1978 Macdonald Brier

March 2026 1978 Macdonald Brier Vancouver, British Columbia Pacific Coliseum March 5–10 63,8512023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide-5.pdf Curling Canada 2 March 2023 79 11 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230311022309/https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide-5.pdf dead Medicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat Ed Lukowich Mike Chernoff Dale Johnston Ron Schindle 1977 1979 The 1978 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held March 5 to 10, 1978 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia.Gilchrist Kent Sparkes predicts a 9-2 will do https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120430447/ 8 March 2023 The Vancouver Province Newspapers.com March 4, 1978 23 The total attendance for the week was a then-record 63,851 breaking the previous mark set at the 1976 1976 Brier in Regina. Team Alberta, who was skipped by Mike Chernoff won the Brier tankard by finishing the round robin with a 9–2 record. This was Alberta's thirteenth Brier championship overall. Chernoff's rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1978 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil in Winnipeg, Manitoba where they lost in the semifinal to Norway. Nova Scotia's 14–1 six end victory over Manitoba in Draw 6 tied a record set in 1929 for fewest ends played in a single game.Macdonald Brier Records https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/records Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 8 March 2023 Teams The teams are listed as follows: white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaMedicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat Fourth: Ed Lukowich Skip: Mike Chernoff Second: Dale Johnston Lead: Ron SchindleVancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Bernie Sparkes Third: Ron Thompson Second: Al Cook Lead: Keiven BauerHeather CC, Winnipeg Skip: Doug Harrison Third: Jim Sampson Second: Rick Hoffman Lead: Bryan WoodNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthern OntarioThistle-St. Andrew's CC, Saint John Skip: Pete Murray Third: Ralph McLenaghan Second: Dough Trecartin Lead: Bill OliverGoose Bay CC, Happy Valley-Goose Bay Skip: Bob Rowe Third: Tom Melnyk Second: Tony Pilling Lead: Charles FennimoreKapuskasing CC, Kapuskasing Skip: Barry Mutrie Third: John Ballantyne Second: John K. Ross Lead: Edward BowcockNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandDartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Alan Darragh Third: Peter McPhee Second: Mike Currie Lead: Lowell GouldenLondon CC, London Skip: Gerry Hodson Third: Barry Paterson Second: Glenn Webster Lead: Ross GuestSummerside CC, Summerside Skip: Peter McDonald Third: Rod McDonald Second: Ron Casey Lead: Keith WedgeQuebecSaskatchewanNorthwest Territories/YukonCaledonia CC, Westmount Skip: Steve Ducat Third: Karl Murovic Second: Glenn Aldridge Lead: Malcolm TurnerNutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Rick Folk Third: Bob Thompson Second: Tom Wilson Lead: Rodger SchmidtFort Smith CC, Fort Smith Skip: Howie Brazeau Third: Jim Schaefer Second: Charles Schaefer Lead: Malcolm MacEachern Map of teams left 400 200 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 50.04 -110.68 Black pog.svg 80 top Chernoff Canada 49.26 -123.11 Black pog.svg 80 top Sparkes Canada 49.88 -97.15 Black pog.svg 80 top Harrison Canada 45.28 -66.08 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Murray Canada 53.34 -60.45 Black pog.svg 80 top Rowe Canada 49.42 -82.43 Black pog.svg 80 top Mutrie Canada 44.67 -63.57 Black pog.svg 80 right Darragh Canada 42.96 -81.23 Black pog.svg 80 top Hodson Canada 46.40 -63.78 Black pog.svg 80 top MacDonald Canada 45.48 -73.60 Black pog.svg 80 top Ducat Canada 52.14 -106.69 Black pog.svg 80 top Folk Canada 60.01 -111.88 Black pog.svg 80 top Brazeau Round Robin standings Final Round Robin standings KeyBrier champion ProvinceSkipWLPFPA Mike Chernoff 9 2 79 63 Rick Folk 8 3 83 62 Bernie Sparkes 8 3 77 59 Alan Darragh 6 5 86 67 Pete Murray 6 5 73 79 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland Bob Rowe 5 6 69 74 Doug Harrison 5 6 65 84 Howie Brazeau 5 6 68 60 Peter McDonald 5 6 77 73 Gerry Hodson 4 7 67 79 Barry Mutrie 3 8 58 91 Steve Ducat 2 9 67 78 Round Robin results All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC-08:00).1978 Brier curling draw https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120429623/ 8 March 2023 The Vancouver Province Newspapers.com March 4, 1978 241978 Macdonald Brier https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1978 Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 8 March 2023 Draw 1 Sunday, March 5, 2:30 pm A (Harrison) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 (Chernoff) 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 X 9 B (McDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 (Folk) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 6 C (Brazeau) 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 X 7 (Ducat) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 D (Murray) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 (Darragh) 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 8 E (Sparkes) 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 F (Mutrie) 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 X 9 (Hodson) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 6 Draw 2 Monday, March 6, 1:00 pm A (Hodson) 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 X 9 (Murray) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 B (Darragh) 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 9 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5 C (Sparkes) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 (Harrison) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 D (Brazeau) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 6 (Folk) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 E (Mutrie) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1 (Ducat) 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 X X 11 F (McDonald) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 X 7 (Chernoff) 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 X 10 Draw 3 Monday, March 6, 7:30 pm A (McDonald) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 5 (Sparkes) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 7 B (Chernoff) 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 (Brazeau) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 C (Mutrie) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 (Darragh) 0 2 3 0 1 3 0 1 3 X 13 D Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 (Hodson) 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 X 8 E (Harrison) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 9 (Folk) 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 F (Ducat) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5 (Murray) 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 9 Draw 4 Tuesday, March 7, 1:00 pm A (Brazeau) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 7 (Darragh) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 B (Mutrie) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 X 5 (Sparkes) 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 9 C (Chernoff) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 (Murray) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 7 D (Ducat) 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 (Harrison) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 7 E (McDonald) 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 7 (Hodson) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 F (Folk) 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6 Draw 5 Wednesday, March 8, 1:00 pm A (Ducat) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 8 B (Harrison) 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 5 (Hodson) 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 X 11 C (Darragh) 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 8 (McDonald) 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 10 D (Chernoff) 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 8 (Mutrie) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 5 E (Folk) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 (Murray) 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 9 F (Brazeau) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 (Sparkes) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 Draw 6 Wednesday, March 8, 7:30 pm A (Folk) 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 X 8 (Mutrie) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 4 B (Ducat) 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 9 (McDonald) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 C Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 X 4 (Chernoff) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 6 D (Sparkes) 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 X 9 (Murray) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 4 E (Hodson) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 5 (Brazeau) 2 0 3 0 2 0 5 0 X X 12 F (Darragh) 2 3 1 0 4 4 X X X X 14 (Harrison) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1 Draw 7 Thursday, March 9, 1:00 pm A (Darragh) 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 (Hodson) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 B (Brazeau) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4 (Murray) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 7 C (Folk) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 7 (Sparkes) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 D (Harrison) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 (McDonald) 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 X 8 E Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5 (Mutrie) 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 X 8 F (Chernoff) 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 (Ducat) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 Draw 8 Thursday, March 9, 7:30 pm A (Murray) 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 X 10 (Harrison) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 X 7 B (Folk) 1 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 X 10 (Darragh) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4 C (Ducat) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 (Hodson) 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 D (Mutrie) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 (Brazeau) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 7 E (Chernoff) 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6 (Sparkes) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 5 F Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 X 8 (McDonald) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 Draw 9 Friday, March 10, 1:00 pm A (Mutrie) 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 9 (McDonald) 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 X 6 B (Sparkes) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 (Ducat) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 C (Murray) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 9 D (Darragh) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 5 (Chernoff) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 X 7 E (Brazeau) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 6 (Harrison) 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 X 7 F (Hodson) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 4 (Folk) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 X 8 Draw 10 Friday, March 10, 7:30 pm A (Chernoff) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3 (Folk) 2 1 3 0 2 4 0 1 X X 13 B Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 8 (Harrison) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 C (McDonald) 0 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 X X 9 (Brazeau) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X 5 D (Hodson) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 X X 5 (Sparkes) 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 X X 11 E (Ducat) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 6 (Darragh) 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 X 9 F (Murray) 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 9 (Mutrie) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 X 6 Draw 11 Saturday, March 11, 11:45 am A Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rowe) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 7 (Brazeau) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 B (Sparkes) 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 X 8 (Darragh) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 5 C (Hodson) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 (Chernoff) 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 X 10 D (Folk) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 8 (Ducat) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 E (Murray) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 4 (McDonald) 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 X 11 F (Harrison) 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 X 9 (Mutrie) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 Awards All-Star Team The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/brierawards.txt BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS 2023-03-08 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204811/http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/brierawards.txt dead Position Name Team Skip Rick Folk (2) Third Mike Chernoff (Skip) Second Al Cook Lead Keiven Bauer (2) Ross G.L. Harstone Award 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.EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf Curling Canada 22 June 2022 52 25 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425203008/https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf live Name Team Position Pete Murray Skip References External links Final Draw on YouTube (featuring Alberta vs. Ontario) Rosters - Soudog Curling Macdonald Brier 1978 Category:Curling competitions in Vancouver Macdonald Brier Macdonald Brier Category:1970s in Vancouver