1986 Labatt Brier

The 1986 Labatt Brier was held from March 2 to 9^[1] at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario.^[2]

1986 Labatt Brier
Host city	Kitchener, Ontario
Arena	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Dates	March 2–9
Attendance	97,684
Winner	Alberta
Curling club	Calgary WC, Calgary
Skip	Ed Lukowich
Third	John Ferguson
Second	Neil Houston
Lead	Brent Syme
Alternate	Wayne Hart
Finalist	Ontario (Russ Howard)
« 1985 1987 »

Ed Lukowich of Alberta defeated Russ Howard of Ontario to win his second Brier title.^[3][4]

Teams

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Calgary WC, Calgary Skip: Ed Lukowich Third: John Ferguson Second: Neil Houston Lead: Brent Syme Alternate: Wayne Hart	Kamloops CC, Kamloops Skip: Barry McPhee Third: Robert Kuroyama Second: Brian Eden Lead: Dave Schleppe Alternate: Grant Young	Pembina CC, Winnipeg Skip: Mike Riley Third: Brian Toews Second: Russ Wookey Lead: Terry Henry Alternate: Clare DeBlonde
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Thistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John Skip: Wade Blanchard Third: Norbert MacKinnon Second: Doug MacDonald Lead: Bill Oliver Alternate: Michael Blanchard	St. John's CC, St. John's Fourth: Chris Hamelmann Skip: Fred Durant Second: Blake Fizzard Lead: Dave Warren Alternate: Stephen Hamelmann	Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Al Harnden Third: Mike Coulter Second: Richard Evoy Lead: Rick Elliott Alternate: Eric Harnden
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Bill Campbell, Jr. Third: Guy LaRocque Second: Michael Wilson Lead: Don Sweete Alternate: Don Flemming	Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene Skip: Russ Howard Third: Glenn Howard Second: Tim Belcourt Lead: Kent Carstairs Alternate: Larry Merkley	Silver Fox CC, Summerside Skip: Grant Somers Third: Mel Bernard Second: John MacWilliams Lead: Don Bourque Alternate: Steve Costain
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
Glenmore CC, Montreal Skip: Gordon Hess Third: Kevin Adams Second: Malcolm Turner Lead: Don Reddick Alternate: Peter Ryan	Humboldt CC, Humboldt Skip: Lyle Muyres Third: Warren Muyres Second: Craig Muyres Lead: Garth Muyres Alternate: Eugene Hritzuk	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Klaus Schoenne Third: Doug Bothamley Second: Don Edl Lead: Gerry Menard Alternate: Trevor Alexander

Map of teams

Lukowich

McPhee

Riley

Blanchard

Durant

Harnden

Campbell, Jr.

Howard

Somers

Hess

Muyres

Schoenne

Provincial Winners

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Province	Skip	W	L	Shot  %
Alberta	Ed Lukowich	9	2	82
Ontario	Russ Howard	9	2	82
Saskatchewan	Lyle Muyres	7	4	80
British Columbia	Barry McPhee	7	4	76
Manitoba	Mike Riley	6	5	78
Newfoundland	Fred Durant	6	5	75
Northern Ontario	Al Harnden	6	5	74
Quebec	Gordon Hess	6	5	81
New Brunswick	Wade Blanchard	4	7	70
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Klaus Schoenne	3	8	69
Nova Scotia	Bill Campbell, Jr.	2	9	73
Prince Edward Island	Grant Somers	1	10	75

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4
Ontario (Howard)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Blanchard)	1	0	2	4	0	1	0	2	X	X	10
Nova Scotia (Campbell)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Hess)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Newfoundland (Durant)	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	8
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	7

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

Draw 2

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne)	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	6
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1
Quebec (Hess)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	7
Northern Ontario (Harnden)	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6

Draw 3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Manitoba (Riley)	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Hess)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
Ontario (Howard)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5

Draw 4

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	3
Nova Scotia (Campbell)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Somers)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Northern Ontario (Harnden)	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	X	X	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne)	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5
New Brunswick (Blanchard)	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	7

Draw 5

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Harnden)	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	X	10
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6
Prince Edward Island (Somers)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	3
Manitoba (Riley)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	X	7
Prince Edward Island (Somers)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5

Draw 7

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Blanchard)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	1	1	2	3	0	2	0	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	2	X	X	8
Manitoba (Riley)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (Campbell)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	5
Ontario (Howard)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6

Draw 8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Blanchard)	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Howard)	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	7
Northern Ontario (Harnden)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Campbell)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5
Manitoba (Riley)	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Somers)	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	X	X	8
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Hess)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6

Draw 9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Blanchard)	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	3
Northern Ontario (Harnden)	0	3	3	1	0	4	X	X	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Campbell)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	6
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	7

Draw 10

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Howard)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	6
Prince Edward Island (Somers)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Manitoba (Riley)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	0
Alberta (Lukowich)	1	1	0	3	1	1	4	X	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Hess)	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	6
Northern Ontario (Harnden)	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	8

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

Draw 11

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	6
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Campbell)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Quebec (Hess)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	X	5
British Columbia (McPhee)	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Blanchard)	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	X	X	10
Prince Edward Island (Somers)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Howard)	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	6
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3

Draw 12

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	1	0	2	1	1	4	1	0	X	10
Nova Scotia (Campbell)	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	X	7
Ontario (Howard)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	2	X	9
New Brunswick (Blanchard)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	7
Prince Edward Island (Somers)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Draw 13

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Harnden)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	6
Newfoundland (Durant)	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne)	0	0	2	3	1	0	3	0	1	X	10
Nova Scotia (Campbell)	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	6

Draw 14

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (Harnden)	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	7
Manitoba (Riley)	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	X	8
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	6

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Muyres)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
Ontario (Howard)	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	X	X	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Blanchard)	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6
Quebec (Hess)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	7

Draw 15

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	4
Quebec (Hess)	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (Riley)	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	7
New Brunswick (Blanchard)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Schoenne)	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
Ontario (Howard)	2	2	4	3	X	X	X	X	X	X	11

^ This game is set a Brier record for shortest game, ending after four ends.

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Harnden)	1	1	0	3	3	0	3	X	X	X	11
Nova Scotia (Campbell)	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	4

Tiebreaker

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

Player percentages
Saskatchewan		British Columbia
Garth Muyres	89%	Dave Schleppe	91%
Craig Muyres	83%	Brian Eden	84%
Warren Muyres	80%	Robert Kuroyama	79%
Lyle Muyres	66%	Barry McPhee	84%
Total	79%	Total	84%

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Alberta	4
	2	Ontario	6			2	Ontario	3
	3	British Columbia	5

Semifinal

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Howard)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	6
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5

Player percentages
Ontario		British Columbia
Kent Carstairs	93%	Dave Schleppe	83%
Tim Belcourt	89%	Brian Eden	81%
Glenn Howard	76%	Robert Kuroyama	83%
Russ Howard	86%	Barry McPhee	74%
Total	86%	Total	80%

Final

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lukowich)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4
Ontario (Howard)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3

Player percentages
Alberta		Ontario
Brent Syme	94%	Kent Carstairs	94%
Neil Houston	88%	Tim Belcourt	86%
John Ferguson	94%	Glenn Howard	91%
Ed Lukowich	83%	Russ Howard	81%
Total	89%	Total	88%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads % Garth Muyres 88 Kent Carstairs 87 Brent Syme 84 Don Bourque 83 Don Reddick 83

Seconds % Craig Muyres 84 Malcolm Turner 82 Tim Belcourt 80 Russ Wookey 80 Brian Eden 80

Thirds % Kevin Adams 84 John Ferguson 81 Glenn Howard 81 Brian Toews 80 Robert Kuroyama 78

Skips % Ed Lukowich 83 Russ Howard 80 Gordon Hess 77 Mike Riley 74 Lyle Muyres 71

Team percentages

Round Robin only

Province	Skip	%
Ontario	Russ Howard	82
Alberta	Ed Lukowich	82
Quebec	Gordon Hess	81
Saskatchewan	Lyle Muyres	80
Manitoba	Mike Riley	78
British Columbia	Barry McPhee	76
Newfoundland	Fred Durant	75
Prince Edward Island	Grant Somers	75
Northern Ontario	Al Harnden	74
Nova Scotia	Bill Campbell, Jr.	73
New Brunswick	Wade Blanchard	70
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Klaus Schoenne	69