1998 Labatt Brier

The 1998 Labatt Brier was held from March 8 to 15 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1] Wayne Middaugh of Ontario won his second Brier and his first as a skip after he defeated Guy Hemmings of Quebec in the final.

1998 Labatt Brier
Host city	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Dates	March 8–15
Winner	Ontario
Curling club	St. George's G&CC, Toronto
Skip	Wayne Middaugh
Third	Graeme McCarrel
Second	Ian Tetley
Lead	Scott Bailey
Alternate	David Carruthers
Finalist	Quebec (Guy Hemmings)
« 1997 1999 »

Teams

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Granite CC, Edmonton Skip: Tom Reed Third: Warren Kushnir Second: Larry Gardeski Lead: Garry Landry Fifth: Doug Hardy	Royal City CC, New Westminster Skip: Greg McAulay Third: Brent Pierce Second: Bryan Miki Lead: Darin Fenton Fifth: Cary Sakiyama	Granite CC, Winnipeg Skip: Dale Duguid Third: James Kirkness Second: Jim Spencer Lead: Doug Armstrong Fifth: Barry Fry
New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador	Northern Ontario
Moncton CA, Moncton Skip: Terry Odishaw Third: Tommy Sullivan Second: Mark Dobson Lead: Kevin Keefe Fifth: Roger Nason	Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's Skip: Toby McDonald Third: Wayne Hamilton Second: Lloyd Powell Lead: Paul Withers Fifth: Wayne Young	Port Arthur CC, Thunder Bay Fourth: Rob Sinclair Skip: Bruce Melville Second: Dale Wiersema Lead: Larry Rathje Fifth: Ernie Surkan
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Paul Flemming Third: Glen MacLeod Second: Andy Dauphinee Lead: Tom Fetterly Fifth: David Noftall	St. George's G&CC, Toronto Skip: Wayne Middaugh Third: Graeme McCarrel Second: Ian Tetley Lead: Scott Bailey Fifth: David Carruthers	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Garth Mitchell Third: Ken McGregor Second: Phillip McInnis Lead: Brad Chugg Fifth: Kevin Champion
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
CC Saint-Lambert & Tracy, Saint-Lambert Skip: Guy Hemmings Third: Pierre Charette Second: Guy Thibaudeau Lead: Dale Ness Fifth: Dwayne Fowler	Hillcrest CC, Moose Jaw Skip: Rod Montgomery Third: Glen Despins Second: Dwayne Mihalicz Lead: Jeff Tait Fifth: Brian McCusker	Yellowknife Curling Club, Yellowknife Skip: Trevor Alexander Third: Klaus Schoenne Second: Brad Chorostkowski Lead: Mark Whitehead Alternate: Scott Alexander

Map of teams

Reed

McAulay

Duguld

Odishaw

McDonald

Melville

Flemming

Middaugh

Mitchell

Hemmings

Montgomery

Alexander

Provincial Winners

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Province	Skip	W	L
Ontario	Wayne Middaugh	10	1
Quebec	Guy Hemmings	8	3
Manitoba	Dale Duguid	7	4
Saskatchewan	Rod Montgomery	7	4
British Columbia	Greg McAulay	7	4
Northern Ontario	Bruce Melville	6	5
Nova Scotia	Paul Flemming	5	6
Alberta	Tom Reed	5	6
Newfoundland	Toby McDonald	4	7
New Brunswick	Terry Odishaw	4	7
Prince Edward Island	Garth Mitchell	2	9
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Trevor Alexander	1	10

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	0	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McAulay)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	6
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	7

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	5
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	7

Draw 2

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Middaugh)	3	0	3	0	0	4	0	X	X	X	10
Quebec (Hemmings)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	X	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Duguid)	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	8
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2

Draw 3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	4
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	3	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Hemmings)	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	8
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	6

Draw 4

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	4
Ontario (Middaugh)	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McAulay)	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	X	X	9
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	6
Quebec (Hemmings)	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	7

Draw 5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	5
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	8
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Middaugh)	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	X	X	X	8
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	2	1	2	2	1	X	X	X	X	8

Draw 6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Middaugh)	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	X	X	10
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	7
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (Melville)	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6
British Columbia (McAulay)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	9

Draw 7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (McAulay)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	6
Alberta (Reed)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	X	8
Quebec (Hemmings)	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	7
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	7
Newfoundland (McDonald)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	6

Draw 8

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Hemmings)	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	4	X	X	10
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Ontario (Middaugh)	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	X	8

Draw 9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	6
Quebec (Hemmings)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	X	9
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	X	X	9
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

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

Draw 10

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	7
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	5
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Melville)	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	7
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (McAulay)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Ontario (Middaugh)	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5

Draw 11

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Middaugh)	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	X	X	X	10
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	5

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	X	X	9

Draw 12

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	3
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	X	7
British Columbia (McAulay)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Middaugh)	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	X	10
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	X	5

Draw 13

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	8
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2
Ontario (Middaugh)	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	X	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Quebec (Hemmings)	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	X	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Melville)	2	3	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	X	8
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2

Draw 14

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McAulay)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	2	0	0	2	2	0	4	X	X	X	10
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	X	8
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 15

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	7
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	X	7
British Columbia (McAulay)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Middaugh)	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	X	X	7
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	X	6
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	X	9

Draw 16

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	7

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Ontario (Middaugh)	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	X	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Melville)	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	X	4
Quebec (Hemmings)	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	X	6

Draw 17

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Hemmings)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	6
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McAulay)	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	X	X	X	9
Prince Edward Island (Mitchell)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	X	2

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	X	7
New Brunswick (Odishaw)	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Tiebreaker

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

Player percentages
Saskatchewan		British Columbia
Jeff Tait	94%	Darin Fenton	86%
Dwayne Mihalicz	84%	Bryan Miki	75%
Glen Despins	85%	Brent Pierce	79%
Rod Montgomery	82%	Greg McAulay	73%
Total	86%	Total	78%

Playoffs

	Page playoffs					Semifinal					Final
	1	Ontario	10								1	Ontario	7
	2	Quebec	4								2	Quebec	4
						2	Quebec	7
						3	Manitoba	5
	3	Manitoba	6
	4	Saskatchewan	3

3 vs. 4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Duguid)	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	X	6
Saskatchewan (Montgomery)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Player percentages
Manitoba		Saskatchewan
Doug Armstrong	86%	Jeff Tait	85%
Jim Spencer	78%	Dwayne Mihalicz	78%
James Kirkness	89%	Glen Despins	88%
Dale Duguid	89%	Rod Montgomery	72%
Total	85%	Total	81%

1 vs. 2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Middaugh)	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	2	X	X	10
Quebec (Hemmings)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4

Player percentages
Ontario		Quebec
Scott Bailey	88%	Dale Ness	83%
Ian Tetley	84%	Guy Thibaudeau	69%
Graeme McCarrel	86%	Pierre Charette	91%
Wayne Middaugh	91%	Guy Hemmings	72%
Total	87%	Total	79%

Semifinal

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Hemmings)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	7
Manitoba (Duguid)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

Player percentages
Quebec		Manitoba
Dale Ness	89%	Doug Armstrong	89%
Guy Thibaudeau	73%	Jim Spencer	89%
Pierre Charette	70%	James Kirkness	73%
Guy Hemmings	88%	Dale Duguid	84%
Total	80%	Total	83%

Final

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Middaugh)	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	7
Quebec (Hemmings)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	4

Player percentages
Ontario		Quebec
Scott Bailey	90%	Dale Ness	83%
Ian Tetley	70%	Guy Thibaudeau	78%
Graeme McCarrel	94%	Pierre Charette	81%
Wayne Middaugh	90%	Guy Hemmings	81%
Total	86%	Total	80%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Leads  % Doug Armstrong 89 Tom Fetterly 87 Jeff Tait 86 Scott Bailey 85 Darin Fenton 84

Seconds  % Ian Tetley 84 Jim Spencer 84 Guy Thibaudeau 83 Larry Gardeski 83 Bryan Miki 81

Thirds  % Graeme McCarrel 90 Pierre Charette 83 Glen Despins 79 James Kirkness 79 Tommy Sullivan 78

Skips  % Wayne Middaugh 84 Dale Duguid 83 Guy Hemmings 79 Bruce Melville (N. Ont.) 75 Rod Montgomery 74

Team percentages

Round Robin only

Province	Skip	%
Ontario	Wayne Middaugh	86
Manitoba	Dale Duguid	84
Quebec	Guy Hemmings	82
Saskatchewan	Rod Montgomery	79
British Columbia	Greg McAulay	79
Alberta	Tom Reed	78
Northern Ontario	Bruce Melville	77
Nova Scotia	Paul Flemming	77
New Brunswick	Terry Odishaw	74
Newfoundland	Toby McDonald	71
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Trevor Alexander	69
Prince Edward Island	Garth Mitchell	68