The 2004 Nokia Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 6 to 14, 2004 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 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.
The teams were listed as follows:
Final Round Robin standings
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTCâÂÂ6).
Saturday, March 6, 1:00 pm
Saturday, March 6, 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 7, 9:00 am
Sunday, March 7, 1:30 pm
Sunday, March 7, 6:30 pm
Monday, March 8, 9:00 am
Monday, March 8, 1:30 pm
Monday, March 8, 6:30 pm
Tuesday, March 9, 9:00 am
Tuesday, March 9, 1:30 pm
Tuesday, March 9, 6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 10, 9:00 am
Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm
Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 pm
Thursday, March 11, 9:00 am
Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm
Thursday, March 11, 6:30 pm
Friday, March 12, 9:00 am
Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm
Friday, March 12, 6:30 pm
Saturday, March 13, 1:00 pm
The final was played and televised on the CBC across Canada. Ferbey led 8âÂÂ4 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
Round Robin only
Round robin only; minimum 10 shots thrown
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.
@ Hinton
@ Nanaimo
@ Brandon