The 2002
Nokia Brier was the Canadian men's
curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...
championship. It was held from March 9 to 17, 2002 at the
Pengrowth Saddledome
Scotiabank Saddledome is a multi-use indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located in Stampede Park in the southeast end of downtown Calgary, the Saddledome was built in 1983 to replace the Stampede Corral as the home of the Calgary Flame ...
in
Calgary,
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
. It was won by the Albertan foursome headed by
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 ...
. Ferbey threw third stones throughout the tournament while his mate (third)
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 ...
threw skip (or fourth) stones. The other two members of the team were 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 ...
.
The Ferbey team beat the young
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
foursome of
John Morris,
Joe Frans,
Craig Savill
Craig Edward Savill (born October 25, 1978) is a Canadian curler, originally from Manotick, Ontario, Canada. He currently plays third on Team Adam Casey. He also coaches the Czech men's national team.
Career
Savill's father was stationed at CF ...
, 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
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
's
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 2 ...
, while fourth place was taken by
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
's
Scott Bitz
Scott Bitz (born October 29, 1973) is a Canadian curler from Grand Coulee, Saskatchewan. He is a two-time provincial champion.
Career
Bitz was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1992, Bitz won the junior provincial championship, giving him the r ...
.
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
The Grand Slam of Curling (branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that are a part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least CAD$100,000, and fe ...
series,
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protesting the lack of prize money.
Teams
Round robin standings
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time
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( 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
Hector Joseph "The Friendly Giant" Gervais (November 4, 1933 – July 19, 1997) was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He was a two-time Brier champion and former World Champion. In curling strategy, he is considered to be the inventor o ...
Award" went to 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 ...
.
See also
*Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...
*Canadian Curling Association
Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of Curling in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes ...
*Scott Tournament of Hearts
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (''french: Le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties''; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Associat ...
*World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's a ...
References
{{Canadian Men's Curling Championships
The Brier
Curling competitions in Calgary
Nokia Brier
2002 in Alberta