1976_Macdonald_Brier

1976 Macdonald Brier
1976 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Regina, Saskatchewan
Arena	Regina Exhibition Stadium
Dates	March 7–13
Attendance	61,110
Winner	Newfoundland
Curling club	St. John's CC, St. John's
Skip	Jack MacDuff
Third	Toby McDonald
Second	Doug Hudson
Lead	Ken Templeton
Coach	Sam Richardson (unofficial)
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1976 Macdonald Brier

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The 1976 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 7 to 13, 1976 at Regina Exhibition Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan.^[3] The total attendance for the week was 61,110.^[1] This was the final Brier in which regulation games were 12 ends in length.

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Team Newfoundland, who was skipped by Jack MacDuff captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 9–2 record. This was Newfoundland's first ever Brier title. MacDuff's rink were considered heavy underdogs in the event as their odds of winning the Brier had been put at 1,000 to 1, making the victory extraordinary.^[2]

The MacDuff rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1976 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championships in Duluth, Minnesota. They could not replicate the Brier success however, as they finished ninth out of ten teams with a 2–7 record, which at the time was the worst finish by a Canadian team in the world championships.

British Columbia's 6–5 victory over Alberta in Draw 11 was the fifth double extra end game in Brier history and the first since 1973. This game was one of eleven games in the tournament which went to an extra end, setting a record for most extra end games in one Brier. This would end up being a Macdonald era (until 1979) record and wouldn't be broken until 1981.^[4]^[5]

This Brier also set a record for most blank ends in a single Brier as 199 ends were blanked. To date, this is the most blank ends in a single Brier. There were also two games (BC vs. Quebec in Draw 5 and Newfoundland vs. Saskatchewan in Draw 12) which tied a Brier record set in 1974 for most blank ends in one game with seven.^[4] This record would not be broken until 1990.^[5]

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06:00).^[6]^[9]

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Al Fiskar Jr. is a son of Al Fiskar, Canada men's alternate and coach on WCC 1982

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"Brier '76 Schedule". The Regina Leader-Post. Newspapers.com. March 8, 1976. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS

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Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Calgary CC, Calgary Skip: Wayne Sokolosky Third: Frank Morissette Second: John Cottam Lead: Shayne Wylie	Burnaby WC, Burnaby Skip: Bernie Sparkes Third: Bert Gretzinger Second: Al Cook Lead: Keiven Bauer	Heather CC, Winnipeg Skip: Clare DeBlonde Third: Garry DeBlonde Second: Don Finkbeiner Lead: Doug Finkbeiner
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Capital WC, Fredericton Skip: Dave Sullivan Third: Mike Flannery Second:Tom Rubec Lead: Greg Gilks	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Jack MacDuff Third: Toby McDonald Second: Doug Hudson Lead: Ken Templeton	Fort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Rick Lang Third: Bob Nicol Second: Al Fiskar Jr.^[7] Lead: Warren Butters
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Alf Romain Third: Doug Arnold Second: Stu Cameron Lead: Guy LaRocque	Dixie CC, Mississauga Skip: Joe Gurowka Third: Bob Charlebois Second: Ray Lilly Lead: Jim McGrath	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Ken MacDonald Third: Keith MacEachern Second: Peter McDonald Lead: Al Ledgerwood
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal Skip: Jim Ursel Third: Art Lobel Second: Don Aitken Lead: Brian Ross	Moose Jaw CC, Moose Jaw Skip: Roger Anholt Third: Gord Stewart Second: Bob Hicks Lead: Bill Wilson	Fort Smith CC, Fort Smith Skip: Howie Brazeau Third: Jim Schaefer Second: Charles Schaefer Lead: Paul Kaeser Jr.

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	S%^[8]
Newfoundland	Jack MacDuff	9	2	81	61	72%
Manitoba	Clare DeBlonde	8	3	69	60	79%
British Columbia	Bernie Sparkes	7	4	74	58	80%
Quebec	Jim Ursel	7	4	66	53	79%
New Brunswick	Dave Sullivan	7	4	63	56	73%
Alberta	Wayne Sokolosky	6	5	73	65	75%
Northern Ontario	Rick Lang	5	6	76	75	74%
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Howard Brazeau	5	6	57	71	72%
Nova Scotia	Alf Romain	4	7	59	81	71%
Saskatchewan	Roger Anholt	3	8	56	68	75%
Ontario	Joe Gurowka	3	8	66	82	78%
Prince Edward Island	Ken MacDonald	2	9	62	72	72%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Lang)	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	9
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	2	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Alberta (Sokolosky)	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5
Manitoba (DeBlonde)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3

1976_Macdonald_Brier

1976 Macdonald Brier

Teams

Round Robin standings

Round Robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Draw 12

Draw 13

Draw 14

Awards

All-Star Team

Ross G.L. Harstone Award

References

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7
Newfoundland (MacDuff)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	2	X	X	11
Nova Scotia (Romain)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	3
Alberta (Sokolosky)	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	X	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Lang)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	7
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Ontario (Gurowka)	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6
Saskatchewan (Anholt)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Anholt)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	3
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Romain)	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Northern Ontario (Lang)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	X	8
Newfoundland (MacDuff)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (DeBlonde)	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	5
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Sokolosky)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	X	7
Newfoundland (MacDuff)	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	10

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Jack MacDuff	Newfoundland
Third	Bert Gretzinger	British Columbia
Second	Don Aitken	Quebec
Lead	Keiven Bauer	British Columbia