1989 Labatt Brier

The 1989 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 12 at the Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[2]

1989 Labatt Brier
Host citySaskatoon, Saskatchewan
ArenaSaskatchewan Place
DatesMarch 5–12[1]
Attendance151,538
Winner Alberta
Curling clubOttewell CC, Edmonton
SkipPat Ryan
ThirdRandy Ferbey
SecondDon Walchuk
LeadDon McKenzie
AlternateMurray Ursulak
Finalist British Columbia (Rick Folk)
« 1988
1990 »

Pat Ryan of Alberta defeated Rick Folk of British Columbia to win his second Brier.

"The Ryan Express"

Pat Ryan's team was well known for its hitting style. Once they got the lead, the team would just peel off every opposition stone to win the game. This defensive strategy was heavily criticized for being boring. Whenever Ryan switched to this style of play, fans began shouting "bor-ing". However, the strategy worked for Ryan, who won the Brier. The score of the final game (3–2), remains the lowest total score for a final game in Brier history. This caused the implementation of the free guard zone a few years later to cause more offence in the game.[3]

Howard loses his voice

Also of note at the 1989 Brier was Ontario skip Russ Howard's loss of his voice. Howard was nicknamed "the Wounded Moose" for the way he screamed in the first few draws of the event. However, he would lose his voice by Tuesday, and could barely speak. So, the team opted to use Walkie-talkies to communicate with their skip. This went unnoticed until their walkie-talkie signals jammed the official's walkie-talkie signals. The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) was quite upset about the matter, but Howard pointed out there was nothing in the rules against their usage, and insisted on continuing to use the walkie-talkies. So, the CCA decided midway through the event to ban the use of walkie-talkies, marking the first time that the rules had been changed in the middle of a tournament.[4]

Teams
Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Ottewell CC, Edmonton

Skip: Pat Ryan
Third: Randy Ferbey
Second: Don Walchuk
Lead: Don McKenzie
Alternate: Murray Ursulak

 Kelowna CC, Kelowna

Skip: Rick Folk
Third: Bert Gretzinger
Second: Rob Koffski
Lead: Doug Smith
Alternate: Fred Trussell

 Lac du Bonnet CC, Lac du Bonnet

Skip: Orest Meleschuk
Third: John Usackis
Second: John Hyrich
Lead: Sean Meleschuk
Alternate: Bob Lesko

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Thistle St. Andrews CC, St. John

Skip: Gary Mitchell
Third: Brian Dobson
Second: Mark Armstrong
Lead: Terry Roach
Alternate: Arnie Dobson

 St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Lorne Henderson
Third: Alex Smith
Second: Peter Hollett
Lead: Marc Brophy
Alternate: Ken Thomas

 Fort William CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Al Hackner
Third: Bill Adams
Second: Jim Adams
Lead: John Salo
Alternate: Keith Dolph

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Truro CC, Truro

Skip: Ragnar Kamp
Third: Bruce Lohnes
Second: Rod McCarron
Lead: Peter Neily
Alternate: Ted Lohnes

 Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene

Skip: Russ Howard
Third: Glenn Howard
Second: Tim Belcourt
Lead: Kent Carstairs
Alternate: Larry Merkley

 Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Doug Weeks
Third: Blair Weeks
Second: Roy Rodd
Lead: David Weeks
Alternate: Allan Ledgerwood

Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon/Northwest Territories
Buckingham CC, Buckingham

Skip: Pierre Charette
Third: Andre Lafleur
Second: Don Westphal
Lead: Richard Bisson
Alternate: Ted Butler

 Estevan CC, Estevan

Skip: Jim Packet
Third: Bob Doerr
Second: Lloyd Schmidt
Lead: Dallas Duce
Alternate: Peter Shykitka

 Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Al Delmage
Third: Roy Giles
Second: Bill Strain
Lead: Ron Kapicki
Alternate: Brad Robertson

Round robin standings
Key
Teams to Playoffs
ProvinceSkipWLShot
%
 AlbertaPat Ryan8382
 British ColumbiaRick Folk8381
 OntarioRuss Howard8380
 NewfoundlandLorne Henderson7475
 ManitobaOrest Meleschuk7479
 Nova ScotiaRagnar Kamp7477
 SaskatchewanJim Packet6581
 QuebecPierre Charette5677
 Yukon/Northwest TerritoriesAl Delmage3872
 Northern OntarioAl Hackner3876
 New BrunswickGary Mitchell2977
 Prince Edward IslandDoug Weeks2975

Round robin results

Draw 1
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7
 Quebec (Charette) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Howard) 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 5

Draw 2
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Howard) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 6
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 X 9
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Charette) 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 X 8
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Folk) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 5
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4

Draw 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 9
 Alberta (Ryan) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 7
 Quebec (Charette) 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 9

Draw 4
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 6
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 X 5
 British Columbia (Folk) 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 X 7
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Howard) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 X 7
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7

Draw 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 X 8
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Folk) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7
 Ontario (Howard) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Charette) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 X X 8
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 7

Draw 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Ontario (Howard) 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 7

Draw 7
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 0 1 0 3 1 4 X X X X 9
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 8
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Folk) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 6
 Quebec (Charette) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5

Draw 8
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
 British Columbia (Folk) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Quebec (Charette) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Howard) 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 X 6
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6

Draw 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 9
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 X X 4
 British Columbia (Folk) 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 X X 6

Draw 10
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Quebec (Charette) 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
 Ontario (Howard) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
 British Columbia (Folk) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 3 0 2 4 X X X X X X 9
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 0 1 0 0 X X X X X X 1
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 X X 7

Draw 11
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 X 6
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
 Ontario (Howard) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Charette) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 X 7

Draw 12
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 2 2 2 0 0 3 X X X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Folk) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Quebec (Charette) 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 9
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6
 Ontario (Howard) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5

Draw 13
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Howard) 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 X 10
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 X 6
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 3
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
 British Columbia (Folk) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6

Draw 14
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 8
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Folk) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Howard) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 1 3 0 1 1 2 X X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Meleschuk) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 8
 Quebec (Charette) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 6
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 X 8

Draw 15
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Folk) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
 Newfoundland and Labrador (Henderson) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 X X X 8
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Packet) 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 8
 Quebec (Charette) 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Delmage) 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 X X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Weeks) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
 Nova Scotia (Kamp) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 8

Playoffs
  Semifinal     Final
                 
    1  Alberta 3
  2  British Columbia 7     2  British Columbia 2
  3  Ontario 4  

Semifinal
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Folk) 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 X 7
 Ontario (Howard) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Player Percentages
 British Columbia  Ontario
Doug Smith83% Kent Carstairs93%
Rob Koffski65% Tim Belcourt78%
Bert Gretzinger84% Glenn Howard81%
Rick Folk80% Russ Howard64%
Total78% Total79%

Final
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
 British Columbia (Folk) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Player Percentages
 Alberta  British Columbia
Don McKenzie80% Doug Smith80%
Don Walchuk85% Rob Koffski83%
Randy Ferbey79% Bert Gretzinger76%
Pat Ryan93% Rick Folk86%
Total84% Total81%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads%
Dallas Duce87
Don McKenzie84
Terry Roach84
Kent Carstairs81
Marc Brophy81
Seconds%
Don Walchuk84
Peter Hollett81
John Hyrich81
Rob Koffski81
Tim Belcourt80
Thirds%
Randy Ferbey81
Bert Gretzinger80
Brian Dobson80
Glenn Howard79
Andre Lafleur79
Skips%
Rick Folk81
Pat Ryan81
Russ Howard81
Jim Packet80
Orest Meleschuk77

Team percentages

Round Robin only

ProvinceSkip%
 AlbertaPat Ryan82
 SaskatchewanJim Packet81
 British ColumbiaRick Folk81
 OntarioRuss Howard80
 ManitobaOrest Meleschuk79
 New BrunswickGary Mitchell77
 QuebecPierre Charette77
 Nova ScotiaRagnar Kamp77
 Northern OntarioAl Hackner76
 NewfoundlandLorne Henderson75
 Prince Edward IslandDoug Weeks75
 YukonAl Delmage72

References
  1. "1989 Labatt Brier". CurlingZone. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  2. "Labatt Brier Archived Statistics" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  3. Weeks, Bob (1995). The Brier: The History of Canada's Most Celebrated Curling Championship. Gage Learning Corporation. pp. 201–204. ISBN 978-0-7715-7544-0.
  4. Weeks, Bob (2006). Curling for Dummies, 2nd Edition. Mississauga, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-470-83828-0.
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