The 1993 Labatt Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 6 to 14 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. The finals featured the all star Team Ontario, consisting of skip Russ Howard, his brother Glenn at third, second Wayne Middaugh and lead Peter Corner against a British Columbia team made up of two expatriate Brier winners in skip Rick Folk (1980 Brier champion for Saskatchewan) and third Pat Ryan (1988 & 1989 Brier champion for Alberta).
The final was won by Ontario. Thanks to steals in the third and fourth ends, they were able to hold on to a victory by a score of 5–3 in the last Brier before the adoption of the free guard zone.
Glenn Howard, Middaugh and Corner would all later compete for Ontario as skips, and both Howard and Middaugh won Briers and World championships as skips.
Teams The 1993 Brier featured first time skips Greg Ferster of Alberta and Alan O'Leary of Nova Scotia, 1980 Brier champion Rick Folk of British Columbia, the defending 1992 Brier champion Manitoba rink skipped by Vic Peters, 2nd time Brier skips Mike Kennedy of New Brunswick and Pierre Charette of Quebec, 3rd time Brier skips Gary Oke of Newfoundland and Trevor Alexander of the Territories, 3 time Brier champion Rick Lang of Northern Ontario, 1987 Brier champion Russ Howard of Ontario, 1989 Mixed champion Robert Campbell of Prince Edward Island and 1991 Brier runners up Randy Woytowich of Saskatchewan.
British ColumbiaManitobaLeduc Curling Club, Leduc Skip: Greg Ferster Third: Kelly Kijewski Second: Calvin Schiewe Lead: Rich Hipkin Alternate: Randy OlsonKelowna Curling Club, Kelowna Skip: Rick Folk Third: Pat Ryan Second: Bert Gretzinger Lead: Gerry Richard Alternate: Ron SteinhauerGranite Curling Club, Winnipeg Skip: Vic Peters Third: Dan Carey Second: Chris Neufeld Lead: Don Rudd Alternate: John LoxtonNew BrunswickNewfoundland Northern OntarioEdmundston Curling Club, Edmundston Skip: Mike Kennedy Third: Brad Fitzherbert Second: Marc Lecocq Lead: Dave Coster Alternate: Gordie McGuganRec Plex, Corner Brook Skip: Gary Oke Third: Don Ryan Second: Rob Thomas Lead: Gary Rowe Alternate: Terry OkeFort William Curling Club, Thunder Bay Skip: Rick Lang Third: Scott Henderson Second: Ross Tetley Lead: Art Lappalainen Alternate: Charles SalinaNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandDartmouth Curling Club, Dartmouth Skip: Alan O'Leary Third: Bob LeClair Second: Steve Johnston Lead: Steve Piggott Alternate: Stuart MacLeanPenetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene Skip: Russ Howard Third: Glenn Howard Second: Wayne Middaugh Lead: Peter Corner Alternate: Larry MerkleyCharlottetown Curling Club, Charlottetown Skip: Robert Campbell Third: Peter Gallant Second: Mark O'Rourke Lead: Mark Butler Alternate: Peter MacDonaldQuebec SaskatchewanYukon/Northwest TerritoriesBuckingham Curling Club, Buckingham Skip: Pierre Charette Third: Daniel Lemery Second: Don Westphal Lead: Louis Biron Alternate: Eric CarriereTartan Curling Club, Regina Skip: Randy Woytowich Third: Brian McCusker Second: Wyatt Buck Lead: John Grundy Alternate: Dale GrahamYellowknife Curling Club, Yellowknife Skip: Trevor Alexander Third: Richard Robertson Second: Steve Moss Lead: Scott Alexander Alternate: Al Delmage
Map of teams
Round-robin standings KeyTeams to Tiebreakers Locale Skip W L ShotPct. Vic Peters 8 3 84 Rick Folk 8 3 85 Rick Lang 8 3 81 Russ Howard 8 3 87 Randy Woytowich 6 5 82 Pierre Charette 5 6 78 Mike Kennedy 5 6 79 Gary Oke 5 6 74 Greg Ferster 4 7 77 Robert Campbell 4 7 81 Trevor Alexander 3 8 72 Alan O'Leary 2 9 76
Round-robin results Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Draw 8
Draw 9
Draw 10
Draw 11
Draw 12
Draw 13
Draw 14
Draw 15
Draw 16
Draw 17
Tiebreakers A series of tiebreakers were played between the four teams tied at first with an 8–3 record. Manitoba, who had beaten all three teams in the round-robin, was seeded first, but lost both of their tiebreaker games, eliminating them from the three-team playoffs.
Round 1
Round 2
Playoffs
Semifinal
Final
Statistics Top 5 player percentages Round Robin only Leads % Peter Corner 93 Louis Biron 89 Mark Butler 88 Gerry Richard 87 Rich Hipkin 87 Seconds % Wayne Middaugh 87 Bert Gretzinger 85 Chris Neufeld 85 Wyatt Buck 84 Mark O'Rourke 83 Thirds % Pat Ryan 88 Glenn Howard 86 Dan Carey 84 Brian McCusker 81 Peter Gallant 80 Skips % Russ Howard 83 Vic Peters 81 Rick Folk 81 Rick Lang 77 Pierre Charette 77
Team percentages Round Robin only Province Skip % Russ Howard 87 Rick Folk 85 Vic Peters 84 Randy Woytowich 82 Robert Campbell 81 Rick Lang 81 Mike Kennedy 79 Pierre Charette 78 Greg Ferster 77 Alan O'Leary 76 Gary Oke 74 Trevor Alexander 72
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