1956 Macdonald Brier | |
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Host city | Moncton, New Brunswick |
Arena | Moncton Stadium |
Dates | March 5–9 |
Attendance | 25,800 |
Winner | Manitoba |
Curling club | Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg |
Skip | Billy Walsh |
Third | Al Langlois |
Second | Cy White |
Lead | Andy McWilliams |
Finalist | Ontario (Phillips Sr.) |
« 1955 1957 » |
The 1956 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 5 to 9, 1956 at Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick. A total of 25,800 fans attended the event. [1]
Both Team Manitoba and Team Ontario finished tied for first in round robin play with 8-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the two teams. Manitoba, who was skipped by Billy Walsh defeated Ontario in the tiebreaker 8–7 in an extra end to capture the Brier Tankard in what is considered to be one of the greatest Brier finishes of all time. The game would come down to the last rock as Walsh delivered a perfect shot which snuck past the Ontario guard, then knocked the Ontario shot rock out of play while Walsh's rock managed to bite the 12 foot to capture the Brier championship. Walsh's winning shot was ranked 19th by TSN in their Top 50 Curling Shots of All Time segment. [2]
This was Manitoba's fifteenth Brier championship and the second won by Walsh as a skip, with his first being in 1952. This was the first time in which a championship tiebreaker would go to an extra end and only the second time in which any tiebreaker game would go to an extra end (the other was the second place tiebreaker in 1931).
Heading into the Thursday evening draw (Draw 9), Manitoba was unbeaten with a 7–0 record with Ontario right behind with a 6–1 record while Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan had an outside shot with 4-3 records. On the Thursday evening draw, Alberta would be eliminated with an 11–7 loss to Northern Ontario while Saskatchewan defeated Quebec 11–5. Nova Scotia would defeat previously unbeaten Manitoba 15–4. Ontario took advantage and beat Newfoundland 10–8 to tie Manitoba in the standings heading into the final day.
In the first matches on the final day, Ontario would lose to British Columbia 11-9 opening the door for Manitoba to be in the drivers seat heading into the final draw. Manitoba would do just that as they defeated Alberta 11-5 leaving Manitoba and Ontario as the only two teams that could win the Brier.
In the final draw in the afternoon, Manitoba was sitting with an 8–1 record while Ontario had a 7–2 record. A Manitoba win would have them clinch the Brier outright while Ontario needed a win against Nova Scotia and a Manitoba loss against Saskatchewan to force a tiebreaker playoff that evening. In the final draw, Ontario trailed 9–6 against Nova Scotia with two ends remaining, but Ontario would score five in the eleventh end then steal three in the last end to win 15–9. Saskatchewan handed Manitoba their second defeat of the Brier with a 12–10 win, which forced a tiebreaker playoff that evening between Manitoba and Ontario.
The tiebreaker game between Manitoba and Ontario would be an instant classic. After the first end was blanked, Ontario would strike first with two in the second but Manitoba would counter and tie the game at 2 after three ends. Both teams traded singles the next four ends, but Manitoba would take their first lead of the game at 5–4 with a steal of one in the eighth end. Ontario would tie the game with one in the ninth. Manitoba then scored one in the tenth and stole one in the eleventh to take a 7–5 lead heading into the final end. Ontario would score two in the last end to tie the game at 7. This meant for the first time ever that a tiebreaker playoff to decide a Brier would be decided in an extra end.
Manitoba would have the hammer in the extra end, which would come down to the final stone. With Ontario having shot rock within the four foot in addition of having a rock in front of the house guarding that rock, Billy Walsh would have his work cut out for him prior to his final stone. As he released the stone, it slid past the Ontario guard into the house. The rock then struck Ontario's shot stone, which would roll out of play. Walsh's stone would roll out and would stop just biting the 12 foot to score one and capture the Brier championship in one of the greatest Brier finishes of all time. Walsh's winning shot is still considered one of the top shots in Brier history.
The teams are listed as follows: [3]
Key | |
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Teams to Tiebreaker Playoff |
Province | Skip | W | L | PF | PA |
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Manitoba | Billy Walsh | 8 | 2 | 106 | 78 |
Ontario | Alf Phillips Sr. | 8 | 2 | 105 | 79 |
Saskatchewan | James Hill | 7 | 3 | 124 | 81 |
Nova Scotia | Gerald Glinz | 6 | 4 | 111 | 98 |
Alberta | Matt Baldwin | 5 | 5 | 87 | 90 |
Quebec | Walter Smith | 5 | 5 | 87 | 95 |
British Columbia | Harold Jordan | 4 | 6 | 98 | 105 |
Northern Ontario | Steve Kuzmaski | 4 | 6 | 93 | 92 |
Prince Edward Island | Wendell MacDonald | 4 | 6 | 89 | 102 |
New Brunswick | Ralph Lister | 3 | 7 | 89 | 115 |
Newfoundland | Robert Goudey | 1 | 9 | 73 | 127 |
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Time (UTC-04:00) [5]
Monday, March 5 3:00 PM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
Quebec (Smith) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Ontario (Phillips) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Monday, March 5 8:00 PM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Quebec (Smith) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Ontario (Phillips) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Tuesday, March 6 9:00 AM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Ontario (Phillips) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Quebec (Smith) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Tuesday, March 6 2:00 PM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Ontario (Phillips) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Quebec (Smith) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Wednesday, March 7 2:00 PM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
Ontario (Phillips) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Quebec (Smith) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Wednesday, March 7 8:00 PM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Quebec (Smith) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Ontario (Phillips) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
Thursday, March 8 9:00 AM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Quebec (Smith) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Thursday, March 8 3:00 PM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
Quebec (Smith) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Ontario (Phillips) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Thursday, March 8 8:00 PM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
Quebec (Smith) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Ontario (Phillips) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Friday, March 9 9:30 AM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Newfoundland (Goudey) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Ontario (Phillips) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
Friday, March 9 2:30 PM
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Saskatchewan (Hill) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
New Brunswick (Lister) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Alberta (Baldwin) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
British Columbia (Jordan) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Quebec (Smith) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Northern Ontario (Kuzmaski) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Nova Scotia (Glinz) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Ontario (Phillips) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
Friday, March 9
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
Manitoba (Walsh) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Ontario (Phillips) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
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The 1966 Macdonald Brier the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 7 to 11, 1966 at the Halifax Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After the Brier the year before broke attendance records, the 1966 edition only drew 11,905 fans. At the time, only the 1947 Brier drew fewer fans.
The 1933 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 7 to 9, 1933 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.
The 1946 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 4 to 7, 1946 at Saskatoon Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Saskatoon was supposed to host the 1943 Brier, which was cancelled due to the onset of World War II and was promised they would host the next Brier once the competition was resumed. This was the first Brier in which total attendance was recorded, which came to 22,000.
The 1950 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 6 to 10, 1950 at Kerrisdale Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. A total of 25,000 fans attended the event.
The 1958 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 7, 1958 at Victoria Memorial Arena in Victoria, British Columbia. A total of 36,000 fans attended the event.
The 1959 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 6, 1959 at the Colisée de Québec in Quebec City, Quebec. This was the second time that Quebec City had hosted the Brier, with the previous time being in 1942. A total of 16,000 fans attended the event. The attendance was affected by a raging blizzard on the final day in which there were fewer than a 1,000 fans that attended that day.
The 1961 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 6 to 10, 1961 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta. A total of 51,575 fans attended the event, which was only 150 fans short of the record set in 1955 Brier in Regina. Due to issues during the 1960 Brier with brooms shredding causing numerous delays to clean the ice during games, curlers no longer could choose their own broom and instead could only use brooms provided by the Brier committee. Previously, the Brier committee had always supplied brooms, but curlers were permitted to use their own if desired.
The 1962 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 5 to 10, 1962 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario. A total of 37,013 fans attended the event.
The 1968 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship the Canadian women's curling championship was held from February 26 to March 1, 1968, at the St. James Civic Centre in St. James, Manitoba.
The 1970 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship the Canadian women's curling championship was held from February 23 to 27, 1970 the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta.
The 1965 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 1 to 5, 1965 at Saskatoon Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After the Brier the year before drew the smallest crowd since 1952, the 1965 Brier broke the attendance record at the time as a total of 52,319 fans attended the Brier. This attendance record would not be surpassed until 1970.
The 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 12 at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario. The defending champion Team Canada rink, skipped by Brad Gushue won the event, and will go on to represent Canada at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship on home soil at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario. It was a record fifth Brier title as a skip for Gushue.