1994 Labatt Brier

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1994 Labatt Brier
Host city Red Deer, Alberta
Arena Centrium
DatesMarch 5–13
Attendance130,625
WinnerFlag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia
Curling club Kelowna CC, Kelowna
Skip Rick Folk
Third Pat Ryan
Second Bert Gretzinger
Lead Gerry Richard
Alternate Ron Steinhauer
FinalistFlag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Russ Howard)
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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.

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In the final, former Brier champion Rick Folk of British Columbia, who won the Brier in 1980 representing Saskatchewan, defeated Russ Howard of Ontario to win his second Brier title, by a score of 8–5. [1] The game was a re-match of the 1993 Labatt Brier, which saw Howard defeat Folk. In the game, the two teams traded singles in the first two ends. Ontario took a 2–1 lead in the third, after when B.C.'s third Bert Gretzinger missed his shots, leading to a steal of one for Ontario. However, B.C. rebounded with a three-ender in the fourth when Howard wrecked on a guard with his final shot, and Folk made an open draw to score three. In the fifth, Folk make a come-around raise to lie three on his last. Howard's final shot came up a bit short, giving up a steal of two. Ontario tried in vain to come back, scoring two in the sixth, but it was too little too late, with Folk eventually claiming victory. After the game, Howard called the Folk rink "uptight", as Folk did not engage with him for much of the game. [2] There was also some controversy before the game, as the Folk rink chose to pick the same set of rocks that the Howard rink had already carefully chosen for their semifinal match, and had intended to use for the final. After finishing first in the round robin, Folk's team had the privilege of having first selection of rocks. Team Folk countered that the Howard team had broken a rule by selecting rocks of different colours (and changing their handles). [3]

With the win, Folk became the first person to have won the Brier for two different provinces, and it was the longest time between two Brier victories (14 years) for a skip since Ab Gowanlock's 15 year gap between 1938 and 1953. It was the first Brier title for B.C. in 30 years. [2] With the win, Folk and his rink would go on to represent Canada at the 1994 World Men's Curling Championship. [4]

The 1994 Brier is remembered primarily for the antagonistic relationship between the mostly Albertan crowd and the Ontario team. This led it to be dubbed the "redneck brier" by some media commentators. [5]

Teams

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitoba
Glencoe CC, Calgary

Skip: Ed Lukowich
Third: Fred Maxie
Second: Dan Petryk
Lead: Steve Petryk
Fifth: John Ferguson

Kelowna CC, Kelowna

Skip: Rick Folk
Third: Pat Ryan
Second: Bert Gretzinger
Lead: Gerry Richard
Fifth: Ron Steinhauer

St. Vital CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Dave Smith
Third: Peter Nicholls
Second: Scott Grant
Lead: Charlie Salina
Fifth: Dave Nicholls

New BrunswickNewfoundland and LabradorNorthern Ontario
Thistle-St. Andrews CC, Saint John

Skip: Brian Dobson
Third: Charlie Sullivan Jr.
Second: Andrew Buckle
Lead: Dan Philip
Fifth: Gary Dobson

St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Mark Noseworthy
Third: Frank O'Driscoll
Second: Rob Thomas
Lead: Eugene Trickett
Fifth: Peter Hollett

Granite CC, North Bay

Skip: Scott Patterson
Third: Phil Loevenmark
Second: John McClelland
Lead: Wayne Lowe
Fifth: Rob Abrams

Nova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Alan O'Leary
Third: Jim Walsh
Second: Steve Johnston
Lead: Steve Piggott
Fifth: Stuart MacLean

Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene

Skip: Russ Howard
Third: Glenn Howard
Second: Wayne Middaugh
Lead: Peter Corner
Fifth: Larry Merkley

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Mike Gaudet
Third: Eddie MacKenzie
Second: Tyler Harris
Lead: Craig Arsenault
Fifth: Daryell Nowlan

QuebecSaskatchewanYukon/Northwest Territories
CC Amos, Amos

Skip: Ghislain Doyon
Third: Jean-Yves Lemay
Second: Jean Maurice
Lead: Martin Gervais
Fifth: Serge Rocheleau

Quill Lake CC, Quill Lake

Skip: Doug Harcourt
Third: Kevin Kalthoff
Second: Greg Harcourt
Lead: Brian Wempe
Fifth: Lyle Muyres

Atlin CC, Atlin

Skip: Robert Andrews
Third: Clinton Abel
Second: Alfred Feldman
Lead: Wayne Lewis
Fifth: Gordon Moffatt

Round robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
ProvinceSkipWL
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Rick Folk 101
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Dave Smith 92
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Russ Howard 83
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario Scott Patterson 74
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland Mark Noseworthy 74
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Ed Lukowich 56
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick Brian Dobson 56
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Ghislain Doyon 56
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan Doug Harcourt 38
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Alan O'Leary 38
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon / Northwest Territories Robert Andrews 29
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island Mike Gaudet 29

Round robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100100111X5
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt)000010000X1
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000001110104
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich)001010002015
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101020020X6
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet)010001001X3
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg110100022X7
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews)001011000X3

Draw 2

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100020010X4
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard)021002201X8
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00100000XX1
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk)10010311XX7

Draw 3

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg21100100117
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet)00003002005
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg11010010004
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon)00200100025
Sheet C12345678910Final
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg210102101X8
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy)002010010X4
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg020010031X7
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson)100100100X3

Draw 4

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg020010301X7
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson)000001010X2
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101002010X5
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews)010050001X7
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102001000X4
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson)010010010X3
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100111011X6
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich)001000100X2

Draw 5

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg011002100X5
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich)100210032X9
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100012010X5
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson)011100203X8
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102002010X6
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy)040110103X10
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00100130005
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith)00001002014

Draw 6

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01100020004
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk)10011002049
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200020220X8
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary)010102000X4
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200101210X7
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet)011010001X4
Sheet D12345678910Final
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg110000301X6
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson)002000010X3

Draw 7

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1020000XXX3
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard)0202214XXX11
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100010030117
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt)001201101006
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg013011010X7
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews)000100201X4
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01001031006
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon)20200200017

Draw 8

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20100105009
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson)02001010228
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg001010101X4
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard)010201030X7
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg011101030X7
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich)000030100X4
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10202101018
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt)02020010106

Draw 9

Sheet A1234567891011Final
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010100110206
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith)001011003017
Sheet B12345678910Final
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg002001200X5
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews)000100010X2
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg001020101X5
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk)000101010X3
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101201002X7
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary)030010010X5

Draw 10

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101022002X8
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy)010300340X11
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102300202X10
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet)020010020X5
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg020002103X8
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon)001100010X3
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20020110028
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson)01102000105

Draw 11

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20301022XX10
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson)01020100XX4
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg110000010003
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson)000010001114
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg203010101X8
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich)010101010X4
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg110002010X5
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet)000220103X8

Draw 12

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202010010X6
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary)020302102X10
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100101010X4
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk)011020200X6
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010100204X8
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard)002002020X6
Sheet D12345678910Final
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202020XXXX6
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon)010101XXXX3

Draw 13

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg301010010X6
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews)010101002X5
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10000020003
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy)00010001114
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg12010202008
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt)00101020217
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg021212XXXX8
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith)100000XXXX1

Draw 14

Sheet A1234567891011Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010102010016
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard)101010100105
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg220200101X8
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet)001011020X5
Sheet C1234567891011Final
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101000302018
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary)010112010107
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02000200004
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy)00111010138

Draw 15

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01001002015
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon)10010210106
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20100200005
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt)02002010016
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20302000029
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews)01040001006
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg22020202XX10
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich)00101010XX3

Draw 16

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10000110003
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Dobson)01000002014
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Lukowich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg020010010206
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk)000301101017
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200102010X6
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith)002030202X9
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island (Gaudet) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10202021008
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Patterson)02030100219

Draw 17

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Andrews) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00010000XX1
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Harcourt)21102111XX9
Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland (Noseworthy) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000102011X5
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith)012030100X7
Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102031202X11
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (O'Leary)010300020X6
Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Doyon) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg020000100X3
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk)100101042X9

Playoffs

Semifinal Final
      
1 Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia 8
3 Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario 5
2 Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba 3
3 Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario 6

Semifinal

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Smith) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000010200X3
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard)010002021X6
Player percentages
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
Charlie Salina 88% Peter Corner 94%
Scott Grant 75% Wayne Middaugh 94%
Peter Nicholls 91% Glenn Howard 80%
Dave Smith 79% Russ Howard 91%
Total83%Total90%

Final

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Folk) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100320101X8
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard)011002010X5
Player percentages
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
Gerry Richard 86% Peter Corner 95%
Bert Gretzinger 81% Wayne Middaugh 95%
Pat Ryan 86% Glenn Howard 88%
Rick Folk 87% Russ Howard 79%
Total85%Total89%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads %
Flag of Ontario.svg Peter Corner 88
Flag of British Columbia.svg Gerry Richard 85
Flag of Alberta.svg Steve Petryk 82
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Eugene Trickett 82
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Brian Wempe 82
Seconds %
Flag of Ontario.svg Wayne Middaugh 84
Flag of British Columbia.svg Bert Gretzinger 82
Flag of Manitoba.svg Scott Grant 80
Flag of Alberta.svg Dan Petryk 80
Flag of New Brunswick.svg Andrew Buckle 78
Thirds %
Flag of British Columbia.svg Pat Ryan 82
Flag of Ontario.svg Glenn Howard 81
Flag of Manitoba.svg Peter Nicholls 81
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Kevin Kalthoff 77
Flag of New Brunswick.svg Charlie Sullivan Jr. 77
Skips %
Flag of Ontario.svg Russ Howard 85
Flag of British Columbia.svg Rick Folk 81
Flag of Manitoba.svg Dave Smith 78
Flag of New Brunswick.svg Brian Dobson 76
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Mark Noseworthy 75

Team percentages

Round Robin only

ProvinceSkip %
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Russ Howard 85
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Rick Folk 82
Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Dave Smith 79
Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick Brian Dobson 78
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan Doug Harcourt 76
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario Scott Patterson 76
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland Mark Noseworthy 75
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Ed Lukowich 75
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Ghislain Doyon 74
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Alan O'Leary 73
Flag of Yukon.svg  Yukon / Northwest Territories Robert Andrews 70
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island Mike Gaudet 67

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Richard Perron is a Canadian curler from Moncton, New Brunswick. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Labatt Brier as second for Russ Howard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Tim Hortons Brier</span>

The 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4 to 13 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. In the final, the defending Olympic bronze medallist Brad Gushue Wild Card #1 team, which also include Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker from Newfoundland and Labrador defeated Alberta, skipped by Kevin Koe. It was Gushue's fourth career Brier title, and the team did it shorthanded, as Nichols missed the playoffs due to testing positive for COVID-19. According to Curling Canada, it was the first time a three-player team won a Brier final. Gushue's four Brier wins ties the record with Ernie Richardson, Randy Ferbey, Kevin Martin and Koe for most Brier championships as a skip, and his rink tied the "Ferbey Four" for most Brier championships as a foursome with four titles. Gushue played as a Wild Card team as they missed the Newfoundland and Labrador provincials due to their participation in the Olympics, and were the first team to ever play at the Brier and the Olympics in the same year. They were also the first Wild Card team to win the Brier. The Gushue rink represented Canada at the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, United States, where they won the silver medal.

References

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