1986 Labatt Brier

1986 Labatt Brier
Host city Kitchener, Ontario
Arena Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Dates March 2–9
Attendance 97,684
Winner  Alberta
Curling club Calgary WC, Calgary
Skip Ed Lukowich
Third John Ferguson
Second Neil Houston
Lead Brent Syme
Alternate Wayne Hart
Finalist  Ontario (Russ Howard)

The 1986 Labatt Brier was held from March 2 to 9[1] at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario.[2]

Ed Lukowich of Alberta defeated Russ Howard of Ontario to win his second Brier title.[3][4]

Teams

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Calgary WC, Calgary

Skip: Ed Lukowich
Third: John Ferguson
Second: Neil Houston
Lead: Brent Syme
Alternate: Wayne Hart

Kamloops CC, Kamloops

Skip: Barry McPhee
Third: Robert Kuroyama
Second: Brian Eden
Lead: Dave Schleppe
Alternate: Grant Young

Pembina CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Mike Riley
Third: Brian Toews
Second: Russ Wookey
Lead: Terry Henry
Alternate: Clare DeBlonde

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Thistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John

Skip: Wade Blanchard
Third: Norbert MacKinnon
Second: Doug MacDonald
Lead: Bill Oliver
Alternate: Michael Blanchard

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

Fourth: Chris Hamelmann
Skip: Fred Durant
Second: Blake Fizzard
Lead: Dave Warren
Alternate: Stephen Hamelmann

Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie

Skip: Al Harnden
Third: Mike Coulter
Second: Richard Evoy
Lead: Rick Elliott
Alternate: Eric Harnden

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Bill Campbell, Jr.
Third: Guy LaRocque
Second: Michael Wilson
Lead: Don Sweete
Alternate: Don Flemming

Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene

Skip: Russ Howard
Third: Glenn Howard
Second: Tim Belcourt
Lead: Kent Carstairs
Alternate: Larry Merkley

Silver Fox CC, Summerside

Skip: Grant Somers
Third: Mel Bernard
Second: John MacWilliams
Lead: Don Bourque
Alternate: Steve Costain

Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories/Yukon
Glenmore CC, Montreal

Skip: Gordon Hess
Third: Kevin Adams
Second: Malcolm Turner
Lead: Don Reddick
Alternate: Peter Ryan

Humboldt CC, Humboldt

Skip: Lyle Muyres
Third: Warren Muyres
Second: Craig Muyres
Lead: Garth Muyres
Alternate: Eugene Hritzuk

Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Klaus Schoenne
Third: Doug Bothamley
Second: Don Edl
Lead: Gerry Menard
Alternate: Trevor Alexander

Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Province Skip W L
 Alberta Ed Lukowich 9 2
 Ontario Russ Howard 9 2
 Saskatchewan Lyle Muyres 7 4
 British Columbia Barry McPhee 7 4
 Manitoba Mike Riley 6 5
 Newfoundland Fred Durant 6 5
 Northern Ontario Al Harnden 6 5
 Quebec Gordon Hess 6 5
 New Brunswick Wade Blanchard 4 7
 Northwest Territories/Yukon Klaus Schoenne 3 8
 Nova Scotia Bill Campbell, Jr. 2 9
 Prince Edward Island Grant Somers 1 10

Round Robin Results

Draw 1

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

 Ontario (Howard) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5

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

 Nova Scotia (Campbell) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3

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

 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 7

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Newfoundland (Durant) 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 8

 Saskatchewan (Muyres) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 7

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

 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 X 8

Draw 2

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Somers) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3

 Saskatchewan (Muyres) 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 5

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

 Newfoundland (Durant) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3

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

 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2

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

 Quebec (Hess) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 X 6

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Alberta (Lukowich) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7

 Northern Ontario (Harnden) 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6

Draw 3

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

 Manitoba (Riley) 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 X X 7

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Hess) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4

 Ontario (Howard) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5

Draw 4

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

 Newfoundland (Durant) 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 X 7

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (McPhee) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 5

 Alberta (Lukowich) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 X 10

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

 Nova Scotia (Campbell) 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 4

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

 Northern Ontario (Harnden) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 X X 8

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

 New Brunswick (Blanchard) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 7

Draw 5

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

 British Columbia (McPhee) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 8

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Harnden) 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 X 10

 Saskatchewan (Muyres) 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 X 6

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

 Prince Edward Island (Somers) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4

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

 New Brunswick (Blanchard) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Durant) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 3

 Manitoba (Riley) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 6

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

 Prince Edward Island (Somers) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (McPhee) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4

 Saskatchewan (Muyres) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5

Draw 7

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

 Northern Ontario (Harnden) 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 X 9

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

 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2

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

 Newfoundland (Durant) 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 X X 9

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

 Manitoba (Riley) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X X 3

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Nova Scotia (Campbell) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5

 Ontario (Howard) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 6

Draw 8

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

 Alberta (Lukowich) 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 X 10

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Howard) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 7

 Northern Ontario (Harnden) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Campbell) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5

 Manitoba (Riley) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7

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

 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X 3

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Quebec (Hess) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5

 Saskatchewan (Muyres) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6

Draw 9

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

 Northern Ontario (Harnden) 0 3 3 1 0 4 X X X X 11

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Campbell) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 6

 Alberta (Lukowich) 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 7

Draw 10

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Howard) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 6

 Prince Edward Island (Somers) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Muyres) 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6

 Manitoba (Riley) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5

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

 Alberta (Lukowich) 1 1 0 3 1 1 4 X X X 11

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Hess) 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6

 Northern Ontario (Harnden) 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 8

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 8

 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7

Draw 11

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

 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

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

 Quebec (Hess) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 5

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

 British Columbia (McPhee) 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 8

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

 Prince Edward Island (Somers) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 5

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

 Newfoundland (Durant) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3

Draw 12

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

 Nova Scotia (Campbell) 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 6

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

 Ontario (Howard) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 5

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

 New Brunswick (Blanchard) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Harnden) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6

 British Columbia (McPhee) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Manitoba (Riley) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 7

 Prince Edward Island (Somers) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6

Draw 13

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (McPhee) 2 0 0 4 3 0 X X X X 9

 New Brunswick (Blanchard) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Somers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2

 Quebec (Hess) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 5

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

 Newfoundland (Durant) 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 9

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

 Nova Scotia (Campbell) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5

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

 Alberta (Lukowich) 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 6

Draw 14

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

 Manitoba (Riley) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 8

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

 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6

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

 Nova Scotia (Campbell) 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 7

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

 Ontario (Howard) 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 X X 8

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 New Brunswick (Blanchard) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6

 Quebec (Hess) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 7

Draw 15

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

 Quebec (Hess) 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 X 7

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

 New Brunswick (Blanchard) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6

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

 Ontario (Howard) 2 2 4 3 X X X X X X 11

^ This game is set a Brier record for shortest game, ending after four ends.

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 6

 Newfoundland (Durant) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Harnden) 1 1 0 3 3 0 3 X X X 11

 Nova Scotia (Campbell) 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 X X X 4

Tiebreaker

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Muyres) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3

 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5

Player percentages
 Saskatchewan  British Columbia
Garth Muyres 89% Dave Schleppe 91%
Craig Muyres 83% Brian Eden 84%
Warren Muyres 80% Robert Kuroyama 79%
Lyle Muyres 66% Barry McPhee 84%
Total 79% Total 84%

Playoffs

  Semifinal     Final
                 
    1   Alberta 4
  2   Ontario 6     2   Ontario 3
  3   British Columbia 5  

Semifinal

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Ontario (Howard) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 6

 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5

Player percentages
 Ontario  British Columbia
Kent Carstairs 93% Dave Schleppe 83%
Tim Belcourt 89% Brian Eden 81%
Glenn Howard 76% Robert Kuroyama 83%
Russ Howard 86% Barry McPhee 74%
Total 86% Total 80%

Final

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

 Ontario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3

Player percentages
 Alberta  Ontario
Brent Syme 94% Kent Carstairs 94%
Neil Houston 88% Tim Belcourt 86%
John Ferguson 94% Glenn Howard 91%
Ed Lukowich 83% Russ Howard 81%
Total 89% Total 88%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads %
Saskatchewan Garth Muyres 88
Ontario Kent Carstairs 87
Alberta Brent Syme 84
Prince Edward Island Don Bourque 83
Quebec Don Reddick 83
Seconds %
Saskatchewan Craig Muyres 84
Quebec Malcolm Turner 82
Ontario Tim Belcourt 80
Manitoba Russ Wookey 80
British Columbia Brian Eden 80
Thirds %
Quebec Kevin Adams 84
Alberta John Ferguson 81
Ontario Glenn Howard 81
Manitoba Brian Toews 80
British Columbia Robert Kuroyama 78
Skips %
Alberta Ed Lukowich 83
Ontario Russ Howard 80
Quebec Gordon Hess 77
Manitoba Mike Riley 74
Saskatchewan Lyle Muyres 71

Team percentages

Round Robin only

Province Skip %
 Ontario Russ Howard 82
 Alberta Ed Lukowich 82
 Quebec Gordon Hess 81
 Saskatchewan Lyle Muyres 80
 Manitoba Mike Riley 78
 British Columbia Barry McPhee 76
 Newfoundland Fred Durant 75
 Prince Edward Island Grant Somers 75
 Northern Ontario Al Harnden 74
 Nova Scotia Bill Campbell, Jr. 73
 New Brunswick Wade Blanchard 70
 Northwest Territories/Yukon Klaus Schoenne 69

References

  1. "1986 Labatt Brier". CurlingZone. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  2. "Kitchener 1986 Brier Site". Ottawa Citizen (Toronto). 13 December 1983. p. 46. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  3. "1986 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics". Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  4. "Ed brings Tankard West". Calgary Herald (Kitchener). 10 March 1986. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 24 December 2012.