1977 Macdonald Brier

1977 Macdonald Brier
1977 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Montreal, Quebec
Arena	Olympic Velodrome
Dates	March 6-12
Attendance	50,001
Winner	Quebec
Curling club	St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal
Skip	Jim Ursel
Third	Art Lobel
Second	Don Aitken
Lead	Brian Ross
	« 1976 1978 »

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]

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[edit]

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

Round Robin standings[edit]

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[edit]

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

Draw 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

All-Star Team[edit]

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[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.^[8]^[7]

Name	Team	Position
Joe Power Jr.	Newfoundland	Third

References[edit]

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

[attendance-1] "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.

[archive-5] "1977 Macdonald Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

[draw-6] "The Brier at a glance". The Montreal Gazette. Newspapers.com. March 7, 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

[Aw-AllSt-7] 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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