1972 Macdonald Brier
1972 Macdonald Brier
Dates March 6–10
Attendance 12,890
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The 1972 Macdonald Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 6 to 10, 1972 at St. John's Arena in St. John's, Newfoundland .
Team Manitoba , who was skipped by Orest Meleschuk easily won the event, after posting a 9-1 round robin record, only losing to Quebec's Bill Kent rink, which finished second. Meleschuk and his rink of Dave Romano , John Hanesiak and Pat Hailley went on to win a gold medal at the 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom World Curling Championship, amidst controversy .
It was the first time St. John's had hosted the Brier. While the total attendance was underwhelming, about 2,500 spectators were on hand to witness the final two evening draws. The event also saw a dearth of quality games, with one scribe stating "[w]ell-played games were the exception rather than the rule," though ice conditions were not the blame. There were also incidents of rules infractions, with some curlers abusing the hogline rule (sliding past the hogline after releasing the rock), with Meleschuk even admitting "[s]ure, I broke it, ... but everybody else was so why stop?", and with some curlers burning stones, with an incident in the Saskatchewan vs. Manitoba game possibly causing the former to lose the game.
Indeed, it was the Manitoba–Saskatchewan game played in Draw 9 on Thursday night that many believed to be the turning point in the event, as both rinks had identical records heading in. The game was a "hard-fought, controversial battle", with the Manitobans winning 7–6. Following the game, Manitoba won their remaining two, while Saskatchewan dropped their final two.
Teams The teams are listed as follows:
Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Fairview CC, Fairview Fourth: Mel Watchorn Skip: Jim Fox Second: Terry Watchorn Lead: Merv WatchornNorth Vancouver R.C.C.C., North Vancouver Skip: Bernie Sparkes Third: Brock Giles Second: Brent Giles Lead: Brad GilesFort Rouge CC , Winnipeg Skip: Orest Meleschuk Third: Dave Romano Second: John Hanesiak Lead: Pat Hailley New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario Fredericton CC, Fredericton Skip: Dave Sullivan Third: John Gorman Second: Wally Nason Lead: Wayne RhodenizerSt. John's CC , St. John's Skip: Fred Durant Third: Jack MacDuff Second: Bob Rowe Lead: Carl StrongTarentorus SC, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Jack MacFarlane Third: Mike Boyd Second: Doug Clattenburg Lead: Dave MacFarlaneNova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Halifax CC , Halifax Skip: Barry Shearer Third: Ken Langille Second: Eddie Morgan Lead: Robin WilberOttawa CC , Ottawa Skip: Eldon Coombe Third: Keith Forgues Second: Jim Patrick Lead: Barney ProvostCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Kip Ready Third: Bill MacGregor Second: David Kassner Lead: Norm MacNeillQuebec Saskatchewan Heather CC , Hampstead Skip: Bill Kent Third: Art Lobel Second: Don Aitken Lead: Murray GreggaHub City CC, Saskatoon Skip: Doug Wyatt Third: Glen Farrell Second: Murray Trapp Lead: Dale Zoerb
Map of teams Provincial Winners Round Robin standings Final Round Robin standings
Province Skip W L PF PA Manitoba Orest Meleschuk 9 1 102 63 Quebec Bill Kent 7 3 79 73 Alberta Mel Watchorn 6 4 81 69 Ontario Eldon Coombe 6 4 89 82 Saskatchewan Doug Wyatt 6 4 82 75 British Columbia Bernie Sparkes 5 5 90 89 Northern Ontario Jack MacFarlane 5 5 91 83 New Brunswick Dave Sullivan 4 6 72 77 Prince Edward Island Kip Ready 3 7 72 100 Newfoundland Fred Durant 3 7 69 85 Nova Scotia Barry Shearer 1 9 66 97
Round Robin results All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC-03:30).
Draw 1 Monday, March 6, 3:00 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Wyatt)2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 11 Prince Edward Island (Ready)0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 Alberta (Watchorn)1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Meleschuk )1 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 12 Ontario (Coombe )0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Sparkes )2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Sullivan)0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 11 Nova Scotia (Shearer)0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 8
Draw 2 Monday, March 6, 8:00 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Sparkes )0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 11 Prince Edward Island (Ready)0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Meleschuk )2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 11 Newfoundland (Durant)0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Wyatt)0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 9 Nova Scotia (Shearer)0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Alberta (Watchorn)0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Coombe )0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 Quebec (Kent)1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 7
Draw 3 Tuesday, March 7, 9:00 am
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Watchorn)4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 16 Prince Edward Island (Ready)0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 8 Newfoundland (Durant)0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Sparkes )1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 9 Nova Scotia (Shearer)0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Wyatt)1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 New Brunswick (Sullivan)0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Coombe )3 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 12 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 8
Draw 4 Tuesday, March 7, 2:30 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Coombe )0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 12 Prince Edward Island (Ready)1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)0 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 12 Newfoundland (Durant)1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Watchorn)0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 12 Nova Scotia (Shearer)0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 10 Manitoba (Meleschuk )0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Sullivan)2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 10 British Columbia (Sparkes )0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 8
Draw 5 Wednesday, March 8, 2:30 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Prince Edward Island (Ready)0 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 12 Newfoundland (Durant)2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Coombe )0 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 11 Nova Scotia (Shearer)0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Meleschuk )0 3 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 13 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Watchorn)0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8 New Brunswick (Sullivan)2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Wyatt)1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 British Columbia (Sparkes )0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 6
Draw 6 Wednesday, March 8, 8:00 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Meleschuk )0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 10 Prince Edward Island (Ready)1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Newfoundland (Durant)2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 10 Nova Scotia (Shearer)0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Alberta (Watchorn)1 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 9 Saskatchewan (Wyatt)0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Sullivan)1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 Ontario (Coombe )0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6
Draw 7 Thursday, March 9, 9:00 am
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Prince Edward Island (Ready)0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 9 Quebec (Kent)1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Wyatt)0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 9 Ontario (Coombe )0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final New Brunswick (Sullivan)0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 Newfoundland (Durant)0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Meleschuk )0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 9 Nova Scotia (Shearer)1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Alberta (Watchorn)0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 9 British Columbia (Sparkes )0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 6
Draw 8 Thursday, March 9, 2:30 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)0 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 13 Prince Edward Island (Ready)1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Saskatchewan (Wyatt)0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 Newfoundland (Durant)1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final British Columbia (Sparkes )1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 3 2 15 Ontario (Coombe )0 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 10 Nova Scotia (Shearer)1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Meleschuk )0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 9 New Brunswick (Sullivan)1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
Draw 9 Thursday, March 9, 8:00 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 11 Nova Scotia (Shearer)0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Meleschuk )0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 7 Saskatchewan (Wyatt)2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 New Brunswick (Sullivan)1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Newfoundland (Durant)0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 1 11 British Columbia (Sparkes )1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Ontario (Coombe )0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 Alberta (Watchorn)0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
Draw 10 Friday, March 10, 9:00 am
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Nova Scotia (Shearer)0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 Prince Edward Island (Ready)0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Newfoundland (Durant)0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 6 Alberta (Watchorn)1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Quebec (Kent)3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 Saskatchewan (Wyatt)0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 New Brunswick (Sullivan)0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Meleschuk )2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 10 British Columbia (Sparkes )0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 8
Draw 11 Friday, March 10, 2:30 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Manitoba (Meleschuk )2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 12 Alberta (Watchorn)0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Prince Edward Island (Ready)0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 8 New Brunswick (Sullivan)2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 11 Saskatchewan (Wyatt)1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final British Columbia (Sparkes )0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 11 Quebec (Kent)1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Ontario (Coombe )0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 8 Newfoundland (Durant)0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
Awards All-Star Team The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.
Position Name Team Skip Bill Kent Quebec Third Dave Romano Manitoba Second Terry Watchorn Alberta Lead Murray Gregga Quebec
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 Dave Sullivan New Brunswick Skip
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