1984 Labatt Brier

1984 Labatt Brier
Host city	Victoria, British Columbia
Arena	Victoria Memorial Arena
Dates	March 4–11
Attendance	86,811
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Pembina CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Mike Riley
Third	Brian Toews
Second	John Helston
Lead	Russ Wookey
Alternate	Clare DeBlonde
Finalist	Ontario (Ed Werenich)
«  1983 1985  »

The 1984 Labatt Brier was held from March 4 to 11 ^[1] at the Victoria Memorial Arena ^[2] in Victoria, British Columbia.

Mike Riley of Manitoba defeated Ed Werenich of Ontario to win his first and only Brier title. ^[3]

Teams

The teams were listed as follows: ^[4]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick
Calgary CC, Calgary Skip: Ed Lukowich Third: John Ferguson Second: Neil Houston Lead: Brent Syme	Vancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Bernie Sparkes Third: Jim Armstrong [a] Second: Ron Thompson Lead: Jim Heintz Alternate: Brent Giles [a]	Pembina CC, Winnipeg Skip: Mike Riley Third: Brian Toews Second: John Helston Lead: Russ Wookey Alternate: Clare DeBlonde	Thistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John Skip: Arnie Dobson Third: Richard Belyea Second: Michael Dobson Lead: Claude Moore [b] Alternate: Brian Dobson [b]
Newfoundland	Northern Ontario	Nova Scotia	Ontario
St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Jeff Thomas Third: Geoff Cunningham Second: John Allan Lead: Neil Young	Horne Granite CC, New Liskeard Skip: Gord McKnight Third: Bill Johnston Second: Brian Carr Lead: Reg Gardner	Bluenose CC, New Glasgow Skip: Ragnar Kamp Third: Vic Langille Second: Rod McCarron Lead: Haylett Clarke	Avonlea CC, Don Mills Skip: Ed Werenich Third: Paul Savage Second: John Kawaja Lead: Neil Harrison
Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Wayne Matheson Third: Ken MacDonald Second: Allan Ledgerwood Lead: Mark Victor [c] Alternate: Keith MacEachern [c]	Lachine CC, Montreal Skip: Rolland Pacquin Third: Geoffrey Hinks Second: Ronald MacDonald Lead: Neil Millard	Caledonian CC, Regina Skip: Gary Bryden Third: Dale Graham Second: Wilf Foss Lead: Jerry Zimmer	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Al Delmage Third: Roy Giles Second: Bill Strain Lead: Ron Kapicki

Map of teams

Lukowich

Sparkes

Riley

Dobson

Thomas

McKnight

Kamp

Werenich

Matheson

Pacquin

Bryden

Delmage

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Provincial Winners

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings ^[4]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Locale	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Manitoba	Mike Riley	8	3	71	49	48	40	8	17	76%
Alberta	Ed Lukowich	8	3	84	61	50	38	6	16	77%
Saskatchewan	Gary Bryden	7	4	76	55	48	40	8	15	79%
Ontario	Ed Werenich	7	4	70	61	49	43	7	17	77%
New Brunswick	Arnie Dobson	7	4	75	60	50	40	3	17	70%
Northern Ontario	Gord McKnight	6	5	72	68	49	48	3	13	71%
British Columbia	Bernie Sparkes	6	5	61	66	40	43	13	8	72%
Nova Scotia	Ragnar Kamp	4	7	58	75	43	50	4	7	71%
Prince Edward Island	Wayne Matheson	4	7	59	71	39	51	8	10	70%
Quebec	Rolland Pacquin	3	8	63	74	45	46	3	13	73%
Northwest Territories / Yukon	Al Delmage	3	8	54	80	36	49	4	6	67%
Newfoundland	Jeff Thomas	3	8	60	83	41	50	6	10	69%

Round robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	X	5
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	6
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Pacquin)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	6
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Dobson)	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	2	X	9
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	9
Alberta (Lukowich)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	7

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
New Brunswick (Dobson)	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	X	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	4
Alberta (Lukowich)	1	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	X	8
Quebec (Pacquin)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	7
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	6

Draw 3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	7
Manitoba (Riley)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Pacquin)	3	3	1	0	2	2	0	1	X	X	12
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Draw 4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Pacquin)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2
New Brunswick (Dobson)	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	8
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6

Draw 5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	X	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	8
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	1	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	X	X	8
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	1	X	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Dobson)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	7
Manitoba (Riley)	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	6

Draw 6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Dobson)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	4
Ontario (Werenich)	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
British Columbia (Sparkes)	3	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	X	X	10

Draw 7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	2	0	1	2	3	1	0	1	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Pacquin)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Alberta (Lukowich)	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	X	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
New Brunswick (Dobson)	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Manitoba (Riley)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	6
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7

Draw 8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	8
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	2	1	2	0	2	1	3	0	X	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
Manitoba (Riley)	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	0	X	8
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Pacquin)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	X	6

Draw 9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	5
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	2	X	9

Draw 10

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4
Ontario (Werenich)	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	7
Manitoba (Riley)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Dobson)	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	X	9
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Pacquin)	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	X	11
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	2	0	1	0	6	1	0	3	X	X	13
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	4

Draw 11

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	6
Newfoundland (Thomas)	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	7
Quebec (Pacquin)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	X	9
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Ontario (Werenich)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
New Brunswick (Dobson)	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 12

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Dobson)	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	7
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	7
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	X	9
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5
Alberta (Lukowich)	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	X	7
Ontario (Werenich)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	4

Draw 13

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	6
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	X	8
Quebec (Pacquin)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5
New Brunswick (Dobson)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	8
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	X	6

Draw 14

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	5
Manitoba (Riley)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	X	5
Newfoundland (Thomas)	3	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	7
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	X	3
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	2	0	5	2	0	0	3	0	X	X	12

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	X	8
Quebec (Pacquin)	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	6

Draw 15

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (McKnight)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	7
Quebec (Pacquin)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	X	X	8
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	4
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	0	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	1	3	1	0	1	0	3	0	X	X	9
New Brunswick (Dobson)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	X	X	8
Nova Scotia (Kamp)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Tiebreakers

	Semifinals				To Playoffs
					Saskatchewan	2
	Ontario	8			Ontario	8
	New Brunswick	4

Round 1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	X	8
New Brunswick (Dobson)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Player percentages
Ontario		New Brunswick
Neil Harrison	92%	Claude Moore	94%
John Kawaja	65%	Michael Dobson	75%
Paul Savage	89%	Richard Belyea	68%
Ed Werenich	88%	Arnie Dobson	68%
Total	83%	Total	76%

Round 2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Bryden)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	X	X	8

Player percentages
Saskatchewan		Ontario
Jerry Zimmer	77%	Neil Harrison	67%
Wilf Foss	77%	John Kawaja	81%
Dale Graham	88%	Paul Savage	70%
Gary Bryden	64%	Ed Werenich	86%
Total	76%	Total	76%

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Manitoba	7
	2	Alberta	3			3	Ontario	4
	3	Ontario	6

Semifinal

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	3
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	6

Player percentages
Alberta		Ontario
Brent Syme	75%	Neil Harrison	85%
Neil Houston	61%	John Kawaja	81%
John Ferguson	84%	Paul Savage	92%
Ed Lukowich	71%	Ed Werenich	83%
Total	73%	Total	85%

Final

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	7
Ontario (Werenich)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

Player percentages
Manitoba		Ontario
Russ Wookey	83%	Neil Harrison	84%
John Helston	78%	John Kawaja	94%
Brian Toews	98%	Paul Savage	75%
Mike Riley	86%	Ed Werenich	76%
Total	86%	Total	85%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only ^[4]

Leads % Neil Harrison 81 Brent Syme 81 Jerry Zimmer 81 Russ Wookey 78 Haylett Clarke 76 Neil Millard 76

Seconds % Wilf Foss 82 John Helston 77 Allan Ledgerwood 76 John Kawaja 76 Brian Carr 76

Thirds % Dale Graham 79 John Ferguson 78 Paul Savage 76 Brian Toews 74 Vic Langille 73

Skips % Ed Lukowich 76 Mike Riley 75 Ed Werenich 75 Gary Bryden 74 Rolland Pacquin 72

Notes

1. For Draws 4 and 5, Team British Columbia's alternate Brent Giles threw third stones while third Jim Armstrong was unable to play due to back spasms. ^[5]
2. Team New Brunswick alternate Brian Dobson threw lead stones in Draw 13.
3. For Draws 9 and 11, Team Prince Edward Island alternate Keith MacEachern threw lead stones while lead Mark Victor sat out.

References

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