1997 Labatt Brier

May 2012 March 2026 February 2012 1997 Labatt Brier Calgary, Alberta Canadian Airlines Saddledome March 8–15 Ottewell CC, Edmonton Kevin Martin Don Walchuk Rudy Ramcharan Don Bartlett Jules Owchar (Vic Peters) 223,322 1996 1998 The 1997 Labatt Brier was held from March 8 to 15 at the Canadian Airlines Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. Kevin Martin of Alberta defeated Vic Peters of Manitoba in the final in front of a sell-out crowd of 17,024. It was the largest one-day attendance at any curling event in history up to that point and the Brier's total attendance of 223,322 was a record.Alberta team jubilant after record-setting Brier March 17, 1997 A1 Calgary Herald https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73404339/calgary-herald/ March 13, 2021 In the tenth end of the final, Alberta led 9–8, without hammer. Team Martin played for the steal, throwing up numerous guards. On his last stone, Peters missed a six-foot angle raise double takeout, giving Alberta the steal, and losing the game. It was the first Brier Alberta won on home ice since 1961. The win qualified the Martin rink to represent Canada at the 1997 World Men's Curling Championship as well as a spot in the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.Martin rides Brier roller-coaster to win March 17, 1997 D1 Edmonton Journal https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45819418/edmonton-journal/ March 13, 2021 Teams white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaOttewell CC, Edmonton Skip: Kevin Martin Third: Don Walchuk Second: Rudy Ramcharan Lead: Don Bartlett Fifth: Jules OwcharKamloops CC, Kamloops Skip: Barry McPhee Third: Dave Schleppe Second: Ken Brown Lead: Bert Hinch Fifth: John PisarczykGranite CC, Winnipeg Skip: Vic Peters Third: Dan Carey Second: Chris Neufeld Lead: Scott Grant Fifth: Don RuddNew BrunswickNewfoundland and LabradorNorthern OntarioThistle-St. Andrews CC, Saint John Skip: James Grattan Third: Charles Sullivan Second: Daryell Nowlan Lead: Jeff Lacey Fifth: David NowlanSt. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Jeff Thomas Third: Lorne Henderson Second: Ken Ellis Lead: Ian Kerr Fifth: Peter HollettSoo CA, Sault Ste. Marie Fourth: Chris Buchan Skip: Mike Coulter Second: Dusty Jakomait Lead: Mark Maki Fifth: Rollie RalphNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandDartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Lowell Goulden Third: Bill Robinson Second: Georg Ernst Lead: Kris MacLeod Fifth: Ron RobinsonChurchill CC, Churchill Skip: Ed Werenich Third: John Kawaja Second: Pat Perroud Lead: Neil Harrison Fifth: Peter Steski Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Robert Campbell Third: Peter Gallant Second: Mark O'Rourke Lead: Mark Butler Fifth: David CampbellQuebec SaskatchewanYukon/Northwest TerritoriesBuckingham CC, Buckingham Skip: Don Westphal Third: Dan Lemery Second: Pierre Charette Lead: Louis Biron Fifth: Daniel LafleurEstevan CC, Estevan Skip: Jim Packet Third: Jeff Mosley Second: Dallas Duce Lead: Ken Loeffler Fifth: Bob DoerrWhitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Lonnie Kofoed Third: Nolin McGowan Second: Humphrey Power Lead: Darol Stuart Fifth: Wade Scoffin Map of teams left 400 200 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 53.53 -113.49 Black pog.svg 80 top Martin Canada 50.68 -120.34 Black pog.svg 80 top McPhee Canada 49.88 -97.15 Black pog.svg 80 top Peters Canada 45.28 -66.08 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Grattan Canada 47.48 -52.80 Black pog.svg 80 top Thomas Canada 46.56 -84.35 Black pog.svg 80 top Buchan Canada 44.67 -63.57 Black pog.svg 80 right Goulden Canada 44.30 -79.58 Black pog.svg 80 top Werenich Canada 46.24 -63.13 Black pog.svg 80 top Campbell Canada 45.58 -75.42 Black pog.svg 80 top Westphal Canada 49.14 -102.99 Black pog.svg 80 top Packet Canada 60.72 -135.06 Black pog.svg 80 top Kofoed Round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Province Skip W L Vic Peters 11 0 Kevin Martin 10 1 James Grattan 8 3 Ed Werenich 7 4 Don Westphal 5 6 NL Newfoundland Jeff Thomas 5 6 Barry McPhee 5 6 Lowell Goulden 4 7 Lonnie Kofoed 4 7 Mike Coulter 3 8 Robert Campbell 3 8 Jim Packet 1 10 Round-robin results Draw 1 A (McPhee) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 (Peters) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 8 B (Westphal) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 (Martin) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 C (Campbell) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 D (Goulden) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1 (Grattan) 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 X X 7 Draw 2 A NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X X 5 (Westphal) 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 X X 9 B (Werenich) 0 2 0 3 0 1 3 0 X X 9 (Kofoed) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X X 3 C (Packet) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 6 (Coulter) 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 D (Martin) 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 9 (McPhee) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 7 Draw 3 B (McPhee) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 X 10 (Packet) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 C (Kofoed) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4 (Goulden) 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 X 6 Draw 4 A (Grattan) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 (Campbell) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 6 B (Coulter) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 6 (Werenich) 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 10 C (Westphal) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 2 (Peters) 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 X X X 7 D (Packet) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4 (Kofoed) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 X 8 Draw 5 A (Peters) 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 X 10 (Coulter) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 B (Goulden) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 6 C (Werenich) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 (Grattan) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 D (Campbell) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 (Martin) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 X 10 Draw 6 A (Werenich) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 B (Campbell) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 (Peters) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 C (Martin) 3 0 3 1 2 0 X X X X 9 (Coulter) 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X X 2 D (Grattan) 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 (Westphal) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 Draw 7 A (Westphal) 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 X X 8 (Packet) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3 B (Peters) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5 (Kofoed) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 C (Goulden) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3 (Martin) 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 X X 10 D NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 2 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 X X 10 (McPhee) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 4 Draw 8 A (Coulter) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 (Goulden) 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 8 B (Packet) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 (Grattan) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 X 5 C (Kofoed) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X X 4 (Campbell) 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 4 X X 11 D (McPhee) 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 7 (Werenich) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 Draw 9 A (Martin) 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 X X X 7 (Kofoed) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 1 B (Goulden) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 5 (Peters) 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 X 7 C (Packet) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4 NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 X 7 D (Coulter) 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 (Campbell) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6 Draw 10 A (Campbell) 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 X 10 (Packet) 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 8 B NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 (Coulter) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 7 C (Grattan) 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 (McPhee) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 D (Westphal) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X 2 (Werenich) 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 X X X 7 Draw 11 A (Werenich) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 (Martin) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 B (Kofoed) 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 7 (Westphal) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 C (Peters) 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 (Grattan) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 D (McPhee) 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 (Goulden) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6 Draw 12 A (Kofoed) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 (McPhee) 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 X 8 B (Martin) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 (Grattan) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 C (Coulter) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 X X 6 (Westphal) 0 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 X X 11 D (Werenich) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5 (Peters) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 X 9 Draw 13 A (Goulden) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 X 6 (Packet) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 B (Campbell) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X X X 3 (Werenich) 0 1 2 2 1 0 4 X X X 10 C NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 (Kofoed) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 X 6 D (Grattan) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 7 (Coulter) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 Draw 14 A (Westphal) 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 X 9 (Goulden) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 5 B (Packet) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 (Martin) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 6 C (McPhee) 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 9 (Campbell) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 X 7 D (Peters) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 X 10 NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 5 Draw 15 A NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 (Grattan) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 B (McPhee) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 (Westphal) 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 7 C (Werenich) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 X 8 (Packet) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 D (Campbell) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4 (Goulden) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 X 8 Draw 16 A (Peters) 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 7 (Martin) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 X 4 B (Coulter) 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 X X 8 (McPhee) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2 C (Goulden) 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 8 (Werenich) 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 0 2 X 12 D (Grattan) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 (Kofoed) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Draw 17 A (Kofoed) 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 X 7 (Coulter) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2 B (Westphal) 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 (Campbell) 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 8 C (Martin) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 NL Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 D (Packet) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 (Peters) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 Playoffs Page playoffs Semifinal Final 1 5 2 6 3 6 4 4 1 6 3 5 2 10 1 8 3 vs. 4 B (Grattan) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 6 (Werenich) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Jeff Lacey 76% Daryell Nowlan 69% Charles Sullivan 71% James Grattan 79% 74% Neil Harrison 89% Pat Perroud 85% John Kawaja 85% Ed Werenich 74% 83% 1 vs. 2 B (Peters) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 (Martin) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 Scott Grant 93% Chris Neufeld 86% Dan Carey 75% Vic Peters 81% 84% Don Bartlett 83% Rudy Ramcharan 83% Don Walchuk 88% Kevin Martin 89% 86% Semifinal C (Peters) 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 (Grattan) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 Scott Grant 99% Chris Neufeld 95% Dan Carey 83% Vic Peters 80% 89% Jeff Lacey 77% Daryell Nowlan 89% Charles Sullivan 80% James Grattan 75% 80% Final C (Martin) 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 3 1 10 (Peters) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 8 Don Bartlett 81% Rudy Ramcharan 84% Don Walchuk 75% Kevin Martin 74% 78% Scott Grant 84% Chris Neufeld 88% Dan Carey 85% Vic Peters 71% 82% Statistics Top 5 player percentages Round Robin only Leads % ON Neil Harrison 87 NO Mark Maki 85 PE Mark Butler 85 YT Darol Stuart 84 NB Jeff Lacey 84 Seconds % ON Pat Perroud 85 MB Chris Neufeld 83 NB Daryell Nowlan 82 QC Pierre Charette 81 AB Rudy Ramcharan 80 Thirds % AB Don Walchuk 84 NB Charles Sullivan 83 ON John Kawaja 82 PE Peter Gallant 79 NO Mike Coulter 79 Skips % NB James Grattan 85 MB Vic Peters 81 ON Ed Werenich 80 AB Kevin Martin 78 QC Don Westphal 76 Team percentages Round Robin only Province Skip % Ed Werenich 83 James Grattan 83 Vic Peters 81 Kevin Martin 81 Robert Campbell 78 NL Newfoundland Jeff Thomas 78 Mike Coulter 78 Don Westphal 78 Lonnie Kofoed 77 Barry McPhee 77 Lowell Goulden 76 Jim Packet 75 References Archived statistics Category:The Brier Category:Curling competitions in Calgary Labatt Brier Category:1997 in sports in Alberta Category:March 1997 sports events in Canada