2004 Nokia Brier


The 2004 Nokia Brier was held from March 6 to 14 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Nova Scotia team skipped by Mark Dacey defeated the Alberta team of Randy Ferbey in dramatic fashion in the final game played on March 14. Ferbey's team was attempting to become Canadian champion for the fourth consecutive year.

Teams

Round robin standings

Nova Scotia finished first as they defeated Alberta 8–7 in draw 13. Most of the draws were televised live on TSN.

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time.

Draw 1

Saturday, March 6, 1:00 pm

Draw 2

Saturday, March 6, 6:00 pm

Draw 3

Sunday, March 7, 9:00 am

Draw 4

Sunday, March 7, 1:30 pm

Draw 5

Sunday, March 7, 6:30 pm

Draw 6

Monday, March 8, 9:00 am

Draw 7

Monday, March 8, 1:30 pm

Draw 8

Monday, March 8, 6:30 pm

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 9, 9:00 am

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 9, 1:30 pm

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 9, 6:30 pm

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 10, 9:00 am

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 pm

Draw 15

Thursday, March 11, 9:00 am

Draw 16

Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm

Draw 17

Thursday, March 11, 6:30 pm

Tiebreaker

Friday, March 12, 9:00 am

Playoffs

The Brier uses the page playoff system, where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.
Normally the 3 versus 4 page playoff game is played before the 1 versus 2 playoff game on Friday. However, since a tiebreaker was played this year on the same day to decide fourth place, the 1 versus 2 game was played first.

Page playoffs

Game one of the page playoffs was between Mark Dacey's team from Nova Scotia versus Randy Ferbey's team from Alberta.
Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm
Game two of the page playoffs was between Brad Gushue's team from Newfoundland and Labrador versus Jay Peachey's team from British Columbia.
Friday, March 12, 6:30 pm

Semifinal

The semifinal was played between Mark Dacey's team from Nova Scotia and Jay Peachey's team from British Columbia.
Saturday, March 13, 1:00 pm

Final

The final was played and televised on the CBC across Canada. Ferbey led 8–4 after the 7th end but Dacey's team put themselves back into the game with a big 3 point 8th end. Forcing Alberta to take a single in the 9th, Dacey was 2 down coming home but had last rock advantage. A couple of errors by Ferbey's team and some good shot making, gave Nova Scotia 3 points in the 10th end and the championship.
Sunday, March 14, 6:00 pm

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Team percentages

Round Robin only
ProvinceSkip%
Russ Howard84
Brad Gushue83
Randy Ferbey82
Mark Dacey81
Bruce Korte79
Jay Peachey78
Mike Harris77
Mike Gaudet75
Daniel Lafleur74
Rob Gordon71
Brent Scales69
Brian Wasnea65

Qualifying

Alberta

@ Hinton
  1. Randy Ferbey
  2. Kurt Balderston
  3. Kevin Martin
  4. John Morris
  5. Rob Armitage

    British Columbia

@ Nanaimo
  1. Jay Peachey
  2. Scott Decap
  3. Brian Miki
  4. Wes Craig

    Manitoba

@ Brandon
  1. Brent Scales
  2. Jeff Stoughton
  3. Murray Woodward
  4. Dave Boehmer

    New Brunswick

@ Fredericton
  1. Russ Howard
  2. Terry Odishaw
  3. Mike Flannery
  4. Mike Kennedy

    Northern Ontario

@ Sault Ste. Marie
  1. Rob Gordon
  2. Jeff Currie
  3. Denis Malette
  4. Al Harnden

    Ontario

@ Owen Sound
  1. Mike Harris
  2. Glenn Howard
  3. Phil Daniel
  4. Peter Corner

    Nova Scotia

@ Kentville
  1. Mark Dacey

    Newfoundland and Labrador

@ Goose Bay
  1. Brad Gushue
  2. Mark Noseworthy
  3. Keith Ryan
  4. John Boland

    Prince Edward Island

@ Summerside
  1. Mike Gaudet
  2. John Likely
  3. Peter MacDonald
  4. Andrew Robinson

    Saskatchewan

@ Moose Jaw
  1. Bruce Korte
  2. Brad Heidt
  3. Doug Harcourt
  4. Joel Jordison

    Yukon/Northwest Territories

@ Whitehorse
  1. Brian Wasnea
  2. Peter O'Driscoll
  3. Chad Cowan
  4. Paul Delorey
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