The 2011

Tim Hortons 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 ...

, the Canadian men's national

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championship, was held March 5 until March 13, 2011 at the

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. This event marked the 30th time that the province of

has hosted the Brier since it began in 1927 in

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and the first time a Bronze Medal Game was added to the playoffs. In the final, Manitoba's

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defeated Ontario's

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8–6. Team Manitoba were nearly perfect in the game, curling a record 96%. The team led 4–2 after 5, and stole two points in the sixth to take a 6–2 lead, after Howard was light on a draw. Stoughton's win was the first win for Manitoba in 12 years, when he last won the event, and was the 27th title for the province. A total of 8,261 spectators were on hand to watch the final. Team Stoughton went on to represent Canada at the 2011 World Men's Curling Championship, where they won the gold medal.

Teams

For the second straight year, the defending champion was missing from the Brier.

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's Brier champion and World champion rink lost in the Alberta provincial final to Kevin Martin's reigning Olympic champion rink, who played in his 11th Brier. Representing Manitoba was the former world champion

rink, who has represented Manitoba in 5 of the last 6 years. He defeated the Mike McEwen rink, who at the time was ranked #1 in the CTRS, in the Manitoba provincial final. Returning from Ontario was the former world champion

rink, who has won a record six straight provincial championships. Returning from Newfoundland and Labrador was the former Olympic champion

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 W ...

, who has won eight of the last nine provincial championships. The Gushue rink was fresh off a break up with Albertan

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who skipped the team in a few

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events this season. The 2005 Brier runner-up

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skipped for Team Nova Scotia. Representing Saskatchewan was

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, who made his Brier skipping debut with Pat Simmons as fourth, while looking to win the 4th national title of the year for Saskatchewan, following two Canadian Junior titles and one Scotties title. The 2010 Brier bronze medalist

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represented Northern Ontario once again. Jim Cotter skipped Team British Columbia for the first time, taking over the position for an injured

Bob Ursel Robert (Bob) "Bobby" Ursel (born February 12, 1965) is a Canadian curler and curling coach. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ursel curls out of Kelowna, British Columbia. Curling career In 1984, Ursel skipped his native Manitoba to a Canadian J ...

. The 1997 & 2002 Brier bronze medallist James Grattan represented New Brunswick for a 9th time. His second,

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, is Glenn Howard's nephew.

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returned to play in his fifth Brier representing the Northwest Territories/Yukon team, hoping to improve on his last place finish in 2010. Playing in his first Brier since 1994 was Prince Edward Island's

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who was also skipping for the first time. And finally,

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of Quebec played in his first Brier after upsetting former Brier champion

Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard (born January 19, 1976) is a curler from Aylmer, Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone born skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006. In 202 ...

in the Quebec provincial final.

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−5).

Draw 1

''Saturday, March 5, 2:30 pm ''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 5, 7:30 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 6, 9:30 am''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 6, 2:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Sunday, March 6, 7:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Monday, March 7, 9:30 am''

Draw 7

''Monday, March 7, 2:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Monday, March 7, 7:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, March 8, 9:30 am''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, March 8, 2:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, March 8, 7:30 pm''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 9, 9:30 am''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 9, 2:30 pm'' Team P.E.I. was fined $2000 for quitting the game before the 7th end.

Draw 14

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

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 10, 9:30 am''

Draw 16

''Thursday, March 10, 2:30 pm''

Draw 17

''Thursday, March 10, 7:30 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, March 11, 7:30 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, March 12, 2:30 pm'' In the 9th end, Alberta and Ontario's rocks were so close to the tee (the pin hole), that a measurement could not be made, and the umpire ( Keith Reilly 1967 Brier Champion from Ontario ) had to make a call. While Alberta scored the point, Ontario scored two in the 10th to win when Martin missed his last shot, a raise attempt against two, giving Ontario the victory with Howard not having to throw his last.

Semifinal

''Saturday, March 12, 7:30 pm''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, March 13, 2:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, March 13, 7:30 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round Robin only''

Awards and honours

;All-Star Teams ''First Team'' *Skip: Glenn Howard (Ontario) *Third: Jon Mead (Manitoba) *Second: Marc Kennedy (Alberta) *Lead: Ben Hebert (Alberta) ''Second Team'' *Skip: Jeff Stoughton (Manitoba) *Third: Richard Hart (Ontario) *Second: Brent Laing (Ontario) *Lead: Craig Savill (Ontario) ;Ross Harstone Award *Jim Cotter (British Columbia) ;Scotty Harper Award – Media Award *Jim Henderson, SWEEP Magazine (third win) – $500 award ;Paul McLean Award *Michael Burns Jr., CCA photographer

Notes

References

{{2010–11 curling season Sports competitions in London, Ontario The Brier Curling in Ontario