Dave Nedohin's draw to the button in the 10th end helped exorcise the ghosts from the 2004 Canadian men's curling championship when Alberta lost to Nova Scotia's Mark Dacey.
"It is satisfaction after last year," said Nedohin, Alberta's third who throws skip stones. "It's not that we lost last year but it's how we lost.
"When we were walking down the ice there after we won – I'd been dreaming about that walk for quite a while to redo it again. This is by far the most exciting win we've ever had in our careers."
Alberta skip Randy Ferbey celebrates his team's win over Nova Scotia at the Canadian men's curling championship in Edmonton on Sunday. (CP Photo/Adrian Wyld)
With Sunday's victory, Ferbey and his teammates – third David Nedohin, second Scott Pfeifer and lead Marcel Rocque – became the first team with the same lineup to win four Briers.
They also won in 2001 in Ottawa, 2002 in Calgary and 2003 in Halifax.
"It's unbelievable, this team amazes me to be honest with you," said Ferbey. "All the accomplishments we've done and how difficult it is to get back here.
"To get back here to the Brier in our hometown, I can't say enough about the three guys I play with ... I wouldn't trade them for anybody."
The victory in Edmonton is the sixth of Ferbey's career. He also won two championships (1988 and 1989) playing third for Pat Ryan. No curler has ever won more Briers.
Adams tied the match 4-4 with a single in the eighth end with a draw to the four-foot and Ferbey passed on taking a chance to score two in the ninth by blanking the end to retain the hammer for the 10th.
When asked about the strategy to blank the ninth end, Ferbey told CBC's Scott Russell matter-of-factly: "It worked didn't it?
"I knew they were ready to play and they didn't disappoint me at all."
The objective all along for Team Alberta was to leave the four-foot open for Nedohin in the 10th and that's exactly what they did.
The Ferbey rink will now represent Canada at the world curling championships April 2-10 in Victoria.
The Brier final was a battle through and through, full of strategy and high-pressure shots.
Every time it looked like an end was developing in one team's favour, the other team would come back with a great shot to make it even again.
Nova Scotia held Alberta to a single point in the opening end by taking away an outside draw for two.
In the second end, Adams drew for a deuce after Nedohin was only able to remove two of three Nova Scotia stones in the house.
The teams exchanged singles in the third and fourth ends with Nova Scotia holding a 3-2 advantage into the fifth.
Adams's final stone in the fifth was a perfect hit and roll to prevent Alberta from scoring an easy two. Instead, Nedohin had to draw for a single point and the teams were tied 3-3 after five ends.
Alberta stole a point in the sixth after Adams's hit and roll attempt to score one went wide, giving Ferbey a 4-3 lead.
"I think our team curled really well, it was just the one steal in six that was sort of the turning point in the game," said Adams. "We were fighting for that control point the whole game and then David made a nice one with his last rock to win.
"What else can you do?"
Adams shifted the momentum back in Nova Scotia's favour when he blanked the seventh with a runback to knock out the shot rock and retain the last-rock advantage going into the eighth.
Nova Scotia had an opportunity to put some pressure on Ferbey in the eighth end, but all Adams could manage was a single.
There was some small solace in the loss for Nova Scotia.
By virtue of making the final, Adams and his rink of third Paul Flemming, second Craig Burgess and lead Kelly Mittlestadt out of the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, earned a berth in the Olympic trials next December in Halifax.
Since Ferbey's team had already qualified for the trials, the next highest finisher earned the spot.
"We've got the Trials spot, and that's some consolation," said Adams. "It's a little disappointing not to win [the Brier], but I hope we'll have a few more cracks at it."
with files from Canadian Press
