The 2009

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 7–15 at the

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. The Brier was billed as one of the best in history, as it included six former champion skips, as well as the defending 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 ...

of Newfoundland and Labrador, who had yet to even win a Brier. The former champions included the defending champion Alberta rink, skipped by Kevin Martin, 2007 Brier champion

Glenn Howard Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straight ...

of Ontario, 2006 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 ...

of Quebec, 2004 champion

Mark Dacey Mark Dacey (born June 22, 1966) is a Canadian curler originally from Saskatchewan. He was based at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dacey is a former Canadian men's curling champion skip, having won the 2004 Nokia Brier. He ...

of Nova Scotia, 1996 & 1999 champion

Jeff Stoughton Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Stoughton (born July 26, 1963) is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is one of the most successful Manitoba ...

of Manitoba, and 1987 & 1993 champion

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 ...

of New Brunswick (formerly from Ontario). Rounding out the field were

Sean Geall Sean Geall ( ); (born January 29, 1975 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Tappen, British Columbia. Curling career To date, Geall has two provincial championships to his credit, and thus two Brier appearances. Geall and his ...

of BC,

Jamie Koe Jamie Koe (born November 3, 1977 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian curler. He has played in 14 Briers, representing the Northwest Territories/Yukon team and three Briers representing just the Northwest Territories. At the 20 ...

of the Territories,

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of Saskatchewan, Mike Jakubo of Northern Ontario, and

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of PEI. The Brier was also one of the most attended in history, with nearly 250,000 spectators. The 2009 Brier featured one of the greatest Brier shots in history, when

made a seemingly impossible in-off "round the clock" double to score three to win his Draw 8 match against Saskatchewan. The Brier also featured one of the greatest games in history, between Ontario and Alberta in Draw 17. The Brier also included three "perfect" games where players scored 100%, including Kevin Martin in Draw 13. Prior to the Brier, ''Sweep'' magazine gave both Alberta and Ontario 2:1 odds to win it. Many had expected a rematch of the 2008 Brier final between these two teams, and after the round robin, these teams finished first and second in the round robin. Alberta was undefeated while Ontario lost their final game to Alberta and an earlier match against Quebec. The two teams faced off in the 1 vs. 2

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game, with Alberta's win putting them into the final, and sending Ontario to play Manitoba in the semi-final. Manitoba won this game in an upset, giving them the right to face the defending champions in the final.

Teams

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−7).

Draw 1

''Saturday, March 7, 13:00''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 7, 18:00''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 8, 8:30''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 8, 13:00''

Draw 5

''Sunday, March 8, 18:30''

Draw 6

''Monday, March 9, 8:30''

Draw 7

''Monday, March 9, 13:00''

Draw 8

''Monday, March 9, 18:30''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, March 10, 8:30''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, March 10, 13:00''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, March 10, 18:30''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 11, 8:30''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 11, 13:00''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, March 11, 18:30''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 12, 8:30''

Draw 16

''Thursday, March 12, 13:00''

Draw 17

''Thursday, March 12, 18:30''

Tiebreaker

''Friday, March 13, 13:00''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, March 13, 18:00''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, March 14, 10:00''

Semifinal

''Saturday, March 14, 18:00''

Final

''Sunday, March 15, 18:00''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round Robin only''

References

External links

Curling Scoops 2009 Brier Coverage
{{Canadian Men's Curling Championships Curling competitions in Calgary The Brier 2009 in Alberta 2009 in Canadian curling