2000 Labatt Brier

2000 Labatt Brier
Host city	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Arena	Saskatchewan Place
Dates	March 4–12
Attendance	248,793
Winner	British Columbia
Curling club	Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Skip	Greg McAulay
Third	Brent Pierce
Second	Bryan Miki
Lead	Jody Sveistrup
Alternate	Darin Fenton
Finalist	New Brunswick

The 2000 Labatt Brier curling competition was held March 4-12 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This was the last Brier to be sponsored by Labatt. Skip Greg McAulay out of British Columbia beat out notable teams such as Kevin Martin, and Jeff Stoughton to go on to defeat Russ Howard 9-5 in the final.

Teams

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Ottewell Curling Club, Edmonton Skip: Kevin Martin Third: Don Walchuk* Second: Carter Rycroft Lead: Don Bartlett	Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster Skip: Greg McAulay Third: Brent Pierce Second: Bryan Miki Lead: Jody Sveistrup	Charleswood Curling Club, Winnipeg Skip: Jeff Stoughton Third: Jon Mead Second: Garry VanDenBerghe Lead: Doug Armstrong
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Beaver Curling Club, Moncton Skip: Russ Howard Third: Wayne Tallon Second: Rick Perron Lead: Grant Odishaw	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Skip: Rick Rowsell Third: Peter Hollett Second: Ken Ellis Lead: Craig Downton	Idylwylde Country Club, Sudbury Skip: Tim Phillips Third: Roger Sauve Second: Ron Henderson Lead: Dan Sauve
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Bridgewater Curling Club, Halifax Skip: Shawn Adams Third: Jeff Hopkins Second: Ben Blanchard Lead: Jason Blanchar	Glendale Golf & Country Club, Hamilton Skip: Peter Corner Third: Todd Brandwood Second: Drew Macklin Lead: Dwayne Pyper	Charlottetown Curling Club, Charlottetown Skip: Andrew Robinson Third: Evan Sullivan Second: Brian Scales Lead: Bob Pritchett
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
Club de curling Victoria, Sainte-Foy Skip: François Roberge Third: Maxime Elmaleh Second: Éric Sylvain Lead: Jean Gagnon	Granite Curling Club, Saskatoon Skip: Bruce Korte Third: Darrell McKee Second: Roger Korte Lead: Rory Golanowski	Whitehorse Curling Club, Whitehorse Skip: Chad Cowan Third: Doug Bryant Second: Jason Nolan Lead: Ross Milward

Standings

Locale	Skip	W	L
British Columbia	Greg McAulay	9	2
New Brunswick	Russ Howard	8	3
Quebec	François Roberge	8	3
Manitoba	Jeff Stoughton	8	3
Ontario	Peter Corner	8	3
Alberta	Kevin Martin	6	5
Saskatchewan	Bruce Korte	5	6
Prince Edward Island	Andrew Robinson	4	7
Yukon/Northwest Territories	Chad Cowan	3	8
Nova Scotia	Shawn Adams	3	8
Newfoundland	Rick Rowsell	2	9
Northern Ontario	Tim Phillips	2	9

Tie breaker

• Ontario 5-7 Manitoba

Page playoffs

	Page playoffs					Semifinal					Final
	1	British Columbia	5
	2	New Brunswick	3								1	British Columbia	9
						2	New Brunswick	8			2	New Brunswick	5
						3	Quebec	5
	3	Quebec	7
	4	Manitoba	5

Sources

• Sougog's Curling History Site - 2000 Labatt Brier