The 1985 Pepsi Canadian Junior Men's Curling Championship was held February 17–24 in St. John's, Newfoundland. Team Alberta, skipped by 2010 Olympic champion skip Kevin Martin won the event, defeating Prince Edward Island (skipped by Kent Scales) in the finals. It was the first major championship win for Martin, one of the most decorated curlers in history. His win earned Martin a spot as the alternate for Canada at the 1985 World Junior Curling Championships, and his team (which also included Mike Berger, Dan Petryk and Rick Feeny) a spot representing Canada at the 1986 World Junior Curling Championships, where they would win a silver medal.
Martin was a petroleum technologies student at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology at the time.Ottawa Citizen, February 25, 1985, pg B6, "Skip may lose school year after winning title"
Round-robin standings
KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreakers
TeamSkipLocaleWL Kent Scales Charlottetown 10 1 Kevin Martin Edmonton 7 4 Alex Smith St. John's 6 5 Fred Hackel London 6 5 Steve Gagnon Jonquière 6 5 Steven Leippi Kronau 6 5 Larry Knowles Winnipeg 5 6 Dean Mackney Kelowna 4 7 Gilles Verret Moncton 4 7 Curtis Cassidy Nipigon 4 7 / Yukon Richard Robertson Yellowknife 4 7 Danny Bentley Truro 4 7
Playoffs
Semifinal
Final
References
Ottawa Citizen, February 18, 1985, pg B5 Ottawa Citizen, February 23, 1985 Ottawa Citizen, February 25, 1985, pg B4