Peter J. Corner2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born May 20, 1968 in

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) is a Canadian curler from

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Career

Corner was a member of the 1993 "dream team" of his cousin

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 t ...

and the brothers of Glenn and

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. Corner played lead for the team. All four players would skip teams to provincial championships in the future. In 1993, the team won

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and

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. Corner played in his first national championships at the 1987 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing third for Middaugh. The team lost in the final to New Brunswick's Jim Sullivan. Corner joined forces with the Howards in 1990, and qualified for their first Brier in 1991. However, at the 1991 Labatt Brier, the team missed the playoffs with a 6-5 record. The

1992 Labatt Brier The 1992 Labatt Brier was held from March 8 to 15 at the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan. Vic Peters of Manitoba defeated Russ Howard of Ontario in the final in an extra end to win his first and only Brier of his career. Teams Round-robin s ...

was more successful for the team, which lost the final to Manitoba's

Vic Peters Victor Alvin "Vic" Peters (March 24, 1955 – March 27, 2016) was a Canadian curler who was a three-time Manitoba curling champion, and one-time national champion as winner of the 1992 Labatt Brier. Peters was once considered a member of Manit ...

. They improved on this at the 1993 Labatt Brier where they defeated

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of British Columbia in the final. At the 1993 World Curling Championships, they defeated David Smith of Scotland in the final. The

1994 Labatt Brier The 1994 Labatt Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 13 at the Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta. In the final, former Brier champion Rick Folk of British Columbia, who won the Brier in 1980 representing Sa ...

would be their last as a team. They went to their third straight Brier finals, but this time they lost to Folk. After that, Corner went on to form his own team. This won him the 2000 provincial championships, earning him the right to represent Ontario at the 2000 Labatt Brier. Corner lost to

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 in the tie-breaker game, despite finishing with an impressive 8-3 record. Corner would not return to the Brier. Corner moved back to play with Middaugh as his third for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, but has since left the team to skip his own again.

References

External links

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Peter Corner – Curling Canada Stats Archive

Peter Corner – Curling Pro – Westmount Golf and Country Club
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