1972 Macdonald Brier

1972 Macdonald Brier
1972 Macdonald Brier
Host city	St. John's, Newfoundland
Arena	St. John's Arena
Dates	March 6–11
Attendance	12,890
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Orest Meleschuk
Third	Dave Romano
Second	John Hanesiak
Lead	Pat Hailley
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The 1972 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 6 to 11, 1972 at St. John's Arena^[1]^[2] in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Orest Meleschuk easily won the event, after posting a 9-1 round robin record, only losing to Quebec's Bill Kent rink, which finished second.^[3] Meleschuk and his rink of Dave Romano, John Hanesiak and Pat Hailley went on to win a gold medal at the 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom World Curling Championship, amidst controversy.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[4]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Fairview CC, Fairview Fourth: Mel Watchorn Skip: Jim Fox Second: Terry Watchorn Lead: Merv Watchorn	North Vancouver R.C.C.C., North Vancouver Skip: Bernie Sparkes Third: Brock Giles Second: Brent Giles Lead: Brad Giles	Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg Skip: Orest Meleschuk Third: Dave Romano Second: John Hanesiak Lead: Pat Hailley
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Fredericton CC, Fredericton Skip: Dave Sullivan Third: John Gorman Second:Wally Nason Lead: Wayne Rhodenizer	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Fred Durant Third: Jack MacDuff Second: Bob Rowe Lead: Carl Strong	Tarentorus SC, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Jack MacFarlane Third: Mike Boyd Second: Doug Clattenburg Lead: Dave MacFarlane
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Halifax CC, Halifax Skip: Barry Shearer Third: Ken Langille Second: Eddie Morgan Lead: Robin Wilber	Ottawa CC, Ottawa Skip: Eldon Coombe Third: Keith Forgues Second: Jim Patrick Lead: Barney Provost	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Kip Ready Third: Bill MacGregor Second: David Kassner Lead: Norm MacNeill
Quebec	Saskatchewan
Heather CC, Hampstead Skip: Bill Kent Third: Art Lobel Second: Don Aitken Lead: Murray Gregga	Hub City CC, Saskatoon Skip: Doug Wyatt Third: Glen Farrell Second: Murray Trapp Lead: Dale Zoerb

Map of teams

Provincial Winners

Round Robin standings

Final Round Robin standings^[4]

Key
	Brier champion

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Manitoba	Orest Meleschuk	9	1	102	63
Quebec	Bill Kent	7	3	79	73
Alberta	Mel Watchorn	6	4	81	69
Ontario	Eldon Coombe	6	4	89	82
Saskatchewan	Doug Wyatt	6	4	82	75
British Columbia	Bernie Sparkes	5	5	90	89
Northern Ontario	Jack MacFarlane	5	5	91	83
New Brunswick	Dave Sullivan	4	6	72	77
Prince Edward Island	Kip Ready	3	7	72	100
Newfoundland	Fred Durant	3	7	69	85
Nova Scotia	Barry Shearer	1	9	66	97

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC-03:30).^[4]^[5]

Draw 1

Monday, March 6, 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	11
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Kent)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5
Alberta (Watchorn)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	12
Ontario (Coombe)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	9
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	11
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	8

Draw 2

Monday, March 6, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	11
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	11
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	9
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	9
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Coombe)	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10
Quebec (Kent)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	7

Draw 3

Tuesday, March 6, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	4	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	16
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Kent)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	8
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	9
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Coombe)	3	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	12
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	8

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 6, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Coombe)	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	12
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	1	12
Newfoundland (Durant)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	12
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Kent)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	10
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	10
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	8

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 7, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	3	12
Newfoundland (Durant)	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Coombe)	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	11
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	0	3	1	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	13
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	8
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	10
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	6

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 7, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	10
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Newfoundland (Durant)	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	10
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	9
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Kent)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	7
Ontario (Coombe)	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6

Draw 7

Thursday, March 8, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	9
Quebec (Kent)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	9
Ontario (Coombe)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	9
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	9
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	6

Draw 8

Thursday, March 8, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	13
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9
Newfoundland (Durant)	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	3	3	2	15
Ontario (Coombe)	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Kent)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	10
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	9
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 9

Thursday, March 8, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	11
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	7
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Kent)	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	3	0	1	11
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Coombe)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	7
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6

Draw 10

Friday, March 9, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Shearer)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	7
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	6
Alberta (Watchorn)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Kent)	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	10
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	10
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	10
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	8

Draw 11

Friday, March 9, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Meleschuk)	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	12
Alberta (Watchorn)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Ready)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	8
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	11
Saskatchewan (Wyatt)	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	2	11
Quebec (Kent)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Ontario (Coombe)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	8
Newfoundland (Durant)	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7

Awards

All-Star Team

The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.^[6]

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Bill Kent	Quebec
Third	Dave Romano	Manitoba
Second	Terry Watchorn	Alberta
Lead	Murray Gregga	Quebec

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.^[7]^[6]

Name	Team	Position
Dave Sullivan	New Brunswick	Skip

References

^ "Brier by the Numbers: Brier Records 1927 to Present" (PDF). Soudog's Curling History Site. March 12, 2007. p. 9.
^ "Curling Canada | Oh, Baby! Cole pumped for Brier's return to St. John's".
^ The Brier, Bob Weeks, pg 120
^ ^a ^b ^c "1972 Macdonald Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^ "Draw for Brier". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Newspapers.com. Canadian Press. March 6, 1972. p. 8. Retrieved 28 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.

External links

[1] "Brier by the Numbers: Brier Records 1927 to Present" (PDF). Soudog's Curling History Site. March 12, 2007. p. 9.

[2] "Curling Canada | Oh, Baby! Cole pumped for Brier's return to St. John's".

[3] The Brier, Bob Weeks, pg 120

[archive-4] "1972 Macdonald Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

[draw-5] "Draw for Brier". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Newspapers.com. Canadian Press. March 6, 1972. p. 8. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

[Aw-AllSt-6] BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS

[7] "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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