Richard Perron (born June 12, 1957) is a

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curler from

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. He won a silver medal at the

2000 Labatt Brier The 2000 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 4 to 12 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This was the last Brier sponsored by Labatt. Skip Greg McAulay of British Columbia beat out notable teams ...

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for Russ Howard.

Career

Perron won his first New Brunswick Tankard in 1991. He was second on the team skipped by

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. They represented New Brunswick at the

1991 Labatt Brier The 1991 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 10 in Hamilton, Ontario. The 1991 Brier also constituted the trials that decided the Canadian men's representatives for the curling tournament at the 1992 W ...

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where they had a 4–7 record. He would win his second tankard in 1996 as lead for Mike Kennedy. He bettered his previous record by going 5–6 at the

1996 Labatt Brier The 1996 Labatt Brier was held at the Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops, British Columbia. Prince Edward Island defeated Newfoundland in a tie-breaker to win the 4th seed in the playoffs. Jeff Stoughton of Manitoba defeated Kevin Martin of Alberta ...

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. Perron finished second in the stats for leads. Perron joined Russ Howard's team as second in 1998 with

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at third and

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as lead. They would win the provincial championship in back to back years in 1999 and 2000. At the

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, they qualified for the playoffs with an 7–4 record before losing to

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in the 3 vs 4 game. He finished second in the stats for seconds as he did in 1996. Perron also won the

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competition at this championship. Team Howard started the

with a 1–2 record before quickly turning things around to finish the round robin in second with an 8–3 record. They lost the 1 vs 2 game to British Columbia but rebounded in the semifinal against

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to earn a spot in the final. They trailed 6–5 going into the ninth end but they missed their final shot of the end, giving up three and eventually losing the game by a final score of 9–5. Aside from men's curling, Perron has represented New Brunswick seven times at the

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and won the event in 1994.

Personal life

Perron was the head curling instructor at

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in his hometown of

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perron, Rick Curlers from New Brunswick Living people Sportspeople from Moncton 1957 births Canadian male curlers