2002 Nokia Brier


The 2002 Nokia Brier was the Canadian men's curling championship. It was held from March 9 to 17, 2002 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. It was won by the Albertan foursome headed by Randy Ferbey. Ferbey threw third stones throughout the tournament while his mate David Nedohin threw skip stones. The other two members of the team were second Scott Pfeifer and lead Marcel Rocque.
The Ferbey team beat the young Ontario foursome of John Morris, Joe Frans, Craig Savill, and Brent Laing by a score of 9–4. The game's pivotal moment came when Ferbey scored four points in the fifth end to break open an otherwise even and low-scoring game.
Third place in the tournament went to the team skipped by New Brunswick's Russ Howard, while fourth place was taken by Saskatchewan's Scott Bitz.
Absent from the event were many of the top teams in the country who had boycotted the Brier in favour of the Grand Slam of Curling series, protesting the lack of prize money.

Teams

Round robin standings

ProvinceSkipWL
Randy Ferbey92
John Morris83
Scott Bitz74
Russ Howard74
Shawn Adams65
Pat Ryan65
Mark Lukowich65
Tim Phillips56
Mark Noseworthy47
Jonathan Solberg38
François Roberge38
Jon Likely29

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time.

Draw 1

Saturday, March 3, 1:30 pm

Draw 2

Saturday, March 3, 7:00 pm

Draw 3

Sunday, March 4, 9:00 am

Draw 4

Sunday, March 4, 1:30 pm

Draw 5

Sunday, March 4, 7:30 pm

Draw 6

Monday, March 5, 9:00 am

Draw 7

Monday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Draw 8

Monday, March 5, 7:30 pm

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 6, 9:00 am

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 6, 1:30 pm

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 7, 9:00 am

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 7, 1:30 pm

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Draw 15

Thursday, March 8, 9:00 am

Draw 16

Thursday, March 8, 1:30 pm

Draw 17

Thursday, March 8, 7:30 pm

Playoffs

3 vs. 4

Friday, March 9, 1:30 pm

1 vs. 2

Friday, March 9, 7:30 pm

Semifinal

Saturday, March 10, 1:30 pm

Final

Sunday, March 11, 1:30 pm

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Team percentages

Round Robin only
ProvinceSkip%
John Morris85
Randy Ferbey84
Shawn Adams84
Russ Howard83
Scott Bitz83
Pat Ryan81
François Roberge81
Mark Lukowich79
Tim Phillips78
Mark Noseworthy78
Jon Likely77
Jonathon Solberg75

Awards and honours

As always, there were a scattering of individual awards at the competition, though they were not considered important by fans, media, or players, as the team element of the game of curling is held in such esteem. The bonspiel's All-Stars were as follows :
The MVP Award, called the "Hec Gervais Award" went to David Nedohin.
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