1981 Labatt Brier

The 1981 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 1 to 8, 1981 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The total attendance for the week was 67,257.^[1]

1981 Labatt Brier
Host city	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Arena	Halifax Metro Centre
Dates	March 1–8
Attendance	67,257^[1]
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Kerry Burtnyk
Third	Mark Olson
Second	Jim Spencer
Lead	Ron Kammerlock
Finalist	Northern Ontario (Hackner)
« 1980 1982 »

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Kerry Burtnyk won the Brier tankard as they defeated Northern Ontario, skipped by Al Hackner in the final 5–4. Manitoba advanced to the final after beating Saskatchewan in the semifinal 5–4. This was Manitoba's twenty-first Brier championship and the first of two skipped by Burtnyk. At 22 years, 3 months, and 15 days, Burtnyk became the youngest skip to ever win a Brier^[2] surpassing Hec Gervais' record by nearly five years when he won the 1961 Brier.

The Burtynk rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1981 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil in London, Ontario where they lost in the semifinal to eventual champion Switzerland.

The event set a record for the most extra end games in a single Brier as fourteen games went to an extra end breaking the record of eleven set in 1976. This remains a record and would only be matched in 1990.^[3]

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:^[4]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Fairview CC, Fairview Skip: Mel Watchorn Third: Jim Fox Second: Terry Watchorn Lead: Merv Watchorn	Kamloops CC, Kamloops Skip: Barry McPhee Third: Robert Kuroyama Second: Brian Eden Lead: Grant Young	Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg Skip: Kerry Burtnyk Third: Mark Olson Second: Jim Spencer Lead: Ron Kammerlock
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Beaver CC, Moncton Fourth: Tony Richardson Third: Bruce Forster Second: Gord Johnson Skip: Don Mix	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Toby McDonald Third: Jim Miller Second: John Allan Lead: Neil Young	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: Alan Darragh Third: Tom Fetterly Second: Michael Currie Lead: Brent Cotter	Avonlea CC, Don Mills Skip: Ed Werenich Third: Bob Widdis Second: Neil Harrison Lead: Jim McGrath	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Peter MacDonald Third: Bobby Carruthers Second: Alexander Stewart Lead: Rod MacDonald
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
Howick CC, Howick Skip: Brian Ness Third: Karl Murovic Second: Roy Weigand Lead: Robert Carter	Assiniboia CC, Assiniboia Skip: Bob Ellert Third: Don Bushell Second: Ken Berner Lead: Bill Wilson	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Chuck Haines Third: Gordon Gee Second: Lyle Sieg Lead: John Russell

Round-robin standings

Final Round Robin standings^[4]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Northern Ontario	Al Hackner	9	2	81	63	50	40	8	15	77%
Manitoba	Kerry Burtnyk	8	3	71	44	46	37	11	8	80%
Ontario	Ed Werenich	7	4	73	59	51	43	7	18	75%
Saskatchewan	Bob Ellert	7	4	66	58	45	40	8	10	73%
British Columbia	Barry McPhee	7	4	81	72	48	46	5	12	72%
Quebec	Brian Ness	6	5	61	58	45	39	9	14	75%
Alberta	Mel Watchorn	5	6	69	60	47	46	3	11	75%
Prince Edward Island	Peter MacDonald	4	7	56	69	41	47	13	9	71%
Yukon/Northwest Territories	Chuck Haines	4	7	50	71	37	50	8	4	70%
New Brunswick	Don Mix	3	8	53	69	39	50	13	2	71%
Newfoundland	Toby McDonald	3	8	55	70	41	45	11	11	73%
Nova Scotia	Alan Darragh	3	8	56	79	43	50	4	10	69%

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).^[4][5]

Draw 1

Sunday, March 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Mix)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ness)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	4
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	X	X	7
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 2

Sunday, March 1, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	9
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Mix)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	5
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	X	7

Draw 3

Monday, March 2, 9:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
New Brunswick (Mix)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4

Draw 4

Monday, March 2, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	5
Ontario (Werenich)	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	8
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	X	X	8
Quebec (Ness)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Draw 5

Monday, March 2, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	X	7
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	6
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	1	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	9
Quebec (Ness)	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	7
New Brunswick (Mix)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5

Draw 6

Tuesday, March 3, 9:30 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	7
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	4
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	7

Draw 7

Tuesday, March 3, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	5
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	X	8
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ness)	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7
Ontario (Werenich)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	7
New Brunswick (Mix)	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	7
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 3, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ness)	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	X	6
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	5
Alberta (Watchorn)	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	X	7
New Brunswick (Mix)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	6
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	3
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	X	6

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 4, 9:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ness)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	8
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	6

Draw 10

Wednesday, March 4, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	0	3	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	11
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	5
New Brunswick (Mix)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	2	3	0	3	0	1	1	X	X	10
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (McDonald)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	X	8
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	3
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	6

Draw 11

Wednesday, March 4, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	1	1	0	2	0	4	2	0	X	X	10
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Mix)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	5
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ness)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	6
Ontario (Werenich)	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	7

Draw 12

Thursday, March 5, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	6
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	3
British Columbia (McPhee)	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	X	3
Quebec (Ness)	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Mix)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	4
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	6

Draw 13

Thursday, March 5, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5
Quebec (Ness)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	X	8
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	5
Ontario (Werenich)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	3	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	X	X	10
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	X	9

Draw 14

Friday, March 6, 9:30 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	X	X	8
New Brunswick (Mix)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	6
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ness)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	X	7
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4

Draw 15

Friday, March 6, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	7
Newfoundland (McDonald)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Mix)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Quebec (Ness)	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	3
Ontario (Werenich)	1	1	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	X	8
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	3

Tiebreakers

Ontario was awarded the bye into the second tiebreaker round based on head-to-head victories over both British Columbia and Saskatchewan in the round robin.^[6]

						To Semifinal
						1	Ontario	5
	2	Saskatchewan	7				Saskatchewan	6
	3	British Columbia	5

Round 1

Friday, March 6, 8:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	7
British Columbia (McPhee)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5

Player percentages
Saskatchewan		British Columbia
Bill Wilson	83%	Grant Young	84%
Ken Berner	74%	Brian Eden	81%
Don Bushell	68%	Robert Kuroyama	76%
Bob Ellert	74%	Barry McPhee	66%
Total	74%	Total	77%

Round 2

Saturday, March 7, 9:30 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	6

Player percentages
Ontario		Saskatchewan
Jim McGrath	89%	Bill Wilson	55%
Neil Harrison	90%	Ken Berner	80%
Bob Widdis	77%	Don Bushell	70%
Ed Werenich	66%	Bob Ellert	85%
Total	80%	Total	72%

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Northern Ontario	4
	2	Manitoba	5			2	Manitoba	5
	3	Saskatchewan	4

Semifinal

Saturday, March 7, 3:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
Saskatchewan (Ellert)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4

Player percentages
Manitoba		Saskatchewan
Ron Kammerlock	90%	Bill Wilson	82%
Jim Spencer	83%	Ken Berner	81%
Mark Olson	90%	Don Bushell	74%
Kerry Burtnyk	76%	Bob Ellert	73%
Total	85%	Total	77%

Final

Sunday, March 8, 3:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Manitoba (Burtnyk)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	5

Player percentages
Northern Ontario		Manitoba
Bruce Kennedy	84%	Ron Kammerlock	83%
Bob Nicol	76%	Jim Spencer	80%
Rick Lang	74%	Mark Olson	75%
Al Hackner	84%	Kerry Burtnyk	78%
Total	79%	Total	79%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Final Round Robin Percentages^[4]

Key
	All-Star Team

Leads %   Ron Kammerlock 81   Jim McGrath 80   Bruce Kennedy 79   Neil Young 77   Rod MacDonald 76

Seconds %   Roy Weigand 79   Jim Spencer 78   Bob Nicol 76   Terry Watchorn 75   Ken Berner 75

Thirds %   Mark Olson 81   Rick Lang 76   Jim Miller 75   Jim Fox 75   Karl Murovic 75

Skips %   Kerry Burtnyk 78   Al Hackner 77   Mel Watchorn 74   Barry McPhee 73   Ed Werenich 73

Awards

All-Star Team

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

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Al Hackner	Northern Ontario
Third	Mark Olson	Manitoba
Second	Roy Weigand	Quebec
Lead	Jim McGrath	Ontario

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]

Alberta skip, Mel Watchorn became the first player to win the Harstone Award twice after previously winning the award in 1973.

Name	Team	Position
Mel Watchorn (2)	Alberta	Skip

References

1. "Brier Records" (PDF). Soudog's Curling History Site. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
2. "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 159. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
3. "Brier Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
4. "1981 Labatt Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
5. "The draw". The Montreal Gazette. Newspapers.com. February 28, 1981. p. 62. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
6. Phillips, Randy (March 7, 1981). "Saskatchewan rink stays alive in Brier". The Montreal Gazette. Newspapers.com. p. 78. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
7. BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS
8. "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 52. (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.