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Born | 1936 (age 86–87) Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Medicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat, AB, North Hill CC, Calgary, AB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | Saskatchewan (1953-1954) Ontario (1957-1959) Alberta (1959-1983) British Columbia (1983-present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brier appearances | 3: (1964, 1978, 1983) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 1 (1978) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1958–59 [8] | Mike Chernoff | Doug Rawson | Jake Edwards | Bob Elliott | Ont. 1959 [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 WCC 1978 |
1980–81 | Ed Lukowich | Mike Chernoff | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | |
1981–82 [12] | Ed Lukowich | Mike Chernoff (skip) | John Ferguson | Wayne Hart | |
1982–83 | Ed Lukowich | Mike Chernoff (skip) | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | Brier 1983 |
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