Curling competition at Regina, Saskatchewan
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 .[ 3] The total attendance for the week was 61,110.[ 1] 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.[ 2]
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 .[ 4] [ 5]
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.[ 4] This record would not be broken until 1990 .[ 5]
The teams were as follows:[ 6]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Calgary CC , Calgary
Skip: Wayne Sokolosky
Third: Frank Morissette
Second: John Cottam
Lead: Shayne Wylie
Burnaby WC , Burnaby
Skip: Bernie Sparkes
Third: Bert Gretzinger
Second: Al Cook
Lead: Keiven Bauer
Heather CC , Winnipeg
Skip: Clare DeBlonde
Third: Garry DeBlonde
Second: Don Finkbeiner
Lead: Doug Finkbeiner
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northern Ontario
Capital WC , Fredericton
Skip: Dave Sullivan
Third: Mike Flannery
Second: Tom Rubec
Lead: Greg Gilks
St. John's CC , St. John's
Skip: Jack MacDuff
Third: Toby McDonald
Second: Doug Hudson
Lead: Ken Templeton
Fort William CC , Thunder Bay
Skip: Rick Lang
Third: Bob Nicol
Second: Al Fiskar Jr. [ 7]
Lead: Warren Butters
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC , Halifax
Skip: Alf Romain
Third: Doug Arnold
Second: Stu Cameron
Lead: Guy LaRocque
Dixie CC , Mississauga
Skip: Joe Gurowka
Third: Bob Charlebois
Second: Ray Lilly
Lead: Jim McGrath
Charlottetown CC , Charlottetown
Skip: Ken MacDonald
Third: Keith MacEachern
Second: Peter McDonald
Lead: Al Ledgerwood
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories/Yukon
St. Laurent CC , Mount Royal
Skip: Jim Ursel
Third: Art Lobel
Second: Don Aitken
Lead: Brian Ross
Moose Jaw CC , Moose Jaw
Skip: Roger Anholt
Third: Gord Stewart
Second: Bob Hicks
Lead: Bill Wilson
Fort Smith CC , Fort Smith
Skip: Howie Brazeau
Third: Jim Schaefer
Second: Charles Schaefer
Lead: Paul Kaeser Jr.
Round Robin standings [ edit ]
Final Round Robin standings [ 6]
Round Robin results [ edit ]
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06:00 ).[ 6] [ 9]
Sunday, March 7, 1:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
3
Alberta (Sokolosky)
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
2
X
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Ursel )
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
5
Manitoba (DeBlonde)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
Sunday, March 7, 7:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Ontario (Gurowka)
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
6
Saskatchewan (Anholt)
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Romain)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
Monday, March 8, 9:00 am
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Alberta (Sokolosky)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
6
Manitoba (DeBlonde)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
5
Monday, March 8, 1:30 pm
Monday, March 8, 7:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Ontario (Gurowka)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
7
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
1
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Anholt)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
7
Nova Scotia (Romain)
1
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
9
Tuesday, March 9, 9:00 am
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
X
6
Saskatchewan (Anholt)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
2
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Romain)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
X
7
Alberta (Sokolosky)
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
4
Tuesday, March 9, 2:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Anholt)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
5
Alberta (Sokolosky)
2
0
0
1
0
1
4
0
0
0
1
X
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Romain)
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
6
Ontario (Gurowka)
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
2
8
Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gurowka)
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
4
Alberta (Sokolosky)
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
2
X
X
9
Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gurowka)
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
Quebec (Ursel )
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
8
Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (DeBlonde)
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
1
1
0
2
X
10
Ontario (Gurowka)
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Sokolosky)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
X
7
Newfoundland (MacDuff )
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
X
10
Thursday, March 11, 7:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Alberta (Sokolosky)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
British Columbia (Sparkes )
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Ursel )
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
X
6
Saskatchewan (Anholt)
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
3
Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Manitoba (DeBlonde)
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Ursel )
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
2
X
X
8
Nova Scotia (Romain)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
Friday, March 12, 7:30 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
X
4
Quebec (Ursel )
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
X
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (DeBlonde)
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
6
Saskatchewan (Anholt)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
5
Saturday, March 13, 12:00 pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Sokolosky)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
2
Quebec (Ursel )
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Nova Scotia (Romain)
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
7
Manitoba (DeBlonde)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
2
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (MacDuff )
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
3
0
X
9
Ontario (Gurowka)
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
X
4
The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.[ 10]
Ross G.L. Harstone Award [ edit ]
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.[ 11] [ 10]
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