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The 1997 Labatt Brier was held from March 8 to 15 at the Canadian Airlines Saddledome in Calgary , Alberta. Kevin Martin of Alberta defeated Vic Peters of Manitoba in the final in front of a sell-out crowd of 17,024. It was the largest one-day attendance at any curling event in history up to that point and the Brier's total attendance of 223,322 was a record.[1] In the tenth end of the final, Alberta led 9–8, without hammer. Team Martin played for the steal, throwing up numerous guards. On his last stone, Peters missed a six-foot angle raise double takeout, giving Alberta the steal, and losing the game. It was the first Brier Alberta won on home ice since 1961. The win qualified the Martin rink to represent Canada at the 1997 World Men's Curling Championship as well as a spot in the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials .[2]
Teams [ ]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
, Edmonton
Skip: Kevin Martin
Third: Don Walchuk
Second: Rudy Ramcharan
Lead: Don Bartlett
Fifth: Jules Owchar
, Kamloops
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Fifth:
Granite CC, Winnipeg
Skip: Vic Peters
Third: Dan Carey
Second: Chris Neufeld
Lead:
Fifth: Don Rudd
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northern Ontario
, Saint John
Skip: James Grattan
Third: Charles Sullivan
Second: Daryell Nowlan
Lead:
Fifth:
St. John's CC , St. John's
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Fifth:
Soo CA , Sault Ste. Marie
Fourth:
Skip:
Second:
Lead:
Fifth:
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
, Dartmouth
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Fifth:
, Churchill
Skip: Ed Werenich
Third: John Kawaja
Second: Pat Perroud
Lead: Neil Harrison
Fifth:
, Charlottetown
Skip: Robert Campbell
Third: Peter Gallant
Second: Mark O'Rourke
Lead:
Fifth:
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon/Northwest Territories
Buckingham CC , Buckingham
Skip:
Third:
Second: Pierre Charette
Lead:
Fifth:
, Estevan
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Fifth:
, Whitehorse
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Fifth:
Round robin standings [ ]
Round robin results [ ]
Draw 1 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (McPhee)
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
Manitoba (Peters)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
3
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Westphal)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
4
Alberta (Martin)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
1
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
1
1
0
3
0
2
0
X
X
7
Draw 2 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
X
X
5
Quebec (Westphal)
0
1
0
0
5
0
3
0
X
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
3
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
X
9
British Columbia (McPhee)
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
X
7
Draw 3 [ ]
Draw 4 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Coulter)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
X
6
Ontario (Werenich)
1
0
4
0
2
0
2
0
1
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Westphal)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
X
2
Manitoba (Peters)
1
0
1
0
2
2
1
X
X
X
7
Draw 5 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Peters)
2
0
3
0
0
2
1
0
2
X
10
Northern Ontario (Coulter)
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
X
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
5
Newfoundland (Thomas)
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
6
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
4
Draw 6 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
4
Newfoundland (Thomas)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
3
0
3
1
2
0
X
X
X
X
9
Northern Ontario (Coulter)
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
6
Quebec (Westphal)
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
5
Draw 7 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Westphal)
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
2
X
X
8
Saskatchewan (Packet)
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
3
Alberta (Martin)
1
0
3
0
3
1
0
2
X
X
10
Draw 8 [ ]
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (McPhee)
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
7
Ontario (Werenich)
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
6
Draw 9 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
X
5
Manitoba (Peters)
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
4
Newfoundland (Thomas)
0
1
0
3
1
0
1
0
1
X
7
Draw 10 [ ]
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Westphal)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
2
Ontario (Werenich)
1
2
0
2
1
1
0
X
X
X
7
Draw 11 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
Alberta (Martin)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Peters)
1
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
7
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
6
Draw 12 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
6
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Coulter)
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
X
X
6
Quebec (Westphal)
0
4
0
1
0
4
0
2
X
X
11
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
X
5
Manitoba (Peters)
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
2
1
X
9
Draw 13 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
X
6
Saskatchewan (Packet)
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
3
Draw 14 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Westphal)
1
0
2
1
0
4
0
0
1
X
9
Nova Scotia (Goulden)
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
X
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
Alberta (Martin)
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Peters)
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
4
1
X
10
Newfoundland (Thomas)
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
X
5
Draw 15 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (McPhee)
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
6
Quebec (Westphal)
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
X
8
Saskatchewan (Packet)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
2
Draw 16 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Peters)
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
3
0
X
7
Alberta (Martin)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
X
8
Ontario (Werenich)
0
0
3
0
3
4
0
0
2
X
12
Draw 17 [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
7
Newfoundland (Thomas)
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
Manitoba (Peters)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
Playoffs [ ]
3 vs. 4 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
6
Ontario (Werenich)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
1 vs. 2 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Manitoba (Peters)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
5
Alberta (Martin)
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
Semifinal [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Manitoba (Peters)
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
New Brunswick (Grattan)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
5
Final [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Martin)
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
0
3
1
10
Manitoba (Peters)
0
0
3
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
8
Statistics [ ]
Top 5 player percentages [ ]
Round Robin only
Team percentages [ ]
Round Robin only
References [ ]
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