2001 Nokia Brier


The 2001 Nokia Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held March 3–11 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. It was the very first Brier to be sponsored by Nokia. The theme of the event was the. In the finals, Team Alberta, consisting of skip Randy Ferbey, fourth David Nedohin, second Scott Pfeifer and lead Marcel Rocque would capture their first of four Brier wins as a team. They edged out Team Manitoba skipped by Kerry Burtnyk in the final, 8–4. While the Brier was not unsuccessful, it did end up losing money. The total attendance was 154,136.

Teams

The 2001 Brier featured the 1981 and 1995 champion Kerry Burtnyk rink of Manitoba, 1982 and 1985 champion Al Hackner rink of Northern Ontario, 1998 champion Wayne Middaugh rink of Ontario, 1988 and 1989 champion third Randy Ferbey with his new Alberta rink, 1998 and 1999 runner-up Guy Hemmings rink of Quebec, 1990 runner-up Jim Sullivan rink of New Brunswick, 1999 Mixed champion Paul Flemming, 5-time PEI champion Peter MacDonald, 4-time territories champion Steve Moss, 2-time Saskatchewan champion Doug Harcourt along with newcomers 1989 Canadian Junior champion Dean Joanisse of BC, and Keith Ryan of Newfoundland.

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.

Draw 1

Saturday, March 3, 1:30 pm

Draw 2

Saturday, March 3, 7:00 pm

Draw 3

Sunday, March 4, 9:00 am

Draw 4

Sunday, March 4, 1:30 pm

Draw 5

Sunday, March 4, 7:30 pm

Draw 6

Monday, March 5, 9:00 am

Draw 7

Monday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Draw 8

Monday, March 5, 7:30 pm

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 6, 9:00 am

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 6, 1:30 pm

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 7, 9:00 am

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 7, 1:30 pm

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Draw 15

Thursday, March 8, 9:00 am

Draw 16

Thursday, March 8, 1:30 pm

Draw 17

Thursday, March 8, 7:30 pm

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Friday, March 9, 7:30 pm

3 vs. 4

Friday, March 9, 1:30 pm

Semifinal

Saturday, March 10, 1:30 pm

Final

Sunday, March 11, 1:30 pm

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round robin only

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