The 2002 Nokia Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 9 to 17 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. It was won by the Albertan foursome headed by Randy Ferbey. Ferbey threw third stones throughout the tournament while his mate (third) David Nedohin threw skip (or fourth) stones. The other two members of the team were second Scott Pfeifer and lead Marcel Rocque.
The Ferbey team beat the young Ontario foursome of John Morris, Joe Frans, Craig Savill, and Brent Laing by a score of 9âÂÂ4. The game's pivotal moment came when Ferbey scored four points in the fifth end to break open an otherwise even and low-scoring game.
Third place in the tournament went to the team skipped by New Brunswick's Russ Howard, while fourth place was taken by Saskatchewan's Scott Bitz.
Absent from the event were many of the top teams in the country who had boycotted the Brier in favour of the Grand Slam of Curling series, protesting the lack of prize money.
The teams were listed as follows:
Final Round Robin standings
All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTCâÂÂ7).
Saturday, March 9, 1:00 pm
Saturday, March 9, 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 10, 8:30 am
Sunday, March 10, 1:00 pm
Sunday, March 10, 6:00 pm
Monday, March 11, 8:30 am
Monday, March 11, 1:00 pm
Monday, March 11, 6:00 pm
Tuesday, March 12, 8:30 am
Tuesday, March 12, 1:00 pm
Tuesday, March 12, 6:00 pm
Wednesday, March 13, 8:30 am
Wednesday, March 13, 1:00 pm
Wednesday, March 13, 6:00 pm
Thursday, March 14, 8:30 am
Thursday, March 14, 1:00 pm
Thursday, March 14, 6:00 pm
Friday, March 15, 1:00 pm
Friday, March 15, 6:00 pm
Saturday, March 16, 11:30 am
Sunday, March 17, 11:30 am
Round robin only
The All-Star Teams were as follows:
The Ross Harstone Sportsmanship 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.
The Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award was awarded to the top player in the playoff round by members of the media.