1976 Macdonald Brier

March 2026 1976 Macdonald Brier Regina, Saskatchewan Regina Exhibition Stadium March 7–13 61,1102023 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 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland St. John's CC, St. John's Jack MacDuff Toby McDonald Doug Hudson Ken Templeton Sam Richardson (unofficial)Katherine Hobbs Debbie Cooper Remembering the Jack MacDuff Brier triumph, 40 years later https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/curling-newfoundland-team-1976-brier-win-jack-macduff-1.3475700 CBC 6 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20220730071408/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/curling-newfoundland-team-1976-brier-win-jack-macduff-1.3475700 July 30, 2022 March 4, 2016 1975 1977 The 1976 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 7 to 13, 1976 at Regina Exhibition Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan.Regina Leader-Post, 19 Feb 1976, pg 18, "Brier fever hits Moose Jaw" The total attendance for the week was 61,110. This was the final Brier in which regulation games were 12 ends in length. Team Newfoundland, who was skipped by Jack MacDuff captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 9–2 record. This was Newfoundland's first ever Brier title. MacDuff's rink were considered heavy underdogs in the event as their odds of winning the Brier had been put at 1,000 to 1, making the victory extraordinary. The MacDuff rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1976 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championships in Duluth, Minnesota. They could not replicate the Brier success however, as they finished ninth out of ten teams with a 2–7 record, which at the time was the worst finish by a Canadian team in the world championships. British Columbia's 6–5 victory over Alberta in Draw 11 was the fifth double extra end game in Brier history and the first since 1973. This game was one of eleven games in the tournament which went to an extra end, setting a record for most extra end games in one Brier. This would end up being a Macdonald era (until 1979) record and wouldn't be broken until 1981.Macdonald Brier Records https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/records Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 6 March 2023Brier Records https://stats.curling.io/brier/records Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 6 March 2023 This Brier also set a record for most blank ends in a single Brier as 199 ends were blanked. To date, this is the most blank ends in a single Brier. There were also two games (BC vs. Quebec in Draw 5 and Newfoundland vs. Saskatchewan in Draw 12) which tied a Brier record set in 1974 for most blank ends in one game with seven. This record would not be broken until 1990. Teams The teams were as follows:1976 Macdonald Brier https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1976 Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 6 March 2023 white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaCalgary CC, Calgary Skip: Wayne Sokolosky Third: Frank Morissette Second: John Cottam Lead: Shayne WylieBurnaby WC, Burnaby Skip: Bernie Sparkes Third: Bert Gretzinger Second: Al Cook Lead: Keiven BauerHeather CC, Winnipeg Skip: Clare DeBlonde Third: Garry DeBlonde Second: Don Finkbeiner Lead: Doug FinkbeinerNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthern OntarioCapital WC, Fredericton Skip: Dave Sullivan Third: Mike Flannery Second:Tom Rubec Lead: Greg GilksSt. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Jack MacDuff Third: Toby McDonald Second: Doug Hudson Lead: Ken TempletonFort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Rick Lang Third: Bob Nicol Second: Al Fiskar Jr.Al Fiskar Jr. is a son of Al Fiskar, Canada men's alternate and coach on 1982 WCC 1982 Lead: Warren ButtersNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandMayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Alf Romain Third: Doug Arnold Second: Stu Cameron Lead: Guy LaRocqueDixie CC, Mississauga Skip: Joe Gurowka Third: Bob Charlebois Second: Ray Lilly Lead: Jim McGrathCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Ken MacDonald Third: Keith MacEachern Second: Peter McDonald Lead: Al LedgerwoodQuebecSaskatchewanNorthwest Territories/YukonSt. Laurent CC, Mount Royal Skip: Jim Ursel Third: Art Lobel Second: Don Aitken Lead: Brian RossMoose Jaw CC, Moose Jaw Skip: Roger Anholt Third: Gord Stewart Second: Bob Hicks Lead: Bill WilsonFort Smith CC, Fort Smith Skip: Howie Brazeau Third: Jim Schaefer Second: Charles Schaefer Lead: Paul Kaeser Jr. Map of teams left 400 200 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 51.05 -114.07 Black pog.svg 80 top Sokolosky Canada 49.27 -122.97 Black pog.svg 80 top Sparkes Canada 49.88 -97.15 Black pog.svg 80 top DeBlonde Canada 45.95 -66.67 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Sullivan Canada 47.56 -52.71 Black pog.svg 80 top MacDuff Canada 48.40 -89.27 Black pog.svg 80 top Lang Canada 44.65 -63.59 Black pog.svg 80 right Romain Canada 43.60 -79.65 Black pog.svg 80 top Gurowka Canada 46.24 -63.13 Black pog.svg 80 top MacDonald Canada 45.52 -73.64 Black pog.svg 80 top Ursel Canada 50.39 -105.55 Black pog.svg 80 top Anholt Canada 60.01 -111.88 Black pog.svg 80 top Brazeau Round Robin standings Final Round Robin standings KeyBrier champion ProvinceSkipWLPFPAS% Shot percentageBrier facts and figures https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100649081/the-leader-post/ 28 April 2022 Regina Leader-Post 47 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland Jack MacDuff 9 2 81 61 72% Clare DeBlonde 8 3 69 60 79% Bernie Sparkes 7 4 74 58 80% Jim Ursel 7 4 66 53 79% Dave Sullivan 7 4 63 56 73% Wayne Sokolosky 6 5 73 65 75% Rick Lang 5 6 76 75 74% Howard Brazeau 5 6 57 71 72% Alf Romain 4 7 59 81 71% Roger Anholt 3 8 56 68 75% Joe Gurowka 3 8 66 82 78% Ken MacDonald 2 9 62 72 72% Round Robin results All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06:00).Brier '76 Schedule https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120296024/ 6 March 2023 The Regina Leader-Post Newspapers.com March 8, 1976 Draw 1 Sunday, March 7, 1:30 pm (MacDonald) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 (Brazeau) 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 2 X X 11 (Romain) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4 (Lang) 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 (Sparkes) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 8 (Sullivan) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 (Sokolosky) 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 X 8 (Ursel) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 (DeBlonde) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 Draw 2 Sunday, March 7, 7:30 pm (Brazeau) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 3 (Sokolosky) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 X X 10 (Lang) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 (MacDonald) 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 (Gurowka) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 (Anholt) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 7 (Sparkes) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6 (Romain) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 (Sullivan) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Draw 3 Monday, March 8, 9:00 am (Anholt) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3 (Sparkes) 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 8 (Brazeau) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 (Ursel) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (Sokolosky) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 (DeBlonde) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Draw 4 Monday, March 8, 1:30 pm (Romain) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 (Lang) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 (Sullivan) 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 8 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 (MacDonald) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 (Gurowka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 6 Draw 5 Monday, March 8, 7:30 pm (Ursel) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 (Sparkes) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 (Gurowka) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 (Sullivan) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 8 (DeBlonde) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5 (MacDonald) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 3 (Anholt) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 7 (Romain) 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 9 (Lang) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 X 11 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 X 7 Draw 6 Tuesday, March 9, 9:00 am (Sullivan) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 6 (Anholt) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 (Ursel) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 (Sparkes) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 6 (DeBlonde) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 7 (Gurowka) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 5 (Brazeau) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 6 (Romain) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 7 (Sokolosky) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 Draw 7 Tuesday, March 9, 2:00 pm (Lang) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 (DeBlonde) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 (Anholt) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5 (Sokolosky) 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 X 9 (Romain) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 (Gurowka) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 (Ursel) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X X 5 (MacDonald) 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 5 0 2 X X 13 (Sullivan) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 6 (Brazeau) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 Draw 8 Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm (Gurowka) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4 (Sokolosky) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 X X 9 (Ursel) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 (Lang) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 (Anholt) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 (Brazeau) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 (DeBlonde) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 5 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 7 (Sparkes) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 6 (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 3 Draw 9 Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 pm (Anholt) 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 8 (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 3 (Romain) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 4 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 8 (Sparkes) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 (Sullivan) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 (Lang) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 X 9 (Brazeau) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 6 (Gurowka) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 (Ursel) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 8 Draw 10 Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm (Sparkes) 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 X X 10 (Romain) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2 (DeBlonde) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 X 10 (Gurowka) 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 7 (Sokolosky) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 X 7 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 10 (MacDonald) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 (Sullivan) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 (Anholt) 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 8 (Lang) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 5 Draw 11 Thursday, March 11, 7:30 pm (Lang) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 (Gurowka) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 (Sokolosky) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 (Sparkes) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 (Brazeau) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 (DeBlonde) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 8 (Ursel) 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 X 6 (Anholt) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 (MacDonald) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 X 6 (Romain) 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 8 Draw 12 Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm (DeBlonde) 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 (Sullivan) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 (Anholt) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 (Ursel) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 X X 8 (Romain) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 (Sokolosky) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 6 (Lang) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 X 10 (Brazeau) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 (Sparkes) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 Draw 13 Friday, March 12, 7:30 pm Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 X X 9 (Brazeau) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1 (Sullivan) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 4 (Ursel) 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 9 (MacDonald) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 (Sokolosky) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 (Sparkes) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 (Gurowka) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 8 (DeBlonde) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 (Anholt) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Draw 14 Saturday, March 13, 12:00 pm (Sokolosky) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2 (Ursel) 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 7 (MacDonald) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 (Brazeau) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 (Sullivan) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 7 (Lang) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 (Romain) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 (DeBlonde) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 9 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 X 9 (Gurowka) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 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 2023-03-06 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204811/http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/brierawards.txt dead Position Name Team Skip Jack MacDuff Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland Third Bert Gretzinger Second Don Aitken Lead Keiven Bauer 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 Jim Ursel Skip References Macdonald Brier, 1976 Category:The Brier Category:Curling competitions in Regina, Saskatchewan Category:1976 in Saskatchewan Category:March 1976 sports events in Canada