1980 Labatt Brier

1980 Labatt Brier
Host cityCalgary, Alberta
ArenaStampede Corral
DatesMarch 2–9
Attendance93,185[1]
Winner Saskatchewan
Curling clubNutana CC, Saskatoon
SkipRick Folk
ThirdRon Mills
SecondTom Wilson
LeadJim Wilson
Finalist Northern Ontario (Al Hackner)
« 1979
1981 »

The 1980 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 2 to 9, 1980 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta. For the third consecutive year, the Brier set a then-record as the total attendance for the week was 93,185.[1] This was the first Brier to be sponsored by the Labatt Brewing Company replacing the Macdonald Tobacco Company, who sponsored the Brier since the inaugural event in 1927 as the primary sponsor.

With a new sponsor came several changes to the Brier to make it more fan friendly such as a ban on smoking, a baseball-type scoreboard replacing the curling club-style scoreboard, and official umpires. The two biggest changes however were a three-team playoff after round robin play would determine the Brier champion with the top team in round robin play receiving a direct bye into the final and a new, shiny Labatt Tankard trophy replaced the old Macdonald Tankard trophy.[2]

Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Rick Folk captured the Brier tankard after they defeated Northern Ontario in the final 10–6.[3] It was the last time a team using corn brooms won the Brier.[4]

Northern Ontario advanced to the final after they defeated Alberta in the semifinal 6–5.

This was the seventh and as of 2024, most recent Brier championship for Saskatchewan and the first of two won by Folk, with his other coming in 1994 with British Columbia. The Folk rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1980 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil in Moncton, New Brunswick where they won Canada's first world championship since 1972.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:[5]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Calgary WC, Calgary

Skip: Paul Gowsell
Third: Neil Houston
Second: Glen Jackson
Lead: Kelly Stearne

Victoria CC, Victoria

Skip: Tim Horrigan
Third: Lowell Goulden
Second: Kelly Horrigan
Lead: David Smith

CFB Winnipeg CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Earle Morris
Third: Clare DeBlonde
Second: Garry DeBlonde
Lead: Winston Warren

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Thistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John

Skip: Richard Belyea
Third: Don Pennell
Second: Wade Blanchard
Lead: Brian McLeod

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

Skip: Wayne Hamilton
Third: Lew Andrews
Second: Paul Hamilton
Lead: Colin James

Fort William CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Al Hackner
Third: Rick Lang
Second: Bob Nicol
Lead: Bruce Kennedy

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Peter Hope
Third: Peter MacPhee
Second: Gary Clarke
Lead: Donald MacLeod

Penetang CC, Penetanguishene

Skip: Russ Howard
Third: Larry Merkley
Second: Robert Rushton
Lead: Kent Carstairs

Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud

Skip: Ted MacFadyen
Third: Bill MacFadyen
Second: Mike Coady
Lead: Gord Hermann

Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories/Yukon
St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal

Skip: Jim Ursel
Third: Don Aitken
Second: Lawren Steventon
Lead: Malcolm Turner

Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Skip: Rick Folk
Third: Ron Mills
Second: Tom Wilson
Lead: Jim Wilson

Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

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

Map of teams

Horrigan
Belyea
Hamilton
Hope
MacFadyen
Delmage
Provincial Winners

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin standings[5]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Province Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
Saskatchewan Rick Folk 9 2 69 50 46 38 6 14 78%
Northern Ontario Al Hackner 8 3 90 67 54 45 4 20 72%
Alberta Paul Gowsell 8 3 66 54 43 41 8 11 75%
Quebec Jim Ursel 7 4 72 63 46 43 5 14 73%
Manitoba Earle Morris 6 5 74 72 47 47 4 15 71%
Northwest Territories/Yukon Al Delmage 5 6 63 66 42 43 8 14 70%
Ontario Russ Howard 5 6 65 68 44 43 11 12 70%
British Columbia Tim Horrigan 5 6 65 70 45 46 7 12 71%
Prince Edward Island Ted MacFadyen 4 7 57 73 45 47 10 12 67%
New Brunswick Richard Belyea 3 8 55 65 39 48 10 7 67%
Newfoundland Wayne Hamilton 3 8 62 75 40 52 14 8 72%
Nova Scotia Peter Hope 3 8 66 81 47 45 4 11 69%

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07:00).[5][6]

Draw 1

Sunday, March 2, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 7
New Brunswick (Belyea) 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Horrigan) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
Alberta (Gowsell) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 5
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 5
Manitoba (Morris) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Nova Scotia (Hope) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 9
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 10

Draw 2

Sunday, March 2, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hope) 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 10
Manitoba (Morris) 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Belyea) 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 X 4
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Ontario (Howard) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 9
Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 7

Draw 3

Monday, March 3, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 8
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 5
New Brunswick (Belyea) 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 X 8

Draw 4

Monday, March 3, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 6
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 7
Ontario (Howard) 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Morris) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
Alberta (Gowsell) 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hope) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7
Quebec (Ursel) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 X 6
British Columbia (Horrigan) 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 9

Draw 5

Monday, March 3, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Gowsell) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6
Manitoba (Morris) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Howard) 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
Nova Scotia (Hope) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Belyea) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5
British Columbia (Horrigan) 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 7
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6

Draw 6

Tuesday, March 4, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 X X 11
Nova Scotia (Hope) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 X X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 2 0 2 3 0 3 1 0 X X 11
Manitoba (Morris) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3

Draw 7

Tuesday, March 4, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Quebec (Ursel) 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 6
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Horrigan) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Howard) 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 X 6
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Gowsell) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 X 6
New Brunswick (Belyea) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 4, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Horrigan) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Ontario (Howard) 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Belyea) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Gowsell) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 X 7
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hope) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 7
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 7
Manitoba (Morris) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 5, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Horrigan) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Quebec (Ursel) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Gowsell) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 X 7
Ontario (Howard) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 10

Wednesday, March 5, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Belyea) 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 X 6
Nova Scotia (Hope) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Morris) 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 X X 11
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 X X 7
Ontario (Howard) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6
Quebec (Ursel) 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 8
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6

Draw 11

Wednesday, March 5, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Morris) 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 9
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Gowsell) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 8
Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 10
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Horrigan) 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 9
Nova Scotia (Hope) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (Belyea) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 X 6
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2

Draw 12

Thursday, March 6, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Alberta (Gowsell) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Howard) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 X 8
New Brunswick (Belyea) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Morris) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 X 9
British Columbia (Horrigan) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
Nova Scotia (Hope) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3

Draw 13

Thursday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 7
British Columbia (Horrigan) 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hope) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5
Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Ursel) 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 1 X X 11
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 X X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
Alberta (Gowsell) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Morris) 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
Ontario (Howard) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4

Draw 14

Friday, March 7, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Quebec (Ursel) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Howard) 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 7
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hope) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5
Alberta (Gowsell) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Morris) 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 8
New Brunswick (Belyea) 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Horrigan) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 2
Saskatchewan (Folk) 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 X 7

Draw 15

Friday, March 7, 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Howard) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 5
Saskatchewan (Folk) 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
British Columbia (Horrigan) 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
New Brunswick (Belyea) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 9
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 X 7
Alberta (Gowsell) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 5

Playoffs

Source: [5]

Semifinal Final
1 Saskatchewan 10
2 Northern Ontario 6 2 Northern Ontario 6
3 Alberta 5

Semifinal

Saturday, March 8, 12:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 6
Alberta (Gowsell) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Player percentages
Northern Ontario Alberta
Bruce Kennedy 73% Kelly Stearne 71%
Bob Nicol 74% Glen Jackson 84%
Rick Lang 76% Neil Houston 80%
Al Hackner 86% Paul Gowsell 76%
Total 77% Total 78%

Final

Sunday, March 9, 12:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 6
Saskatchewan (Folk) 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 10
Player percentages
Northern Ontario Saskatchewan
Bruce Kennedy 68% Jim Wilson 67%
Bob Nicol 84% Tom Wilson 78%
Rick Lang 76% Ron Mills 79%
Al Hackner 65% Rick Folk 74%
Total 73% Total 74%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Final Round Robin Percentages[5]

Key
All-Star Team
Leads %
Jim Wilson 83
Kelly Stearne 76
Ron Kapicki 75
Winston Warren 75
David Smith 74
Colin James 74
Seconds %
Tom Wilson 81
Glen Jackson 76
Paul Hamilton 75
Lawren Steventon 75
Roy Giles 75
Thirds %
Neil Houston 76
Ron Mills 76
Lowell Goulden 74
Rick Lang 71
Don Aitken 71
Skips %
Rick Folk 74
Paul Gowsell 74
Jim Ursel 72
Al Hackner 71
Russ Howard 71

Awards

All-Star Team

The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.[7]

Position Name Team
Skip Rick Folk (2) Saskatchewan
Third Neil Houston Alberta
Second Tom Wilson Saskatchewan
Lead Jim Wilson Saskatchewan

Ross G.L. Harstone Award

The Ross Harstone Award was 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.[8][7]

Name Team Position
Wayne Hamilton Newfoundland Skip

References

  1. ^ a b "Brier Records" (PDF). Soudog's Curling History Site. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. ^ Konotopetz, Gyle (March 1, 1980). "The 'old ways' go up in a puff of smoke". Calgary Herald. Newspapers.com. p. H2. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. ^ "1980 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics" (PDF). Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. ^ "How curling in Canada evolved from recreational origins to become a competitive sports juggernaut". Calgary Herald. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e "1980 Labatt Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Battlelines are drawn". Calgary Herald. Newspapers.com. March 1, 1980. p. H2. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS
  8. ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.