1997 Ontario Nokia Cup
# 1997 Ontario Nokia Cup

The 1997 Nokia Cup, southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship was held February 4-9 at the Guelph Memorial Gardens in Guelph, Ontario. The winning rink of Ed Werenich, John Kawaja, Pat Perroud and Neil Harrison from the Churchill Curling Club would go on to represent Ontario at the 1997 Labatt Brier in Calgary, Alberta. It was Werenich's 10th and final provincial title of his career, which included World Championships in 1983 and 1990.

## Standings

Final standings

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tie-Breakers

| Skip | Club | Wins | Losses |
| - | - | - | - |
| Wayne Middaugh | St. George | 8 | 1 |
| Ed Werenich | Churchill | 7 | 2 |
| Russ Howard | MacTier | 5 | 4 |
| Peter Steski | City View | 5 | 4 |
| Peter Corner | Brant | 4 | 5 |
| Mike Harris | Tam Heather | 4 | 5 |
| Rich Moffatt | Rideau | 4 | 5 |
| John Base | Oakville | 3 | 6 |
| Kevin Breivik | London | 3 | 6 |
| Bill Walsh | Rideau | 2 | 7 |

## Scores

### February 4

**Draw 1**

* Steski 9-7 Harris
* Base 9-8 Walsh
* Howard 9-4 Moffatt
* Middaugh 9-7 Corner
* Werenich 6-5 Breivik

**Draw 2**

* Werenich 8-6 Base
* Moffatt 8-2 Harris
* Corner 7-5 Steski
* Breivik 6-4 Walsh
* Middaugh 5-2 Howard

### February 5

**Draw 3**

* Walsh 8-4 Howard
* Breivik 7-4 Corner
* Middaugh 7-1 Harris
* Werenich 5-2 Moffatt
* Steski 7-6 Base

**Draw 4**

* Corner 5-4 Harris
* Base 8-6 Howard
* Werenich 8-5 Walsh
* Middaugh 5-2 Steski
* Breivik 6-4 Moffatt

### February 6

**Draw 5**

* Steski 8-4 Moffatt
* Werenich 11-10 Middaugh
* Base 6-5 Breivik
* Harris 8-7 Walsh
* Howard 7-5 Corner

**Draw 6**

* Middaugh 11-5 Breivik
* Howard 8-7 Steski
* Walsh 9-0 Corner
* Moffatt 8-2 Base
* Harris 7-4 Werenich

### February 7

**Draw 7**

* Corner 6-4 Base
* Harris 8-2 Breivik
* Middaugh 6-5 Moffatt
* Werenich 6-5 Howard
* Steski 9-6 Walsh

**Draw 8**

* Moffatt 7-5 Walsh
* Corner 8-3 Werenich
* Howard 6-5 Harris
* Steski 7-4 Breivik
* Middaugh 9-7 Base

**Draw 9**

* Howard 10-1 Breivik
* Middaugh 8-5 Walsh
* Werenich 9-4 Steski
* Harris 8-2 Base
* Moffatt 6-3 Corner

## Tie Breaker

| Team | Final |
| - | - |
| Peter Steski | 5 |
| Russ Howard | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 1 | Wayne Middaugh | 6 |
| 2 | Russ Howard | 4 | 3 | Ed Werenich | 7 |
| 3 | Ed Werenich | 8 | | | |
