1987 Labatt Brier

1987 Labatt Brier
Host city Edmonton, Alberta
Arena Northlands Agricom
Dates March 8–15
Attendance 66,793
Winner  Ontario
Curling club Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene
Skip Russ Howard
Third Glenn Howard
Second Tim Belcourt
Lead Kent Carstairs
Alternate Larry Merkley
Finalist  British Columbia (Bernie Sparkes)

The 1987 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 8 to 15[1] at the Northlands Agricom in Edmonton, Alberta.[2]

Russ Howard of Ontario defeated Bernie Sparkes of British Columbia to win his first Brier title.[3]

Teams

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Ottewell CC, Edmonton

Skip: Pat Ryan
Third: Randy Ferbey
Second: Don Walchuk
Lead: Roy Hebert
Alternate: Gerry Wilson

 Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Bernie Sparkes
Third: Jim Armstrong
Second: Monte Ziola
Lead: Jamie Sexton
Alternate: Al Moore

 Brandon CC, Brandon

Skip: Brian Fowler
Third: Keith Kyle
Second: Dale Wallace
Lead: Gary Poole
Alternate: Brian Moffat

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

Skip: Gary Mitchell
Third: Brian Dobson
Second: Mark Armstrong
Lead: Terry Roach
Alternate: Arnie Dobson

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

Skip: Mark Noseworthy
Third: Randy Perry
Second: Eugene Trickett
Lead: Rob Thomas
Alternate: Toby McDonald, Jr.

 Fort William CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Larry Pineau
Third: Jack Kallos
Second: Brian Snell
Lead: Bruce Kennedy
Alternate: Ray Skillen

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Stellar CC, Stellarton

Skip: Ted Hennigar
Third: Max Rastelli
Second: Chris Fulton
Lead: Greg Hilliard
Alternate: Jimmy Doyle

 Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene

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

 Crapaud CC, Crapaud

Skip: Ted MacFadyen
Third: Bill MacFadyen
Second: Mike Coady
Lead: Sandy Foy
Alternate: Dave MacFadyen

Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories/Yukon
Thistle CC, Montreal

Skip: Kevin Adams
Third: Malcolm Turner
Second: Don Redick
Lead: Ian Journeaux
Alternate: Rob MacLean

 Lemberg CC, Lemberg

Skip: Don Gardiner
Third: Gary Krupski
Second: Ray Krupski
Lead: Mark Krupski
Alternate: Bob Ellert

 Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Al Delmage
Third: Roy Giles
Second: Glenn Jackson
Lead: Ron Kapicki
Alternate: Gerald May

Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Province Skip W L
 Ontario Russ Howard 9 2
 British Columbia Bernie Sparkes 8 3
 Newfoundland Mark Noseworthy 8 3
 Alberta Pat Ryan 6 5
 New Brunswick Gary Mitchell 6 5
 Manitoba Brian Fowler 6 5
 Quebec Kevin Adams 6 5
 Northern Ontario Larry Pineau 5 6
 Northwest Territories/Yukon Al Delmage 5 6
 Prince Edward Island Ted MacFadyen 4 7
 Nova Scotia Ted Hennigar 2 9
 Saskatchewan Don Gardiner 1 10

Round Robin Results

Draw 1

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

 British Columbia (Sparkes) 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 8

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

 Saskatchewan (Gardiner) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 4

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

 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 7

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

 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 10

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

 Newfoundland (Noseworthy) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 12

Draw 2

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

 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1

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

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

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

 Newfoundland (Noseworthy) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3

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

 Northern Ontario (Pineau) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X X 5

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

 Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 4 0 2 4 X X X X 10

Draw 3

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

 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

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

 Ontario (Howard) 2 0 0 3 0 5 X X X X 10

Draw 4

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

 Manitoba (Fowler) 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 10

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

 Nova Scotia (Hennigar) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X X 3

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

 Saskatchewan (Gardiner) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7

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

 Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 X 6

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

 Quebec (Adams) 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 9

Draw 5

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

 Newfoundland (Noseworthy) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 4

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

 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 7

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

 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 X 9

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

 Quebec (Adams) 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 7

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

 Ontario (Howard) 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 9

Draw 6

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

 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 X X 4

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

 New Brunswick (Mitchell) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 7

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

 Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 5

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

 Newfoundland (Noseworthy) 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 2 X 10

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

 Manitoba (Fowler) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 X 6

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

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

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

 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 X 8

Draw 8

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

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

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

 Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 X 8

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

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

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

 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7

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

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

Draw 9

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

 Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7

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

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

Draw 10

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 10

 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 9

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

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

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

 Nova Scotia (Hennigar) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5

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

 Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7

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

 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7

Draw 11

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

 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 6

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

 Northern Ontario (Pineau) 1 0 3 1 0 4 X X X X 9

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

 Newfoundland (Noseworthy) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1

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

 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 4

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

 Manitoba (Fowler) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 12

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

 Saskatchewan (Gardiner) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 3

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

 British Columbia (Sparkes) 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 X X 7

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

 Quebec (Adams) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7

 Newfoundland (Noseworthy) 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9

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

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

Draw 13

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

 Quebec (Adams) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 6

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

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

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

 Manitoba (Fowler) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5

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

 Saskatchewan (Gardiner) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6

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

 Nova Scotia (Hennigar) 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 7

Draw 14

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

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

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

 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5

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

 Saskatchewan (Gardiner) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5

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

 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 X 10

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

 Northern Ontario (Pineau) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 6

Draw 15

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

 Northern Ontario (Pineau) 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 10

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

 Quebec (Adams) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4

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

 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 X X X 8

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

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

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

 Saskatchewan (Gardiner) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2

Playoffs

  Semifinal     Final
                 
    1   Ontario 11
  2   British Columbia 8     2   British Columbia 7
  3   Newfoundland 6  

Semifinal

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

 Newfoundland (Noseworthy) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 X 6

Player percentages
 British Columbia  Newfoundland
Jamie Sexton 70% Rob Thomas 84%
Monte Ziola 64% Eugene Trickett 74%
Jim Armstrong 85% Randy Perry 73%
Bernie Sparkes 70% Mark Noseworthy 70%
Total 72% Total 75%

Final

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

 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 7

Player percentages
 Ontario  British Columbia
Kent Carstairs 84% Jamie Sexton 76%
Tim Belcourt 84% Monte Ziola 79%
Glenn Howard 91% Jim Armstrong 88%
Russ Howard 79% Bernie Sparkes 83%
Total 84% Total 81%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads %
Ontario Kent Carstairs 83
Quebec Ian Journeaux 83
Nova Scotia Greg Hilliard 81
Manitoba Gary Poole 81
Alberta Roy Hebert 81
Seconds %
Alberta Don Walchuk 88
Quebec Don Redick 83
Manitoba Dale Wallace 81
Ontario Tim Belcourt 80
British Columbia Monte Ziola 78
Thirds %
British Columbia Jim Armstrong 83
Ontario Glenn Howard 80
Quebec Malcolm Turner 77
New Brunswick Brian Dobson 76
Prince Edward Island Bill MacFadyen 76
Skips %
British Columbia Bernie Sparkes 80
Ontario Russ Howard 80
Alberta Pat Ryan 80
Quebec Kevin Adams 76
Manitoba Brian Fowler 76

Team percentages

Round Robin only

Province Skip %
 Alberta Pat Ryan 81
 Ontario Russ Howard 81
 Quebec Kevin Adams 80
 British Columbia Bernie Sparkes 79
 Manitoba Brian Fowler 78
 New Brunswick Gary Mitchell 76
 Newfoundland Mark Noseworthy 75
 Prince Edward Island Ted MacFadyen 75
 Nova Scotia Ted Hennigar 75
 Northern Ontario Larry Pineau 74
 Northwest Territories/Yukon Al Delmage 73
 Saskatchewan Don Gardiner 72

References

  1. ↑ "1987 Labatt Brier". CurlingZone. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Edmonton 1987 Brier Limited". Archives Canada. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "1987 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics". Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 14 December 2012.