The 2004
Nokia Brier was held from March 6 to 14, 2004 at
Saskatchewan Place in
Saskatoon
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,
Saskatchewan
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.
The Nova Scotia team skipped by Mark Dacey defeated the Alberta team of Randy Ferbey in dramatic fashion in the final game played on March 14, 2004. Ferbey's team was attempting to become Canadian champion for the fourth consecutive year.
Teams
Round robin standings
Nova Scotia finished first as they defeated Alberta 8–7 in draw 13. Most of the draws were televised live on
TSN.
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Central Standard Time (
UTC−6).
Draw 1
''Saturday, March 6, 1:00 pm''
Draw 2
''Saturday, March 6, 6:00 pm''
Draw 3
''Sunday, March 7, 9:00 am''
Draw 4
''Sunday, March 7, 1:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Sunday, March 7, 6:30 pm''
Draw 6
''Monday, March 8, 9:00 am''
Draw 7
''Monday, March 8, 1:30 pm''
Draw 8
''Monday, March 8, 6:30 pm''
Draw 9
''Tuesday, March 9, 9:00 am''
Draw 10
''Tuesday, March 9, 1:30 pm''
Draw 11
''Tuesday, March 9, 6:30 pm''
Draw 12
''Wednesday, March 10, 9:00 am''
Draw 13
''Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm''
Draw 14
''Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 pm''
Draw 15
''Thursday, March 11, 9:00 am''
Draw 16
''Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm''
Draw 17
''Thursday, March 11, 6:30 pm''
Tiebreaker
''Friday, March 12, 9:00 am''
Playoffs
The Brier uses the
page playoff system
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, where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.
Normally the 3 versus 4 page playoff game is played before the 1 versus 2 playoff game on Friday. However, since a tiebreaker was played this year on the same day to decide fourth place, the 1 versus 2 game was played first.
Page playoffs
Game one of the page playoffs was between Mark Dacey's team from Nova Scotia (first overall) versus Randy Ferbey's team from Alberta (second overall).
''Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm''
Game two of the page playoffs was between Brad Gushue's team from Newfoundland and Labrador (third overall) versus Jay Peachey's team from British Columbia (fourth overall).
''Friday, March 12, 6:30 pm''
Semifinal
The semifinal was played between Mark Dacey's team from Nova Scotia and Jay Peachey's team from British Columbia.
''Saturday, March 13, 1:00 pm''
Final
The final was played and televised on the
CBC across Canada. Ferbey led 8–4 after the 7th end but Dacey's team put themselves back into the game with a big 3 point 8th end. Forcing Alberta to take a single in the 9th, Dacey was 2 down coming home but had last rock advantage. A couple of errors by Ferbey's team and some good shot making, gave Nova Scotia 3 points in the 10th end and the championship.
''Sunday, March 14, 6:00 pm''
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
''Round Robin only''
Team percentages
''Round Robin only''
Qualifying
Alberta
@
Hinton
# Randy Ferbey
#
Kurt Balderston
#
Kevin Martin
#
John Morris
#
Rob Armitage
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Early life
Armitage was born in 1957, the son of Magdalena (Maggie) and Aloysius (Lloyd) Herlein. The family lived in Red Deer, Alberta when h ...
British Columbia
@
Nanaimo
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# Jay Peachey
#
Scott Decap
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Brian Miki
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Wes Craig
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* Westmorland
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Manitoba
@
Brandon
# Brent Scales
#
Jeff Stoughton
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Murray Woodward
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Dave Boehmer
New Brunswick
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Fredericton
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# Russ Howard
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Terry Odishaw
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Mike Flannery
#
Mike Kennedy
Northern Ontario
@
Sault Ste. Marie
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# Rob Gordon
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Jeff Currie
#
Denis Malette
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Al Harnden
Ontario
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Owen Sound
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The primary tourist attr ...
# Mike Harris
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Glenn Howard
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Phil Daniel
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Peter Corner
Peter J. Corner2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born May 20, 1968 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Burlington, Ontario.
Career
Corner was a member of the 1993 "dream team" of his cousin Wayne Middaugh and the brothers ...
Nova Scotia
@
Kentville
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History
Kentville owes its location to the Cornwallis Rive ...
# Mark Dacey
Newfoundland and Labrador
@
Goose Bay
# Brad Gushue
#
Mark Noseworthy
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Keith Ryan
#
John Boland
Prince Edward Island
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Summerside
# Mike Gaudet
#
John Likely
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Peter MacDonald
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Saskatchewan
@
Moose Jaw
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# Bruce Korte
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Brad Heidt
Bradley D. Heidt2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters is a Canadian curler from Kerrobert, Saskatchewan. He is a two-time provincial champion.
Career
In 1982, Heidt and his team of Wayne Charteris, John Whetter and Warren Rechenmacher fini ...
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Doug Harcourt
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Joel Jordison
Yukon/Northwest Territories
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Whitehorse
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# Brian Wasnea
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Peter O'Driscoll
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Chad Cowan
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Paul Delorey
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References
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