The 1985

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was held from March 3 to 10 at the

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Al Hackner Allan A. Hackner (born July 18, 1954), nicknamed "the Iceman", is a retired Canadian Hall of Fame curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was born in Nipigon, Ontario. He is a two-time Brier and World Champion skip. He is of Ojibwa descent and i ...

of Northern Ontario defeated Pat Ryan of Alberta to win his second Brier title.

Teams

Round robin standings

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

Tiebreakers

Round 1

Round 2

Playoffs

Semifinal

Final

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.

Results

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round Robin only''

Team percentages

''Round Robin only''

Awards and honours

The all-star teams and award winners are as follows: ;All-Star Teams ''First Team'' *Skip: Pat Ryan *Third:

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*Second: Don McKenzie *Lead: Bill Fletcher ''Second Team'' *Skip: Don Aitken *Third:

Rick Lang Richard P. "Rick" Lang (born December 12, 1953) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He is a two-time World champion and three-time Brier champion representing Northern Ontario. He currently serves as a performance consultant for Curl ...

(N. Ont.) *Second:

Ian Tetley Ian J. Tetley (born August 14, 1962) is a Canadian curler from Oakville, Ontario. He is a three-time Brier and World Champion. Career Tetley is originally from Thunder Bay, in Northern Ontario, which gets a separate team at the Brier. In 1985, h ...

(N. Ont.) *Lead:

Don Walchuk Donald J. Walchuk (born March 6, 1963 in Melville, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. For many years Walchuk played third for Kevin Martin's team. On Martin's rink, Walchuk was known especially for his "high heat" - his ...

;Ross Harstone Award *

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, Manitoba lead

References

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Curling competitions in Moncton