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1977 Macdonald Brier

The 1977 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 6 to 12, 1977[2] at the Olympic Velodrome in Montreal, Quebec. Total attendance for the week was 50,001.[1] This was the first time since 1928 in which the number of ends for a regulation game was changed as games were shortened from 12 to 10 ends.[3]

1977 Macdonald Brier
Host cityMontreal, Quebec
ArenaOlympic Velodrome
DatesMarch 6-12
Attendance50,001[1]
Winner Quebec
Curling clubSt. Laurent CC, Mount Royal
SkipJim Ursel
ThirdArt Lobel
SecondDon Aitken
LeadBrian Ross
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Team Quebec, who was skipped by Jim Ursel captured the Brier tankard on home soil as they finished round robin with a 9–2 record. This was Quebec's first Brier title. With Newfoundland winning their first Brier the previous year, this was the second and most recent time in which consecutive Briers were won by a province who had previously won a Brier. The other time was the first two editions in 1927 and 1928.

The Ursel rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1977 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship in Karlstad, Sweden where they would finish runner-up, losing in the final to host Sweden.

Newfoundland's 11–0 victory over Prince Edward Island in Draw 11 was only the second time in which a shutout was recorded in the Brier with the previous occurrence being in 1951. Nova Scotia's 4–2 victory over Northern Ontario in Draw 13 tied a Brier record for fewest combined points in one game by both teams with six, which also happened in 1974.[4]

Teams

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The teams were as follows:[5]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Crestwood CC, Edmonton

Skip: Tom Reed
Third: Kevin Byrne
Second: Tony Rankel
Lead: Lorne Reed

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Roy Vinthers
Third: Leo Hebert
Second: Greg Pruden
Lead: Barry Naimark

Lac du Bonnet CC, Lac du Bonnet

Skip: John Usackis
Third: Dave Romano
Second: Ed Thomson
Lead: Bob Collez

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Fredericton CC, Fredericton

Skip: Roly Mockler
Third: Phil LePage
Second: Jeff Mockler
Lead: Marty Mockler

St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: L. Wayne Hamilton
Third: Joe Power Jr.
Second: Ken Thomas
Lead: Paul Hamilton

Idylwylde G&CC, Sudbury

Skip: John Tate
Third: Bob Miller
Second: Wayne Leavoy
Lead: George Medakovic

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
CFB Halifax CC, Halifax

Skip: Bob Fitzner
Third: Bruce MacArthur
Second: John MacBain
Lead: Terry Aho

Avonlea CC, Don Mills

Skip: Paul Savage
Third: Ed Werenich
Second: Ron Green
Lead: Reid Ferguson

Belvedere G&WC, Charlottetown

Skip: Ken MacDonald
Third: George Dillon
Second: Al Ledgerwood
Lead: Keith MacEachern

Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon/Northwest Territories
St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal

Skip: Jim Ursel
Third: Art Lobel
Second: Don Aitken
Lead: Brian Ross

Caledonia CC, Regina

Skip: Les Rogers
Third: Greg Manwaring
Second: Moe Tait
Lead: Vic Rogers

Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse

Skip: Don Twa
Third: Johnny Trout
Second: Lionel Stokes
Lead: Kip Boyd

Map of teams

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Round Robin standings

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Final Round Robin standings[5]

Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
  Quebec Jim Ursel 9 2 87 50
  British Columbia Roy Vinthers 8 3 84 63
  Ontario Paul Savage 8 3 73 48
  Newfoundland L. Wayne Hamilton 7 4 70 64
  Manitoba John Usackis 6 5 75 69
  Alberta Tom Reed 6 5 65 68
  Yukon/Northwest Territories Don Twa 5 6 62 68
  Saskatchewan Les Rogers 5 6 69 66
  Northern Ontario John Tate 4 7 66 67
  Nova Scotia Bob Fitzner 3 8 50 75
  New Brunswick Roly Mockler 3 8 59 90
  Prince Edward Island Ken MacDonald 2 9 47 79

Round Robin results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time Zone (UTC-05:00).[5][6]

Draw 1

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Sunday, March 6, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
  Quebec (Ursel) 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Usackis) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4
  Ontario (Savage) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 2

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Sunday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Usackis) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
  Ontario (Savage) 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 X X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 X 7
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 3

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Monday, March 7, 9:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 8
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Usackis) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 X X 8
  Alberta (Reed) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 X 8
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2

Draw 4

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Monday, March 7, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 7
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 6
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0 X 10

Draw 5

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Monday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 X 9
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 8
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 X 8

Draw 6

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Tuesday, March 8, 9:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X X 5
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 4 X X 12
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
  Ontario (Savage) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 X 8
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 10
  Manitoba (Usackis) 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
  Alberta (Reed) 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 8

Draw 7

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Tuesday, March 8, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 2 X X 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 0 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 X X 10
  Ontario (Savage) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 9
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 X X 10
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 X 6
  Manitoba (Usackis) 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 8

Draw 8

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Wednesday, March 9, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 X 10
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2
  Ontario (Savage) 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 8
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 8
  Manitoba (Usackis) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 7

Draw 9

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Wednesday, March 9, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
  Manitoba (Usackis) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2
  Alberta (Reed) 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X X 4
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 X X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 8
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 10

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Thursday, March 10, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 X X 11
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 X X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 8
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6

Draw 11

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Thursday, March 10, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 5
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 8
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Manitoba (Usackis) 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 8
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 X 7

Draw 12

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Friday, March 11, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (Usackis) 0 2 0 4 1 2 1 0 X X 10
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 8
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 9
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (Reed) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 X 8
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 13

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Friday, March 11, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 X X 7
  Manitoba (Usackis) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 X 9
  Alberta (Reed) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
  Ontario (Savage) 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tate) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 5
  British Columbia (Vinthers) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 14

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Saturday, March 12, 1:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 X X 8
  Alberta (Reed) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Mockler) 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 10
  Manitoba (Usackis) 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Rogers) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
  Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 6
  Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 7
  Nova Scotia (Fitzner) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 4

Awards

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All-Star Team

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The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.[7]

Position Name Team
Skip Jim Ursel (2)   Quebec
Third Art Lobel   Quebec
Second Lionel Stokes   Yukon/Northwest Territories
Lead Bob Collez   Manitoba

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]

Name Team Position
Joe Power Jr.   Newfoundland Third

References

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  1. ^ a b "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 79. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ Vancouver Sun, 14 Feb 1977, pg 25, "Vinthers rink not older, they're better"
  3. ^ "History of the Tim Hortons Brier". Curling Canada. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "Macdonald Brier Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "1977 Macdonald Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  6. ^ "The Brier at a glance". The Montreal Gazette. Newspapers.com. March 7, 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS
  8. ^ "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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