2004 Nokia Brier

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The 2004 Nokia Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 6 to 14, 2004 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A total of 238,129 attended the event.

Team Nova Scotia, who was skipped by Mark Dacey defeated Team Alberta skipped by Randy Ferbey in dramatic fashion in the championship game and preventing the Ferbey rink for capturing their fourth consecutive Brier title. Nova Scotia's title was their third and to date most recent Brier Tankard title and first title since 1951.

TeamsEdit

The teams were listed as follows:<ref name="archive">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:Font color	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick
Ottewell CC, Edmonton Fourth: David Nedohin Skip: Randy Ferbey Template:Efn Second: Scott Pfeifer Template:Efn Lead: Marcel Rocque Alternate: Dan HolowaychukTemplate:Efn	Royal City CC, New Westminster Skip: Jay Peachey Third: Ron Leech Second: Kevin Recksiedler Lead: Brad Fenton Alternate: Jamie Smith	Swan River CC, Swan River Skip: Brent Scales Third: Gord Hardy Second: Grant Spicer Template:Efn Lead: Todd Trevellyan Alternate: Doug HarrisonTemplate:Efn	Beaver CC, Moncton Skip: Russ Howard Third: James Grattan Second: Marc LeCocq Lead: Grant Odishaw Alternate: Steve Howard
Newfoundland and Labrador	Northern Ontario	Nova Scotia	Ontario
St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Jamie Korab Lead: Mark Ward Alternate: Mike Adam	Cobalt-Haileybury CC, Haileybury Skip: Rob Gordon Third: Brian Fawcett Second: Steve Burnett Template:Efn Lead: Jeremy Landry Alternate: Larry CarrTemplate:Efn	Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Mark Dacey Third: Bruce Lohnes Second: Rob Harris Lead: Andrew Gibson Alternate: Mat Harris	Oakville CC, Oakville Skip: Mike Harris Third: John Base Second: Phil Loevenmark Lead: Trevor Wall Alternate: Ross Scarrow
Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
Silver Fox C&YC, Summerside Skip: Mike Gaudet Third: Evan Sullivan Second: Craig Arsenault Lead: Sean Ledgerwood Alternate: Rod MacDonald	CC Rosemère, Rosemère Skip: Daniel Lafleur Third: Steeve Gagnon Second: Jean-Sébastien Roy Lead: Maurice Cayouette Template:Efn Alternate: Serge FrioletTemplate:Efn	Muenster CC, Muenster Skip: Bruce Korte Third: Clint Dieno Second: Roger Korte Lead: Roy Galonowski Alternate: Darrell McKee	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Brian Wasnea Third: Pat Molloy Second: Bruce Hunt Lead: Kevin Sumner Template:Efn Alternate: Clarence JackTemplate:Efn

Map of teamsEdit

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Round-robin standingsEdit

Final round-robin standings<ref name="archive" />

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Locale	Skip	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:NS	Mark Dacey	10	1	81	53	45	39	11	12	83%
Template:AB	Randy Ferbey	10	1	89	53	46	42	6	11	88%
Template:NL	Brad Gushue	8	3	85	62	51	34	1	18	85%
Template:BC	Jay Peachey	7	4	67	64	43	44	11	13	81%
Template:NB	Russ Howard	7	4	74	66	51	45	3	10	86%
Template:ON	Mike Harris	6	5	84	58	48	45	2	10	83%
Template:SK	Bruce Korte	5	6	80	69	46	47	10	13	82%
Template:NO	Rob Gordon	5	6	61	87	40	46	4	9	74%
Template:MB	Brent Scales	3	8	58	81	36	48	3	6	79%
Template:QC	Daniel Lafleur	3	8	64	81	42	43	6	8	79%
Template:PE	Mike Gaudet	2	9	66	83	46	48	1	12	79%
Template:YTNT	Brian Wasnea	0	11	51	103	37	50	2	5	71%

Round-robin resultsEdit

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).<ref name="archive" />

TiebreakerEdit

Friday, March 12, 9:00 am Template:Curlingbox Template:Player percentages

PlayoffsEdit

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1 vs. 2Edit

Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm Template:Curlingbox Template:Player percentages

3 vs. 4Edit

Friday, March 12, 6:30 pm Template:Curlingbox Template:Player percentages

SemifinalEdit

Saturday, March 13, 1:00 pm Template:Curlingbox Template:Player percentages

FinalEdit

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 Template:Curlingbox Template:Player percentages

StatisticsEdit

Top 5 player percentagesEdit

Round Robin only

Leads	%
Template:Flagicon Marcel Rocque	93
Template:Flagicon Grant Odishaw	91
Template:Flagicon Trevor Wall	89
Template:Flagicon Brad Fenton	88
Template:Flagicon Todd Trevellyan	87

Seconds	%
Template:Flagicon Scott Pfeifer	89
Template:Flagicon Jamie Korab	87
Template:Flagicon Marc LeCocq	85
Template:Flagicon Phil Loevenmark	84
Template:Flagicon Rob Harris	83
Template:Flagicon Grant Spicer	83

Thirds	%
Template:Flagicon Randy Ferbey	87
Template:Flagicon James Grattan	85
Template:Flagicon John Base	84
Template:Flagicon Mark Nichols	84
Template:Flagicon Clint Dieno	83

Skips	%
Template:Flagicon Russ Howard	84
Template:Flagicon Brad Gushue	83
Template:Flagicon David Nedohin	82
Template:Flagicon Mark Dacey	81
Template:Flagicon Bruce Korte	79

Perfect GamesEdit

Round robin only; minimum 10 shots thrown

Player	Team	Position	Shots	Opponent
Trevor Wall	Template:ON	Lead	20	Template:PE
Phil Loevenmark	Template:ON	Second	12	Template:QC
Scott Pfeifer	Template:AB	Second	12	Template:NO
Brad Fenton	Template:BC	Lead	20	Template:NS