2001 Nokia Brier

2001 Nokia Brier

The 2001 Nokia Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held March 3-11 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. It was the very first Brier to be sponsored by Nokia. The theme of the event was the . In the finals, Team Alberta, consisting of skip Randy Ferbey, fourth David Nedohin, second Scott Pfeifer and lead Marcel Rocque would capture their first of four Brier wins as a team. They edged out Team Manitoba skipped by Kerry Burtnyk in the final, 8-4. While the Brier was not unsuccessful, it did end up losing money. [ [http://www.inthehack.com/node/21953?cache=no 2007 Brier to Hamilton | Curling at InTheHack ] ] The total attendance was 154,136.

Teams

The 2001 Brier featured the 1981 & 1995 champion Kerry Burtnyk rink of Manitoba, 1982 & 1985 champion Al Hackner rink of Northern Ontario, 1998 champion Wayne Middaugh rink of Ontario, 1988 & 1989 champion third Randy Ferbey with his new Alberta rink, 1998 & 1999 runner-up Guy Hemmings rink of Quebec, 1990 runner-up Jim Sullivan rink of New Brunswick, 1999 Mixed champion Paul Flemming, 5-time PEI champion Peter MacDonald, 4-time territories champion Steve Moss, 2-time Saskatchewan champion Doug Harcourt along with new comers 1989 Canadian Junior champion Dean Joanisse of BC, and Keith Ryan of Newfoundland.

1 vs. 2

March 9, 19:30

Player percentages

References

ources

* [http://www.cbc.ca/sports/wintersports/brier2001/index.html CBC sports - 2001 Brier]
* [http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/2001.htm Soudog's curling history site - 2001 Brier]
* [http://media.curling.ca/contentImages/File/Fan%20Central/2001_Nokia_Brier.pdf Canadian Curling Association - 2001 Brier statistical summary]
* [http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/soc.php?view=Main&eventid=35&eventtypeid=2&tp=0 Curlingzone.com - 2001 Nokia Brier]


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