1997 Labatt Brier

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

1997 Labatt Brier
Host city	Calgary, Alberta
Arena	Canadian Airlines Saddledome
Dates	March 8–15
Attendance	223,322
Winner	Alberta
Curling club	Ottewell CC, Edmonton
Skip	Kevin Martin
Third	Don Walchuk
Second	Rudy Ramcharan
Lead	Don Bartlett
Alternate	Jules Owchar
Finalist	Manitoba (Vic Peters)
« 1996 1998 »

Teams

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Ottewell CC, Edmonton Skip: Kevin Martin Third: Don Walchuk Second: Rudy Ramcharan Lead: Don Bartlett Fifth: Jules Owchar	Kamloops CC, Kamloops Skip: Barry McPhee Third: Dave Schleppe Second: Ken Brown Lead: Bert Hinch Fifth: John Pisarczyk	Granite CC, Winnipeg Skip: Vic Peters Third: Dan Carey Second: Chris Neufeld Lead: Scott Grant Fifth: Don Rudd
New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador	Northern Ontario
Thistle-St. Andrews CC, Saint John Skip: James Grattan Third: Charles Sullivan Second: Daryell Nowlan Lead: Jeff Lacey Fifth: David Nowlan	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Jeff Thomas Third: Lorne Henderson Second: Ken Ellis Lead: Ian Kerr Fifth: Peter Hollett	Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie Fourth: Chris Buchan Skip: Mike Coulter Second: Dusty Jakomait Lead: Mark Maki Fifth: Rollie Ralph
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Lowell Goulden Third: Bill Robinson Second: Georg Ernst Lead: Kris MacLeod Fifth: Ron Robinson	Churchill 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 Campbell
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
Buckingham CC, Buckingham Skip: Don Westphal Third: Dan Lemery Second: Pierre Charette Lead: Louis Biron Fifth: Daniel Lafleur	Estevan CC, Estevan Skip: Jim Packet Third: Jeff Mosley Second: Dallas Duce Lead: Ken Loeffler Fifth: Bob Doerr	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Lonnie Kofoed Third: Nolin McGowan Second: Humphrey Power Lead: Darol Stuart Fifth: Wade Scoffin

Map of teams

Martin

McPhee

Peters

Grattan

Thomas

Buchan

Goulden

Werenich

Campbell

Westphal

Packet

Kofoed

Provincial Winners

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Province	Skip	W	L
Manitoba	Vic Peters	11	0
Alberta	Kevin Martin	10	1
New Brunswick	James Grattan	8	3
Ontario	Ed Werenich	7	4
Quebec	Don Westphal	5	6
Newfoundland	Jeff Thomas	5	6
British Columbia	Barry McPhee	5	6
Nova Scotia	Lowell Goulden	4	7
Yukon/Northwest Territories	Lonnie Kofoed	4	7
Northern Ontario	Mike Coulter	3	8
Prince Edward Island	Robert Campbell	3	8
Saskatchewan	Jim Packet	1	10

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Manitoba (Peters)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	4
Alberta (Martin)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	X	X	7

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	5
Quebec (Westphal)	0	1	0	0	5	0	3	0	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	2	0	3	0	1	3	0	X	X	9
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	6
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	9
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	7

Draw 3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	4	X	10
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	4
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	X	6

Draw 4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	7
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	6
Ontario (Werenich)	1	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2
Manitoba (Peters)	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	X	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	X	8

Draw 5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	2	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	X	10
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	5
Alberta (Martin)	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5	X	10

Draw 6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5
Manitoba (Peters)	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	3	0	3	1	2	0	X	X	X	X	9
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6
Quebec (Westphal)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5

Draw 7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	X	X	8
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	5
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Alberta (Martin)	1	0	3	0	3	1	0	2	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	2	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	X	X	10
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	4

Draw 8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	6
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	4
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	4	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	7
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	6

Draw 9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	X	7
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	5
Manitoba (Peters)	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6

Draw 10

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	4	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	X	10
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	8
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	2
Ontario (Werenich)	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	X	X	X	7

Draw 11

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Alberta (Martin)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	7
Quebec (Westphal)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	7
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 12

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	4
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	6
Quebec (Westphal)	0	4	0	1	0	4	0	2	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5
Manitoba (Peters)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	X	9

Draw 13

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	X	6
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	X	3
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	2	2	1	0	4	X	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	7
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6

Draw 14

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	1	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	X	9
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Alberta (Martin)	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	X	9
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	4	1	X	10
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 15

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	6
Quebec (Westphal)	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	X	8
Saskatchewan (Packet)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	4
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	X	8

Draw 16

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	7
Alberta (Martin)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	1	X	X	8
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Goulden)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	8
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	2	X	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2

Draw 17

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Kofoed)	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	X	7
Northern Ontario (Coulter)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Westphal)	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Prince Edward Island (Campbell)	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Packet)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Manitoba (Peters)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4

Playoffs

	Page playoffs					Semifinal					Final
	1	Manitoba	5								2	Alberta	10
	2	Alberta	6								1	Manitoba	8
						1	Manitoba	6
						3	New Brunswick	5
	3	New Brunswick	6
	4	Ontario	4

3 vs. 4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	6
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4

Player percentages
New Brunswick		Ontario
Jeff Lacey	76%	Neil Harrison	89%
Daryell Nowlan	69%	Pat Perroud	85%
Charles Sullivan	71%	John Kawaja	85%
James Grattan	79%	Ed Werenich	74%
Total	74%	Total	83%

1 vs. 2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Alberta (Martin)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6

Player percentages
Manitoba		Alberta
Scott Grant	93%	Don Bartlett	83%
Chris Neufeld	86%	Rudy Ramcharan	83%
Dan Carey	75%	Don Walchuk	88%
Vic Peters	81%	Kevin Martin	89%
Total	84%	Total	86%

Semifinal

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (Peters)	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
New Brunswick (Grattan)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Player percentages
Manitoba		New Brunswick
Scott Grant	99%	Jeff Lacey	77%
Chris Neufeld	95%	Daryell Nowlan	89%
Dan Carey	83%	Charles Sullivan	80%
Vic Peters	80%	James Grattan	75%
Total	89%	Total	80%

Final

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Martin)	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	3	1	10
Manitoba (Peters)	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	8

Player percentages
Alberta		Manitoba
Don Bartlett	81%	Scott Grant	84%
Rudy Ramcharan	84%	Chris Neufeld	88%
Don Walchuk	75%	Dan Carey	85%
Kevin Martin	74%	Vic Peters	71%
Total	78%	Total	82%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads  % Neil Harrison 87 Mark Maki 85 Mark Butler 85 Darol Stuart 84 Jeff Lacey 84

Seconds  % Pat Perroud 85 Chris Neufeld 83 Daryell Nowlan 82 Pierre Charette 81 Rudy Ramcharan 80

Thirds  % Don Walchuk 84 Charles Sullivan 83 John Kawaja 82 Peter Gallant 79 Mike Coulter 79

Skips  % James Grattan 85 Vic Peters 81 Ed Werenich 80 Kevin Martin 78 Don Westphal 76

Team percentages

Round Robin only

Province	Skip	%
Ontario	Ed Werenich	83
New Brunswick	James Grattan	83
Manitoba	Vic Peters	81
Alberta	Kevin Martin	81
Prince Edward Island	Robert Campbell	78
Newfoundland	Jeff Thomas	78
Northern Ontario	Mike Coulter	78
Quebec	Don Westphal	78
Yukon/Northwest Territories	Lonnie Kofoed	77
British Columbia	Barry McPhee	77
Nova Scotia	Lowell Goulden	76
Saskatchewan	Jim Packet	75

References

1. "Alberta team jubilant after record-setting Brier". Calgary Herald. March 17, 1997. p. A1. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
2. "Martin rides Brier roller-coaster to win". Edmonton Journal. March 17, 1997. p. D1. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

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