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1965 Macdonald Brier
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Canadian men's curling championship
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1965 Macdonald Brier Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Saskatoon Arena March 1–5 52,319 Manitoba 1905 Granite CC, Winnipeg Terry Braunstein Don Duguid Ron Braunstein Ray Turnbull 1964 1966
The 1965 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 1 to 5, 1965 at Saskatoon Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After the Brier the year before drew the smallest crowd since 1952, the 1965 Brier broke the attendance record at the time as a total of 52,319 fans attended the Brier.EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf Curling Canada 25 April 2022 59 25 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425203008/https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf live This attendance record would not be surpassed until 1970.
Team Manitoba, skipped by Terry Braunstein, captured the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play with a 9–1 record. This was Manitoba's first Brier championship since 1956, and their sixteenth Brier championship overall. Braunstein's rink would go on to represent Canada in the 1965 Scotch Cup in which they became the first Canadian team to not win gold, as they were upset by the United States in the gold medal game.June 2026
Draw 9 between Alberta and Quebec saw the largest come from behind victory in Brier history. Alberta trailed 9-0 after the fifth end but Alberta outscored Quebec 16-3 in the last seven ends to win the game 16-12.Macdonald Brier Records https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/records Macdonald Brier Records - Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 22 June 2022
Draw 9 also saw two separate games go into a second extra end (14 ends) as Nova Scotia beat Newfoundland 11-9 and Ontario defeating New Brunswick 11-10. This was only the second and third time in Brier history that a second extra end would occur. The only other time this occurred was in 1955, which also featured Ontario and New Brunswick.
Event Summary
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Heading into the Thursday evening draw, Manitoba lead the competition with an unbeaten record of 7-0 while Saskatchewan, heading into their bye was 7-1. Northern Ontario and Quebec were both 5-2 and Alberta was 5-3. In the Thursday evening draw, Northern Ontario handed Manitoba their first loss of the competition with a 12-6 victory while Quebec blew a 9-0 lead after five ends and lost to Alberta 16-12. Heading into the final day, both Manitoba and Saskatchewan were tied with 7-1 records with Northern Ontario one game behind with a 6-2 record with Alberta and Quebec still having an outside shot with 6-3 and 5-3 records respectively.
The Friday morning draw saw a major upset as Saskatchewan lost to a two-win Nova Scotia team 7-6 in which Saskatchewan lead 6-4 with two ends remaining. Northern Ontario stayed alive as they beat Quebec 8-6 while Manitoba took complete advantage of Nova Scotia's upset win and cruised to a 13-7 victory over Ontario to retake the Brier lead and be in the drivers seat heading into the final draw.
Heading into the final draw, both Northern Ontario and Saskatchewan would need to win and have Manitoba lose to force a tiebreaker against Manitoba. Northern Ontario would lead Alberta 8-5 heading into the tenth end, but Alberta would stage another come from behind win as they tied the game with three in the tenth. After the eleventh end was blanked, Alberta would seal Northern Ontario's fate with a steal of one in the final end for a 9-8 win. Saskatchewan would keep their hopes alive as they cruised past Prince Edward Island 11-8. However, Manitoba would clinch the Brier Tankard with a 10-7 win over British Columbia. BC kept it close until the eighth end when Manitoba would score five to take the lead for good.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1965 1965 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive 2022-06-14 2021-05-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20210509165305/https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1965 live
white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitoba#FFFF00 New BrunswickCalgary CC, Calgary
Skip: Nicholas Lashuk
Third: Roland Otterson
Second: Ken Hamilton
Lead: Donald JarrettThunderbird CC, Vancouver
Skip: John Arnett
Third: Terrance Miller
Second: Glen Walker
Lead: Soren JensenGranite CC, Winnipeg
Skip: Terry Braunstein
Third: Don Duguid
Second: Ron Braunstein
Lead: Ray TurnbullBeausejour CC, Moncton
Skip: Peter Lyons
Third: Kenneth Little
Second: Raymond Gould
Lead: Joseph CareyNewfoundlandNorthern Ontariowhite Nova ScotiaOntarioSt. John's CC, St. John's
Skip: George MacCharles
Third: John Taite
Second: Kenneth Ellis
Lead: Alexander AndrewsKirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake
Skip: Jack Polyblank
Third: Frank Buturac
Second: Earl MacInnes
Lead: Wayne PetchMayflower CC, Halifax
Skip: Ronald Franklin
Third: Peter Corkum
Second: John Hawkins
Lead: John OylerUnionville CC, Unionville
Skip: Ray Grant
Third: Keith Jewett
Second: Raymond McGee
Lead: Alfred ClaneyPrince Edward Islandwhite Quebecgold SaskatchewanCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown
Skip: Douglas Cameron
Third: Alan Smith
Second: George Dillon
Lead: Bob DillonRCAF Bagotville CC, Bagotville
Skip: Bill Tracy
Third: Douglas Stuart
Second: Earl Carlson
Lead: Edgar WoodDelisle CC, Delisle
Skip: Harold Worth Jr.
Third: Elmer MacNevin
Second: Murray Armstrong
Lead: Gary Stevenson
Map of teams
left 400 300 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 51.058 -114.072 Black pog.svg 80 top Lashuk #ffe
Canada 49.261 -123.249 Black pog.svg 80 top Arnett #ffe
Canada 49.883 -97.151 Black pog.svg 80 top Braunstein #ffe
Canada 46.095 -64.799 Black pog.svg 80 left Lyons #ffe
Canada 47.569 -52.727 Black pog.svg 80 left MacCharles #ffe
Canada 48.151 -80.039 Black pog.svg 80 top Polyblank #ffe
Canada 44.657 -63.606 Black pog.svg 80 right Franklin
Canada 43.869 -79.316 Black pog.svg 80 top Grant #ffe
Canada 46.241 -63.127 Black pog.svg 80 top Cameron
Canada 48.337 -70.988 Black pog.svg 80 top Tracy
Canada 51.926 -107.140 Black pog.svg 80 top Worth Jr.
Round-robin standings
KeyBrier champion
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA Manitoba 1905 Terry Braunstein 9 1 99 68 Saskatchewan Harold Worth Jr. 8 2 98 69 Alberta Nicholas Lashuk 7 3 98 87 Northern Ontario Jack Polyblank 7 3 85 78 Ontario Ray Grant 5 5 88 85 Bill Tracy 5 5 90 94 Douglas Cameron 4 6 86 86 John Arnett 3 7 75 91 Ronald Franklin 3 7 76 98 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland George MacCharles 2 8 81 100 Peter Lyons 2 8 82 102
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Time (UTC-06:00)Day-by-Day Draw for Playdowns https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104228238/star-phoenix/ 22 June 2022 Saskatoon Star-Phoenix newspapers.com March 1, 1965 17
Draw 1
Monday, March 1 3:00 PM
A Alberta (Lashuk) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 Ontario (Grant) 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 11
B Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 10 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
C (Lyons) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 Saskatchewan (Worth) 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 12
D (Franklin) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 (Cameron) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 0 5 1 16
E (Arnett) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 9 (Tracy) 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 10
Draw 2
Monday, March 1 8:00 PM
A (Arnett) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 Alberta (Lashuk) 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10
B (Franklin) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 8 (Lyons) 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 11
C Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 (Tracy) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 10
D Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 11 Saskatchewan (Worth) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
E Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 Ontario (Grant) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 7
Draw 3
Tuesday, March 2 9:30 AM
A (Arnett) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 8 Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 9
B (Franklin) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 8
C Alberta (Lashuk) 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 10 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
D (Lyons) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 (Cameron) 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 10
E Saskatchewan (Worth) 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 12 (Tracy) 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 8
Draw 4
Tuesday, March 2 3:00 PM
A (Tracy) 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 10 (Franklin) 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9
B (Cameron) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 12
C Saskatchewan (Worth) 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 Alberta (Lashuk) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
D Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 9
E Ontario (Grant) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 (Arnett) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 8
Draw 5
Wednesday, March 3 3:00 PM
A Ontario (Grant) 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 9 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8
B Alberta (Lashuk) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 9 (Franklin) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 8
C (Tracy) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 10 (Cameron) 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
D (Lyons) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 10
E Saskatchewan (Worth) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 4 12 Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
Draw 6
Wednesday, March 3 8:00 PM
A (Franklin) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 11
B Saskatchewan (Worth) 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 11 Ontario (Grant) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
C (Arnett) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 9 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 16
D Alberta (Lashuk) 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 13 (Cameron) 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9
E (Lyons) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 (Tracy) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 12
Draw 7
Thursday, March 4 9:30 AM
A (Arnett) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 Saskatchewan (Worth) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
B Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 (Cameron) 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 12
C Alberta (Lashuk) 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 13 (Lyons) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
D (Franklin) 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 11 Ontario (Grant) 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 10
E Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 (Tracy) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
Draw 8
Thursday, March 4 3:00 PM
A Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 12 Alberta (Lashuk) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
B (Cameron) 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ontario (Grant) 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 11
C (Franklin) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 (Arnett) 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8
D Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 8 Saskatchewan (Worth) 2 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 14
E Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 (Lyons) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
Draw 9
Thursday, March 4 8:00 PM
A Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 (Franklin) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 11
B Ontario (Grant) 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 11 (Lyons) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 10
C Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 12 Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6
D (Tracy) 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 12 Alberta (Lashuk) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 1 0 5 16
E (Cameron) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 (Arnett) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7
Draw 10
Friday, March 5 9:30 AM
A (Tracy) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 8
B (Lyons) 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 13 (Arnett) 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 8
C (Cameron) 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
D Saskatchewan (Worth) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 (Franklin) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
E Ontario (Grant) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 13
Draw 11
Friday, March 5 3:00 PM
A (Arnett) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 Manitoba 1905 (Braunstein) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 10
B Saskatchewan (Worth) 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 11 (Cameron) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 8
C Ontario (Grant) 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 1 13 (Tracy) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
D Alberta (Lashuk) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 9 Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 8
E (Lyons) 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacCharles) 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 9
Awards
For the first time ever, an All-Star team was selected by the media.EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf Curling Canada 22 June 2022 48 25 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425203008/https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf live
+ All-Star Team Position Name Team Skip Jack Polyblank Northern Ontario Third Don Duguid Manitoba 1905 Second Ken Hamilton Alberta Lead Ray Turnbull Manitoba 1905
References
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