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1988 Labatt Brier Chicoutimi, Quebec Centre Georges-Vézina March 6–13 45,220 Ottewell CC, Edmonton Pat Ryan Randy Ferbey Don Walchuk Don McKenzie Roy Hebert (Eugene Hritzuk) 1987 1989
The 1988 Labatt Brier was held from March 6 to 13http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/soc.php?view=Main&eventid=87 1988 Labatt Brier CurlingZone 28 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20050209044302/http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/soc.php?view=Main&eventid=87 2005-02-09 dead at the Centre Georges-Vézina in Chicoutimi, Quebec.
Pat Ryan of Alberta finished the round robin with an undefeated record and went on to defeat Eugene Hritzuk of Saskatchewan in the final to clinch his first Brier title.http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/1988_Labatt_Brier.pdf 1988 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics Canadian Curling Association 29 December 2012May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes
Teams
white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaOttewell CC, Edmonton
Skip: Pat Ryan
Third: Randy Ferbey
Second: Don Walchuk
Lead: Don McKenzie
Alternate: Roy HebertVancouver CC, Vancouver
Skip: Ron Thompson
Third: Glen Hillson
Second: Graeme Franklin
Lead: Rob Robinson
Alternate: Joel BerglundAssiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg
Skip: Kerry Burtnyk
Third: Jim Spencer
Second: Ron Kammerlock
Lead: Don Harvey
Alternate: Jeff RyanNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthern OntarioNewcastle CC, Newcastle
Skip: Steve Adams
Third: Ward McDonald
Second: Greg Gallivan
Lead: Roger Gallant
Alternate: Dodie DickisonRecplex, Corner Brook
Skip: Gary Oke
Third: Ken Thomas
Second: Marc Brophy
Lead: Gerry Collins
Alternate: Fred SchulstadFort William CC, Thunder Bay
Skip: Al Hackner
Third: Rick Lang
Second: Jim Adams
Lead: Doug Smith
Alternate: Bill AdamsNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandDartmouth CC, Dartmouth
Skip: Thomas Hakansson
Third: Stuart MacLean
Second: Bill Robinson
Lead: Dave Wallace
Alternate: Peter MacPheeAvonlea CC, Toronto
Skip: Paul Savage
Third: Ed Werenich
Second: Graeme McCarrel
Lead: Neil Harrison
Alternate: John KawajaCrapaud CC, Summerside
Skip: David MacFadyen
Third: Frank MacDonald
Second: Neil MacFadyen
Lead: Aidan Sheridan
Alternate: Ted MacFadyenQuebecSaskatchewanNorthwest Territories/YukonLachine CC, Lachine
Skip: Lawren Steventon
Third: Pete Gawel
Second: Marco Ferraro
Lead: Dean Gemmell
Alternate: Malcolm TurnerNutana CC, Saskatoon
Skip: Eugene Hritzuk
Third: Del Shaughnessy
Second: Murray Soparlo
Lead: Don Dabrowski
Alternate: Ron MillsYellowknife CC, Yellowknife
Skip: Trevor Alexander
Third: Richard Robertson
Second: Brad Robertson
Lead: Clayton Ravndal
Alternate: John Moss
Map of teams
left 400 200 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 53.53 -113.49 Black pog.svg 80 top Ryan
Canada 49.26 -123.11 Black pog.svg 80 top Thompson
Canada 49.89 -97.29 Black pog.svg 80 top Burtnyk
Canada 46.98 -65.57 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Adams
Canada 48.95 -57.95 Black pog.svg 80 top Oke
Canada 48.40 -89.27 Black pog.svg 80 top Hackner
Canada 44.67 -63.57 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Hakansson
Canada 43.74 -79.37 Black pog.svg 80 top Savage
Canada 46.40 -63.78 Black pog.svg 80 right MacFadyen
Canada 45.43 -73.68 Black pog.svg 80 top Steventon
Canada 52.14 -106.69 Black pog.svg 80 top Hritzuk
Canada 62.45 -114.37 Black pog.svg 80 top Alexander
Round-robin standings
KeyTeams to Playoffs
Province Skip W L Shot % Pat Ryan 11 0 85 Eugene Hritzuk 8 3 81 Paul Savage 8 3 81 Kerry Burtnyk 7 4 82 Thomas Hakansson 7 4 79 Ron Thompson 6 5 82 Al Hackner 5 6 82 Lawren Steventon 4 7 75 NL Newfoundland Gary Oke 4 7 79 Steve Adams 3 8 73 David MacFadyen 2 9 70 Trevor Alexander 1 10 73
Round-robin results
Draw 1
A (Thompson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 (Hritzuk) 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 X 7
B (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 5 NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
C (Adams) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3 (Ryan) 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 8
D (Burtnyk) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 (Savage) 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 X 6
E (Alexander) 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 X 5 (Hackner) 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 X 8
Draw 2
A (Alexander) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 X X 6 (Savage) 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 X X 9
B (Ryan) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 5 (Burtnyk) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
C (Hritzuk) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 (Hackner) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
D (Thompson) 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 (Adams) 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
E (Steventon) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X X 5 (Hakansson) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 X X 8
Draw 3
C (Ryan) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7 (Thompson) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
D (Adams) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 (Hritzuk) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Draw 4
A (Adams) 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X 2 (Burtnyk) 1 2 0 2 2 1 X X X X 8
B (Hackner) 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 X X 8 (Steventon) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 3
C (Savage) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5 NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
D (Alexander) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 5 (Hakansson) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 X 7
E (Ryan) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 6 (MacFadyen) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Draw 5
A NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 (Hackner) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
B (Hakansson) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 (Savage) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 6
C (Steventon) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 7 (Alexander) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
D (Hritzuk) 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 X 11 (MacFadyen) 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
E (Burtnyk) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 (Thompson) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
Draw 6
B (Burtnyk) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 (Alexander) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
C (Hackner) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 8 (Savage) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 11
Draw 7
A (Ryan) 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 9 (Hakansson) 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
B (Adams) 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 8 (Hackner) 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 7
C (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4 (Burtnyk) 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 7
D (Steventon) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 (Thompson) 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
E NL Newfoundland (Oke) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 6 (Hritzuk) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 4
Draw 8
A (MacFadyen) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 (Steventon) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
B (Hritzuk) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 4 (Hakansson) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5
C NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 (Thompson) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
D (Alexander) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 (Ryan) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
E (Adams) 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 5 (Savage) 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 9
Draw 9
C (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X 5 (Hakansson) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 7
D NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 7 (Steventon) 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 8
Draw 10
A (Hritzuk) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 X X 6 (Alexander) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
B (Savage) 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 (Thompson) 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
C (Burtnyk) 4 0 0 4 0 0 X X X X 8 (Steventon) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
D (Adams) 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 X 9 (Hakansson) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
E (Hackner) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 (Ryan) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 8
Draw 11
A (Savage) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 (Ryan) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
B NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5 (Adams) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2
C (Thompson) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 7 (Hackner) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
D (MacFadyen) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4 (Alexander) 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 6
E (Hritzuk) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 (Burtnyk) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Draw 12
A (Burtnyk) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
B (Steventon) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 7 (Hritzuk) 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 8
C (Savage) 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 (MacFadyen) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 10
D (Hakansson) 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 X X 8 (Hackner) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X X 4
E (Thompson) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 6 (Alexander) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Draw 13
A (Hackner) 0 0 4 2 2 1 X X X X 9 (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1
B (Alexander) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X X X 4 (Adams) 2 1 0 5 0 2 1 X X X 11
C (Hakansson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 (Burtnyk) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
D (Ryan) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
E (Savage) 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 X X X 8 (Steventon) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
Draw 14
A (Hakansson) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 (Thompson) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
B (Steventon) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 (Ryan) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6
C (Alexander) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 8 NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 9
D (Savage) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 (Hritzuk) 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
E (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 7 (Adams) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
Draw 15
A (Steventon) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 X 6 (Adams) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
B (Thompson) 2 4 3 0 1 X X X X X 10 (MacFadyen) 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X X 1
C (Ryan) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 X 9 (Hritzuk) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
D (Hackner) 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 6 (Burtnyk) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 4
E (Hakansson) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 X 8 NL Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Playoffs
Semifinal Final 150 2 6 3 1 1 8 2 7
Semifinal
C (Hritzuk) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 X X 6 (Savage) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Don Dabrowski 78% Murray Soparlo 64% Del Shaughnessy 82% Eugene Hritzuk 90% 78% Neil Harrison 100% Graeme McCarrel 93% Ed Werenich 79% Paul Savage 67% 85%
Final
C (Ryan) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 8 (Hritzuk) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
Don McKenzie 94% Don Walchuk 88% Randy Ferbey 80% Pat Ryan 70% 83% Don Dabrowski 91% Murray Soparlo 83% Del Shaughnessy 79% Eugene Hritzuk 84% 84%
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
Round Robin only
Leads % MB Don Harvey 88 NO Doug Smith 87 ON Neil Harrison 85 BC Rob Robinson 84 AB Don McKenzie 84 Seconds % AB Don Walchuk 87 ON Graeme McCarrel 83 MB Ron Kammerlock 82 BC Graeme Franklin 82 SK Murray Soparlo 80 Thirds % AB Randy Ferbey 85 NO Rick Lang 83 BC Glen Hillson 83 NL Ken Thomas 81 MB Jim Spencer 80 Skips % AB Pat Ryan 85 SK Eugene Hritzuk 82 NO Al Hackner 80 NS Thomas Hakansson 79 MB Kerry Burtnyk 79
Team percentages
Round Robin only
Province Skip % Pat Ryan 85 Kerry Burtnyk 82 Al Hackner 82 Ron Thompson 82 Paul Savage 81 Eugene Hritzuk 81 Thomas Hakansson 79 NL Newfoundland Gary Oke 79 Lawren Steventon 75 Trevor Alexander 73 Steve Adams 73 David MacFadyen 70
References
Category:The Brier
Category:1988 in Canadian curling
Labatt Brier
Category:Sports in Saguenay, Quebec
Category:1988 in sports in Quebec
Category:March 1988 sports events in Canada