1988 Labatt Brier

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1988 Labatt Brier
Host cityChicoutimi, Quebec
ArenaCentre Georges-Vézina
DatesMarch 6–13
Attendance45,220
Winner Alberta
Curling clubOttewell CC, Edmonton
SkipPat Ryan
ThirdRandy Ferbey
SecondDon Walchuk
LeadDon McKenzie
AlternateRoy Hebert
Finalist Saskatchewan (Eugene Hritzuk)
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The 1988 Labatt Brier was held from March 6 to 13[1] 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.[2]

Teams

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Ottewell CC, Edmonton

Skip: Pat Ryan
Third: Randy Ferbey
Second: Don Walchuk
Lead: Don McKenzie
Alternate: Roy Hebert

 Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Ron Thompson
Third: Glen Hillson
Second: Graeme Franklin
Lead: Rob Robinson
Alternate: Joel Berglund

 Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Kerry Burtnyk
Third: Jim Spencer
Second: Ron Kammerlock
Lead: Don Harvey
Alternate: Jeff Ryan

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Newcastle CC, Newcastle

Skip: Steve Adams
Third: Ward McDonald
Second: Greg Gallivan
Lead: Roger Gallant
Alternate: Dodie Dickison

 Recplex, Corner Brook

Skip: Gary Oke
Third: Ken Thomas
Second: Marc Brophy
Lead: Gerry Collins
Alternate: Fred Schulstad

 Fort William CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Al Hackner
Third: Rick Lang
Second: Jim Adams
Lead: Doug Smith
Alternate: Bill Adams

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Thomas Hakansson
Third: Stuart MacLean
Second: Bill Robinson
Lead: Dave Wallace
Alternate: Peter MacPhee

 Avonlea CC, Toronto

Skip: Paul Savage
Third: Ed Werenich
Second: Graeme McCarrel
Lead: Neil Harrison
Alternate: John Kawaja

 Crapaud CC, Summerside

Skip: David MacFadyen
Third: Frank MacDonald
Second: Neil MacFadyen
Lead: Aidan Sheridan
Alternate: Ted MacFadyen

Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories/Yukon
Lachine CC, Lachine

Skip: Lawren Steventon
Third: Pete Gawel
Second: Marco Ferraro
Lead: Dean Gemmell
Alternate: Malcolm Turner

 Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Skip: Eugene Hritzuk
Third: Del Shaughnessy
Second: Murray Soparlo
Lead: Don Dabrowski
Alternate: Ron Mills

 Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Trevor Alexander
Third: Richard Robertson
Second: Brad Robertson
Lead: Clayton Ravndal
Alternate: John Moss

Map of teams

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
ProvinceSkipWLShot
 %
AlbertaPat Ryan11085
SaskatchewanEugene Hritzuk8381
OntarioPaul Savage8381
ManitobaKerry Burtnyk7482
Nova ScotiaThomas Hakansson7479
British ColumbiaRon Thompson6582
Northern OntarioAl Hackner5682
QuebecLawren Steventon4775
NewfoundlandGary Oke4779
New BrunswickSteve Adams3873
Prince Edward IslandDavid MacFadyen2970
Northwest Territories/YukonTrevor Alexander11073

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Thompson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 🔨 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 5
Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Adams) 🔨 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3
Alberta (Ryan) 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 🔨 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Ontario (Savage) 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 🔨 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 X 5
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 X 8

Draw 2

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 X X 6
Ontario (Savage) 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Ryan) 🔨 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 5
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 🔨 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
British Columbia (Thompson) 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
New Brunswick (Adams) 🔨 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Steventon) 🔨 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X X 5
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 X X 8

Draw 3

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7
British Columbia (Thompson) 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
New Brunswick (Adams) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 🔨 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4

Draw 4

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Adams) 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X 2
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 🔨 1 2 0 2 2 1 X X X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 X X 8
Quebec (Steventon) 🔨 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Savage) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Newfoundland (Oke) 🔨 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 🔨 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 6
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 🔨 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3

Draw 5

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Newfoundland (Oke) 🔨 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Ontario (Savage) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Steventon) 🔨 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 7
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 X 11
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 🔨 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
British Columbia (Thompson) 🔨 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3

Draw 6

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 🔨 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 8
Ontario (Savage) 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 11

Draw 7

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Ryan) 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 9
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 🔨 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Adams) 🔨 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 8
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 🔨 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Quebec (Steventon) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
British Columbia (Thompson) 🔨 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland (Oke) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 6
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 🔨 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 8

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Quebec (Steventon) 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 🔨 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
British Columbia (Thompson) 🔨 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Alberta (Ryan) 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Adams) 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 5
Ontario (Savage) 🔨 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 9

Draw 9

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X 5
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 7
Quebec (Steventon) 🔨 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 8

Draw 10

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 X X 6
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Savage) 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9
British Columbia (Thompson) 🔨 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 🔨 4 0 0 4 0 0 X X X X 8
Quebec (Steventon) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Adams) 🔨 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 X 9
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
Alberta (Ryan) 🔨 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 8

Draw 11

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Savage) 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland (Oke) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
New Brunswick (Adams) 🔨 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Thompson) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 7
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 🔨 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

Draw 12

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
Newfoundland (Oke) 🔨 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Steventon) 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 7
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Savage) 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 🔨 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 🔨 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 X X 8
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Thompson) 🔨 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 6
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4

Draw 13

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 🔨 0 0 4 2 2 1 X X X X 9
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X X X 4
New Brunswick (Adams) 🔨 2 1 0 5 0 2 1 X X X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 🔨 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Ryan) 🔨 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Savage) 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 X X X 8
Quebec (Steventon) 🔨 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2

Draw 14

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
British Columbia (Thompson) 🔨 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Steventon) 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Alberta (Ryan) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander) 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 8
Newfoundland (Oke) 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Savage) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 🔨 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 7
New Brunswick (Adams) 🔨 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 6

Draw 15

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Steventon) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 X 6
New Brunswick (Adams) 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Thompson) 2 4 3 0 1 X X X X X 10
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Ryan) 🔨 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 X 9
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 🔨 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 6
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 X 8
Newfoundland (Oke) 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2

Playoffs

Semifinal Final
1 Alberta 8
2 Saskatchewan 6 2 Saskatchewan 7
3 Ontario 1

Semifinal

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 X X 6
Ontario (Savage) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Player percentages
Saskatchewan Ontario
Don Dabrowski78% Neil Harrison100%
Murray Soparlo64% Graeme McCarrel93%
Del Shaughnessy82% Ed Werenich79%
Eugene Hritzuk90% Paul Savage67%
Total78% Total85%

Final

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Ryan) 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 8
Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
Player percentages
Alberta Saskatchewan
Don McKenzie94% Don Dabrowski91%
Don Walchuk88% Murray Soparlo83%
Randy Ferbey80% Del Shaughnessy79%
Pat Ryan70% Eugene Hritzuk84%
Total83% Total84%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads%
Manitoba Don Harvey88
Northern Ontario Doug Smith87
Ontario Neil Harrison85
British Columbia Rob Robinson84
Alberta Don McKenzie84
Seconds%
Alberta Don Walchuk87
Ontario Graeme McCarrel83
Manitoba Ron Kammerlock82
British Columbia Graeme Franklin82
Saskatchewan Murray Soparlo80
Thirds%
Alberta Randy Ferbey85
Northern Ontario Rick Lang83
British Columbia Glen Hillson83
Newfoundland and Labrador Ken Thomas81
Manitoba Jim Spencer80
Skips%
Alberta Pat Ryan85
Saskatchewan Eugene Hritzuk82
Northern Ontario Al Hackner80
Nova Scotia Thomas Hakansson79
Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk79

Team percentages

Round Robin only

ProvinceSkip%
AlbertaPat Ryan85
ManitobaKerry Burtnyk82
Northern OntarioAl Hackner82
British ColumbiaRon Thompson82
OntarioPaul Savage81
SaskatchewanEugene Hritzuk81
Nova ScotiaThomas Hakansson79
NewfoundlandGary Oke79
QuebecLawren Steventon75
Northwest Territories/YukonTrevor Alexander73
New BrunswickSteve Adams73
Prince Edward IslandDavid MacFadyen70

References

  1. "1988 Labatt Brier". CurlingZone. Archived from the original on 2005-02-09. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. "1988 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 29 December 2012.