1985 Labatt Brier


The 1985 Labatt Brier, the Canadian national men's curling championship was held from March 3 to 10 at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick. A total of 65,475 people attended the event. As of, this is the most recent Brier that New Brunswick has hosted.
Team Northern Ontario, skipped by Al Hackner defeated Alberta's Pat Ryan to win his second Brier title.

Teams

The tams were listed as follows:

Round Robin standings

''Final Round Robin standings''

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Time.

Draw 1

''Sunday, March 3, 2:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Sunday, March 3, 7:30 pm''

Draw 3

''Monday, March 4, 9:00 am''

Draw 4

''Monday, March 4, 1:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Monday, March 4, 7:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Tuesday, March 5, 9:00 am''

Draw 7

''Tuesday, March 5, 1:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, March 5, 7:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Wednesday, March 6, 9:00 am''

Draw 10

''Wednesday, March 6, 1:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Wednesday, March 6, 7:30 pm''

Draw 12

''Thursday, March 7, 1:30 pm''

Draw 13

''Thursday, March 7, 7:30 pm''

Draw 14

''Friday, March 8, 9:00 am''

Draw 15

''Friday, March 8, 1:30 pm''

Tiebreakers

First Round

''Friday, March 8, 7:30 pm''

Second Round

''Saturday, March 9, 9:00 am''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Saturday, March 9, 1:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, March 10, 1:00 pm''

The Hackner double

Hackner found himself in a two-point deficit coming into the tenth end, and he was forced to make a very tough double takeout and stick his shooter in order to tie the game. The shot allowed him to steal a point in the extra end when Ryan was heavy with his last stone.

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round Robin only''

Awards

The all-star teams and award winners are as follows:

All Star Teams

PositionNameTeam
SkipDon Aitken
ThirdRick Lang
SecondIan Tetley
LeadDon Walchuk

Ross Harstone Award

The Ross Harstone Award is presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.
NamePositionTeam
Dan HildebrandLead