Mike Chernoff (curler)

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Mike Chernoff
 
Born1936 (age 8687)
Team
Curling club Medicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat, AB,
North Hill CC, Calgary, AB
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (1953-1954)
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (1957-1959)
Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (1959-1983)
Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (1983-present)
Brier appearances3: (1964, 1978, 1983)
World Championship
appearances
1 (1978)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Winnipeg
Macdonald Brier
Representing Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978 Vancouver
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Sudbury

Michael N. Chernoff [2] (born c. 1936) is a Canadian curler and geologist from West Vancouver, British Columbia. [3] He is a 1978 World Men's bronze medallist [4] and a 1978 Brier champion.

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Personal life

Chernoff has a degree in geological engineering from Queen's University at Kingston. [5] He was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. He is married to Dorine. [6] After graduating from Queens, Chernoff worked as a geologist, conducting field studies across Canada for several oil and gas companies including California Standard, Pinnacle Petroleum, and Ulster Petroleum. He founded Strom Resources in 1979, and sold it to PennWest. He founded Paclata Resources in 1987 with his son Bruce, developing oil and gas operations in a number of different countries. It was sold to Alberta Energy Company in 1999.

He was a director at Encana (now Ovintiv) and Canadian Hydro Developers. [7]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1958–59 [8] Mike ChernoffDoug Rawson Jake Edwards Bob Elliott Ont. 1959 Silver medal icon.svg [9]
1964 Ron Northcott Mike Chernoff Ron Baker Fred Storey Brier 1964 (5th) [10] [11]
1977–78 Ed Lukowich (fourth)Mike Chernoff (skip) Dale Johnston Ron Schindle Brier 1978 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1978 Bronze medal icon.svg
1980–81Ed LukowichMike Chernoff Neil Houston Brent Syme
1981–82 [12] Ed LukowichMike Chernoff (skip)John Ferguson Wayne Hart
1982–83Ed LukowichMike Chernoff (skip)Neil HoustonBrent Syme Brier 1983 Silver medal icon.svg

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References

  1. "2011 Saskatchewan Oilpatch Awards". 8 June 2011.
  2. "The Chernoff Family Awards". Queen’s Alumni. Archived from the original on 2020-04-29.
  3. "Bruce Chernoff: The comeback kid of the oil patch". The Globe and Mail . February 22, 2013.
  4. Mike Chernoff on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. "Curling club makes way for Queen's Centre".
  6. "Chernoff Family | Queen's Encyclopedia".
  7. Steffenhagen, Janet (April 20, 2007). "Oilman wants 'other side' shown". Vancouver Sun .
  8. "Curling Capers". Ottawa Citizen. February 7, 1959. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  9. "Sellers Wins Curling Title, Unbeaten in Provincial Play". Ottawa Journal. February 14, 1959. p. 12. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  10. 1964 MacDonald Brier - Soudogcurling
  11. http://cloud.rampinteractive.com/albertacurlingfederation/files/2017MENS.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  12. "In good shape". Calgary Herald. January 16, 1982. Retrieved April 17, 2022.