1962 Macdonald Brier

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1962 Macdonald Brier
Host city Kitchener, Ontario
Arena Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
DatesMarch 5–10
Attendance37,013
Winner Saskatchewan
Curling club Regina CC, Regina
Skip Ernie Richardson
Third Arnold Richardson
Second Garnet Richardson
Lead Wes Richardson
Finalist Alberta
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba
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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. [1]

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Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan all finished round robin play with 8-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the three teams to determine the Brier championship. Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Ernie Richardson ended up capturing the Brier Tankard by beating defending champion Hec Gervais and their Alberta rink in the final 14-7. Alberta earlier advanced to the final with an 8-7 victory over Manitoba in the semifinal. This was only the third time in Brier history in which a three-way tiebreaker determined the championship with the other instances being in 1928 and 1946.

This was Saskatchewan's fourth Brier championship and the third Brier won in four years by the Richardson rink after winning back-to-back Briers in 1959 and 1960. Richardson's rink would go onto compete in the 1962 Scotch Cup in Scotland, which they also won for the third time in four years.

Event Summary

After the Thursday morning draw (Draw 7), there were seven teams all within a game of one another that had a shot at the championship. British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan were all sitting at 5-2 with Alberta, Manitoba, and Northern Ontario sitting at 4-2, and New Brunswick sitting at 4-3. With several of these teams having to play one another, it was appearing that this Brier would have one of the most exciting finishes of all time.

In the Thursday afternoon draw (Draw 8), Ontario defeated Northern Ontario 10-5, Alberta handed New Brunswick a 10-7 defeat, Saskatchewan beat winless Newfoundland 10-6, and Manitoba beat Quebec 9-6 while British Columbia draw a bye. Still after the Thursday afternoon draw, there were five teams with two losses while Northern Ontario and New Brunswick had three and four losses respectively.

The Thursday evening draw saw many blowouts along with a couple teams being eliminated. Manitoba demolished Prince Edward Island 15-2, Alberta easily defeated Quebec 14-5, and BC handing Ontario as costly 8-6 defeat. Northern Ontario was eliminated from contention as they were beat by Nova Scotia 10-7 and despite a 27-4 rout over Newfoundland, New Brunswick would be eliminated from Brier contention prior to the final day. With the final day of round robin play rising upon the curlers, there was a four-way tie for first place as Alberta, BC, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan were all 6-2 with Ontario sitting at 6-3 and having a bye on Friday morning.

The Friday morning draw saw all four 6-2 teams win their games and improve to 7-2 heading into the final draw. With BC and Manitoba having to play in the Friday afternoon draw, this meant that Ontario was eliminated from contention. With the BC and Manitoba match looming, it was highly likely that there would be a three-way tiebreaker playoff but also a possibility of the BC/Manitoba winner winning the Brier if both Alberta and Saskatchewan both slipped up against Northern Ontario and Quebec respectively.

Alberta would make sure that there would be at least one tiebreaker game on Friday evening as they beat a reeling Northern Ontario team handily 14-9. Meanwhile Saskatchewan would make sure that the first three-way tiebreaker since 1946 would happen as they beat Quebec 10-8. The Manitoba and BC matchup went back-and-forth during the first half of play as the game was tied at 4 after six ends. However, Manitoba scored three in the seventh and two in the ninth (with BC scoring one in the eighth) to put the game out of reach and eventually win 10-7 joining both Alberta and Saskatchewan in the tiebreaker playoff. In the subsequent draw, Alberta would draw Manitoba in the semifinal on Friday evening while Saskatchewan drew a bye into the final on Saturday morning.

The semifinal game between Alberta and Manitoba on Friday evening proved to be as good as advertised. Alberta would hold the lead for the majority of the game including a 6-3 lead after the seventh end. But Ontario would mount a rally in the next four ends to tie the game at 7 heading into the final end. But Alberta would score one in the final end to win 8-7 and advance to the Saturday morning final against Saskatchewan.

The championship game on Saturday morning pitted two teams who had won the last three Brier Tankards with defending champion Hec Gervais of Alberta and two-time winner Ernie Richardson of Saskatchewan. Gervais was attempting to be the third skip in a row to win back-to-back Briers while Richardson was looking for his third Brier in the last four years. The championship proved to be a blowout as Saskatchewan dominated from the start with three in the first end. Alberta was not able to come back from the early deficit and would eventually trail 8-2 after the fifth end, which proved to be too much. Saskatchewan would roll to a 14-7 victory giving the Richardson rink not only their third Brier in four years, but also represent Canada in the upcoming 1962 Scotch Cup.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [2]

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew Brunswick
Alberta Avenue CC, Edmonton

Skip: Hec Gervais
Third: Ron Anton
Second: Ray Werner
Lead: Wally Ursuliak

Trail CC, Trail

Skip: Reg Stone
Third: Roy Stone
Second: Frenchy D'Amour
Lead: Hunt McKay

Strathcona CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Norm Houck
Third: Jim Ursel
Second: Morley Handford
Lead: Ross Murdock

Moncton CA, Moncton

Skip: Harold Mabey Sr.
Third: Harold Mabey Jr.
Second: Harold Keith
Lead: Robert Puddester

NewfoundlandNorthern OntarioNova ScotiaOntario
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: George Giannou
Third: Frederick Colbourne
Second: George MacCharles
Lead: John Taite

Kenora CC, Kenora

Skip: Ronald Redding
Third: John Kostick
Second: Alan Hansen
Lead: Gordon Peterson

Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: James Florian
Third: Peter Hope
Second: Kenneth Bell
Lead: Donald Stanhope

Tam-Heather CC, Agincourt

Skip: Bayne Secord
Third: Vernon Larsen
Second: Russell Lindberg
Lead: David McDonough

Prince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Arthur Burke
Third: Alan Smith
Second: Bob Dillon
Lead: Wayne Rhodenizer

Lachine CC, Lachine

Skip: William Armstrong
Third: Gordon Cape
Second: Garth Ruiter
Lead: James Wilson

Regina CC, Regina

Skip: Ernie Richardson
Third: Arnold Richardson
Second: Garnet Richardson
Lead: Wes Richardson

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Tiebreaker Playoff
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA
Saskatchewan Ernie Richardson 829674
Alberta Hec Gervais 8210681
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba Norm Houck 829261
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Reg Stone 739476
Ontario Bayne Secord 649670
New Brunswick Harold Mabey Sr. 5511182
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia James Florian 558788
Northern Ontario Ronald Redding 4684111
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec William Armstrong 3785100
Prince Edward Island Arthur Burke 1977120
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland George Giannou 01064129

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) [3]

Draw 1

Monday, March 5 3:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Redding)01011010140413
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)1020020100107
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Burke)1000101002027
Saskatchewan (Richardson)02210301101011
Sheet C123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Mabey)00000132210211
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)0311300000109
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gervais)10202003020010
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)0102011010219
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
Ontario (Secord)01012000100106
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)10100201001017

Draw 2

Monday, March 5 8:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)0001011020005
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)21101001013111
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Redding)0000101001014
Saskatchewan (Richardson)31210202201014
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)0020200010106
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)01010221020110
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gervais)2000200100207
Ontario (Secord)0101011011028
Sheet E123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Mabey)30304030202017
Prince Edward Island (Burke)0102010201018

Draw 3

Tuesday, March 6 9:30 AM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)0001100001014
Ontario (Secord)41300112201015
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)10103101230113
Saskatchewan (Richardson)0302001000208
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Redding)0030010000015
New Brunswick (Mabey)11033023310017
Sheet D12345678910111213Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)310101020100312
Prince Edward Island (Burke)00101010104109
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)0220001011018
Alberta (Gervais)1003100200209

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 6 3:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Richardson)00103020221213
Ontario (Secord)0201010300007
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)00120300300110
Northern Ontario (Redding)21000032014013
Sheet C12345678910111213Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)01201020010209
Alberta (Gervais)100203001020211
Sheet D12345678910111213Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)101030102001211
New Brunswick (Mabey)01010203011009
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)3010100101029
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)02030110301011

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 7 3:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)41021001010010
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)0010011010105
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Ontario (Secord)23110200101213
New Brunswick (Mabey)0000101001003
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)0110010302019
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)1000101010105
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Burke)12002002020110
Northern Ontario (Redding)00320310200011
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Richardson)0020200200006
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)11010020302111

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 7 8:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Burke)1010100211108
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)0202020000039
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Richardson)0100200010037
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)1010000102005
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gervais)30003020020X10
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)01110102101X8
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Mabey)03020021102011
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)0010200002027
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Ontario (Secord)10300040100211
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)0101210101108

Draw 7

Thursday, March 8 9:30 AM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gervais)0010021103008
Saskatchewan (Richardson)1102200010119
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)0010101020016
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)02030102021011
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Ontario (Secord)10311010110312
Prince Edward Island (Burke)0200010100004
Sheet D12345678910111213Final
Northern Ontario (Redding)200100102102110
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)03000203001009
Sheet E123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Mabey)0101000101004
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)1010200020017

Draw 8

Thursday, March 8 3:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)0100100101026
Saskatchewan (Richardson)10030300201010
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Northern Ontario (Redding)1001010010105
Ontario (Secord)01201023010010
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)1010110101006
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)0101002020129
Sheet D123456789101112Final
New Brunswick (Mabey)2020100100107
Alberta (Gervais)01010300310110
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)00102021000612
Prince Edward Island (Burke)0102020021109

Draw 9

Thursday, March 8 8:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)11114022021015
Prince Edward Island (Burke)0000000010012
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)0000000200035
Alberta (Gervais)21023110013014
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)02010212010110
Northern Ontario (Redding)0030100010207
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)0100201000004
New Brunswick (Mabey)10320603532227
Sheet E12345678910111213Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)10020100110028
Ontario (Secord)02001001001106

Draw 10

Friday, March 9 9:30 AM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)10202010010310
Northern Ontario (Redding)0001020210107
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Burke)0021021010209
Alberta (Gervais)20003003040113
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Richardson)1001021000308
New Brunswick (Mabey)0010300100005
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)2101010101018
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)0010101010105
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)04020200200111
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)2010101101108

Draw 11

Friday, March 9 3:00 PM

Sheet A123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)01012030201010
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Stone)1010020101017
Sheet B123456789101112Final
Prince Edward Island (Burke)10201041110011
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Newfoundland (Giannou)0101010000238
Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Richardson)00102102202010
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Armstrong)0301001001028
Sheet D123456789101112Final
Ontario (Secord)0301201001008
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Florian)40200102001111
Sheet E123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gervais)04010203022014
Northern Ontario (Redding)1010101020039

Playoff

Semifinal Final
Saskatchewan 14
Alberta 8 Alberta 7
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba 7

Semifinal

Friday, March 9 8:00 PM

Sheet C123456789101112Final
Alberta (Gervais)2000202010018
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Houck)0011010201107

Final

Saturday, March 10 9:30 AM

Sheet C123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (Richardson)30203010203014
Alberta (Gervais)0101010101027

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