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 cityHalifax, Nova Scotia
ArenaHalifax Metro Centre
DatesMarch 1–8
Attendance67,257[1]
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubAssiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg
SkipKerry Burtnyk
ThirdMark Olson
SecondJim Spencer
LeadRon Kammerlock
Finalist Northern Ontario (Hackner)
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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 OntarioAl Hackner928163504081577%
 ManitobaKerry Burtnyk837144463711880%
 OntarioEd Werenich747359514371875%
 SaskatchewanBob Ellert746658454081073%
 British ColumbiaBarry McPhee748172484651272%
 QuebecBrian Ness656158453991475%
 AlbertaMel Watchorn566960474631175%
 Prince Edward IslandPeter MacDonald475669414713971%
 Yukon/Northwest TerritoriesChuck Haines47507137508470%
 New BrunswickDon Mix385369395013271%
 NewfoundlandToby McDonald3855704145111173%
 Nova ScotiaAlan Darragh385679435041069%

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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 Wilson83% Grant Young84%
Ken Berner74% Brian Eden81%
Don Bushell68% Robert Kuroyama76%
Bob Ellert74% Barry McPhee66%
Total74% Total77%

Round 2

Saturday, March 7, 9:30 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) (has hammer) 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 McGrath89% Bill Wilson55%
Neil Harrison90% Ken Berner80%
Bob Widdis77% Don Bushell70%
Ed Werenich66% Bob Ellert85%
Total80% Total72%

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) (has hammer) 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 Kammerlock90% Bill Wilson82%
Jim Spencer83% Ken Berner81%
Mark Olson90% Don Bushell74%
Kerry Burtnyk76% Bob Ellert73%
Total85% Total77%

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) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5
Player percentages
 Northern Ontario  Manitoba
Bruce Kennedy84% Ron Kammerlock83%
Bob Nicol76% Jim Spencer80%
Rick Lang74% Mark Olson75%
Al Hackner84% Kerry Burtnyk78%
Total79% Total79%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Final Round Robin Percentages[4]

Key
All-Star Team
Leads %
Manitoba Ron Kammerlock81
Ontario Jim McGrath80
Northern Ontario Bruce Kennedy79
Newfoundland and Labrador Neil Young77
Prince Edward Island Rod MacDonald76
Seconds %
Quebec Roy Weigand79
Manitoba Jim Spencer78
Northern Ontario Bob Nicol76
Alberta Terry Watchorn75
Saskatchewan Ken Berner75
Thirds %
Manitoba Mark Olson81
Northern Ontario Rick Lang76
Newfoundland and Labrador Jim Miller75
British Columbia Jim Fox75
Quebec Karl Murovic75
Skips %
Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk78
Northern Ontario Al Hackner77
Alberta Mel Watchorn74
British Columbia Barry McPhee73
Ontario Ed Werenich73

Awards

All-Star Team

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

PositionNameTeam
SkipAl Hackner Northern Ontario
ThirdMark Olson Manitoba
SecondRoy Weigand Quebec
LeadJim 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.

NameTeamPosition
Mel Watchorn (2) AlbertaSkip

References
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  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.
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  7. BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS
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