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1975 Macdonald Brier

The 1975 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 2 to 8, 1975 at the Lady Beaverbrook Rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The total attendance for the week was 20,672.[1] This was the first Brier in which a combined Territories (Northwest Territories and Yukon) team would participate, increasing the field from 11 to 12 teams. This arrangement would last until 2015 when each territory (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon) was granted a separate entry along with a Team Canada entry for the defending Brier champions.

1975 Macdonald Brier
Host cityFredericton, New Brunswick
ArenaLady Beaverbrook Rink
DatesMarch 2–8
Attendance20,672[1]
Winner Northern Ontario
Curling clubFort William CC, Thunder Bay
SkipBill Tetley
ThirdRick Lang
SecondBill Hodgson, Jr.
LeadPeter Hnatiw
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Team Northern Ontario, who was skipped by Bill Tetley captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 9–2 record. This was Northern Ontario's first Brier championship since 1950 and their second overall as well as Tetley's only Brier championship. The Tetley rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1975 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship in Perth, Scotland where they would lose in the semifinal to eventual champion Switzerland.

Despite being a longshot to win the Brier (or even compete in general) as a first year entry, the Territories entry from Yukon, who was skipped by Don Twa remained in contention until the final draw of the tournament and eventually finished tied for second overall with an 8–3 record. To date, this is the best Brier finish by any team from the territories.[2]

Teams edit

The teams were listed as follows:[3]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
St. Albert CC, St. Albert

Skip: Tom Reed
Third: Kevin Byrne
Second: Tony Rankel
Lead: Lorne Reed

Granite CC, Penticton

Skip: Frank Beutle
Third: Donald Wood
Second: Robert Partridge
Lead: Raymond Jones

Granite CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Rod Hunter
Third: Mike Riley
Second: Douglas Holmes
Lead: Bryan Wood

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Capital WC, Fredericton

Skip: John Clark
Third: David Silliphant
Second:Shelly Palk
Lead: John Cormier

St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Bob Cole
Third: Joseph Power Jr.
Second: Lew Andrews
Lead: Andrew Baird

Fort William CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Bill Tetley
Third: Rick Lang
Second: Bill Hodgson
Lead: Peter Hnatiw

Nova Scotia Ontario[4] Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Dick Boyce
Third: Robert Margeson
Second: Michael Currie
Lead: Peter Comstock

Cataraqui G&CC, Kingston

Skip: Alex Scott
Third: Edward Brown
Second: Mike Boyd
Lead: Thomas Miller

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: John Fortier
Third: Donald MacRae
Second: David Kassner
Lead: Donald Callbeck

Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon/Northwest Territories
St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal

Skip: Jim Ursel
Third: Art Lobel
Second: Don Aitken
Lead: Howard Atkinson

Regina CC, Regina

Skip: Harvey Mazinke
Third: Bill Martin
Second: George Achtymichuk
Lead: Dan Klippenstein

Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse

Skip: Don Twa
Third: Chuck Haines
Second: Kilburn Boyd
Lead: Lionel Stokes

Round Robin standings edit

Final Round Robin standings[3]

Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
  Northern Ontario Bill Tetley 9 2 94 75
  Yukon/Northwest Territories Don Twa 8 3 93 67
  Alberta Tom Reed 8 3 102 83
  Saskatchewan Harvey Mazinke 7 4 85 73
  Manitoba Rod Hunter 6 5 73 67
  Quebec Jim Ursel 6 5 84 74
  Ontario Alex Scott 6 5 77 76
  New Brunswick John Clark 6 5 85 83
  Nova Scotia Dick Boyce 4 7 67 99
  Prince Edward Island John Fortier 4 7 74 86
  Newfoundland Bob Cole 1 10 64 96
  British Columbia Frank Beutle 1 10 72 91

Round Robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).[3]

Draw 1 edit

Sunday, March 2, 3:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 7
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
  Manitoba (Hunter) 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 9
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Beutle) 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
  Ontario (Scott) 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 10
  New Brunswick (Clark) 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8

Draw 2 edit

Monday, March 3, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 2 X X 12
  Ontario (Scott) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 6
  New Brunswick (Clark) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 7
  Newfoundland (Cole) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6

Draw 3 edit

Monday, March 3, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hunter) 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 8
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 11
  British Columbia (Beutle) 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 10

Draw 4 edit

Monday, March 3, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5
  Manitoba (Hunter) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 X 11
  Newfoundland (Cole) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 6
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 X 11
  Ontario (Scott) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 5 edit

Tuesday, March 4, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
  Ontario (Scott) 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 9
  British Columbia (Beutle) 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hunter) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 6
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 X 11

Draw 6 edit

Tuesday, March 4, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Beutle) 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 6
  Ontario (Scott) 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 5
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 X 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 11
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 10
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 8

Draw 7 edit

Wednesday, March 5, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 10
  Alberta (Reed) 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 10
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Beutle) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Ontario (Scott) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7
  Manitoba (Hunter) 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8

Draw 8 edit

Wednesday, March 5, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Scott) 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 9
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hunter) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 X 8
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 7
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Beutle) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
  Alberta (Reed) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 9

Draw 9 edit

Thursday, March 6, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 7
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 10
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 8
  Ontario (Scott) 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hunter) 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9
  Alberta (Reed) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 X 9
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4

Draw 10 edit

Thursday, March 6, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 6
  British Columbia (Beutle) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 X 8
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hunter) 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 X 10
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 11 edit

Thursday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 2 X 12
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  British Columbia (Beutle) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 8
  Manitoba (Hunter) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Scott) 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 X 9
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 2 1 X 11
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 12 edit

Friday, March 7, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Hunter) 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 9
  British Columbia (Beutle) 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Scott) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
  Alberta (Reed) 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 7
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 4
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 X 9

Draw 13 edit

Friday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 7
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
  Alberta (Reed) 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 X 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Scott) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 X 7
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 6
  British Columbia (Beutle) 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 10
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 8

Draw 14 edit

Saturday, March 8, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8
  Newfoundland (Cole) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 X 9
  British Columbia (Beutle) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 X X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Fortier) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
  Manitoba (Hunter) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Boyce) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2
  Saskatchewan (Mazinke) 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 1 3 0 X X 14

Awards edit

All-Star Team edit

The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.[5]

Position Name Team
Skip Don Twa   Yukon/Northwest Territories
Third Bill Martin (2)   Saskatchewan
Second Mike Boyd   Ontario
Lead Howard Atkinson   Quebec

Ross G.L. Harstone Award edit

The Ross Harstone Award was presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.[6][5]

Name Team Position
Harvey Mazinke   Saskatchewan Skip

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 79. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ McLaughlin, Les. "Territories at Brier". Yukon Nuggets. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "1975 Macdonald Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ Ferguson, Bob (February 28, 1975). "Brier foursome has Ottawa ties". The Ottawa Citizen. Newspapers.com. p. 19. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS
  6. ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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