The 1985 Labatt Brier, the Canadian national men's curling championship was held from March 3 to 10 at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick.[1][2] A total of 65,475 people attended the event.[3] As of 2025, this is the most recent Brier that New Brunswick has hosted.

Team Northern Ontario, skipped by Al Hackner defeated Alberta's Pat Ryan to win his second Brier title.[4][5]

Teams

The tams were listed as follows:[6]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Ottewell CC, Edmonton

Skip: Pat Ryan
Third: Gord Trenchie
Second: Don McKenzie
Lead: Don Walchuk
Alternate: Don Bartlett

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Paul Devlin
Third: Doug Meger
Second: Ken Watson
Lead: Dale Reibin
Alternate: Jim Topley

Wildewood CC, Winnipeg

Skip: John Bubbs
Third: Dave Iverson
Second: Cliff Lenz
Lead: Dan Hildebrand
Alternate: Derek Devlin

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Beaver CC, Moncton

Skip: Bryan Wight[a]
Third: Bob Carruthers
Second: Serge Denis
Lead: Cy Sutherland
Alternate: Gary Mitchell[a]

St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Jeff Thomas
Third: Geoff Cunningham
Second: John Allan
Lead: Neil Young
Alternate: Ken Thomas

Fort William CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Al Hackner
Third: Rick Lang
Second: Ian Tetley
Lead: Pat Perroud
Alternate: Bruce Kennedy

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Tom Hakansson
Third: Peter MacPhee
Second: Stuart MacLean
Lead: Dave Wallace
Alternate: Bruce Walker

Royal Canadian Navy CC, Ottawa

Skip: Earle Morris
Third: Lovel Lord
Second: Dave Merklinger
Lead: Bill Fletcher[b]
Alternate: Jerry Ciasnocha[b]

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Wayne Matheson
Third: Doug Weeks
Second: John Likely
Lead: Billy Dillon
Alternate: Ted MacFadyen

Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories/Yukon
Lachine CC, Montreal

Skip: Don Aitken
Third: Robbie MacLean
Second: Andrew Carter
Lead: Dan Belliveau
Alternate: Hugh Bray

Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Skip: Eugene Hritzuk
Third: Bob Miller
Second: Nick Paulsen[c]
Lead: Art Paulsen
Alternate: Stan Austman[c]

Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Al Delmage
Third: Roy Giles
Second: Bill Strain
Lead: Ron Kapicki
Alternate: Glenn Jackson

Map of teams

Round Robin standings

Final Round Robin standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Locale Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
 Alberta Pat Ryan 11 0 – 82 43 46 33 9 10 80%
 Northern Ontario Al Hackner 7 4 – 68 54 45 39 10 13 81%
 Quebec Don Aitken 6 5 2–1; 1–0 71 64 46 42 9 15 74%
 Prince Edward Island Wayne Matheson 6 5 2–1; 0–1 61 77 44 50 4 9 73%
 Saskatchewan Eugene Hritzuk 6 5 1–2; 1–0 66 59 41 40 15 6 78%
 Northwest Territories/Yukon Al Delmage 6 5 1–2; 0–1 68 67 47 43 4 15 74%
 Manitoba John Bubbs 5 6 3–0 78 66 42 45 7 11 79%
 Nova Scotia Tom Hakansson 5 6 2–1 63 64 44 44 8 9 74%
 British Columbia Paul Devlin 5 6 1–2 66 70 44 46 3 8 73%
 Ontario Earle Morris 5 6 0–3 69 76 43 48 5 10 81%
 New Brunswick Bryan Wight 3 8 – 57 75 42 45 6 10 69%
 Newfoundland Jeff Thomas 1 10 – 56 90 42 51 6 8 71%

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Time (UTC-04:00).[6][8]

Draw 1

Sunday, March 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Aitken) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X X 3
 Manitoba (Bubbs) (has hammer) 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Wight) 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 X 10
 Newfoundland (Thomas) (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Morris) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 8
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
 British Columbia (Devlin) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Alberta (Ryan) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 X 9

Draw 2

Sunday, March 3, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 7
 British Columbia (Devlin) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 X X 9
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Bubbs) 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 X 8
 Alberta (Ryan) (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Aitken) 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 X 7
 Ontario (Morris) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 6

Draw 3

Monday, March 4, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 7
 Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Morris) (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
 Manitoba (Bubbs) 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 X 9

Draw 4

Monday, March 4, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Morris) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 8
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 X 6
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Devlin) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 8
 Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
 New Brunswick (Wight) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 7

Draw 5

Monday, March 4, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Thomas) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 4 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
 British Columbia (Devlin) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 6
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Bubbs) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4
 New Brunswick (Wight) (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 3
 Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 X X 8

Draw 6

Tuesday, March 5, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 X 5
 British Columbia (Devlin) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 7

Tuesday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 7
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Morris) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 X X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 New Brunswick (Wight) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 8
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
 Quebec (Aitken) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Thomas) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 7
 Manitoba (Bubbs) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 6

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 5, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Wight) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Manitoba (Bubbs) 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 9
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Thomas) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
 Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Morris) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5
 British Columbia (Devlin) (has hammer) 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 X 8

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 6, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Wight) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) (has hammer) 0 2 2 0 3 0 5 X X X 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Thomas) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 X X 10

Draw 10

Wednesday, March 6, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Bubbs) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Devlin) 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 10
 Quebec (Aitken) (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 X 6
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Morris) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 11

Wednesday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Devlin) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 5
 Ontario (Morris) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Quebec (Aitken) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5
 Alberta (Ryan) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Wight) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Bubbs) (has hammer) 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 7
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2

Draw 12

Thursday, March 7, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 10
 Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Manitoba (Bubbs) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Devlin) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
 New Brunswick (Wight) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Alberta (Ryan) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 5
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 7

Draw 13

Thursday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) (has hammer) 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 X 8
 New Brunswick (Wight) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 7
 Ontario (Morris) (has hammer) 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
 Newfoundland (Thomas) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Devlin) 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 5
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) (has hammer) 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6

Draw 14

Friday, March 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 X 6
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 X 6
 Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Devlin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 3
 Manitoba (Bubbs) 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 3 X X 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Wight) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Ontario (Morris) 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 X X X 7

Draw 15

Friday, March 8, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Nova Scotia (Hakansson) (has hammer) 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10
 Ontario (Morris) 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Aitken) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 8
 New Brunswick (Wight) 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 7
 Manitoba (Bubbs) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 X X 8
 Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 7
 Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

Tiebreakers

First Round To Playoffs
    
 Quebec 6
 Northwest Territories/Yukon 5
 Quebec 4
 Saskatchewan 8
 Prince Edward Island 1
 Saskatchewan 8

First Round

Friday, March 8, 7:30 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Aitken) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 6
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 5
Player percentages
 Quebec  Northwest Territories/Yukon
Dan Belliveau 72% Ron Kapicki 88%
Andrew Carter 71% Bill Strain 81%
Robbie MacLean 74% Roy Giles 61%
Don Aitken 79% Al Delmage 60%
Total 74% Total 73%
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 X X X 8
Player percentages
 Prince Edward Island  Saskatchewan
Billy Dillon 61% Art Paulsen 83%
John Likely 79% Nick Paulsen 64%
Doug Weeks 82% Bob Miller 96%
Wayne Matheson 38% Eugene Hritzuk 91%
Total 65% Total 84%

Second Round

Saturday, March 9, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Aitken) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 X 8
Player percentages
 Quebec  Saskatchewan
Dan Belliveau 88% Art Paulsen 77%
Andrew Carter 82% Nick Paulsen 82%
Robbie MacLean 69% Bob Miller 83%
Don Aitken 61% Eugene Hritzuk 79%
Total 75% Total 81%

Playoffs

Semifinal Final
1  Alberta 5
2  Northern Ontario 7 2  Northern Ontario 6
3  Saskatchewan 4

Semifinal

Saturday, March 9, 1:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 7
 Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
Player percentages
 Northern Ontario  Saskatchewan
Pat Perroud 88% Art Paulsen 78%
Ian Tetley 80% Nick Paulsen 69%
Rick Lang 70% Bob Miller 83%
Al Hackner 80% Eugene Hritzuk 78%
Total 79% Total 77%

Final

Sunday, March 10, 1:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Alberta (Ryan) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
The "Hackner double", an in-off double takeout considered one of the greatest shots in curling.
Player percentages
 Alberta  Northern Ontario
Don Walchuk 86% Pat Perroud 100%
Don McKenzie 81% Ian Tetley 94%
Gord Trenchie 82% Rick Lang 82%
Pat Ryan 89% Al Hackner 82%
Total 84% Total 90%

The Hackner double

Hackner found himself in a two-point deficit coming into the tenth end, and he was forced to make a very tough double takeout and stick his shooter in order to tie the game. The shot allowed him to steal a point in the extra end when Ryan was heavy with his last stone.[4]

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round Robin only

Key
First All-Star Team
Second All-Star Team
Leads %
Ontario Bill Fletcher 86
Northern Ontario Pat Perroud 82
Prince Edward Island Billy Dillon 80
Saskatchewan Art Paulsen 79
Manitoba Dan Hildebrand 79
Seconds %
Ontario Dave Merklinger 83
Northern Ontario Ian Tetley 81
Alberta Don McKenzie 81
Manitoba Cliff Lenz 80
Saskatchewan Nick Paulsen 80
Thirds %
Manitoba Dave Iverson 80
Northern Ontario Rick Lang 80
Ontario Lovel Lord 80
Alberta Gord Trenchie 77
British Columbia Doug Meger 76
Nova Scotia Peter MacPhee 76
Skips %
Alberta Pat Ryan 84
Northern Ontario Al Hackner 81
Saskatchewan Eugene Hritzuk 77
Quebec Don Aitken 75
Manitoba John Bubbs 75

Awards

The all-star teams and award winners are as follows:[4]

All Star Teams

First Team
Position Name Team
Skip Pat Ryan  Alberta
Third Dave Iverson  Manitoba
Second Don McKenzie  Alberta
Lead Bill Fletcher  Ontario
Second Team
Position Name Team
Skip Don Aitken  Quebec
Third Rick Lang  Northern Ontario
Second Ian Tetley  Northern Ontario
Lead Don Walchuk  Alberta

Ross Harstone Award

The Ross Harstone Award is presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.

Name Position Team
Dan Hildebrand Lead  Manitoba

Notes

  1. ^ a b Team New Brunswick alternate Gary Mitchell threw skip stones in Draw 15.
  2. ^ a b Team Ontario alternate Jerry Ciasnocha threw lead stones in the last end of Draw 14.
  3. ^ a b Team Saskatchewan alternate Stan Austman threw second stones for the last five ends of Draw 2 after second Nick Paulsen left the game due to an upset stomach.[7]

References

  1. ^ Rauw, Murray (4 March 1985). "Ryan unbeatable on opening day of Brier". Calgary Herald. Moncton. p. C1. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  2. ^ Komosky, Dave (5 March 1985). "Hritzuk's streak stopped at 20". The Phoenix. p. 28. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Brier Attendance (1946-present)" (PDF). 2025 Montana's Brier Media Guide. Curling Canada. p. 106. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Rauw, Murray (11 March 1985). "Ryan loses Brier heart-breaker in a dramatic game of inches". Calgary Herald. Moncton. p. C1. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  5. ^ "1985 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 28 December 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ a b c "1985 Labatt Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  7. ^ Tingley, Dwayne (4 March 1985). "Lobster upsets curler". Moncton Times-Transcript. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Labatt Brier Schedule". Moncton Times-Transcript. 2 March 1985. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
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