The 1982 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 7 to 14, 1982 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The total attendance for the week was 106,394, which was the first Brier to be attended by over 100,000 spectators.
After losing in the Brier final the previous two years, Al Hackner, who skipped Team Northern Ontario finally captured the Brier tankard in the third straight final appearance after defeating British Columbia, skipped by Brent Giles in the final 7–3. Northern Ontario advanced to the final after defeating Manitoba 8–5 in the semifinal. This was Northern Ontario's third Brier championship and the first of two titles skipped by Hackner.
The Hackner rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1982 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany which they captured the world championship as well.
Manitoba's 6–5 victory over New Brunswick in Draw 2 and British Columbia's 7–6 victory over Northern Ontario in Draw 12 were the sixth and seventh instances in which a game went into a second extra end in the Brier. This was also only the second Brier to feature multiple double extra end games, with the other occurring in .
Teams The teams were listed as follows: British ColumbiaManitobaGrande Prairie CC, Grande Prairie Skip: Gary Morken Third: Dennis Graber Second: Richard Maksymetz Lead: Murray GummerVancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Brent Giles Third: Greg Monkman Second: Al Roemer Lead: Brad GilesSouris CC, Souris Skip: Mel Logan Third: Doug Armour Second: Lloyd Lang Lead: Allan GrangerNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthern OntarioCapital WC, Fredericton Skip: Charlie Sullivan Third: Dave Sullivan Second: Shelly Palk Lead: Robert CormierSt. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Mark Noseworthy Third: Randy Perry Second: Eugene Trickett Lead: John WheelerFort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Al Hackner Third: Rick Lang Second: Bob Nicol Lead: Bruce KennedyNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandDartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Lowell Goulden Third: Peter MacPhee Second: Bruce MacArthur Lead: David WallaceForest City CC, London Skip: Bruce Munro Third: Bob Laidlaw Second: Clive Bowden Lead: Bruce PatersonCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Peter Jenkins Third: Doug Weeks Second: Peter Gallant Lead: Roy RoddQuebecSaskatchewanYukon/Northwest TerritoriesCFB St-Jean CC, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Skip: Don Aitken Third: Earle Morris Second: Lawren Steventon Lead: Malcolm TurnerKerrobert CC, Kerrobert Skip: Brad Heidt Third: Wayne Charteris Second: John Whetter Lead: Warren RechenmacherTakhini CC, Whitehorse Skip: Paul Hunter Third: John Yeulet Second: Gabriel Aucoin Lead: Ross Birnie
Map of teams
Round-robin standings Final Round Robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreakers ProvinceSkip Brent Giles 9 2 68 51 42 38 8 14 Al Hackner 8 3 82 51 50 40 6 22 Mel Logan 6 5 71 64 44 41 8 16 Charlie Sullivan 6 5 64 59 45 44 7 11 Mark Noseworthy 6 5 60 57 42 45 9 6 Bruce Munro 5 6 65 61 41 46 4 12 Gary Morken 5 6 64 75 45 45 9 10 Lowell Goulden 5 6 71 73 47 40 5 19 Brad Heidt 5 6 58 65 38 42 19 10 Don Aitken 5 6 63 67 44 45 5 14 Paul Hunter 3 8 55 72 40 43 11 10 Peter Jenkins 3 8 47 73 37 46 12 6
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06:00).
Draw 1 Sunday, March 7, 1:00 pm
Draw 2 Sunday, March 7, 7:30 pm
Draw 3 Monday, March 8, 9:00 am
Draw 4 Monday, March 8, 1:30 pm
Draw 5 Monday, March 8, 7:30 pm
Draw 6 Tuesday, March 9, 9:00 am
Draw 7 Tuesday, March 9, 1:30 pm
Draw 8 Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 pm
Draw 9 Wednesday, March 10, 9:00 am
Draw 10 Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm
Draw 11 Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 pm
Draw 12 Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm
Draw 13 Thursday, March 11, 7:30 pm
Draw 14 Friday, March 12, 9:00 am
Draw 15 Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm
Tiebreakers Manitoba was awarded the bye into the second tiebreaker round based on head-to-head victories over both New Brunswick and Newfoundland in the round robin.
Round 1 Friday, March 12, 7:30 pm
Round 2 Saturday, March 13, 9:00 am
Playoffs
Semifinal Saturday, March 13, 1:45 pm
Final Sunday, March 14, 12:45 pm
Awards All-Star Team The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.
Position Name Team Skip Al Hackner (2) Third Doug Armour Second Al Roemer Lead Warren Rechenmacher
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.
Name Team Position Mark Noseworthy Skip
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