1988 Labatt Brier

The 1988 Labatt Brier was held from March 6 to 13^[1] at the Centre Georges-Vézina in Chicoutimi, Quebec.

1988 Labatt Brier
Host city	Chicoutimi, Quebec
Arena	Centre Georges-Vézina
Dates	March 6–13
Attendance	45,220
Winner	Alberta
Curling club	Ottewell CC, Edmonton
Skip	Pat Ryan
Third	Randy Ferbey
Second	Don Walchuk
Lead	Don McKenzie
Alternate	Roy Hebert
Finalist	Saskatchewan (Eugene Hritzuk)
« 1987 1989 »

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

Ryan

Thompson

Burtnyk

Adams

Oke

Hackner

Hakansson

Savage

MacFadyen

Steventon

Hritzuk

Alexander

Provincial Winners

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Province	Skip	W	L	Shot  %
Alberta	Pat Ryan	11	0	85
Saskatchewan	Eugene Hritzuk	8	3	81
Ontario	Paul Savage	8	3	81
Manitoba	Kerry Burtnyk	7	4	82
Nova Scotia	Thomas Hakansson	7	4	79
British Columbia	Ron Thompson	6	5	82
Northern Ontario	Al Hackner	5	6	82
Quebec	Lawren Steventon	4	7	75
Newfoundland	Gary Oke	4	7	79
New Brunswick	Steve Adams	3	8	73
Prince Edward Island	David MacFadyen	2	9	70
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Trevor Alexander	1	10	73

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 Dabrowski	78%	Neil Harrison	100%
Murray Soparlo	64%	Graeme McCarrel	93%
Del Shaughnessy	82%	Ed Werenich	79%
Eugene Hritzuk	90%	Paul Savage	67%
Total	78%	Total	85%

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 McKenzie	94%	Don Dabrowski	91%
Don Walchuk	88%	Murray Soparlo	83%
Randy Ferbey	80%	Del Shaughnessy	79%
Pat Ryan	70%	Eugene Hritzuk	84%
Total	83%	Total	84%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads  % Don Harvey 88 Doug Smith 87 Neil Harrison 85 Rob Robinson 84 Don McKenzie 84

Seconds  % Don Walchuk 87 Graeme McCarrel 83 Ron Kammerlock 82 Graeme Franklin 82 Murray Soparlo 80

Thirds  % Randy Ferbey 85 Rick Lang 83 Glen Hillson 83 Ken Thomas 81 Jim Spencer 80

Skips  % Pat Ryan 85 Eugene Hritzuk 82 Al Hackner 80 Thomas Hakansson 79 Kerry Burtnyk 79

Team percentages

Round Robin only

Province	Skip	%
Alberta	Pat Ryan	85
Manitoba	Kerry Burtnyk	82
Northern Ontario	Al Hackner	82
British Columbia	Ron Thompson	82
Ontario	Paul Savage	81
Saskatchewan	Eugene Hritzuk	81
Nova Scotia	Thomas Hakansson	79
Newfoundland	Gary Oke	79
Quebec	Lawren Steventon	75
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Trevor Alexander	73
New Brunswick	Steve Adams	73
Prince Edward Island	David MacFadyen	70