2004 Nokia Brier


The 2004 Nokia Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 6 to 14, 2004 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A total of 238,129 attended the event.
Team Nova Scotia, who was skipped by Mark Dacey defeated Team Alberta skipped by Randy Ferbey in dramatic fashion in the championship game and preventing the Ferbey rink for capturing their fourth consecutive Brier title. Nova Scotia's title was their third and to date most recent Brier Tankard title and first title since 1951.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time.

Draw 1

''Saturday, March 6, 1:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 6, 6:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 7, 9:00 am''

Draw 4

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

Draw 5

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

Draw 6

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

Draw 7

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

Draw 8

''Monday, March 8, 6:30 pm''

Draw 9

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

Draw 10

''Tuesday, March 9, 1:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, March 9, 6:30 pm''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 10, 9:00 am''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 11, 9:00 am''

Draw 16

''Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm''

Draw 17

''Thursday, March 11, 6:30 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Friday, March 12, 9:00 am''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Friday, March 12, 6:30 pm''

Semifinal

''Saturday, March 13, 1:00 pm''

Final

The final was played and televised on the CBC across Canada. Ferbey led 8–4 after the 7th end but Dacey's team put themselves back into the game with a big 3 point 8th end. Forcing Alberta to take a single in the 9th, Dacey was 2 down coming home but had last rock advantage. A couple of errors by Ferbey's team and some good shot making, gave Nova Scotia 3 points in the 10th end and the championship.
''Sunday, March 14, 6:00 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Perfect Games

Round robin only; minimum 10 shots thrown
PlayerTeamPositionShotsOpponent
Trevor WallLead20
Phil LoevenmarkSecond12
Scott PfeiferSecond12
Brad FentonLead20

Qualifying

Alberta

@ Hinton
  1. Randy Ferbey
  2. Kurt Balderston
  3. Kevin Martin
  4. John Morris
  5. Rob Armitage

British Columbia

@ Nanaimo
  1. Jay Peachey
  2. Scott Decap
  3. Brian Miki
  4. Wes Craig

Manitoba

@ Brandon
  1. Brent Scales
  2. Jeff Stoughton
  3. Murray Woodward
  4. Dave Boehmer

New Brunswick

@ Fredericton
  1. Russ Howard
  2. Terry Odishaw
  3. Mike Flannery
  4. Mike Kennedy

Northern Ontario

@ Sault Ste. Marie
  1. Rob Gordon
  2. Jeff Currie
  3. Denis Malette
  4. Al Harnden

Ontario

@ Owen Sound
  1. Mike Harris
  2. Glenn Howard
  3. Phil Daniel
  4. Peter Corner

Nova Scotia

@ Kentville
  1. Mark Dacey

Newfoundland and Labrador

@ Goose Bay
  1. Brad Gushue
  2. Mark Noseworthy
  3. Keith Ryan
  4. John Boland

Prince Edward Island

@ Summerside, [Prince Edward Island|Summerside]
  1. Mike Gaudet
  2. John Likely
  3. Peter MacDonald
  4. Andrew Robinson

Saskatchewan

@ Moose Jaw
  1. Bruce Korte
  2. Brad Heidt
  3. Doug Harcourt
  4. Joel Jordison

Yukon/Northwest Territories

@ Whitehorse
  1. Brian Wasnea
  2. Peter O'Driscoll
  3. Chad Cowan
  4. Paul Delorey