1985 Labatt Brier

1985 Labatt Brier
Host city	Moncton, New Brunswick
Arena	Moncton Coliseum
Dates	March 3–10
Attendance	65,475
Winner	Northern Ontario
Curling club	Fort William CC, Thunder Bay
Skip	Al Hackner
Third	Rick Lang
Second	Ian Tetley
Lead	Pat Perroud
Alternate	Bruce Kennedy
Finalist	Alberta (Pat Ryan)
«  1984 1986  »

The 1985 Labatt Brier , the Canadian national men's curling championship was held from March 3 to 10 at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick. ^{[1] [2]} A total of 65,475 people attended the event. ^[3] As of 2025, this is the most recent Brier that New Brunswick has hosted.

Team Northern Ontario, skipped by Al Hackner defeated Alberta's Pat Ryan to win his second Brier title. ^{[4] [5]}

Teams

The tams were listed as follows: ^[6]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Ottewell CC, Edmonton Skip: Pat Ryan Third: Gord Trenchie Second: Don McKenzie Lead: Don Walchuk Alternate: Don Bartlett	Vancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Paul Devlin Third: Doug Meger Second: Ken Watson Lead: Dale Reibin Alternate: Jim Topley	Wildewood CC, Winnipeg Skip: John Bubbs Third: Dave Iverson Second: Cliff Lenz Lead: Dan Hildebrand Alternate: Derek Devlin
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Beaver CC, Moncton Skip: Bryan Wight [a] Third: Bob Carruthers Second: Serge Denis Lead: Cy Sutherland Alternate: Gary Mitchell [a]	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Jeff Thomas Third: Geoff Cunningham Second: John Allan Lead: Neil Young Alternate: Ken Thomas	Fort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Al Hackner Third: Rick Lang Second: Ian Tetley Lead: Pat Perroud Alternate: Bruce Kennedy
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Tom Hakansson Third: Peter MacPhee Second: Stuart MacLean Lead: Dave Wallace Alternate: Bruce Walker	Royal Canadian Navy CC, Ottawa Skip: Earle Morris Third: Lovel Lord Second: Dave Merklinger Lead: Bill Fletcher [b] Alternate: Jerry Ciasnocha [b]	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Wayne Matheson Third: Doug Weeks Second: John Likely Lead: Billy Dillon Alternate: Ted MacFadyen
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
Lachine CC, Montreal Skip: Don Aitken Third: Robbie MacLean Second: Andrew Carter Lead: Dan Belliveau Alternate: Hugh Bray	Nutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Eugene Hritzuk Third: Bob Miller Second: Nick Paulsen [c] Lead: Art Paulsen Alternate: Stan Austman [c]	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Al Delmage Third: Roy Giles Second: Bill Strain Lead: Ron Kapicki Alternate: Glenn Jackson

Map of teams

Ryan

Devlin

Bubbs

Wight

Thomas

Hackner

Hakansson

Morris

Matheson

Aitken

Hritzuk

Delmage

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Provincial Winners

Round Robin standings

Final Round Robin standings ^[6]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Locale	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Alberta	Pat Ryan	11	0	–	82	43	46	33	9	10	80%
Northern Ontario	Al Hackner	7	4	–	68	54	45	39	10	13	81%
Quebec	Don Aitken	6	5	2–1; 1–0	71	64	46	42	9	15	74%
Prince Edward Island	Wayne Matheson	6	5	2–1; 0–1	61	77	44	50	4	9	73%
Saskatchewan	Eugene Hritzuk	6	5	1–2; 1–0	66	59	41	40	15	6	78%
Northwest Territories / Yukon	Al Delmage	6	5	1–2; 0–1	68	67	47	43	4	15	74%
Manitoba	John Bubbs	5	6	3–0	78	66	42	45	7	11	79%
Nova Scotia	Tom Hakansson	5	6	2–1	63	64	44	44	8	9	74%
British Columbia	Paul Devlin	5	6	1–2	66	70	44	46	3	8	73%
Ontario	Earle Morris	5	6	0–3	69	76	43	48	5	10	81%
New Brunswick	Bryan Wight	3	8	–	57	75	42	45	6	10	69%
Newfoundland	Jeff Thomas	1	10	–	56	90	42	51	6	8	71%

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Time (UTC-04:00). ^{[6] [8]}

Draw 1

Sunday, March 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Aitken)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	3
Manitoba (Bubbs)	2	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	X	X	9

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Morris)	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	8
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	6

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

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

Draw 2

Sunday, March 3, 7:30 pm

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

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Aitken)	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	X	7
Ontario (Morris)	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	4

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

Draw 3

Monday, March 4, 9:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	X	7
Quebec (Aitken)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Morris)	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	6
Manitoba (Bubbs)	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	0	X	9

Draw 4

Monday, March 4, 1:30 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Ryan)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	X	6
Nova Scotia (Hakansson)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Devlin)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	X	8
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	5

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3
New Brunswick (Wight)	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	X	7

Draw 5

Monday, March 4, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	6
Alberta (Ryan)	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	4	11

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Bubbs)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	4
New Brunswick (Wight)	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5

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

Draw 6

Tuesday, March 5, 9:00 am

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

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

Draw 7

Tuesday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	7
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Morris)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2
Alberta (Ryan)	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	X	X	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Wight)	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	8
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Hakansson)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Quebec (Aitken)	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	7
Manitoba (Bubbs)	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 5, 7:30 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (Bubbs)	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	9
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	11

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

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

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

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 6, 9:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Wight)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	0	2	2	0	3	0	5	X	X	X	12

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

Draw 10

Wednesday, March 6, 1:30 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Devlin)	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	1	10
Quebec (Aitken)	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	9

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Morris)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Ryan)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Draw 11

Wednesday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Devlin)	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	6
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	8

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Quebec (Aitken)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5
Alberta (Ryan)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6

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

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

Draw 12

Thursday, March 7, 1:30 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Hakansson)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
Manitoba (Bubbs)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Devlin)	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
New Brunswick (Wight)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Alberta (Ryan)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	6

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

Draw 13

Thursday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Ryan)	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	X	8
New Brunswick (Wight)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	4

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

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

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Devlin)	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	5
Nova Scotia (Hakansson)	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	6

Draw 14

Friday, March 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Quebec (Aitken)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Hakansson)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	X	6
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	3

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Devlin)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Manitoba (Bubbs)	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	3	X	X	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Wight)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Ontario (Morris)	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	X	X	X	7

Draw 15

Friday, March 8, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (Hakansson)	2	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	10
Ontario (Morris)	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Aitken)	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	8
New Brunswick (Wight)	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	7
Manitoba (Bubbs)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	X	4

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	7
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Tiebreakers

	First Round				To Playoffs
	Quebec	6
	Northwest Territories/Yukon	5
					Quebec	4
					Saskatchewan	8
	Prince Edward Island	1
	Saskatchewan	8

First Round

Friday, March 8, 7:30 pm

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

Player percentages
Quebec		Northwest Territories/Yukon
Dan Belliveau	72%	Ron Kapicki	88%
Andrew Carter	71%	Bill Strain	81%
Robbie MacLean	74%	Roy Giles	61%
Don Aitken	79%	Al Delmage	60%
Total	74%	Total	73%

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	0	2	0	2	1	2	1	X	X	X	8

Player percentages
Prince Edward Island		Saskatchewan
Billy Dillon	61%	Art Paulsen	83%
John Likely	79%	Nick Paulsen	64%
Doug Weeks	82%	Bob Miller	96%
Wayne Matheson	38%	Eugene Hritzuk	91%
Total	65%	Total	84%

Second Round

Saturday, March 9, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Aitken)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	X	8

Player percentages
Quebec		Saskatchewan
Dan Belliveau	88%	Art Paulsen	77%
Andrew Carter	82%	Nick Paulsen	82%
Robbie MacLean	69%	Bob Miller	83%
Don Aitken	61%	Eugene Hritzuk	79%
Total	75%	Total	81%

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Alberta	5
	2	Northern Ontario	7			2	Northern Ontario	6
	3	Saskatchewan	4

Semifinal

Saturday, March 9, 1:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	7
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4

Player percentages
Northern Ontario		Saskatchewan
Pat Perroud	88%	Art Paulsen	78%
Ian Tetley	80%	Nick Paulsen	69%
Rick Lang	70%	Bob Miller	83%
Al Hackner	80%	Eugene Hritzuk	78%
Total	79%	Total	77%

Final

Sunday, March 10, 1:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Ryan)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6

The "Hackner double", an in-off double takeout considered one of the greatest shots in curling.

Player percentages
Alberta		Northern Ontario
Don Walchuk	86%	Pat Perroud	100%
Don McKenzie	81%	Ian Tetley	94%
Gord Trenchie	82%	Rick Lang	82%
Pat Ryan	89%	Al Hackner	82%
Total	84%	Total	90%

The Hackner double

Hackner found himself in a two-point deficit coming into the tenth end, and he was forced to make a very tough double takeout and stick his shooter in order to tie the game. The shot allowed him to steal a point in the extra end when Ryan was heavy with his last stone. ^[4]

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Key
	First All-Star Team
	Second All-Star Team

Leads  % Bill Fletcher 86 Pat Perroud 82 Billy Dillon 80 Art Paulsen 79 Dan Hildebrand 79

Seconds  % Dave Merklinger 83 Ian Tetley 81 Don McKenzie 81 Cliff Lenz 80 Nick Paulsen 80

Thirds  % Dave Iverson 80 Rick Lang 80 Lovel Lord 80 Gord Trenchie 77 Doug Meger 76 Peter MacPhee 76

Skips  % Pat Ryan 84 Al Hackner 81 Eugene Hritzuk 77 Don Aitken 75 John Bubbs 75

Awards

The all-star teams and award winners are as follows: ^[4]

All Star Teams

First Team

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Pat Ryan	Alberta
Third	Dave Iverson	Manitoba
Second	Don McKenzie	Alberta
Lead	Bill Fletcher	Ontario

Second Team

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Don Aitken	Quebec
Third	Rick Lang	Northern Ontario
Second	Ian Tetley	Northern Ontario
Lead	Don Walchuk	Alberta

Ross Harstone Award

The Ross Harstone Award is presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.

Name	Position	Team
Dan Hildebrand	Lead	Manitoba

Notes

1. Team New Brunswick alternate Gary Mitchell threw skip stones in Draw 15.
2. Team Ontario alternate Jerry Ciasnocha threw lead stones in the last end of Draw 14.
3. Team Saskatchewan alternate Stan Austman threw second stones for the last five ends of Draw 2 after second Nick Paulsen left the game due to an upset stomach. ^[7]

References

1. Rauw, Murray (4 March 1985). "Ryan unbeatable on opening day of Brier". Calgary Herald . Moncton. p. C1. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
2. Komosky, Dave (5 March 1985). "Hritzuk's streak stopped at 20". The Phoenix . p. 28. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
3. "Brier Attendance (1946-present)" (PDF). 2025 Montana's Brier Media Guide. Curling Canada. p. 106. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
4. Rauw, Murray (11 March 1985). "Ryan loses Brier heart-breaker in a dramatic game of inches". Calgary Herald . Moncton. p. C1. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
5. "1985 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association . Retrieved 28 December 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "1985 Labatt Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
7. Tingley, Dwayne (4 March 1985). "Lobster upsets curler". Moncton Times-Transcript. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
8. "Labatt Brier Schedule". Moncton Times-Transcript. 2 March 1985. Retrieved 4 March 2025.