1998 Labatt Brier

1998 Labatt Brier
Host city	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Dates	March 8–15
Winner	Ontario
Curling club	St. George's G&CC, Toronto
Skip	Wayne Middaugh
Third	Graeme McCarrel
Second	Ian Tetley
Lead	Scott Bailey
Alternate	David Carruthers
Finalist	Quebec (Guy Hemmings)
« 1997 1999 »

The 1998 Labatt Brier was held from March 8 to 15 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1] Wayne Middaugh of Ontario won his second Brier and his first as a skip after he defeated Guy Hemmings of Quebec in the final.

Teams[]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
, Edmonton Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Fifth:	Royal City CC, New Westminster Skip: Greg McAulay Third: Brent Pierce Second: Bryan Miki Lead: Darin Fenton Fifth:	Granite CC, Winnipeg Skip: Third: Second: Jim Spencer Lead: Doug Armstrong Fifth: Barry Fry
New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador	Northern Ontario
, Moncton Skip: Terry Odishaw Third: Tommy Sullivan Second: Lead: Kevin Keefe Fifth:	Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Fifth:	, Thunder Bay Fourth: Skip: Second: Lead: Fifth:
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Paul Flemming Third: Second: Lead: Fifth:	St. George's G&CC, Toronto Skip: Wayne Middaugh Third: Graeme McCarrel Second: Ian Tetley Lead: Scott Bailey Fifth: David Carruthers	, Charlottetown Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Fifth:
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
, Saint-Lambert Skip: Guy Hemmings Third: Pierre Charette Second: Lead: Fifth:	, Moose Jaw Skip: Third: Glen Despins Second: Lead: Fifth:	Yellowknife Curling Club, Yellowknife Skip: Third: Second: Brad Chorostkowski Lead: Alternate:

Round robin standings[]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Province	Skip	W	L
Ontario	Wayne Middaugh	10	1
Quebec	Guy Hemmings	8	3
Manitoba		7	4
Saskatchewan		7	4
British Columbia	Greg McAulay	7	4
Northern Ontario		6	5
Nova Scotia	Paul Flemming	5	6
Alberta		5	6
Newfoundland		4	7
New Brunswick	Terry Odishaw	4	7
Prince Edward Island		2	9
Northwest Territories/Yukon		1	10

Round robin results[]

Draw 1[]

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McAulay)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	6
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	7

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

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

Draw 2[]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6
British Columbia (McAulay)	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	8

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

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

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

Draw 3[]

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

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

Draw 4[]

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McAulay)	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	X	X	9
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	6
Quebec (Hemmings)	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	7

Draw 5[]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	5
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4

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

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

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

Draw 6[]

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

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (Melville)	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6
British Columbia (McAulay)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	9

Draw 7[]

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

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	7
Newfoundland (McDonald)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	6

Draw 8[]

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	9

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

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

Draw 9[]

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

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	8
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	3	10

Draw 10[]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	7
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	8

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Melville)	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	7
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (McAulay)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Ontario (Middaugh)	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5

Draw 11[]

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	4
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	1	X	X	10

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

Draw 12[]

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

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

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

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

Draw 13[]

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

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

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

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

Draw 14[]

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	7

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	X	8
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 15[]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	7
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	6

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

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

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

Draw 16[]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	7

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	X	4
Quebec (Hemmings)	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	X	6

Draw 17[]

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

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

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

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

Tiebreaker[]

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

Player percentages
Saskatchewan		British Columbia
	94%	Darin Fenton	86%
	84%	Bryan Miki	75%
Glen Despins	85%	Brent Pierce	79%
	82%	Greg McAulay	73%
Total	86%	Total	78%

Playoffs[]

	Page playoffs					Semifinal					Final
	1	Ontario	10
	2	Quebec	4								1	Ontario	7
						2	Quebec	7			2	Quebec	4
						3	Manitoba	5
	3	Manitoba	6
	4	Saskatchewan	3

3 vs. 4[]

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

Player percentages
Manitoba		Saskatchewan
Doug Armstrong	86%		85%
Jim Spencer	78%		78%
	89%	Glen Despins	88%
	89%		72%
Total	85%	Total	81%

1 vs. 2[]

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

Player percentages
Ontario		Quebec
Scott Bailey	88%		83%
Ian Tetley	84%		69%
Graeme McCarrel	86%	Pierre Charette	91%
Wayne Middaugh	91%	Guy Hemmings	72%
Total	87%	Total	79%

Semifinal[]

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

Player percentages
Quebec		Manitoba
	89%	Doug Armstrong	89%
	73%	Jim Spencer	89%
Pierre Charette	70%		73%
Guy Hemmings	88%		84%
Total	80%	Total	83%

Final[]

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

Player percentages
Ontario		Quebec
Scott Bailey	90%		83%
Ian Tetley	70%		78%
Graeme McCarrel	94%	Pierre Charette	81%
Wayne Middaugh	90%	Guy Hemmings	81%
Total	86%	Total	80%

Statistics[]

Top 5 player percentages[]

Round Robin only

Leads % Doug Armstrong 89 87 86 Scott Bailey 85 Darin Fenton 84

Seconds % Ian Tetley 84 Jim Spencer 84 83 83 Bryan Miki 81

Thirds % Graeme McCarrel 90 Pierre Charette 83 Glen Despins 79 79 Tommy Sullivan 78

Skips % Wayne Middaugh 84 83 Guy Hemmings 79 (N. Ont.) 75 74

Team percentages[]

Round Robin only

Province	Skip	%
Ontario	Wayne Middaugh	86
Manitoba		84
Quebec	Guy Hemmings	82
Saskatchewan		79
British Columbia	Greg McAulay	79
Alberta		78
Northern Ontario		77
Nova Scotia	Paul Flemming	77
New Brunswick	Terry Odishaw	74
Newfoundland		71
Northwest Territories/Yukon		69
Prince Edward Island		68

References[]

External links[]

• 1998 Labatt Brier - archived statistics - Canadian Curling Association