1941 Macdonald Brier

1941 Macdonald Brier
1941 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Toronto, Ontario
Arena	Granite Club
Dates	March 3-7
Winner	Alberta
Curling club	Calgary CC, Calgary
Skip	Howard Palmer
Third	Jack Lebeau
Second	Arthur Gooder
Lead	St. Clair Webb
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Last updated March 13, 2024

The 1941 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 7, 1941 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.^[1]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick	Northern Ontario
Calgary CC, Calgary Skip: Howard Palmer Third: Jack Lebeau Second: Arthur Gooder Lead: St. Clair Webb	Vancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Billy Finlay ^[3] Third: Roland David Second: Frederick Tinling Lead: William LeSage	Strathcona CC, Winnipeg Skip: Al Wakefield ^[3] Third: Douglas Adams Second: Lionel Francis Lead: Winston Anders	Thistle CC, Saint John Skip: Johnny Malcolm Third: Donald Cameron Second: Harry Magee Lead: Nicholas Rockwell	Kirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake Skip: Don Best ^[3] Third: J.C. Tuck Second: Thomas Rushworth Lead: George Sayles
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Fred Heath ^[3] Third: Duncan Campbell Second: L.M. Adamson Lead: Lyle Hopkins	Kitchener Granite CC, Kitchener Skip: Perry Hall Third: J.A. Lucas Second: Arthur Lehnen Lead: William Henderson Jr.	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Russ Cruikshank ^[3] Third: Gordon Hughes Second: Philip Cobb Lead: Harry Sear	Quebec CC, Quebec City Skip: Charlie Handley ^[3] Third: Edmond Stamand ^{[lower-alpha 1]} Second: Hebert DuChene ^{[lower-alpha 1]} Lead: Samuel Trueman	Kinley CC, Kinley Skip: Bill Dunbar ^[3] Third: James McMahon Second: James Beckett Lead: A.E. McMahon

Round robin standings

Key
	Brier champion

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Alberta	Howard Palmer	8	1	124	68
Ontario	Perry Hall	7	2	112	82
Saskatchewan	Bill Dunbar	6	3	87	79
Northern Ontario	Don Best	6	3	104	80
Manitoba	Al Wakefield	5	4	90	79
British Columbia	Billy Finlay	5	4	92	83
Nova Scotia	Fred Heath	4	5	91	89
Prince Edward Island	Russ Cruikshank	2	7	89	109
New Brunswick	Johnny Malcolm	2	7	68	112
Quebec	Charlie Handley	0	9	54	130

Round robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Handley)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5
Alberta (Palmer)	4	3	2	4	0	0	3	3	2	0	1	1	23

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Finlay)	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	6
Manitoba (Wakefield)	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	10
Nova Scotia (Heath)	0	5	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	13

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	10
Northern Ontario (Best)	4	0	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	15

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	9
Ontario (Hall)	2	0	1	0	5	4	0	5	0	1	0	3	21

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	8
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Wakefield)	1	0	1	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	12
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Heath)	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	0	11
British Columbia (Finlay)	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Handley)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6
Ontario (Hall)	0	2	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Best)	0	4	5	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	15
New Brunswick (Malcolm)	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	7

Draw 3

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Finlay)	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	8
Alberta (Palmer)	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	13

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6
Nova Scotia (Heath)	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	4	0	2	0	14

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Hall)	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	10
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Wakefield)	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	11
New Brunswick (Malcolm)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Handley)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Northern Ontario (Best)	1	1	1	3	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	2	17

Draw 4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	7
Alberta (Palmer)	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	12

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	10
Manitoba (Wakefield)	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Finlay)	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	2	2	0	3	15
Northern Ontario (Best)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Hall)	3	3	0	4	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	18
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Heath)	0	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	14
Quebec (Handley)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	6

Draw 5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	14
Northern Ontario (Best)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Hall)	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	2	1	3	0	15
Manitoba (Wakefield)	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	2	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	12
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Heath)	0	2	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	12
New Brunswick (Malcolm)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Finlay)	3	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	15
Quebec (Handley)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4

Draw 6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Heath)	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7
Alberta (Palmer)	0	2	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	12

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Best)	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	11
Ontario (Hall)	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Handley)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	7
Manitoba (Wakefield)	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	13

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	10
British Columbia (Finlay)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	7
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	0	2	2	1	3	0	4	0	3	0	0	4	19

Draw 7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	3	0	0	3	1	0	4	0	1	6	0	0	18
Ontario (Hall)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	8
British Columbia (Finlay)	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	10
Quebec (Handley)	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Best)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	7
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Wakefield)	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	11
Nova Scotia (Heath)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	7

Draw 8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	10
Alberta (Palmer)	0	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	13

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Handley)	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	9
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	13

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Ontario (Hall)	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	9
Nova Scotia (Heath)	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7
British Columbia (Finlay)	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Wakefield)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7
Northern Ontario (Best)	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	9

Draw 9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Palmer)	1	0	2	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	11
Manitoba (Wakefield)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	2	1	2	14
Quebec (Handley)	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Ontario (Hall)	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	10
British Columbia (Finlay)	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (Best)	2	3	1	1	1	0	3	0	4	2	0	0	17
Nova Scotia (Heath)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
New Brunswick (Malcolm)	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	1	12

Notes

1 2 Quebec's third Edmond Stamand fell ill prior to Draw 5 against British Columbia. Quebec shot with three players for both Draw 5 and 6 as second Hebert DuChene threw both second and third stones.^[4]^[5]

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References

↑ 1941 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
↑ "1941 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-06-17.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Manitoba has youngest rink". Newspapers.com. Calgary Herald. March 5, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
↑ "Finlay rink beats weak Quebec side". Newspapers.com. Vancouver Daily Province. March 5, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
↑ "Finlay defeats P.E.I. rink". Newspapers.com. Vancouver Daily Province. March 6, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

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[QC-6] 1 2 Quebec's third Edmond Stamand fell ill prior to Draw 5 against British Columbia. Quebec shot with three players for both Draw 5 and 6 as second Hebert DuChene threw both second and third stones.^[4]^[5]

[1] 1941 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone

[2] "1941 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-06-17.

[youngest-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Manitoba has youngest rink". Newspapers.com. Calgary Herald. March 5, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[4] "Finlay rink beats weak Quebec side". Newspapers.com. Vancouver Daily Province. March 5, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[5] "Finlay defeats P.E.I. rink". Newspapers.com. Vancouver Daily Province. March 6, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

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