The 1985 Labatt Brier, the Canadian national men's curling championship was held from March 3 to 10 at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick.[1][2] A total of 65,475 people attended the event.[3] As of 2025, this is the most recent Brier that New Brunswick has hosted.

1985 Labatt Brier
Host cityMoncton, New Brunswick
ArenaMoncton Coliseum
DatesMarch 3–10
Attendance65,475
Winner Northern Ontario
Curling clubFort William CC, Thunder Bay
SkipAl Hackner
ThirdRick Lang
SecondIan Tetley
LeadPat Perroud
AlternateBruce Kennedy
Finalist Alberta (Pat Ryan)
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Team Northern Ontario, skipped by Al Hackner defeated Alberta's Pat Ryan to win his second Brier title.[4][5]

Teams

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The tams were listed as follows:[6]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Ottewell CC, Edmonton

Skip: Pat Ryan
Third: Gord Trenchie
Second: Don McKenzie
Lead: Don Walchuk
Alternate: Don Bartlett

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Paul Devlin
Third: Doug Meger
Second: Ken Watson
Lead: Dale Reibin
Alternate: Jim Topley

Wildewood CC, Winnipeg

Skip: John Bubbs
Third: Dave Iverson
Second: Cliff Lenz
Lead: Dan Hildebrand
Alternate: Derek Devlin

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Beaver CC, Moncton

Skip: Bryan Wight[a]
Third: Bob Carruthers
Second: Serge Denis
Lead: Cy Sutherland
Alternate: Gary Mitchell[a]

St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Jeff Thomas
Third: Geoff Cunningham
Second: John Allan
Lead: Neil Young
Alternate: Ken Thomas

Fort William CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Al Hackner
Third: Rick Lang
Second: Ian Tetley
Lead: Pat Perroud
Alternate: Bruce Kennedy

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Tom Hakansson
Third: Peter MacPhee
Second: Stuart MacLean
Lead: Dave Wallace
Alternate: Bruce Walker

Royal Canadian Navy CC, Ottawa

Skip: Earle Morris
Third: Lovel Lord
Second: Dave Merklinger
Lead: Bill Fletcher[b]
Alternate: Jerry Ciasnocha[b]

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Wayne Matheson
Third: Doug Weeks
Second: John Likely
Lead: Billy Dillon
Alternate: Ted MacFadyen

Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories/Yukon
Lachine CC, Montreal

Skip: Don Aitken
Third: Robbie MacLean
Second: Andrew Carter
Lead: Dan Belliveau
Alternate: Hugh Bray

Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Skip: Eugene Hritzuk
Third: Bob Miller
Second: Nick Paulsen[c]
Lead: Art Paulsen
Alternate: Stan Austman[c]

Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Al Delmage
Third: Roy Giles
Second: Bill Strain
Lead: Ron Kapicki
Alternate: Glenn Jackson

Map of teams

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Round Robin standings

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Final Round Robin standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Locale Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
  Alberta Pat Ryan 11 0 82 43 46 33 9 10 80%
  Northern Ontario Al Hackner 7 4 68 54 45 39 10 13 81%
  Quebec Don Aitken 6 5 2–1; 1–0 71 64 46 42 9 15 74%
  Prince Edward Island Wayne Matheson 6 5 2–1; 0–1 61 77 44 50 4 9 73%
  Saskatchewan Eugene Hritzuk 6 5 1–2; 1–0 66 59 41 40 15 6 78%
  Northwest Territories/Yukon Al Delmage 6 5 1–2; 0–1 68 67 47 43 4 15 74%
  Manitoba John Bubbs 5 6 3–0 78 66 42 45 7 11 79%
  Nova Scotia Tom Hakansson 5 6 2–1 63 64 44 44 8 9 74%
  British Columbia Paul Devlin 5 6 1–2 66 70 44 46 3 8 73%
  Ontario Earle Morris 5 6 0–3 69 76 43 48 5 10 81%
  New Brunswick Bryan Wight 3 8 57 75 42 45 6 10 69%
  Newfoundland Jeff Thomas 1 10 56 90 42 51 6 8 71%

Round Robin results

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All draw times are listed in Atlantic Time (UTC-04:00).[6][8]

Draw 1

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Sunday, March 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Aitken) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X X 3
  Manitoba (Bubbs)   2 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Wight) 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 X 10
  Newfoundland (Thomas)   3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Morris)   1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 8
  Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
  British Columbia (Devlin)   2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
  Alberta (Ryan)   2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 X 9

Draw 2

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Sunday, March 3, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 7
  British Columbia (Devlin)   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 X X 9
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson)   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Bubbs) 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 X 8
  Alberta (Ryan)   3 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Aitken) 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 X 7
  Ontario (Morris)   0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)   2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 6

Draw 3

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Monday, March 4, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Hackner)   2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 7
  Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Morris)   0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
  Manitoba (Bubbs) 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 X 9

Draw 4

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Monday, March 4, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Morris)   1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 8
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 X 6
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson)   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Devlin)   1 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 8
  Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)   0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
  New Brunswick (Wight)   1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 7

Draw 5

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Monday, March 4, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Thomas)   1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
  Alberta (Ryan) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 4 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
  British Columbia (Devlin)   0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 6
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Bubbs) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4
  New Brunswick (Wight)   1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson)   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 3
  Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 X X 8

Draw 6

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Tuesday, March 5, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)   1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Ryan)   0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 X 5
  British Columbia (Devlin) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 7

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Tuesday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Hackner)   3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 7
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Morris)   0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
  Alberta (Ryan) 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 X X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  New Brunswick (Wight)   2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 8
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
  Quebec (Aitken)   2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Thomas)   0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 7
  Manitoba (Bubbs) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 6

Draw 8

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Tuesday, March 5, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Wight) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson)   1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Manitoba (Bubbs) 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 9
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)   1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Thomas)   1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
  Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6
  Northern Ontario (Hackner)   0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Morris) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5
  British Columbia (Devlin)   0 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 X 8

Draw 9

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Wednesday, March 6, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Wight) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)   0 2 2 0 3 0 5 X X X 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Thomas)   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 X X 10

Draw 10

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Wednesday, March 6, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Bubbs)   0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Devlin) 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 10
  Quebec (Aitken)   3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 X 6
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson)   2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Morris) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)   1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Ryan)   2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
  Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 11

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Wednesday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Devlin)   1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
  Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 5
  Ontario (Morris)   2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Quebec (Aitken)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5
  Alberta (Ryan) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Wight)   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Bubbs)   1 4 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 7
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2

Draw 12

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Thursday, March 7, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson)   1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 10
  Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
  Manitoba (Bubbs)   2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Devlin) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
  New Brunswick (Wight)   0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
  Alberta (Ryan)   1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 5
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)   3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 7

Draw 13

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Thursday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Ryan)   1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 X 8
  New Brunswick (Wight) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 7
  Ontario (Morris)   0 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)   0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
  Newfoundland (Thomas)   0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Devlin) 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 5
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson)   1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6

Draw 14

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Friday, March 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
  Quebec (Aitken) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson)   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 X 6
  Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)   1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 X 6
  Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Devlin)   0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 3
  Manitoba (Bubbs) 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 3 X X 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Wight)   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
  Ontario (Morris) 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 X X X 7

Draw 15

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Friday, March 8, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hakansson)   2 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10
  Ontario (Morris) 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Aitken)   1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 8
  New Brunswick (Wight) 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 7
  Manitoba (Bubbs)   0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Ryan)   1 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 X X 8
  Prince Edward Island (Matheson) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)   1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 7
  Newfoundland (Thomas) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

Tiebreakers

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First Round To Playoffs
    
  Quebec 6
  Northwest Territories/Yukon 5
  Quebec 4
  Saskatchewan 8
  Prince Edward Island 1
  Saskatchewan 8

First Round

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Friday, March 8, 7:30 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Aitken) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 6
  Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)   1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 5
Player percentages
  Quebec   Northwest Territories/Yukon
Dan Belliveau 72% Ron Kapicki 88%
Andrew Carter 71% Bill Strain 81%
Robbie MacLean 74% Roy Giles 61%
Don Aitken 79% Al Delmage 60%
Total 74% Total 73%
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 X X X 8
Player percentages
  Prince Edward Island   Saskatchewan
Billy Dillon 61% Art Paulsen 83%
John Likely 79% Nick Paulsen 64%
Doug Weeks 82% Bob Miller 96%
Wayne Matheson 38% Eugene Hritzuk 91%
Total 65% Total 84%

Second Round

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Saturday, March 9, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Aitken) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)   2 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 X 8
Player percentages
  Quebec   Saskatchewan
Dan Belliveau 88% Art Paulsen 77%
Andrew Carter 82% Nick Paulsen 82%
Robbie MacLean 69% Bob Miller 83%
Don Aitken 61% Eugene Hritzuk 79%
Total 75% Total 81%

Playoffs

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Semifinal Final
1   Alberta 5
2   Northern Ontario 7 2   Northern Ontario 6
3   Saskatchewan 4

Semifinal

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Saturday, March 9, 1:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Hackner)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 7
  Saskatchewan (Hritzuk) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
Player percentages
  Northern Ontario   Saskatchewan
Pat Perroud 88% Art Paulsen 78%
Ian Tetley 80% Nick Paulsen 69%
Rick Lang 70% Bob Miller 83%
Al Hackner 80% Eugene Hritzuk 78%
Total 79% Total 77%

Final

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Sunday, March 10, 1:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Alberta (Ryan)   1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
  Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
 
The "Hackner double", an in-off double takeout considered one of the greatest shots in curling.
Player percentages
  Alberta   Northern Ontario
Don Walchuk 86% Pat Perroud 100%
Don McKenzie 81% Ian Tetley 94%
Gord Trenchie 82% Rick Lang 82%
Pat Ryan 89% Al Hackner 82%
Total 84% Total 90%

The Hackner double

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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.[4]

Statistics

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Top 5 player percentages

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Round Robin only

Key
First All-Star Team
Second All-Star Team
Leads %
  Bill Fletcher 86
  Pat Perroud 82
  Billy Dillon 80
  Art Paulsen 79
  Dan Hildebrand 79
Seconds %
  Dave Merklinger 83
  Ian Tetley 81
  Don McKenzie 81
  Cliff Lenz 80
  Nick Paulsen 80
Thirds %
  Dave Iverson 80
  Rick Lang 80
  Lovel Lord 80
  Gord Trenchie 77
  Doug Meger 76
  Peter MacPhee 76
Skips %
  Pat Ryan 84
  Al Hackner 81
  Eugene Hritzuk 77
  Don Aitken 75
  John Bubbs 75

Awards

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The all-star teams and award winners are as follows:[4]

All Star Teams

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First Team
Position Name Team
Skip Pat Ryan   Alberta
Third Dave Iverson   Manitoba
Second Don McKenzie   Alberta
Lead Bill Fletcher   Ontario
Second Team
Position Name Team
Skip Don Aitken   Quebec
Third Rick Lang   Northern Ontario
Second Ian Tetley   Northern Ontario
Lead Don Walchuk   Alberta

Ross Harstone Award

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The Ross Harstone Award is presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.

Name Position Team
Dan Hildebrand Lead   Manitoba

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Team New Brunswick alternate Gary Mitchell threw skip stones in Draw 15.
  2. ^ a b Team Ontario alternate Jerry Ciasnocha threw lead stones in the last end of Draw 14.
  3. ^ a b Team Saskatchewan alternate Stan Austman threw second stones for the last five ends of Draw 2 after second Nick Paulsen left the game due to an upset stomach.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Rauw, Murray (4 March 1985). "Ryan unbeatable on opening day of Brier". Calgary Herald. Moncton. p. C1. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  2. ^ Komosky, Dave (5 March 1985). "Hritzuk's streak stopped at 20". The Phoenix. p. 28. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Brier Attendance (1946-present)" (PDF). 2025 Montana's Brier Media Guide. Curling Canada. p. 106. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Rauw, Murray (11 March 1985). "Ryan loses Brier heart-breaker in a dramatic game of inches". Calgary Herald. Moncton. p. C1. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  5. ^ "1985 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 28 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b c "1985 Labatt Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  7. ^ Tingley, Dwayne (4 March 1985). "Lobster upsets curler". Moncton Times-Transcript. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Labatt Brier Schedule". Moncton Times-Transcript. 2 March 1985. Retrieved 4 March 2025.