The 1971 Macdonald Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 1–6 at the 2,800 seat Pavilion de la Jeunesse in Quebec City , Quebec .
A blizzard hit the city late in the week, and was blamed for low attendance. One draw had to be cancelled due to the blizzard, and curlers had to be shuttled from the rink to their hotels on snowmobiles.[ 1]
Manitoba , Northern Ontario , and Saskatchewan all finished round robin play with 8-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the three teams to determine the Brier championship. Despite Saskatchewan defeating both Manitoba and Northern Ontario in round robin play, lots were drawn to determine the seeds. Team Manitoba won the draw and were given a bye into the final.[ 2]
Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Don Duguid ended up capturing the Brier Tankard by beating Northern Ontario in the final 11-6 as Northern Ontario skip Bill Tetley conceded in the final end.[ 3] 1928 , 1946 , and 1962 . This was also the last tiebreaker playoff to determine a champion prior to the institution of the playoffs in 1980 .
This was Manitoba's eighteenth Brier championship overall. Duguid became only the fifth skip to ever win back-to-back Briers joining Gordon Hudson , Matt Baldwin , Ernie Richardson (twice), and Ron Northcott to ever accomplish that feat. Duguid's team (Rod Hunter , Jim Pettapiece , and Bryan Wood ) joined Richardson's 1959 and 1960 teams as they only rinks to have won back-to-back Briers with the same four team members.
Duguid's rink would represent Canada in the 1971 Air Canada Silver Broom , which was the men's world curling championship in which they also defended their title from the previous year.
After winning the 1971 World Championship, Duguid retired from competitive curling, and joined the CBC in 1972 as a curling commentator.[ 4]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Derrick G&WC , Edmonton Skip: Matt Baldwin Third: Tom Kroeger Second: Rich Cust Lead: Reg Van Wassenhove
Prince George CC , Prince George Skip: Kevin Smale Third: Pete Sherba Second: Pat Carr Lead: Bob McDonald
Granite CC , Winnipeg Skip: Don Duguid Third: Rod Hunter Second: Jim Pettapiece Lead: Bryan Wood
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northern Ontario
Beausejour CC , Moncton Skip: Paul Bordage Third: Art Gillard Second: Dale Somers Lead: Murray Leger
St. John's CC , St. John's Skip: Bob Cole Third: Les Bowering Second: Ken Ellis Lead: Alex Andrews
Thunder Bay CC , Thunder Bay Skip: Bill Tetley Third: Frank Sargent Second: Jim Sargent Lead: Eric Knudson
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Truro CC , Truro Skip: Frank Hoar Third: Doug Carter Second: John Sanford Lead: Don Fulton
Avonlea CC , Don Mills Skip: Bob Charlebois Third: Rich Palmer Second: Ray Lilly Lead: Jim McGrath
Charlottetown CC , Charlottetown Skip: Kip Ready Third: Bill MacGregor Second: David Kassner Lead: Norm MacNeill
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Outremont CC , Outremont Skip: Bill Ott Third: Tom Fisher Second: Herb Miyashita Lead: John Walling
Avonlea CC , Avonlea Skip: Bob Pickering Third: Garnet Campbell Second: John Keys Lead: Gary Ford
Provincial Winners
Round-robin standings
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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00 )[ 5]
Monday, March 1, 3:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Prince Edward Island (Ready)
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
2
10
Quebec (Ott)1
0
4
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Charlebois)
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
7
Manitoba (Duguid )0
1
1
0
2
0
2
2
0
3
0
2
13
Monday, March 1, 8:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Ontario (Charlebois)1
0
3
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
3
13
Newfoundland (Cole )
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
10
Tuesday, March 2, 9:00 am
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Nova Scotia (Hoar)
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
4
0
0
1
0
10
Ontario (Charlebois)0
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
3
1
0
4
14
Tuesday, March 2, 2:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Duguid )2
1
0
1
0
4
1
0
2
0
0
0
11
Nova Scotia (Hoar)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Ott)
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
7
New Brunswick (Bordage)0
1
0
3
1
0
3
1
0
2
0
1
12
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Baldwin )
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
7
Ontario (Charlebois)0
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
4
0
11
Wednesday, March 3, 2:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Prince Edward Island (Ready)1
3
0
4
1
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
14
Ontario (Charlebois)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
Wednesday, March 3, 8:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Smale)2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
9
Quebec (Ott)
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
6
Thursday, March 4, 9:00 am
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Hoar)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
6
Alberta (Baldwin )2
0
3
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Charlebois)0
3
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
5
0
1
14
Quebec (Ott)
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
6
Thursday, March 4, 2:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Duguid )1
0
1
2
0
5
4
0
2
3
0
0
18
Quebec (Ott)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Charlebois)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
4
New Brunswick (Bordage)0
0
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
12
Friday, March 5, 9:00 am [ a]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Ott)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
7
Newfoundland (Cole )2
0
0
2
0
3
1
0
0
2
1
0
11
Friday, March 5, 2:30 pm [ a]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Ott)
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
7
Nova Scotia (Hoar)1
1
0
2
0
4
0
2
0
4
0
1
15
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Smale)
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
2
9
Ontario (Charlebois)1
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
10
Friday, March 5, 8:00 pm [ a]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Ott)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
6
Alberta (Baldwin )1
0
2
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Bordage)
1
0
2
3
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
9
Nova Scotia (Hoar)0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
2
3
1
11
Saturday, March 6, 9:00 am
Saturday, March 6, 1:00 pm
The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.[ 7]
Ross G.L. Harstone Award
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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.[ 8] [ 7]
^ a b c A crippling blizzard forced the postponement of Draw 9 from Thursday evening to Friday morning. Draw 10 was pushed back from Friday morning to afternoon while Draw 11 was pushed back from Friday afternoon to evening.[ 6]
^ The Brier , Bob Weeks , pg 118^ The Brier , Bob Weeks , pg 119^ Hanson, George (March 8, 1971). "Duguid sneaks in back door to win men's curling" . The Montreal Star . Newspapers.com. p. 17. Retrieved 16 February 2023 . ^ The Brier , Bob Weeks , pg 119^ "Curling Draw" . Newspapers.com . The Montreal Star. March 1, 1971. p. 18. Retrieved 16 February 2023 .^ McNeil, Al (March 5, 1971). "Curlers may need playoff" . The Ottawa Citizen . Canadian Press. p. 19. Retrieved 16 February 2023 . ^ a b BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF) . Curling Canada. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022 .
Manitoba
Northern Ontario (Tetley)
Saskatchewan (Pickering)
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec