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Montana's Brier
Established1927; 97 years ago (1927)
2025 host cityKelowna, British Columbia
2025 arenaProspera Place
2024 champion Canada (Brad Gushue)
Current edition

The Brier (French: Le Brier), known since 2023 as the Montana's Brier for sponsorship reasons, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during the month of March.

The winner of the Brier goes on to represent Canada at the World Curling Championships of the same year. The Brier is the best supported curling competition in terms of paid attendance, attracting crowds far larger than even those for World Championships held in Canada.[citation needed]

Its current main sponsor is Montana's, a Canadian restaurant chain. "Brier" originally referred to a brand of tobacco sold by the event's first sponsor, the Macdonald Tobacco Company.[1]

History

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In 1924, George J. Cameron, the president of the W. L. Mackenzie and Company subsidiary of the Macdonald Tobacco Company, pitched the idea of a national curling championship to Macdonald Tobacco and was accepted. At the time Canadian curling was divided between the use of granite and iron curling stones, with the latter being used in Quebec and Eastern Ontario and the former being used everywhere else. The granite camp held the advantage, as Macdonald Tobacco's T. Howard Stewart, brother of company president Walter Stewart, supported the use of granites, and was able to influence the decision to use granite stones for the new national championship.[2]

Macdonald Tobacco further developed the concept, in 1925 and 1926, by sponsoring the winners of the "Macdonald Brier Trophy" at the MCA Bonspiel to travel to Eastern Canada. In 1925, the Manitoba team played a number of exhibition games against local teams, while the 1926 team played in the Quebec Bonspiel. The visits were deemed popular enough for Macdonald Tobacco to move forward with sponsorship of a full national championship in 1927.

The first Brier was held at the Granite Club in Toronto in 1927. Eight teams from across the country participated, representing Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northern Ontario, Toronto and Montreal. Games lasted 14 ends, and each team played each other in a 7-game round robin with no playoffs unless there was a tie for first. The first Brier champion was Nova Scotia, a rink skipped by Murray Macneill, with teammates Al MacInnes, Cliff Torey and Jim Donahue – who were normally skips in their own right, but were added to the Macneill rink because the rest of his normal team could not make the trip.[3]

By 1928, games were shortened to 12 ends in length and the single Western Canada team was replaced by individual teams from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, increasing the total number of teams to 10 – seven provinces, two cities and the region of Northern Ontario. In the 1932 Brier, the cities of Montreal and Toronto were dropped from competition, but Northern Ontario kept its entry, and still remains the only non provincial or territorial entry to this day. In 1936, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia were given entries. The Dominion of Newfoundland did not become part of Canada until after the 1949 Brier, so the team representing the new province of Newfoundland (later Newfoundland and Labrador) did not join the Brier until 1951. In 1975, a single combined team representing the federal territories of Yukon and Northwest Territories joined the Brier competition. In 1977, games were shortened to 10 ends, which is the current length for matches. Games had to be played in their entirety until the 1974 Brier, when the rules were changed to the present standard of allowing a team to concede defeat before the end of the match if they wished.[3]

The Brier would continue to be played at the Granite Club in Toronto through to the 1940 competition. After then, the event would travel around the country, and would be played in all 10 provinces. Also at this point, rocks were coloured differently for each team and were matched to be of equal size. Play was discontinued between 1943 and 1945 due to World War II. After World War II, the event became more of a popular sporting spectacle across the country thanks to Macdonald Tobacco enlisting media outlets to cover the event. In 1946, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) began covering the event live across the country on the radio. By the 1960s, the CBC began showing curling on television, at first giving daily half-hour reports. In 1962, the CBC showed the tie-breaking playoff match up. In 1973, CBC began regularly showing live coverage of the final draw of the event.[4] Today, TSN covers the entire tournament. CBC had covered the semi-finals and the finals up until the 2007–08 season. In 2013, Sportsnet and City began to offer coverage of the finals of the provincial playdowns in Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia as well.

In 1977, Macdonald Tobacco announced it would no longer be sponsoring the Brier, and the 1979 event would be the last one titled the Macdonald Brier. A committee headed by the Canadian Curling Association (today's Curling Canada) was put in charge to find a new sponsor, which would end up being the Labatt Brewing Company. The event retained the "Brier" name, despite the word being the property of Macdonald Tobacco. However, with the Labatt sponsorship came some changes to the event, such as adding a new championship trophy and adding a TV-friendly playoff round after the round robin games. Labatt remained the title sponsor until 2001 when Nokia took over. That sponsorship only lasted four years before Tim Hortons took over, until 2024. When the Labatt sponsorship ended, the original Brier trophy was brought back and the names of the winners during the Labatt era were engraved on it.[5]

Beginning in the 1990s, curling became more profitable, and the event would mostly be held in larger curling friendly markets (such as Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and Saskatoon). At the same time, the World Curling Tour made the sport more lucrative, and curlers demanded cash prizes at the Brier, and the ability to display their sponsors on their jerseys. The Canadian Curling Association ignored their demands, and when the Grand Slam curling series was instituted in 2001, many of the top teams in the country boycotted the Brier in favour of playing in the Slams.[5] Curlers' demands were eventually met and the boycott ended in 2003. The dominant Brier team of the era, the "Ferbey four" did not boycott the Brier, and won four of five Briers during the era, while other top teams such as Kevin Martin's boycotted the event.

Sponsors

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For the first fifty years, the Brier was sponsored by Macdonald Tobacco (later RJR Tobacco Company and now part of JTI-Macdonald Corporation). The name "Brier", in fact, came from a brand of tobacco being manufactured by Macdonald at the time (a brier being a small shrub whose roots are commonly used to make tobacco pipes).[6] Macdonald was also responsible for introducing both the Brier Tankard trophy (originally named the British Consols Trophy after a brand of cigarettes), and the now famous heart-shaped patches awarded to the tournament winners. The patches were modeled after a small tin heart pressed into the centre of Macdonald tobacco plugs, along with the slogan “The Heart of the Tobacco.” The same heart appeared on tins of Macdonald pipe tobacco. Later, when other national championships were developed, many took the heart as their identifying symbol as well.[7]

The former logo of the Brier, featuring the Tim Hortons logo.
Brier sponsors by year
Years Sponsor
1927–1979 Macdonald Tobacco
1980–2000 Labatt
2001–2004 Nokia
2005–2023[8] Tim Hortons
2024–present Montana's BBQ & Bar

Qualification and eligibility

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2006 Brier, in Regina

The Brier is currently contested by 18 teams. Most provinces and territories are represented by one team, with the exception of Ontario, which sends two teams (named Ontario and Northern Ontario). Through 2014 the territories sent one team, but starting in 2015 all three territories were permitted to compete individually. Teams qualify for the Brier through their respective provincial championships, which are held every year and are open to any Canadian men's curling team consisting of Canadian citizens. The formats for these championships vary from province to province, but most entail a series of club, municipal, district and/or regional playdowns prior to the provincial championship. Playdown formats vary, with each member association choosing a format suited to its geography and demographics. Originally, nearly all teams regardless of ability or past performance had to qualify for each Brier, starting at the club level when more than one team from a club seeks to enter the playdowns. Today, member associations typically grant past champions and other strong teams automatic entry to the latter stage(s) of the playdowns.

Until 2013, the champions of the Brier did not automatically qualify for the following year's Brier, and had to qualify again. However, beginning in 2014, following the precedent set by its women's counterpart, the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, champions now earn a bye representing Canada during the following year's Brier.[9]

For the three tournaments from 2015 to 2017, fifteen teams (ten provinces, three territories, Northern Ontario, and Team Canada) competed for twelve places in the Brier proper. The four lowest-ranked regions played a pre-qualifying tournament to open the Brier, with the winner advancing to the full round-robin. In this format's first year Nunavut declined to send a team, and the round was between the winners of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon.

Beginning with the 2018 Brier, the event expanded to a sixteen team field, with the ten provinces, three territories, Northern Ontario, and Team Canada being joined by the highest-ranked non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings.[10] The teams are separated into two pools of eight, each playing a round-robin, with the top four teams in each pool advancing to a second pool to determine the final four teams. The pools were tentatively slated to be determined by the CTRS standings as of December 31, 2017.[clarify] [11]

Winners

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Macdonald Brier

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Year Winning province Winning team Host
1927  Nova Scotia Murray Macneill, Al MacInnes, Cliff Torey, Jim Donahoe Toronto, Ontario
1928 Manitoba Gordon Hudson, Sam Penwarden, Ron Singbush, Bill Grant Toronto, Ontario (2)
1929 Manitoba Gordon Hudson, Don Rollo, Ron Singbush, Bill Grant Toronto, Ontario (3)
1930 Manitoba Howard Wood, Sr., Jimmy Congalton, Victor Wood, Lionel Wood Toronto, Ontario (4)
1931 Manitoba Bob Gourley, Ernie Pollard, Arnold Lockerbie, Ray Stewart Toronto, Ontario (5)
1932 Manitoba Jimmy Congalton, Howard Wood, Sr., Bill Noble, Harry Mawhinney Toronto, Ontario (6)
1933 Alberta Cliff Manahan, Harold Deeton, Harold Wolfe, Bert Ross Toronto, Ontario (7)
1934 Manitoba Leo Johnson, Lorne Stewart, Linc Johnson, Marno Frederickson Toronto, Ontario (8)
1935 Ontario Gordon Campbell, Donnie Campbell, Gord Coates, Duncan Campbell Toronto, Ontario (9)
1936 Manitoba Ken Watson, Grant Watson, Marvin MacIntyre, Charles Kerr Toronto, Ontario (10)
1937 Alberta Cliff Manahan, Wes Robinson, Ross Manahan, Lloyd McIntyre Toronto, Ontario (11)
1938 Manitoba Ab Gowanlock, Bung Cartmell, Bill McKnight, Tom McKnight Toronto, Ontario (12)
1939 Ontario Bert Hall, Perry Hall, Ernie Parkes, Cam Seagram Toronto, Ontario (13)
1940 Manitoba Howard Wood, Sr., Ernie Pollard, Howie Wood, Jr., Roy Enman Winnipeg, Manitoba
1941 Alberta Howard Palmer, Jack Lebeau, Art Gooder, Clair Webb Toronto, Ontario (14)
1942 Manitoba Ken Watson, Grant Watson, Charlie Scrymgeour, Jim Grant Quebec City, Quebec
1943 Cancelled due to World War II[12]
1944
1945
1946 Alberta Billy Rose, Bart Swelin, Austin Smith, George Crooks Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1947 Manitoba Jimmy Welsh, Alex Welsh, Jock Reid, Harry Monk Saint John, New Brunswick
1948 British Columbia Frenchy D'Amour, Bob McGhie, Fred Wendell, Jim Mark Calgary, Alberta
1949 Manitoba Ken Watson, Grant Watson, Lyle Dyker, Charles Read Hamilton, Ontario
1950 Northern Ontario Tom Ramsay, Len Williamson, Bill Weston, Billy Kenny Vancouver, British Columbia
1951  Nova Scotia Don Oyler, George Hanson, Fred Dyke, Wally Knock Halifax, Nova Scotia
1952 Manitoba Billy Walsh, Al Langlois, Andy McWilliams, John Watson Winnipeg, Manitoba (2)
1953 Manitoba Ab Gowanlock, Jim Williams, Art Pollon, Russ Jackman Sudbury, Ontario
1954 Alberta Matt Baldwin, Glenn Gray, Pete Ferry, Jim Collins Edmonton, Alberta
1955 Saskatchewan Garnet Campbell, Don Campbell, Glen Campbell, Lloyd Campbell Regina, Saskatchewan
1956 Manitoba Billy Walsh, Al Langlois, Cy White, Andy McWilliams Moncton, New Brunswick
1957 Alberta Matt Baldwin, Gordon Haynes, Art Kleinmeyer, Bill Price Kingston, Ontario
1958 Alberta Matt Baldwin, Jack Geddes, Gordon Haynes, Bill Price Victoria, British Columbia
1959 Saskatchewan Ernie Richardson, Arnold Richardson, Garnet Richardson, Wes Richardson Quebec City, Quebec (2)
1960 Saskatchewan Ernie Richardson, Arnold Richardson, Garnet Richardson, Wes Richardson Fort William, Ontario
1961 Alberta Hec Gervais, Ron Anton, Ray Werner, Wally Ursuliak Calgary, Alberta (2)
1962 Saskatchewan Ernie Richardson, Arnold Richardson, Garnet Richardson, Wes Richardson Kitchener, Ontario
1963 Saskatchewan Ernie Richardson, Arnold Richardson, Garnet Richardson, Mel Perry Brandon, Manitoba
1964  British Columbia Lyall Dagg, Leo Hebert, Fred Britton, Barry Naimark Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1965 Manitoba Terry Braunstein, Don Duguid, Ron Braunstein, Ray Turnbull Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (2)
1966 Alberta Ron Northcott, George Fink, Bernie Sparkes, Fred Storey Halifax, Nova Scotia (2)
1967  Ontario Alf Phillips, Jr., John Ross, Ron Manning, Keith Reilly Hull, Quebec
1968 Alberta Ron Northcott, Jim Shields, Bernie Sparkes, Fred Storey Kelowna, British Columbia
1969  Alberta Ron Northcott, Dave Gerlach, Bernie Sparkes, Fred Storey Oshawa, Ontario
1970  Manitoba Don Duguid, Rod Hunter, Jim Pettapiece, Bryan Wood Winnipeg, Manitoba (3)
1971  Manitoba Don Duguid, Rod Hunter, Jim Pettapiece, Bryan Wood Quebec City, Quebec (3)
1972  Manitoba Orest Meleschuk, Dave Romano, John Hanesiak, Pat Hailley St. John's, Newfoundland
1973  Saskatchewan Harvey Mazinke, Billy Martin, George Achtymichuk, Dan Klippenstein Edmonton, Alberta (2)
1974  Alberta Hec Gervais, Ron Anton, Warren Hansen, Darrel Sutton London, Ontario
1975  Northern Ontario Bill Tetley, Rick Lang, Bill Hodgson, Peter Hnatiw Fredericton, New Brunswick
1976  Newfoundland Jack MacDuff, Toby McDonald, Doug Hudson, Ken Templeton Regina, Saskatchewan (2)
1977  Quebec Jim Ursel, Art Lobel, Don Aitken, Brian Ross Montreal, Quebec
1978  Alberta Mike Chernoff, Ed Lukowich, Dale Johnston, Ron Schindle Vancouver, British Columbia (2)
1979  Manitoba Barry Fry, Bill Carey, Gordon Sparkes, Bryan Wood Ottawa, Ontario

Labatt Brier

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Year Winning province Winning team Finalist province Finalist team Host
1980  Saskatchewan Rick Folk, Ron Mills, Tom Wilson, Jim Wilson  Northern Ontario Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy Calgary, Alberta (3)
1981  Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk, Mark Olson, Jim Spencer, Ron Kammerlock  Northern Ontario Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy Halifax, Nova Scotia (3)
1982  Northern Ontario Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy  British Columbia Brent Giles, Greg Monkman, Al Roemer, Brad Giles Brandon, Manitoba (2)
1983  Ontario Ed Werenich, Paul Savage, John Kawaja, Neil Harrison  Alberta Mike Chernoff, Ed Lukowich, Neil Houston, Brent Syme Sudbury, Ontario (2)
1984  Manitoba Michael Riley, Brian Toews, John Helston, Russ Wookey  Ontario Ed Werenich, Paul Savage, John Kawaja, Neil Harrison Victoria, British Columbia (2)
1985  Northern Ontario Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Ian Tetley, Pat Perroud  Alberta Pat Ryan, Gord Trenchie, Don Mckenzie, Don Walchuk Moncton, New Brunswick (2)
1986  Alberta Ed Lukowich, John Ferguson, Neil Houston, Brent Syme  Ontario Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Tim Belcourt, Kent Carstairs Kitchener, Ontario (2)
1987  Ontario Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Tim Belcourt, Kent Carstairs  British Columbia Bernie Sparkes, Jim Armstrong, Monte Ziola, Jamie Sexton Edmonton, Alberta (3)
1988  Alberta Pat Ryan, Randy Ferbey, Don Walchuk, Don McKenzie  Saskatchewan Eugene Hritzuk, Del Shaughnessy, Murray Soparlo, Don Dabrowski Chicoutimi, Quebec
1989  Alberta Pat Ryan, Randy Ferbey, Don Walchuk, Don McKenzie  British Columbia Rick Folk, Bert Gretzinger, Rob Koffski, Doug Smith Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (3)
1990  Ontario Ed Werenich, John Kawaja, Ian Tetley, Pat Perroud  New Brunswick Jim Sullivan, Charlie Sullivan, Jr., Craig Burgess, Paul Power Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1991  Alberta Kevin Martin, Kevin Park, Dan Petryk, Don Bartlett  Saskatchewan Randy Woytowich, Brian McCusker, Wyatt Buck, John Grundy Hamilton, Ontario (2)
1992  Manitoba Vic Peters, Dan Carey, Chris Neufeld, Don Rudd  Ontario Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner Regina, Saskatchewan (3)
1993  Ontario Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner  British Columbia Rick Folk, Pat Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Richard Ottawa, Ontario (2)
1994  British Columbia Rick Folk, Pat Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Richard  Ontario Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner Red Deer, Alberta
1995  Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk, Jeff Ryan, Rob Meakin, Keith Fenton  Saskatchewan Brad Heidt, Mark Dacey, Wayne Charteris, Dan Ormsby Halifax, Nova Scotia (4)
1996  Manitoba Jeff Stoughton, Ken Tresoor, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould  Alberta Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Shawn Broda, Don Bartlett Kamloops, British Columbia
1997  Alberta Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Rudy Ramcharan, Don Bartlett  Manitoba Vic Peters, Dan Carey, Chris Neufeld, Scott Grant Calgary, Alberta (4)
1998  Ontario Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey  Quebec Guy Hemmings, Pierre Charette, Guy Thibaudeau, Dale Ness Winnipeg, Manitoba (4)
1999  Manitoba Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Doug Armstrong  Quebec Guy Hemmings, Pierre Charette, Guy Thibaudeau, Dale Ness Edmonton, Alberta (4)
2000  British Columbia Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup  New Brunswick Russ Howard, Wayne Tallon, Rick Perron, Grant Odishaw Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (4)

Nokia Brier

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Year Winning province Winning team Finalist province Finalist team Host
2001  Alberta Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque  Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk, Jeff Ryan, Rob Meakin, Keith Fenton Ottawa, Ontario (3)
2002  Alberta Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque  Ontario John Morris, Joe Frans, Craig Savill, Brent Laing Calgary, Alberta (5)
2003  Alberta Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque  Nova Scotia Mark Dacey, Bruce Lohnes, Rob Harris, Andrew Gibson Halifax, Nova Scotia (5)
2004  Nova Scotia Mark Dacey, Bruce Lohnes, Rob Harris, Andrew Gibson  Alberta Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (5)

Tim Hortons Brier

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Year Winning province Winning team Finalist province Finalist team Host
2005  Alberta Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque  Nova Scotia Shawn Adams, Paul Flemming, Craig Burgess, Kelly Mittelstadt Edmonton, Alberta (5)
2006  Quebec Jean-Michel Ménard, François Roberge, Éric Sylvain, Maxime Elmaleh  Ontario Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill Regina, Saskatchewan (4)
2007  Ontario Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill  Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, Jamie Korab Hamilton, Ontario (3)
2008  Alberta Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert  Ontario Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill Winnipeg, Manitoba (5)
2009  Alberta Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert  Manitoba Jeff Stoughton, Kevin Park, Rob Fowler, Steve Gould Calgary, Alberta (6)
2010  Alberta Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen  Ontario Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill Halifax, Nova Scotia (6)
Tournament Gold Silver Bronze Host
Locale Team Locale Team Locale Team
2011  Manitoba Jeff Stoughton
Jon Mead
Reid Carruthers
Steve Gould
 Ontario Glenn Howard
Richard Hart
Brent Laing
Craig Savill
 Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Ryan Fry
Jamie Danbrook
London, Ontario (2)
2012  Ontario Glenn Howard
Wayne Middaugh
Brent Laing
Craig Savill
 Alberta Kevin Koe
Pat Simmons
Carter Rycroft
Nolan Thiessen
 Manitoba Rob Fowler
Allan Lyburn
Richard Daneault
Derek Samagalski
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (6)
2013  Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs
Ryan Fry
E.J. Harnden
Ryan Harnden
 Manitoba Jeff Stoughton
Jon Mead
Reid Carruthers
Mark Nichols
 Ontario Glenn Howard
Wayne Middaugh
Brent Laing
Craig Savill
Edmonton, Alberta (6)
2014  Alberta Kevin Koe
Pat Simmons
Carter Rycroft
Nolan Thiessen
 British Columbia John Morris
Jim Cotter
Tyrel Griffith
Rick Sawatsky
 Manitoba Jeff Stoughton
Jon Mead
Mark Nichols
Reid Carruthers
Kamloops, British Columbia (2)
2015  Canada Pat Simmons
John Morris
Carter Rycroft
Nolan Thiessen
 Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs
Ryan Fry
E.J. Harnden
Ryan Harnden
 Saskatchewan Steve Laycock
Kirk Muyres
Colton Flasch
Dallan Muyres
Calgary, Alberta (7)
2016  Alberta Kevin Koe
Marc Kennedy
Brent Laing
Ben Hebert
 Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Brett Gallant
Geoff Walker
 Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs
Ryan Fry
E.J. Harnden
Ryan Harnden
Ottawa, Ontario (4)
2017  Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Brett Gallant
Geoff Walker
 Canada Kevin Koe
Marc Kennedy
Brent Laing
Ben Hebert
 Manitoba Mike McEwen
B.J. Neufeld
Matt Wozniak
Denni Neufeld
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (2)
2018  Canada Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Brett Gallant
Geoff Walker
 Alberta Brendan Bottcher
Darren Moulding
Brad Thiessen
Karrick Martin
 Ontario John Epping
Mat Camm
Pat Janssen
Tim March
Regina, Saskatchewan (5)
2019  Alberta Kevin Koe
B.J. Neufeld
Colton Flasch
Ben Hebert
Alberta Wild Card Brendan Bottcher
Darren Moulding
Brad Thiessen
Karrick Martin
 Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs
Ryan Fry
E.J. Harnden
Ryan Harnden
Brandon, Manitoba (3)
2020  Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Brett Gallant
Geoff Walker
 Alberta Brendan Bottcher
Darren Moulding
Brad Thiessen
Karrick Martin
 Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone
Braeden Moskowy
Catlin Schneider
Dustin Kidby
Kingston, Ontario (2)[13]
2021  Alberta Brendan Bottcher
Darren Moulding
Brad Thiessen
Karrick Martin
Alberta Wild Card 2 Kevin Koe
B.J. Neufeld
John Morris
Ben Hebert
 Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone
Braeden Moskowy
Kirk Muyres
Dustin Kidby
Calgary, Alberta (8)[14]
2022 Newfoundland and Labrador Wild Card 1 Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Brett Gallant
Geoff Walker
 Alberta Kevin Koe
B.J. Neufeld
John Morris
Ben Hebert
 Canada Brendan Bottcher
Pat Janssen
Brad Thiessen
Karrick Martin
Lethbridge, Alberta[15]
2023  Canada Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
E.J. Harnden
Geoff Walker
 Manitoba Matt Dunstone
B.J. Neufeld
Colton Lott
Ryan Harnden
Alberta Wild Card 1 Brendan Bottcher
Marc Kennedy
Brett Gallant
Ben Hebert
London, Ontario (3)[16]

Montana's Brier

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Tournament Gold Silver Bronze Host
Locale Team Locale Team Locale Team
2024  Canada Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
E. J. Harnden
Geoff Walker
 Saskatchewan Mike McEwen
Colton Flasch
Kevin Marsh
Dan Marsh
 Alberta (Bottcher) Brendan Bottcher
Marc Kennedy
Brett Gallant
Ben Hebert
Regina, Saskatchewan (6)[17]
2025 Kelowna, British Columbia (2)[18]

Top 3 finishes table

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As of the 2024 Brier Final

Prior to the 2011 Brier, there were no bronze medal games, so the third-place finishes listed in the table are for the teams that finished third in the tournament. Following the introduction of bronze medal games, which were played between the loser of the 3 versus 4 page playoff game and the loser of the semifinal game, the third-place finishes listed are for the teams that won the bronze medal games in each Brier. The bronze medal games were discontinued with the 2018 Brier.

2005 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton
Province / Locale 1st 2nd 3rd Top 3 finishes
 Alberta 29 21 9 59
 Manitoba 27 15 15 57
 Ontario 10 18 13 41
 Saskatchewan 7 16 18 41
 Northern Ontario 5 6 13 24
 British Columbia 4 13 14 31
 Canada 4 1 1 6
 Nova Scotia 3 3 6 12
 Newfoundland and Labrador 3 2 2 7
 Quebec 2 4 4 10
 Wild Card 1 2 1 4
 New Brunswick 0 3 7 10
 Yukon/Northwest Territories 0 1 0 1
Toronto 0 0 5 5
 Prince Edward Island 0 0 2 2
 Northwest Territories
 Nunavut
 Yukon

Awards

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Hec Gervais Playoff MVP Award

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Year Player Locale
1997 Kevin Martin  Alberta
1998 Graeme McCarrel  Ontario
1999 Jeff Stoughton  Manitoba
2000 Bryan Miki  British Columbia
2001 David Nedohin  Alberta
2002 David Nedohin (2)  Alberta
2003 David Nedohin (3)  Alberta
2004 Mark Dacey  Nova Scotia
2005 David Nedohin (4)  Alberta
2006 Jean-Michel Ménard  Quebec
2007 Glenn Howard  Ontario
2008 John Morris  Alberta
2009 Kevin Martin (2)  Alberta
2010 Kevin Koe  Alberta
2011 Jon Mead  Manitoba
2012 Wayne Middaugh  Ontario
2013 Brad Jacobs  Northern Ontario
2014 Carter Rycroft  Alberta
2015 Pat Simmons  Canada
2016 Kevin Koe (2)  Alberta
2017 Brad Gushue  Newfoundland and Labrador
2018 Brad Gushue (2)  Canada
2019 Kevin Koe (3)  Alberta
2020 Brad Gushue (3)  Newfoundland and Labrador
2021 Brendan Bottcher  Alberta
2022 Brad Gushue (4) Newfoundland and Labrador Wild Card 1
2023 Brad Gushue (5)  Canada
2024 Brad Gushue (6)  Canada

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award

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Year Player Locale
1966 George F. McCharles  Newfoundland
1967 Douglas S. McGibney  British Columbia
1968 Charles Piper, Jr.  Nova Scotia
1969 Bill Piercey  Newfoundland
1970 Ed Steeves  New Brunswick
1971 Bob Pickering  Saskatchewan
1972 David Sullivan  New Brunswick
1973 Mel Watchorn  Alberta
1974 Larry McGrath  Saskatchewan
1975 Harvey Mazinke  Saskatchewan
1976 Jim Ursel  Quebec
1977 Joe Power, Jr.  Newfoundland
1978 Peter Murray  New Brunswick
1979 Dave Durrant  Nova Scotia
1979 Wayne Matheson  Prince Edward Island
1980 Wayne Hamilton  Newfoundland
1981 Mel Watchorn (2)  Alberta
1982 Mark Noseworthy  Newfoundland
1983 Jim Armstrong  British Columbia
1984 John Helston  Manitoba
1985 Daniel Hildebrand  Manitoba
1986 Bill Campbell, Jr.  Nova Scotia
1987 Jim Armstrong (2)  British Columbia
1988 Thomas Hakansson  Nova Scotia
1989 Bert Gretzinger  British Columbia
1990 Craig Lepine  British Columbia
1991 Rick Lang  Northern Ontario
1992 Jim Armstrong (3)  British Columbia
1993 Trevor Alexander  Northwest Territories/Yukon
1994 Mark Noseworthy (2)  Newfoundland
1995 Rick Folk  British Columbia
1996 Brian Rafuse  Nova Scotia
1997 Vic Peters  Manitoba
1998 Toby McDonald  Newfoundland
1999 Gerald Shymko  Saskatchewan
2000 Bryan Miki  British Columbia
2001 Paul Flemming  Nova Scotia
2002 Mark Lang  Saskatchewan
2003 Bob Jenion  Manitoba
2004 Daniel Lafleur  Quebec
2005 Randy Dutiaume  Manitoba
2006 Jean-Michel Ménard  Quebec
2007 Mark Whitehead  Northwest Territories/Yukon
2008 Gerry Adam  Saskatchewan
2009 Dean Hicke  Saskatchewan
2010 Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc  Nova Scotia
2011 Jim Cotter  British Columbia
2012 Scott Manners  Saskatchewan
2013 Paul Flemming (2)  Nova Scotia
2014 Greg Balsdon  Ontario
2015 Jim Cotter (2)  British Columbia
2016 Tyrel Griffith  British Columbia
2017 Jean-Michel Ménard (2)  Quebec
2018 Greg Smith  Newfoundland and Labrador
2019 Darren Moulding Alberta Wild Card
2020 Colin Hodgson Manitoba Wild Card
2021 Brendan Bottcher  Alberta
2022 Scott Saccary  Nova Scotia
2023 Kelly Knapp  Saskatchewan
2024 Luke Saunders  Nova Scotia

Shot of the Week Award

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Year Player Province
1997 Kevin Martin  Alberta
1998 Guy Hemmings  Quebec
1999 Guy Hemmings (2)  Quebec
2000 Peter Corner  Ontario
2001 Kerry Burtnyk  Manitoba
2002 David Nedohin  Alberta
2003 Bruce Lohnes  Nova Scotia
2004 Jay Peachey  British Columbia
2005 David Nedohin (2)  Alberta
2006 Mark Dacey  Nova Scotia
2007 Dean Joanisse  British Columbia
2008 Glenn Howard  Ontario
2009 Glenn Howard (2)  Ontario
2010 Richard Hart  Ontario
2011 Jeff Stoughton  Manitoba
2012 Glenn Howard (3)  Ontario
2013 Brad Gushue  Newfoundland and Labrador

Ford Hot Shots

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Records

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Most Brier wins as skip

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Only one skip, Brad Gushue, has won the Brier six times (2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024).

Four people have won the Brier four times as skip:

  • Ernie Richardson (1959, 1960, 1962, 1963)
  • Kevin Martin (1991, 1997, 2008, 2009)
  • Randy Ferbey (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
  • Kevin Koe (2010, 2014, 2016, 2019)

Top Attendance Records

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# Brier Venue Total attendance
1 2005 Rexall Place, Edmonton 281,985
2 2000 Saskatchewan Place, Saskatoon 248,793
3 2009 Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary 246,126
4 2002 Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary 245,296
5 1999 Skyreach Centre, Edmonton 242,887
6 2004 Saskatchewan Place, Saskatoon 238,129
7 1997 Canadian Airlines Saddledome, Calgary 223,322
8 2013 Rexall Place, Edmonton 190,113
9 2012 Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon 177,226
10 2008 MTS Centre, Winnipeg 165,075
11 2003 Metro Centre, Halifax 158,414
12 2001 Civic Centre, Ottawa 154,136
13 2015 Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary 151,835
14 1989 Saskatchewan Place, Saskatoon 151,538
15 1998 Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg 147,017
16 1994 Centrium, Red Deer 130,625
17 1993 Civic Centre, Ottawa 130,076
18 1996 Riverside Coliseum, Kamloops 127,746
19 2006 Brandt Centre, Regina 125,971
20 2017 Mile One Centre, St. John's 122,592
21 1995 Metro Centre, Halifax 121,896
22 1992 Agridome, Regina 121,555
23 2016 TD Place Arena, Ottawa 115,047
24 2011 John Labatt Centre, London 113,626
25 2018 Brandt Centre, Regina 110,555
26 2010 Metro Centre, Halifax 107,242
27 2007 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton 107,199
28 1982 Keystone Centre, Brandon 106,394
29 2024 Brandt Centre, Regina 101,401

Perfect games

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A perfect game in curling is one in which a player scores 100% on all their shots in a game. Statistics on shots have been kept since 1980 (except for 1982).

Curler Team Position Shots Year Opponent
Pat Perroud  Northern Ontario Lead 22 1985  Alberta
Ron Kapicki  Northwest Territories/Yukon Lead 18 1987  Quebec
Neil Harrison  Ontario Lead 18 1988  Saskatchewan
Don Harvey  Manitoba Lead 20 1988  Northern Ontario
Don Walchuk  Alberta Second 18 1988  Northern Ontario
Louis Biron  Quebec Lead 10 1992  Alberta
Glenn Howard  Ontario Third 18 1992  Saskatchewan
Kevin Martin  Alberta Skip 10 1992  Quebec
Scott Alexander  Northwest Territories/Yukon Lead 20 1993  Ontario
Louis Biron  Quebec Lead 20 1993  British Columbia
Peter Corner  Ontario Lead 20 1993  Northern Ontario
John Gundy  Saskatchewan Lead 20 1993  Newfoundland
Glenn Howard  Ontario Third 20 1993  British Columbia
Gerry Richard  British Columbia Lead 16 1994  Saskatchewan
Kerry Burtnyk  Manitoba Skip 14 1995  Northern Ontario
Ken Ellis  Newfoundland Second 20 1997  New Brunswick
Pierre Charette  Quebec Third 12 1998  Newfoundland
Pierre Charette  Quebec Third 18 1999  New Brunswick
Grant Odishaw  New Brunswick Third 10 1999  Northern Ontario
Grant Odishaw  New Brunswick Lead 14 2000  Nova Scotia
Grant Odishaw  New Brunswick Lead 20 2000  Ontario
Don Walchuk  Alberta Third 16 2000  British Columbia
Wayne Middaugh  Ontario Skip 10 2001  Quebec
Wayne Middaugh  Ontario Skip 16 2001  Manitoba
Ian Tetley  Ontario Second 16 2001  Manitoba
Brad Fenton  British Columbia Lead 20 2004  Nova Scotia
Phil Loevenmark  Ontario Second 12 2004  Quebec
Scott Pfeifer  Alberta Second 12 2004  Northern Ontario
Trevor Wall  Ontario Lead 20 2004  Prince Edward Island
Jean Gagnon  Quebec Lead 10 2006  Prince Edward Island
Glenn Howard  Ontario Skip 14 2006  Manitoba
Craig Savill  Ontario Lead 18 2006  Northern Ontario
Pierre Fraser  New Brunswick Lead 12 2007  Alberta
Craig Savill  Ontario Lead 10 2007  New Brunswick
Glenn Howard  Ontario Skip 12 2008  Prince Edward Island
Ryan Fry  Newfoundland and Labrador Second 14 2009  Quebec
Steve Gould  Manitoba Lead 18 2009  Alberta
Kevin Martin  Alberta Skip 12 2009  Northern Ontario
John Morris  Alberta Third 12 2009  British Columbia
Nolan Thiessen  Alberta Lead 18 2010  Nova Scotia
Andrew Gibson  Nova Scotia Second 14 2011  Northwest Territories/Yukon
Ben Hebert  Alberta Lead 16 2011  Manitoba
Marc Kennedy  Alberta Second 14 2011  British Columbia
Brent Laing  Ontario Second 20 2011  Manitoba
Craig Savill  Ontario Lead 20 2011  Newfoundland and Labrador
Jeff Stoughton  Manitoba Skip 15 2011  Alberta
Kevin Koe  Alberta Skip 14 2012  Quebec
Brent Laing  Ontario Second 16 2012  Prince Edward Island
Ryan Harnden  Northern Ontario Lead 14 2013  Alberta
Ryan Harnden  Northern Ontario Lead 17 2013  Manitoba
Ben Hebert  Alberta Lead 10 2013  Nova Scotia
Brad Jacobs  Northern Ontario Skip 14 2013  Alberta
Marc Kennedy  Alberta Second 14 2013  Prince Edward Island
Brent Laing  Ontario Second 14 2013  New Brunswick
Mark Nichols  Manitoba Lead 18 2013  Northern Ontario
Mark Nichols  Manitoba Lead 16 2013  Nova Scotia
Philippe Ménard  Quebec Lead 16 2013  British Columbia
Craig Savill  Ontario Lead 14 2013  New Brunswick
Reid Carruthers  Manitoba Lead 10 2014  Quebec
Jamie Childs  Northern Ontario Lead 20 2014  Prince Edward Island
Nolan Thiessen  Alberta Lead 15 2014  Newfoundland and Labrador
Nolan Thiessen  Alberta Lead 16 2014  Northwest Territories/Yukon
Rick Sawatsky  British Columbia Lead 18 2014  Prince Edward Island
Rick Sawatsky  British Columbia Lead 16 2014  New Brunswick
Rick Sawatsky  British Columbia Lead 16 2014  Ontario
Ryan Fry  Northern Ontario Third 18 2015  Ontario
Ryan Harnden  Northern Ontario Lead 18 2015  British Columbia
Colin Hodgson  Manitoba Lead 16 2015  Northern Ontario
Brent Laing  Alberta Second 18 2015  Northern Ontario
Marc Kennedy  Alberta Third 16 2016  Prince Edward Island
Marc LeCocq  New Brunswick Second 20 2016  Manitoba
Philippe Ménard  Quebec Lead 18 2016  Saskatchewan
Scott Howard  Ontario Lead 18 2016  Northwest Territories
Glenn Howard  Ontario Skip 16 2016  Prince Edward Island
Nolan Thiessen  Canada Lead 20 2016  New Brunswick
E.J. Harnden  Northern Ontario Second 16 2016  Northwest Territories
Mark Nichols  Newfoundland and Labrador Third 18 2016  Canada
Denni Neufeld  Manitoba Lead 20 2016  Canada
Denni Neufeld  Manitoba Lead 17 2016  British Columbia
Kevin Koe  Alberta Skip 18 2016  Canada
Brett Gallant  Newfoundland and Labrador Second 18 2016  Prince Edward Island
Brent Laing  Alberta Second 18 2016  Newfoundland and Labrador
Geoff Walker  Newfoundland and Labrador Lead 18 2016  Alberta
Brad Gushue  Newfoundland and Labrador Skip 19 2017  Alberta
E.J. Harnden  Northern Ontario Second 16 2017  Nova Scotia
Denni Neufeld  Manitoba Lead 16 2017  Ontario
Marc Kennedy  Alberta Third 22 2017  Canada
Brad Gushue  Canada Skip 16 2018  Yukon
Brad Gushue  Canada Skip 18 2018  Ontario
B.J. Neufeld Manitoba Wild Card Third 16 2018  Northwest Territories
Denni Neufeld Manitoba Wild Card Lead 12 2018  Northern Ontario
Denni Neufeld Manitoba Wild Card Lead 14 2018  Manitoba
E.J. Harnden  Northern Ontario Second 16 2019  Prince Edward Island
Wes Forget  Ontario Second 16 2019  Northwest Territories
Brett Gallant  Newfoundland and Labrador Second 16 2020  Manitoba
Kevin Koe  Canada Skip 16 2020  New Brunswick
Brendan Bottcher  Alberta Skip 19 2020  Newfoundland and Labrador
Brendan Bottcher  Alberta Skip 15 2020  Nova Scotia
Matt Dunstone  Saskatchewan Skip 18 2020  Ontario
Matt Dunstone  Saskatchewan Skip 20 2020  Canada
Marc Kennedy  Northern Ontario Third 12 2020  Nunavut
Colin Hodgson Manitoba Wild Card Lead 20 2020  Northern Ontario
Darren Moulding  Alberta Third 16 2020  Ontario
Brad Gushue  Newfoundland and Labrador Skip 20 2020 Manitoba Wild Card
Brad Gushue  Canada Skip 18 2021  Ontario
John Epping  Ontario Skip 16 2021  Nunavut
Karrick Martin  Alberta Lead 16 2021  Yukon
Brad Gushue  Canada Skip 16 2021  Nunavut
Braeden Moskowy  Saskatchewan Third 16 2021  Manitoba
Karrick Martin  Canada Lead 20 2022  Ontario
Mark Nichols Newfoundland and Labrador Wild Card 1 Third 16 2022  Nunavut
Dan Marsh  Saskatchewan Lead 16 2022  Yukon
Ben Hebert Alberta Wild Card 1 Lead 14 2023  Prince Edward Island
Colin Hodgson  Northern Ontario Lead 20 2023 Alberta Wild Card 1
Andy McCann  New Brunswick Lead 16 2024  Northern Ontario
Ben Hebert  Alberta (Bottcher) Lead 18 2024  Yukon
Ben Hebert  Alberta (Bottcher) Lead 16 2024  Ontario
Brett Gallant  Alberta (Bottcher) Second 16 2024  Ontario
Geoff Walker  Canada Lead 16 2024  Prince Edward Island
Brad Gushue  Canada Skip 16 2024  Prince Edward Island
Tim March  Ontario Lead 22 2024  Manitoba (Dunstone)
Ryan Harnden  Manitoba (Dunstone) Lead 14 2024  Newfoundland and Labrador
Stephen Trickett  Newfoundland and Labrador Second 16 2024  Manitoba (Dunstone)
Geoff Walker  Canada Lead 20 2024  Manitoba (Carruthers)
Dan Marsh  Saskatchewan Lead 17 2024  Alberta (Bottcher)
Dan Marsh  Saskatchewan Lead 18 2024  Canada

Number of games played

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As of the 2024 Brier

Rank Player Team(s) / Province(s) Games played
1 Brad Gushue  Newfoundland and Labrador
 Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Wild Card 1
257
2 Mark Nichols  Newfoundland and Labrador
 Manitoba
 Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Wild Card 1
244
3 Glenn Howard  Ontario
Ontario Wild Card 3
227
4 Brent Laing  Ontario
 Alberta
 Canada
197
5 Ben Hebert  Saskatchewan
 Alberta
 Canada
Alberta Wild Card 2
Alberta Wild Card 1
 Alberta (Bottcher)
195
6 E.J. Harnden  Northern Ontario
 Canada
183
6 Ryan Harnden  Northern Ontario
 Manitoba
 Manitoba (Dunstone)
183
8 Ryan Fry  Manitoba
 Newfoundland and Labrador
 Northern Ontario
 Ontario
178
9 Brad Jacobs  Northern Ontario
 Manitoba
176
10 Russ Howard  Ontario
 New Brunswick
174
11 Jamie Koe  Northwest Territories/Yukon
 Northwest Territories
169
12 James Grattan  New Brunswick 166
13 Geoff Walker  Newfoundland and Labrador
 Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Wild Card 1
160
14 Marc Kennedy  Alberta
 Canada
 Northern Ontario
Alberta Wild Card 1
 Alberta (Bottcher)
158
15 Brad Chorostkowski  Northwest Territories/Yukon
 Northwest Territories
150
16 Kevin Martin  Alberta 150
17 John Morris  Ontario
 Alberta
 British Columbia
 Canada
Alberta Wild Card 2
150
17 Brett Gallant  Newfoundland and Labrador
 Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Wild Card 1
Alberta Wild Card 1
 Alberta (Bottcher)
150
19 Kevin Koe  Alberta
 Canada
Alberta Wild Card 2
 Alberta (Koe)
147
20 Jeff Stoughton  Manitoba 139
21 Éric Sylvain  Quebec 137
22 Bernie Sparkes  Alberta
 British Columbia
129
23 Wayne Middaugh  Ontario
Ontario Wild Card 3
127
24 Rick Lang  Northern Ontario 121
25 Craig Savill  Ontario 121
26 Pat Ryan  Alberta
 British Columbia
120
27 Ed Werenich  Ontario 120
28 Jean-Michel Ménard  Quebec 119
28 Reid Carruthers  Manitoba
Manitoba Wild Card
Manitoba Wild Card 1
Manitoba Wild Card 2
119
30 Mark O'Rourke  Prince Edward Island 118
31 Pat Simmons  Saskatchewan
 Alberta
 Canada
112
32 Martin Crête  Quebec 112
33 B. J. Neufeld  Manitoba
Manitoba Wildcard
 Alberta
 Canada
Alberta Wild Card 2
 Manitoba (Dunstone)
109
34 Jim Cotter  British Columbia 107
34 Steve Laycock  Saskatchewan
 British Columbia
107
34 Rick Sawatsky  British Columbia 107
37 Al Hackner  Northern Ontario 106
38 Paul Flemming  Nova Scotia 104
39 Richard Hart  Ontario 103
40 Mike McEwen  Manitoba
Manitoba Wild Card
Manitoba Wild Card 1
 Ontario
 Saskatchewan
102
41 Garnet Campbell  Saskatchewan 101
41 Adam Casey  Newfoundland and Labrador
 Prince Edward Island
 Saskatchewan
 Manitoba
Manitoba Wild Card 3
101
41 Brendan Bottcher  Alberta
Alberta Wildcard
 Canada
Alberta Wild Card 1
 Alberta (Bottcher)
101
44 Randy Ferbey  Alberta 100
44 Peter Gallant  Prince Edward Island 100

Most Brier game wins as skip

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On March 5, 2018 Brad Gushue skipped the 114th win of his Brier career, breaking a three-way tie with previous record-holders Russ Howard and Kevin Martin. His first victory took place on March 1, 2003, 15 years earlier.[19]

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ The Brier, by Bob Weeks, pg 20
  2. ^ "Canada Curls", by Doug Maxwell, pg 106
  3. ^ a b "Canada Curls", by Doug Maxwell, pg 109
  4. ^ "Canada Curls", by Doug Maxwell, pg 114
  5. ^ a b "Canada Curls", by Doug Maxwell, pg 121
  6. ^ "CBC Digital Archives: Curling at the 1947 Macdonald Brier". CBC.
  7. ^ "The History of Curling". Canadian Curling Association.
  8. ^ "Curling's iconic Brier seeks corporate home". Sports Illustrated. The Curling News. November 29, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "Brier to follow Scotties in awarding a Team Canada bye to champion". Canadian Press. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  10. ^ "New Formats, New Event Introduced at 2016 National Curling Congress". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  11. ^ "Breaking News". Facebook.com. Curling Canada. June 19, 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  12. ^ "Cancel Brier!". Newspapers.com. Regina Leader-Post. December 8, 1942. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  13. ^ MacAlpine, Ian (November 1, 2018). "It's official: Brier coming to Kingston in 2020". Kingston Whig-Standard. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  14. ^ "Curling Canada aims to hold series of events in hub city". December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  15. ^ "Lethbridge to host the Brier in 2022". January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "The 2023 Tim Hortons Brier is coming to London, Ont". CBC News. January 24, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  17. ^ Dort, Brit; Postey, Drew (December 6, 2022). "2024 Brier coming to Regina". CTV Regina. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  18. ^ Staff (October 28, 2023). "Kelowna will host 2025 Brier". Penticton Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  19. ^ "Gushue breaks Tim Hortons Brier career victories record". Curling Canada. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

Further reading

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