The 2001

Nokia Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...

, Canada's national men's

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championship, was held March 3–11 at the

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. It was the very first Brier to be sponsored by

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. The theme of the event was the 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the finals, Team Alberta, consisting of skip

Randy Ferbey Randy S. Ferbey (born May 30, 1959) is a Canadian retired curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion. He currently coaches the Rachel Homan women's team. Born in Edmonton, Albert ...

, fourth

David Nedohin David Nedohin (born December 20, 1973) is a Canadian curler. Nedohin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and now plays out of Sherwood Park, Alberta. He is best known as the longtime fourth for Randy Ferbey. Curling career Nedohin joined the Randy F ...

, second

Scott Pfeifer Scott Pfeifer (born January 5, 1977 in St. Albert, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada who plays out of the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert. He was the long-time second for the Randy Ferbey rink from 1998 to ...

and lead

Marcel Rocque Marcel Rocque (born June 22, 1971 in St. Paul, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He is a four-time winner of The Brier, the annual Canadian men's curling championship and a three-time World Champion as the lead for the Randy ...

would capture their first of four Brier wins as a team. They edged out Team Manitoba skipped by

Kerry Burtnyk Kerry Burtnyk (born November 24, 1958) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He grew up in Reston, Manitoba. He is a two time Canadian champion skip, and the 1995 World Champion skip. He is currently the coach of the Darcy Robertson rin ...

in the final, 8–4. While the Brier was not unsuccessful, it did end up losing money. The total attendance was 154,136.

Teams

The 2001 Brier featured the 1981 and 1995 champion

rink of Manitoba, 1982 and 1985 champion

Al Hackner Allan A. Hackner (born July 18, 1954), nicknamed "the Iceman", is a retired Canadian Hall of Fame curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was born in Nipigon, Ontario. He is a two-time Brier and World Champion skip. He is of Ojibwa descent and is ...

rink of Northern Ontario, 1998 champion

Wayne Middaugh Robert Wayne Middaugh (born September 20, 1967) is a Canadian curler. Born in Brampton, Ontario, Middaugh resides in Victoria Harbour, Ontario. He is the only player to have won the Canadian Men's Curling Championship (known as the Brier) at th ...

rink of Ontario, 1988 and 1989 champion third

with his new Alberta rink, 1998 and 1999 runner-up

Guy Hemmings Guy Hemmings (born May 10, 1962) is a Canadian curler from Sorel. Hemmings gained prominence after reaching the final of the Brier in 1998 and 1999. He is considered an ambassador for the game, not only in his home province of Quebec but across ...

rink of Quebec, 1990 runner-up Jim Sullivan rink of New Brunswick, 1999 Mixed champion

Paul Flemming Paul Flemming (born October 8, 1968, in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team out of Halifax. Curling career Flemming's junior team was successful yet failed to ever win the Nova Scotia Junior Men's Ch ...

, 5-time PEI champion Peter MacDonald, 4-time territories champion

Steve Moss Stephen Donnellan Moss (1948–2005) was an American editor and publisher who founded two major weekly newspapers in California's Central Coast and created the 55 Fiction short story contest. Moss founded the '' New Times San Luis Obispo'' with ...

, 2-time Saskatchewan champion

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along with newcomers 1989 Canadian Junior champion

Dean Joanisse Dean A. "Skippy" Joanisse (born December 8, 1971) is a Canadian curler from Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Career Joanisse is most notable for skipping his British Columbia team to the 1989 Canadian Junior Curling Championships title, qualifyin ...

of BC, and

Keith Ryan Keith Ryan (born 25 June 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Wycombe Wanderers. In July 2009 he was appointed reserve team manager at Queens Park Rangers. Career Born in No ...

of Newfoundland.

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−5).

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

1 vs. 2

''Friday, March 9, 7:30 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Friday, March 9, 1:30 pm''

Semifinal

''Saturday, March 10, 1:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, March 11, 1:30 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round robin only''

Playdowns

*: Team Nedohin, skipped by

won the Alberta Safeway Select, defeating Kevin Martin 6–4 in the final at the Stettler Recreation Centre in Stettler on February 11. *:

of Victoria won the Safeway Select B.C. men's curling championship, defeating defending Brier champion

Greg McAulay Gregory McAulay (born January 2, 1960) is a Canadian World champion curler from Richmond, British Columbia. Career McAulay has been to only two Briers in his career. At the 1998 Labatt Brier, he skipped his British Columbia team to a 7-4 fini ...

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, 5–4 in the final at the McArthur Island Sports Centre in

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on February 11. *:

( Assiniboine Memorial) won the Manitoba Safeway Select 10–7 over

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(

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) in the final at the

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in Selkirk on February 11. Duguid's last draw in the 10th came up short after picking on a piece of straw, giving the victory to Burtnyk. *: Jim Sullivan of Saint John defeated

Russ Howard Russell W. "Russ" Howard, CM, ONL (born February 19, 1956 in Midland, Ontario) is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Regina, Saskatchewan, but originally from Midland, Ontario. He lived in Moncton, New Brunswick from 2000 to 20 ...

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6–5 in an extra end in the New Brunswick final played in

. *:

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beat

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of St. John's in the Newfoundland championship final, 5–4 in Stephenville. *: In an all-Thunder Bay final, the

rink beat Team Bill Adams (skipped by

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) 6–5 in an extra end at the Northern Ontario Labatt Tankard played at the North Bay Granite Club in North Bay on February 11. Hackner made a draw to the button for the win. *:

defeated Ken Myers (both of Halifax) 9–7 in final of the Nova Scotia championship played in

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. *:

beat Stayner's John Morris, 4–3 in the final of the 2001 Ontario Nokia Cup played February 11 in

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. *: Peter MacDonald of

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won the Prince Edward Island Tankard on February 5. *:

downed

François Roberge François Roberge (born June 18, 1968 in Saint-Romuald, Quebec) is a Canadian curler from Breakeyville, Quebec. He is a and a 2006 Tim Hortons Brier champion. Personal life Robertge is employed as a team leader for SSQ Assurance/Insurance. H ...

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7–2 in the Quebec final, played on February 10 in

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. * Quill Lake's

went 22–0 through playdown play, culminating in a 5–2 victory over Rocansville's Daryl Williamson in the final of the Pool Tankard played in

Kindersley Kindersley is a town surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located along Highway 7, a primary highway linking Calgary, Alberta and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. At a population of 4,597 ...

February 11. *:

of the

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won the Yukon/NWT Men's Curling Championship played at the Mt. McIntyre Recreation Centre in

Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale area ...

over the January 27–28 weekend. He posted a 5–1 record, two wins more than second place Jon Solberg of the Yukon.

References

Sources

CBC sports - 2001 BrierCanadian Curling Association - 2001 Brier statistical summaryCurlingzone.com - 2001 Nokia Brier
{{Canadian Men's Curling Championships Curling in Ottawa The Brier

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