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2000 Labatt Brier
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March 2026
2000 Labatt Brier 2000brier.GIF 200 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Place March 4–12 248,793 Royal City CC, New Westminster Greg McAulay Brent Pierce Bryan Miki Jody Sveistrup Darin Fenton (Russ Howard) 1999 2001
The 2000 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 4 to 12 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/2000.htm 2000 Labatt Brier Soudog's Curling History Site 30 December 2012 This was the last Brier sponsored by Labatt.
Team British Columbia, who was skipped by Greg McAulay beat out notable teams such as Kevin Martin and Jeff Stoughton, and went on to defeat Russ Howard with a score of 9–5 in the final.http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/2000_Labatt_Brier.pdf 2000 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics Canadian Curling Association 30 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205626/http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/2000_Labatt_Brier.pdf 11 November 2017 dead As of 2025, this remains British Columbia's most recent Brier title.
A total of 248,793 fans attended the Brier, which broke the record set the year before. This record wouldn't be broken until 2005 and to date remains the second most attended Brier ever.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:2000 Labatt Brier https://stats.curling.io/brier/2000 Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 27 February 2026
white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaOttewell CC, Edmonton
Skip: Kevin Martin
Third: Don Walchuk
Second: Carter Rycroft
Lead: Don Bartlett
Alternate: Jules OwcharRoyal City CC, New Westminster
Skip: Greg McAulay
Third: Brent Pierce
Second: Bryan Miki
Lead: Jody Sveistrup
Alternate: Darin FentonCharleswood CC, Winnipeg
Skip: Jeff Stoughton
Third: Jon Mead
Second: Garry Van Den Berghe
Lead: Doug Armstrong
Alternate: Darryl GunnlaugsonNew BrunswickNewfoundland Northern OntarioBeaver CC, Moncton
Skip: Russ Howard
Third: Wayne Tallon
Second: Rick Perron
Lead: Grant Odishaw
Alternate: Terry OdishawSt. John's CC, St. John's
Skip: Rick Rowsell
Third: Peter Hollett
Second: Ken Ellis
Lead: Craig DowdenNFLD Team Newfoundland alternate Wayne Young threw lead stones in Draw 15.
Alternate: Wayne YoungNFLDIdylwylde CC, Sudbury
Skip: Tim Phillips
Third: Roger Sauvé
Second: Ron Henderson
Lead: Dan SauvéNO Team Northern Ontario alternate Paul Sauvé threw lead stones in the last end of Draw 6.
Alternate: Paul SauvéNONova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandBridgewater CC, Bridgewater
Skip: Shawn Adams
Third: Jeff Hopkins
Second: Ben Blanchard
Lead: Jason BlanchardNS Team Nova Scotia alternate Robert MacArthur threw lead stones in Draws 10 and 16.
Alternate: Robert MacArthurNSGlendale G&CC, Hamilton
Skip: Peter Corner
Third: Todd Brandwood
Second: Drew Macklin
Lead: Dwayne Pyper
Alternate: Bill MackayCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown
Skip: Andrew Robinson
Third: Evan Sullivan
Second: Brian Scales
Lead: Bob Pritchett
Alternate: Kevin ChampionQuebec SaskatchewanYukon/Northwest TerritoriesCC Victoria, Sainte-Foy
Skip: François Roberge
Third: Maxime Elmaleh
Second: Éric Sylvain
Lead: Jean Gagnon
Alternate: Michel St-OngeGranite CC, Saskatoon
Skip: Bruce Korte
Third: Darrell McKee
Second: Roger Korte
Lead: Rory Golanowski
Alternate: Neil CursonsWhitehorse CC, Whitehorse
Skip: Chad Cowan
Third: Doug Bryant
Second: Jason Nolan
Lead: Ross Milward
Alternate: Paul Cowan
Map of teams
left 400 200 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 53.53 -113.49 Black pog.svg 80 top Martin #ffe
Canada 49.21 -122.91 Black pog.svg 80 top McAulay #ffe
Canada 49.86 -97.27 Black pog.svg 80 top Stoughton #ffe
Canada 46.13 -64.77 Black pog.svg 80 left Howard #ffe
Canada 47.48 -52.80 Black pog.svg 80 top Rowsell #ffe
Canada 46.58 -81.07 Black pog.svg 80 top Phillips #ffe
Canada 44.37 -64.52 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Adams #ffe
Canada 43.26 -79.87 Black pog.svg 80 top Corner #ffe
Canada 46.24 -63.13 Black pog.svg 80 top Robinson #ffe
Canada 46.77 -71.31 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Roberge #ffe
Canada 52.14 -106.69 Black pog.svg 80 top Korte #ffe
Canada 60.72 -135.06 Black pog.svg 80 top Cowan #ffe
Round Robin standings
Final Round Robin standings
KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker
LocaleSkipW Games wonL Games lostW–L Wins/losses against tied teamsPF Points forPA Points againstEW Ends wonEL Ends lostBE Blank ends forSE Stolen endsS% Shot percentage Greg McAulay 9 2 – 76 52 44 40 8 12 85% Russ Howard 8 3 2–1, 1–0 88 69 45 44 3 10 83% François Roberge 8 3 2–1, 0–1 71 61 44 38 12 14 86% Peter Corner 8 3 1–2, 1–0 80 62 51 41 5 17 86% Jeff Stoughton 8 3 1–2, 0–1 72 47 47 38 7 12 87% Kevin Martin 6 5 – 71 66 43 44 5 8 85% Bruce Korte 5 6 – 68 68 48 41 3 11 84% Andrew Robinson 4 7 – 59 65 38 39 11 9 77% Chad Cowan 3 8 1–0 59 73 46 46 6 11 80% Shawn Adams 3 8 0–1 51 80 38 51 7 7 77% NL Newfoundland Rick Rowsell 2 9 1–0 56 84 39 48 7 9 79% Tim Phillips 2 9 0–1 52 76 39 52 2 9 76%
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Time (UTC−6).
Draw 1
Saturday, March 4, 2:30 pm
A NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3 (McAulay) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 X 7
B (Korte) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 5 (Roberge) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 6
C (Howard) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 5 (Martin) 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 X 8
D (Corner) 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 8 (Stoughton) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Draw 2
Saturday, March 4, 8:00 pm
A (Martin) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3 (Corner) 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 X X 8
B (Cowan) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 (Robinson) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
C (Phillips) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 7 (Adams) 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
D NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 6 (Roberge) 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 X 11
Draw 3
Sunday, March 5, 10:00 am
B (Phillips) 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 8 (Howard) 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 9
C (Stoughton) 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 X X 7 NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Draw 4
Sunday, March 5, 2:30 pm
A (Cowan) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 4 (Phillips) 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 X 8
B (Adams) 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 (Martin) 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
C (Roberge) 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 X 8 (Robinson) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 X 4
D (McAulay) 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 X 10 (Korte) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 6
Draw 5
Sunday, March 5, 8:00 pm
A (Howard) 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X X 4 (Stoughton) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 X X 9
B (Corner) 2 0 3 0 2 2 X X X X 9 (McAulay) 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X X X 2
C (Korte) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 (Cowan) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 6
D (Robinson) 1 0 1 3 7 X X X X X 12 (Adams) 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X X 2
Draw 6
Monday, March 6, 10:00 am
A (McAulay) 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 X X 8 (Martin) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 3
B (Roberge) 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 X 7 (Cowan) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 3
C (Adams) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 X X 4 (Howard) 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 2 X X 11
D (Stoughton) 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 6 (Phillips) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Draw 7
Monday, March 6, 2:30 pm
A (Phillips) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 5 NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 9
B (Robinson) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 (Stoughton) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
C (Martin) 0 4 2 0 0 4 X X X X 10 (Roberge) 1 0 0 1 1 0 X X X X 3
D (Korte) 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 X 7 (Corner) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Draw 8
Monday, March 6, 8:00 pm
A (Corner) 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 (Adams) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5
B (Howard) 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 X 9 (Korte) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 6
C NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 (Robinson) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 7
D (Cowan) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 (McAulay) 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 X 8
Draw 9
Tuesday, March 7, 10:00 am
A NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5 (Korte) 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 X 10
B (Stoughton) 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 X 7 (Adams) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4
C (Roberge) 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 (McAulay) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 6
D (Corner) 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 1 X 11 (Robinson) 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 6
Draw 10
Tuesday, March 7, 2:30 pm
A (Adams) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 (Cowan) 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 6
B (Korte) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 (Martin) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 7
C (Robinson) 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 X 8 (Phillips) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
D (McAulay) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 (Howard) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 8
Draw 11
Tuesday, March 7, 8:00 pm
A (Martin) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 X X 4 (Stoughton) 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 4 X X 10
B (Cowan) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7
C (Howard) 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 8 (Corner) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 7
D (Phillips) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 (Roberge) 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 X 6
Draw 12
Wednesday, March 8, 10:00 am
A (Roberge) 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 8 (Corner) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
B (McAulay) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 6 (Robinson) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
C (Korte) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 (Adams) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7
D (Martin) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 X X 8 (Cowan) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Draw 13
Wednesday, March 8, 2:30 pm
A (Robinson) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 3 (Howard) 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 X 9
B (Corner) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 6 (Phillips) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
C (Cowan) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 (Stoughton) 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 8
D (Adams) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
Draw 14
Wednesday, March 8, 8:00 pm
A (Phillips) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2 (McAulay) 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 X X X 8
B (Howard) 1 0 5 0 0 3 1 X X X 10 (Roberge) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 3
C NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 (Martin) 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 7
D (Stoughton) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 6 (Korte) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Draw 15
Thursday, March 9, 10:00 am
A (Korte) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 6 (Robinson) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
B (Martin) 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 8 (Phillips) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5
C (Corner) 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 (Cowan) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 6
D (Howard) 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 X 10 NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Draw 16
Thursday, March 9, 2:30 pm
A (Cowan) 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 9 (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 5
B NL Newfoundland (Rowsell) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 (Corner) 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 8
C (McAulay) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 7 (Stoughton) 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 6
D (Roberge) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 X 8 (Adams) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Draw 17
Thursday, March 9, 8:00 pm
A (Stoughton) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 (Roberge) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
B (Adams) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 4 (McAulay) 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 X 8
C (Phillips) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 5 (Korte) 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 7
D (Robinson) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 8 (Martin) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 7
Tiebreaker
Friday, March 10, 10:00 am
B (Corner) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 (Stoughton) 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
Dwayne Pyper 95% Drew Macklin 81% Todd Brandwood 80% Peter Corner 84% 85% Doug Armstrong 85% Garry Van Den Berghe 93% Jon Mead 95% Jeff Stoughton 91% 91%
Playoffs
yes Page playoff system Semifinal Final 1 5 2 3 3 7 4 5 2 8 3 5 1 9 2 5
1 vs. 2
Friday, March 10, 8:00 pm
B (McAulay) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 5 (Howard) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3
Jody Sveistrup 88% Bryan Miki 88% Brent Pierce 91% Greg McAulay 89% 89% Grant Odishaw 93% Rick Perron 91% Wayne Tallon 73% Russ Howard 80% 84%
3 vs. 4
Friday, March 10, 2:30 pm
B (Roberge) 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 7 (Stoughton) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
Jean Gagnon 89% Éric Sylvain 80% Maxime Elmaleh 91% François Roberge 93% 88% Doug Armstrong 91% Garry Van Den Berghe 94% Jon Mead 86% Jeff Stoughton 74% 86%
Semifinal
Saturday, March 11, 1:30 pm
B (Howard) 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 X 8 (Roberge) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 5
Grant Odishaw 86% Rick Perron 88% Wayne Tallon 79% Russ Howard 88% 85% Jean Gagnon 96% Éric Sylvain 79% Maxime Elmaleh 85% François Roberge 80% 85%
Final
Sunday, March 12, 1:30 pm
B GtXDgYHX7x8 Video (full game): 2000 Labatt Brier - Final - British Columbia (Greg McAulay) vs New Brunswick (Russ Howard) (McAulay) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 X 9 (Howard) 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 5
Jody Sveistrup 83% Bryan Miki 98% Brent Pierce 91% Greg McAulay 75% 87% Grant Odishaw 90% Rick Perron 84% Wayne Tallon 74% Russ Howard 76% 81%
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
Round Robin only
KeyFirst All-Star TeamSecond All-Star Team
Leads % SK Rory Golanowski 90 AB Don Bartlett 89 ON Dwayne Pyper 89 QC Jean Gagnon 89 MB Doug Armstrong 89 Seconds % QC Éric Sylvain 91 AB Carter Rycroft 86 BC Bryan Miki 86 ON Drew Macklin 85 NL Ken Ellis 84 MB Garry Van Den Berghe 84 Thirds % AB Don Walchuk 89 MB Jon Mead 86 BC Brent Pierce 86 ON Todd Brandwood 85 YT Doug Bryant 83 Skips % MB Jeff Stoughton 88 ON Peter Corner 86 NB Russ Howard 86 SK Bruce Korte 84 QC François Roberge 82
Perfect games
Round robin only; minimum 10 shots thrown
Player Team Position Shots Opponent Grant Odishaw Lead 14 Don Walchuk Third 16 Grant Odishaw Lead 20
Awards
All-Star teams
The All-Star Teams were as follows:Awards https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-WEB2.pdf 2026-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-WEB2.pdf Curling Canada 27 February 2026 172-174
+ First Team Position Name Team Skip Jeff Stoughton Third Jon Mead Second Éric Sylvain Lead Rory Golanowski
+ Second Team Position Name Team Skip Russ Howard Third Don Walchuk Second Bryan Miki Lead Dwayne Pyper
Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award
The Ross Harstone Sportsmanship 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.
Name Position Team Bryan Miki Second
Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award
The Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award was awarded to the top player in the playoff round by members of the media.
Name Position Team Bryan Miki Second
Notes
References
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