2002 Nokia Brier

2002 Nokia Brier
Host city	Calgary, Alberta
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Dates	March 9-17
Attendance	245,296
Winner	Alberta
Curling club	Ottewell Curling Club, Edmonton
Skip	Randy Ferbey
Third	David Nedohin (fourth)
Second	Scott Pfeifer
Lead	Marcel Rocque
Alternate	Dan Holowaychuk
Coach	Brian Moore
Finalist	Ontario

The 2002 Nokia Brier was the Canadian Men's Curling Championship. It was held from March 9 to March 17, 2002 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. It was won by the Albertan foursome headed by Randy Ferbey. Ferbey threw third stones throughout the tournament while his mate (third) David Nedohin threw skip (or fourth) stones. The other two members of the team were second Scott Pfeifer and lead Marcel Rocque.

The Ferbey team beat the young Ontario foursome of John Morris, Joe Frans, Craig Savill, and Brent Laing by a score of 9–4. The game's pivotal moment came when Ferbey scored four points in the fifth end to break open an otherwise even and low-scoring game.

Third place in the tournament went to the team skipped by New Brunswick's Russ Howard, while fourth place was taken by Saskatchewan's Scott Bitz.

Here is the final round-robin standings among the twelve teams involved:

Locale	Skip	W	L
Alberta	Randy Ferbey	9	2
Ontario	John Morris	8	3
Saskatchewan	Scott Bitz	7	4
New Brunswick	Russ Howard	7	4
Nova Scotia	Shawn Adams	6	5
British Columbia	Pat Ryan	6	5
Manitoba	Mark Lukowich	6	5
Northern Ontario	Tim Phillips	5	6
Newfoundland and Labrador	Mark Noseworthy	4	7
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Jonathon Solberg	3	8
Quebec	Francois Roberge	3	8
Prince Edward Island	Jon Likely	2	9

Here is the scoring breakdown of the final game:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Ferbey)	2	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	X	9
Ontario (Morris)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	4

As always, there were a scattering of individual awards at the competition, though they were not (and in fact, are still not) considered important by fans, media, or players, as the team element of the game of curling is held in such esteem. The bonspeil's All-Stars were as follows (First Team All-Stars followed by Second Team All-Stars):

All-Stars
Position	First Team	Second Team
Skip	David Nedohin	John Morris
Third	Joe Frans	Randy Ferbey
Second	Scott Pfeifer	Craig Savill
Lead	Kelly Moskowy	Marcel Rocque

The MVP Award, called the "Hec Gervais Award" went to David Nedohin.

These individual awards suggest a level of dominance by the two final teams that is perhaps not reflective of the closeness in the round robin standings.

See also

• Curling
• Canadian Curling Association
• Scott Tournament of Hearts
• World Curling Championships