1970 Macdonald Brier
1970 Macdonald Brier
Dates March 2–6
Attendance 60,255
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The 1970 Macdonald Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 2–6 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg , Manitoba .
The hometown Don Duguid rink out of Winnipeg's Granite Club won the event in the last draw, when they beat Saskatchewan's Bob Pickering rink in front of 9,287 fans at the Winnipeg Arena, which was "filled to capacity". This gave the team the best round robin record, preventing a playoff against the next best team, Alberta which had one more loss. With the championship, the Duguid team would go on to represent Canada at the 1970 Air Canada Silver Broom , the World Curling Championships, which they won.
Duguid's only loss came against team British Columbia, skipped by 1964 Brier champion Lyall Dagg , who would go on to finish in third place. Manitoba's first round match against Alberta, skipped by 1961 Brier and World Champion Hec Gervais proved to be the deciding game. The ice in that game as particularly bad, as it had "almost turned to water", making players have to throw the rocks very hard to get them to the other end, and making hits nearly impossible. Manitoba won their match against Alberta 10-9, after Gervais missed his last throw.
Prior to the season, Duguid's experience as a skip was limited, though he had won the 1965 Brier as a third. For the 1970 season, Duguid reluctantly joined forces with teammates Rod Hunter , Jim Pettapiece and Bryan Wood , replacing Hunter's brother, and found immediate success.
Teams The teams are listed as follows:
Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Granite CC, Edmonton Skip: Hec Gervais Third: Bill Mitchell Second: Wayne Saboe Lead: Bill TainshVancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Lyall Dagg Third: Barry Naimark Second: Leo Hebert Lead: Terry PaulsonGranite CC , Winnipeg Skip: Don Duguid Third: Rod Hunter Second: Jim Pettapiece Lead: Bryan Wood New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario Moncton CA , Moncton Skip: Harold Mabey Jr. Third: Ed Steeves Second: Hal Keith Lead: Grant MacMellonSt. John's CC , St. John's Skip: Les Bowering Third: Frank Stent Second: Dan Herder Lead: Roger MabeyFort William CC , Thunder Bay Skip: Tom Tod Third: James Carson Second: J. Carl Whitfield Lead: Bill HallinanNova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Mayflower CC , Halifax Skip: Ron Franklin Third: Peter Corkum Second: Stu Cameron Lead: Howard OxnerThe Terrace Club, Toronto Skip: Paul Savage Third: Thomas Cushing Second: Gerry Downer Lead: David PhillipsCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Art Burke Third: George Dillon Second: George Saunders Lead: Lorne BurkeQuebec Saskatchewan Heather CC, Hampstead Skip: Bill Kent Third: John Hammond Second: Don Aitken Lead: Art Lobel Avonlea CC, Avonlea Skip: Bob Pickering Third: Garnet Campbell Second: John Keys Lead: Gary Ford
Map of teams Provincial Winners Round Robin standings Round Robin results Draw 1 Monday, March 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Pickering)0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 12 Northern Ontario (Tod)2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Savage)0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 10 British Columbia (Dagg)1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Duguid)1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 Alberta (Gervais)0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 9 Quebec (Kent)0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Prince Edward Island (Burke)2 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 13 Nova Scotia (Franklin)0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 8
Draw 2 Monday, March 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Savage)0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Gervais)0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 9 Northern Ontario (Tod)3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Pickering)1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 8 Prince Edward Island (Burke)0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Newfoundland (Bowering)3 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 12 Nova Scotia (Franklin)0 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Duguid)0 2 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 2 3 0 16 Quebec (Kent)0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
Draw 3 Tuesday, March 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Newfoundland (Bowering)1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 Saskatchewan (Pickering)0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 3 1 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Duguid)1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 9 Ontario (Savage)0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Tod)0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 11 Quebec (Kent)0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Dagg)1 0 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 11 New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Gervais)4 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 18 Prince Edward Island (Burke)0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Draw 4 Tuesday, March 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final British Columbia (Dagg)1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 9 Manitoba (Duguid)0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Nova Scotia (Franklin)1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 9 Saskatchewan (Pickering)0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Gervais)1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 11 Newfoundland (Bowering)0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Quebec (Kent)0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 9 Prince Edward Island (Burke)0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Tod)0 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 11 Ontario (Savage)1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6
Draw 5 Wednesday, March 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Prince Edward Island (Burke)1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 8 Ontario (Savage)0 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 12
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 3 11 Newfoundland (Bowering)0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Tod)0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 British Columbia (Dagg)0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Manitoba (Duguid)0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Nova Scotia (Franklin)0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 8 Alberta (Gervais)0 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 13
Draw 6 Wednesday, March 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 7 Northern Ontario (Tod)2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Savage)0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6 Newfoundland (Bowering)3 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 Nova Scotia (Franklin)0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Pickering)2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 9 Alberta (Gervais)0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Prince Edward Island (Burke)0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 British Columbia (Dagg)2 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 10
Draw 7 Thursday, March 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Duguid)2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 10 Northern Ontario (Tod)0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Pickering)0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 12 Quebec (Kent)1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Newfoundland (Bowering)0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 11 British Columbia (Dagg)2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Prince Edward Island (Burke)0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 9 New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Savage)0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 8 Nova Scotia (Franklin)2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Draw 8 Thursday, March 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Gervais)0 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 12 Quebec (Kent)0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Savage)0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Saskatchewan (Pickering)1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 5 1 0 15
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Duguid)0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 3 14 Prince Edward Island (Burke)0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Dagg)2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 13 Nova Scotia (Franklin)0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Newfoundland (Bowering)1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 11 New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7
Draw 9 Thursday, March 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Gervais)0 0 0 3 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 14 Ontario (Savage)5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Nova Scotia (Franklin)0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Newfoundland (Bowering)1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 Manitoba (Duguid)0 2 1 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Tod)1 1 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 12 Prince Edward Island (Burke)0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Dagg)1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 8 Saskatchewan (Pickering)0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
Draw 10 Friday, March 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Nova Scotia (Franklin)0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 Manitoba (Duguid)0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Tod)2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 9 Newfoundland (Bowering)0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 9 Ontario (Savage)0 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Dagg)2 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 11 Alberta (Gervais)0 1 0 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 13
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 6 Saskatchewan (Pickering)0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
Draw 11 Friday, March 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (Tod)0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 Nova Scotia (Franklin)1 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 12
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Mabey Jr.)1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 9 Alberta (Gervais)0 3 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 12
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 British Columbia (Dagg)0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Prince Edward Island (Burke)0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 9 Newfoundland (Bowering)2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Pickering)0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 Manitoba (Duguid)2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Awards All-Star Team The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.
Don Duguid became the first curler to make the All-Star team in more than one position as Duguid was previously selected to the All-Star team in 1965 as a third .
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 Ed Steeves New Brunswick Third
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