1986 Labatt Brier

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
Skip	Ed Lukowich
Third	John Ferguson
Second	Neil Houston
Lead	Brent Syme
Alternate
Finalist	Ontario (Russ Howard)
	« 1985 1987 »

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 Skip: Ed Lukowich Third: John Ferguson Second: Neil Houston Lead: Brent Syme Alternate:	, Kamloops Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	, Winnipeg Skip: Mike Riley Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
, Saint John Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	St. John's CC, St. John's Fourth: Skip: Second: Lead: Alternate:	Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	, Penetanguishene Skip: Russ Howard Third: Glenn Howard Second: Tim Belcourt Lead: Kent Carstairs Alternate: Larry Merkley	, Summerside Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
, Montreal Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	, Humboldt Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate: Eugene Hritzuk	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:

Round robin standings[]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Province	Skip	W	L	Shot %
Alberta	Ed Lukowich	9	2	82
Ontario	Russ Howard	9	2	82
Saskatchewan		7	4	80
British Columbia		7	4	76
Manitoba	Mike Riley	6	5	78
Newfoundland		6	5	75
Northern Ontario		6	5	74
Quebec		6	5	81
New Brunswick		4	7	70
Northwest Territories/Yukon		3	8	69
Nova Scotia		2	9	73
Prince Edward Island		1	10	75

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
	89%		91%
	83%		84%
	80%		79%
	66%		84%
Total	79%	Total	84%

Playoffs[]

Semifinal			Final

			1	Alberta	4

			2	Ontario	3
2	Ontario	6

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%		83%
Tim Belcourt	89%		81%
Glenn Howard	76%		83%
Russ Howard	86%		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	%
	88
Kent Carstairs	87
Brent Syme	84
	83
	83

Seconds	%
	84
	82
Tim Belcourt	80
	80
	80

Thirds	%
	84
John Ferguson	81
Glenn Howard	81
	80
	78

Skips	%
Ed Lukowich	83
Russ Howard	80
	77
Mike Riley	74
	71

Team percentages[]

Round Robin only

Province	Skip	%
Ontario	Russ Howard	82
Alberta	Ed Lukowich	82
Quebec		81
Saskatchewan		80
Manitoba	Mike Riley	78
British Columbia		76
Newfoundland		75
Prince Edward Island		75
Northern Ontario		74
Nova Scotia		73
New Brunswick		70
Northwest Territories/Yukon		69

References[]

^ "1986 Labatt Brier". CurlingZone. Archived from the original on 2005-03-15. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^ "Kitchener 1986 Brier Site". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. 13 December 1983. p. 46. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^ "1986 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^ "Ed brings Tankard West". Calgary Herald. Kitchener. 10 March 1986. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

[1] "1986 Labatt Brier". CurlingZone. Archived from the original on 2005-03-15. 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" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

[4] "Ed brings Tankard West". Calgary Herald. Kitchener. 10 March 1986. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

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