: Joe Frans
Second: Craig Savill
Lead: Brent Laing
Alternate: Jason Young
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon/Northwest Territories
Charlottetown CC , Charlottetown
Skip: John Likely
Third: Robert Campbell
Second: Erik Brodersen
Lead: Jeff Smith [ b]
Alternate: Mark Butler [ b]
CC Victoria , Sainte-Foy
Skip: François Roberge
Third: Maxime Elmaleh
Second: Éric Sylvain [ c]
Lead: Jean Gagnon
Alternate: Jean-Michel Ménard [ c]
Caledonian CC , Regina
Skip: Scott Bitz
Third: Mark Lang
Second: Brian McCusker
Lead: Kelly Moskowy
Alternate: Ron Pugsley
Whitehorse CC , Whitehorse
Skip: Jonathan Solberg
Third: Wade Scoffin
Second: Ray Mikkelsen
Lead: Darol Stuart
Alternate: Curtis Prosko
Map of teams
Provincial Winners
Round-robin standings
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7 ).
Draw 1
Saturday, March 3, 1:30 pm
Draw 2
Saturday, March 3, 7:00 pm
Draw 3
Sunday, March 4, 9:00 am
Draw 4
Sunday, March 4, 1:30 pm
Draw 5
Sunday, March 4, 7:30 pm
Draw 6
Monday, March 5, 9:00 am
Draw 7
Monday, March 5, 1:30 pm
Draw 8
Monday, March 5, 7:30 pm
Draw 9
Tuesday, March 6, 9:00 am
Draw 10
Tuesday, March 6, 1:30 pm
Draw 11
Tuesday, March 6, 7:30 pm
Draw 12
Wednesday, March 7, 9:00 am
Draw 13
Wednesday, March 7, 1:30 pm
Draw 14
Wednesday, March 7, 7:30 pm
Draw 15
Thursday, March 8, 9:00 am
Draw 16
Thursday, March 8, 1:30 pm
Draw 17
Thursday, March 8, 7:30 pm
Playoffs
3 vs. 4
Friday, March 9, 1:30 pm
1 vs. 2
Friday, March 9, 7:30 pm
Semifinal
Saturday, March 10, 1:30 pm
Final
Sunday, March 11, 1:30 pm
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
Round Robin only
Team percentages
Round Robin only
Awards and honours
As always, there were a scattering of individual awards at the competition, though they were not (and in fact, are still not) considered important by fans, media, or players, as the team element of the game of curling is held in such esteem. The bonspiel's All-Stars were as follows (First Team All-Stars followed by Second Team All-Stars):
The MVP Award, called the "Hec Gervais Award" went to David Nedohin .
See also
Notes
^ a b Team Newfoundland and Labrador alternate Toby McDonald threw third stones for the final two ends of Draw 15.
^ a b Team Prince Edward Island alternate Mark Butler threw lead stones for the last end of Draw 13 and all of Draws 15 and 16.
^ a b Team Quebec alternate Jean-Michel Ménard threw second stones in Draw 15.
References
Macdonald Brier Labatt Brier Nokia Brier Tim Hortons Brier Montana's Brier