1978 Macdonald Brier

1978 Macdonald Brier
Host cityVancouver, British Columbia
ArenaPacific Coliseum
DatesMarch 5–10
Attendance63,851[1]
Winner Alberta
Curling clubMedicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat
SkipMike Chernoff
FourthEd Lukowich
SecondDale Johnston
LeadRon Schindle
« 1977
1979 »

The 1978 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held March 5 to 10, 1978 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia.[2] The total attendance for the week was a then-record 63,851 breaking the previous mark set at the 1976 Brier in Regina.[1]

Team Alberta, who was skipped by Mike Chernoff won the Brier tankard by finishing the round robin with a 9–2 record. This was Alberta's thirteenth Brier championship overall. Chernoff's rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1978 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil in Winnipeg, Manitoba where they lost in the semifinal to Norway.

Nova Scotia's 14–1 six end victory over Manitoba in Draw 6 tied a record set in 1929 for fewest ends played in a single game.[3]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Medicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat

Fourth: Ed Lukowich
Skip: Mike Chernoff
Second: Dale Johnston
Lead: Ron Schindle

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Bernie Sparkes
Third: Ron Thompson
Second: Al Cook
Lead: Keiven Bauer

Heather CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Doug Harrison
Third: Jim Sampson
Second: Rick Hoffman
Lead: Bryan Wood

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Thistle-St. Andrew's CC, Saint John

Skip: Pete Murray
Third: Ralph McLenaghan
Second: Dough Trecartin
Lead: Bill Oliver

Goose Bay CC, Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Skip: Bob Rowe
Third: Tom Melnyk
Second: Tony Pilling
Lead: Charles Fennimore

Kapuskasing CC, Kapuskasing

Skip: Barry Mutrie
Third: John Ballantyne
Second: John K. Ross
Lead: Edward Bowcock

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Alan Darragh
Third: Peter McPhee
Second: Mike Currie
Lead: Lowell Goulden

London CC, London

Skip: Gerry Hodson
Third: Barry Paterson
Second: Glenn Webster
Lead: Ross Guest

Summerside CC, Summerside

Skip: Peter McDonald
Third: Rod McDonald
Second: Ron Casey
Lead: Keith Wedge

Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories/Yukon
Caledonia CC, Westmount

Skip: Steve Ducat
Third: Karl Murovic
Second: Glenn Aldridge
Lead: Malcolm Turner

Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Skip: Rick Folk
Third: Bob Thompson
Second: Tom Wilson
Lead: Rodger Schmidt

Fort Smith CC, Fort Smith

Skip: Howie Brazeau
Third: Jim Schaefer
Second: Charles Schaefer
Lead: Malcolm MacEachern

Map of teams

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Provincial Winners

Round Robin standings

Final Round Robin standings[4]

Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
 Alberta Mike Chernoff 9 2 79 63
 Saskatchewan Rick Folk 8 3 83 62
 British Columbia Bernie Sparkes 8 3 77 59
 Nova Scotia Alan Darragh 6 5 86 67
 New Brunswick Pete Murray 6 5 73 79
 Newfoundland Bob Rowe 5 6 69 74
 Manitoba Doug Harrison 5 6 65 84
 Northwest Territories/Yukon Howie Brazeau 5 6 68 60
 Prince Edward Island Peter McDonald 5 6 77 73
 Ontario Gerry Hodson 4 7 67 79
 Northern Ontario Barry Mutrie 3 8 58 91
 Quebec Steve Ducat 2 9 67 78

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC-08:00).[5][4]

Draw 1

Sunday, March 5, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Harrison) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 X 7
 Quebec (Ducat) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Murray) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 X 9
 Ontario (Hodson) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 6

Draw 2

Monday, March 6, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Hodson) 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 X 9
 New Brunswick (Murray) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 9
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
 Manitoba (Harrison) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 6
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
 Quebec (Ducat) 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 X X 11
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 X 7
 Alberta (Chernoff) 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 X 10

Draw 3

Monday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 5
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 6
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0 2 3 0 1 3 0 1 3 X 13
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Ontario (Hodson) 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Harrison) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 9
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ducat) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
 New Brunswick (Murray) 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 9

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 7, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 7
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 X 5
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 5
 New Brunswick (Murray) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ducat) 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
 Manitoba (Harrison) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 7
 Ontario (Hodson) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 8, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ducat) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Harrison) 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 5
 Ontario (Hodson) 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 8
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
 New Brunswick (Murray) 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 9
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 8, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 X 8
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ducat) 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 9
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 X 4
 Alberta (Chernoff) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 X 9
 New Brunswick (Murray) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Hodson) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 5
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 2 0 3 0 2 0 5 0 X X 12
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 2 3 1 0 4 4 X X X X 14
 Manitoba (Harrison) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1

Draw 7

Thursday, March 9, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
 Ontario (Hodson) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
 New Brunswick (Murray) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 7
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Harrison) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 X 8
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 9
 Quebec (Ducat) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 8

Thursday, March 9, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Murray) 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 X 10
 Manitoba (Harrison) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 1 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 X 10
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ducat) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 6
 Ontario (Hodson) 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 5
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 X 8
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 3

Draw 9

Friday, March 10, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 9
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
 Quebec (Ducat) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Murray) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 5
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 6
 Manitoba (Harrison) 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Hodson) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 X 8

Draw 10

Friday, March 10, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 2 1 3 0 2 4 0 1 X X 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 8
 Manitoba (Harrison) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 0 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 X X 9
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Hodson) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 X X 5
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 X X 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ducat) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 6
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 X 9
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Murray) 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 9
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 X 6

Draw 11

Saturday, March 11, 11:45 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Rowe) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 7
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 X 8
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Hodson) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Saskatchewan (Folk) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 8
 Quebec (Ducat) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Murray) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
 Prince Edward Island (McDonald) 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 X 11
Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Harrison) 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 X 9
 Northern Ontario (Mutrie) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4

Awards

All-Star Team

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

Position Name Team
Skip Rick Folk (2)  Saskatchewan
Third Mike Chernoff (Skip)  Alberta
Second Al Cook  British Columbia
Lead Keiven Bauer (2)  British Columbia

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
Pete Murray  New Brunswick Skip

References

  1. ^ a b "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 79. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ Gilchrist, Kent (March 4, 1978). "Sparkes predicts a 9-2 will do". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 23. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Macdonald Brier Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "1978 Macdonald Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  5. ^ "1978 Brier curling draw". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. March 4, 1978. p. 24. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b 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.