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1974 Macdonald Brier

The 1974 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 4 to 9, 1974 at the London Gardens in London, Ontario. The total attendance for the week was 48,170.[1]

1974 Macdonald Brier
Host cityLondon, Ontario
ArenaLondon Gardens
DatesMarch 4–9
Attendance48,170[1]
Winner Alberta
Curling clubSt. Albert CC, St. Albert
SkipHec Gervais
ThirdRon Anton
SecondWarren Hansen
LeadDarrel Sutton
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Team Alberta, who was skipped by Hec Gervais captured the Brier tankard by finishing round robin play 8–2. This was Alberta's twelfth title overall and the second skipped by Gervais, who previously won in 1961.

The Gervais rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1974 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship held in Bern, Switzerland where they lost in the semifinal to Sweden.

Alberta's 4–2 victory over Quebec in Draw 11 set then Brier records for lowest combined score by both teams in one game (6) and most blank ends in one game (7). These records would be Macdonald era (until 1979) records that were matched twice in that era and eventually broken later.[2]

Event Summary edit

After the Thursday evening draw (Draw 8), there were five teams that were in contention for the championship. Alberta led the way with a 7–1 record with Quebec and Saskatchewan tied for second at 5–2, New Brunswick right behind at 5–3, and Northern Ontario at 4–3.

The Friday afternoon draw saw the standings tighten. First place Alberta lost big to Ontario 12–5, Quebec defeated Newfoundland 9–4, Saskatchewan rolled past Nova Scotia 11–3. Northern Ontario would be eliminated from contention with an 11–6 loss to British Columbia while New Brunswick draw a bye. With Alberta, Quebec, and Saskatchewan all with two losses, this Brier would come down to the last two draws or even a tiebreaker.

The penultimate draw on Friday evening (Draw 10) saw Alberta draw a bye meaning the other three teams could catch some ground heading into Saturday afternoon. However, the only contender who won was Saskatchewan as they beat Newfoundland 8–5. Quebec would lose to Ontario 8–5 while New Brunswick would be eliminated after losing 10–8 to BC. With Saskatchewan's win, both Alberta and Saskatchewan were tied for first with 7–2 records while Quebec sat at 6–3. The final draw would pit Alberta against Quebec while Saskatchewan would play Ontario. Anything from an outright championship, two-way tiebreaker, or a three-way tiebreaker was possible after the final draw.

The featured matchups in the final draw were anti-climatic in different ways. The Ontario and Saskatchewan matchup saw the game tied at 1 after three ends. This is as close as Saskatchewan would get as Ontario scored three in the fourth and stole one the next two ends to take a commanding 6–1 lead through the halfway point. Saskatchewan would attempt a comeback, but Ontario would counter each Saskatchewan score as Ontario would eventually win 11–8 meaning that Saskatchewan would need some help from Quebec to force a three-way tiebreaker.

Alberta and Quebec would be a low-scoring affair as five of the first seven ends were blanked with the score tied at 1. Alberta would break the ice a bit with two in the eighth and taking a 3–1 lead in the process. Quebec cut the lead down to 3–2 in the ninth end. The next two ends were blanked and Alberta would clinch the Brier tankard with a single in the last end for a 4–2 win giving Gervais his first Brier title since 1961.

The official Dominion Curling Association stones were said to be so bad at the event, that nine of the 11 competing skips petitioned to have the rocks replaced (only the skips of New Brunswick and Newfoundland didn't sign, as this had been their first Brier). Sure enough, the rocks would be sold-off that summer, and would never be used at the Brier again.[3]

The 1974 Brier was also the final year where throwers were not allowed to slide past the hog line on their throws. However, after enforcing the rules earlier in the tournament, officials stopped part way through due to backlash from some of the curlers. Then later on, officials changed the rules mid-week to state that curlers could slide over the line as long as they had released the rock first.[3]

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
St. Albert CC, St. Albert

Skip: Hec Gervais
Third: Ron Anton
Second: Warren Hansen
Lead: Darrel Sutton

Richmond WC, Richmond

Skip: Jim Armstrong
Third: Bernie Sparkes
Second: Gerry Peckham
Lead: Clark Winterton

Glenboro CC, Glenboro

Skip: Don Barr
Third: Daniel Hyrich
Second: Jack Fraser
Lead: James Thornborough

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Capital WC, Fredericton

Skip: John Clark
Third: Brian Mackin
Second: Shelly Palk
Lead: John Cormier

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

Skip: Fred Wight
Third: Damien Ryan
Second: Douglas Hudson
Lead: Keith Wight

Idylwylde G&CC, Sudbury

Skip: John Ross
Third: Frank Bell
Second: Robert Tate
Lead: Russell Tate

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Halifax CC, Halifax

Skip: Barry Shearer
Third: Kenneth Langille
Second: Tom Fetterly
Lead: Robert Little

Scarboro G&CC, Scarborough

Skip: Paul Savage
Third: Bob Thompson
Second: Ed Werenich
Lead: Ron Green

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Bob Dillon
Third: John Fortier
Second: James Muzika
Lead: Merrill Wiggington

Quebec[5] Saskatchewan
St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal

Skip: Jim Ursel
Third: Bill Ross
Second: Alf Berting
Lead: Freddie Topp

Kindersley CC, Kindersley

Skip: Larry McGrath
Third: Ronald St. John
Second: Wayne St. John
Lead: Rodney St. John

Round Robin standings edit

Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
  Alberta Hec Gervais 8 2 76 55
  Saskatchewan Larry McGrath 7 3 82 56
  Ontario Paul Savage 6 4 82 64
  British Columbia Jim Armstrong 6 4 82 64
  Manitoba Don Barr 6 4 68 68
  Quebec Jim Ursel 6 4 69 65
  New Brunswick John Clark 5 5 78 70
  Northern Ontario John Ross 4 6 59 80
  Prince Edward Island Bob Dillon 3 7 59 66
  Nova Scotia Barry Shearer 3 7 57 83
  Newfoundland Fred Wight 1 9 52 93

Round Robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00).[4][6]

Draw 1 edit

Monday, March 4, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Gervais) 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 X 8
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Barr) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 8
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5
  Ontario (Savage) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 7
  Newfoundland (Wight) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 9
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6

Draw 2 edit

Monday, March 4, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 X X 16
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Gervais) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 X 11
  Newfoundland (Wight) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 9
  Ontario (Savage) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5

Draw 3 edit

Tuesday, March 5, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 9
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
  Alberta (Gervais) 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 3 X X 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Wight) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 3
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 X X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Barr) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 X 8
  New Brunswick (Clark) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 6

Draw 4 edit

Tuesday, March 5, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 X 8
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Wight) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 4
  Manitoba (Barr) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 8
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8
  Alberta (Gervais) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6

Draw 5 edit

Wednesday, March 6, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 X 12
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Gervais) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 9
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 X 10
  Manitoba (Barr) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 X X 12
  Newfoundland (Wight) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 X X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 3 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 X 11
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 X 5

Draw 6 edit

Wednesday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 4
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Gervais) 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 10
  Manitoba (Barr) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 8
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 7
  Ontario (Savage) 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6

Draw 7 edit

Thursday, March 7, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 6
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 9
  Manitoba (Barr) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Gervais) 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 7
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Newfoundland (Wight) 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 11
  Ontario (Savage) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 10

Draw 8 edit

Thursday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 X X 11
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 7
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Wight) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 5
  Alberta (Gervais) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Barr) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 5
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 9

Draw 9 edit

Friday, March 8, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 X 6
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Barr) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 8
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 3 X X 12
  Alberta (Gervais) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 3 X 11
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ursel) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 9
  Newfoundland (Wight) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4

Draw 10 edit

Friday, March 8, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Barr) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 8
  Quebec (Ursel) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Clark) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 8
  British Columbia (Armstrong) 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 8
  Newfoundland (Wight) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 5

Draw 11 edit

Saturday, March 9, 1:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Gervais) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4
  Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Savage) 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 11
  Saskatchewan (McGrath) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Barr) 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 10
  New Brunswick (Clark) 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Shearer) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 9
  Northern Ontario (Ross) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Dillon) 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 X 12
  Newfoundland (Wight) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 5

Awards edit

All-Star Team edit

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

Position Name Team
Skip Jim Ursel   Quebec
Third Ron Anton   Alberta
Second Gerry Peckham   British Columbia
Lead Ron Green (2)   Ontario

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
Larry McGrath   Saskatchewan Skip

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 79. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Macdonald Brier Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Palmer, Kevin (March 8, 2023). "Buried Curling Treasure: London Brier 1974". The Curling News. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "1974 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  5. ^ "Ursel's St. Laurent rink Quebec curling champs". Montreal Gazette. February 18, 1974. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  6. ^ "Top Western rinks drawn in opener". The Ottawa Journal. Newspapers.com. Canadian Press. March 4, 1974. p. 17. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS
  8. ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 52. (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

External links edit

  • 1974 MacDonald Brier at Soudog's Curling History


1974, macdonald, brier, canadian, national, curling, championship, held, from, march, 1974, london, gardens, london, ontario, total, attendance, week, host, citylondon, ontarioarenalondon, gardensdatesmarch, 9attendance48, winner, albertacurling, clubst, alber. The 1974 Macdonald Brier the Canadian men s national curling championship was held from March 4 to 9 1974 at the London Gardens in London Ontario The total attendance for the week was 48 170 1 1974 Macdonald BrierHost cityLondon OntarioArenaLondon GardensDatesMarch 4 9Attendance48 170 1 Winner AlbertaCurling clubSt Albert CC St AlbertSkipHec GervaisThirdRon AntonSecondWarren HansenLeadDarrel Sutton 1973 1975 Team Alberta who was skipped by Hec Gervais captured the Brier tankard by finishing round robin play 8 2 This was Alberta s twelfth title overall and the second skipped by Gervais who previously won in 1961 The Gervais rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1974 Air Canada Silver Broom the men s world curling championship held in Bern Switzerland where they lost in the semifinal to Sweden Alberta s 4 2 victory over Quebec in Draw 11 set then Brier records for lowest combined score by both teams in one game 6 and most blank ends in one game 7 These records would be Macdonald era until 1979 records that were matched twice in that era and eventually broken later 2 Contents 1 Event Summary 2 Teams 3 Round Robin standings 4 Round Robin results 4 1 Draw 1 4 2 Draw 2 4 3 Draw 3 4 4 Draw 4 4 5 Draw 5 4 6 Draw 6 4 7 Draw 7 4 8 Draw 8 4 9 Draw 9 4 10 Draw 10 4 11 Draw 11 5 Awards 5 1 All Star Team 5 2 Ross G L Harstone Award 6 References 7 External linksEvent Summary editAfter the Thursday evening draw Draw 8 there were five teams that were in contention for the championship Alberta led the way with a 7 1 record with Quebec and Saskatchewan tied for second at 5 2 New Brunswick right behind at 5 3 and Northern Ontario at 4 3 The Friday afternoon draw saw the standings tighten First place Alberta lost big to Ontario 12 5 Quebec defeated Newfoundland 9 4 Saskatchewan rolled past Nova Scotia 11 3 Northern Ontario would be eliminated from contention with an 11 6 loss to British Columbia while New Brunswick draw a bye With Alberta Quebec and Saskatchewan all with two losses this Brier would come down to the last two draws or even a tiebreaker The penultimate draw on Friday evening Draw 10 saw Alberta draw a bye meaning the other three teams could catch some ground heading into Saturday afternoon However the only contender who won was Saskatchewan as they beat Newfoundland 8 5 Quebec would lose to Ontario 8 5 while New Brunswick would be eliminated after losing 10 8 to BC With Saskatchewan s win both Alberta and Saskatchewan were tied for first with 7 2 records while Quebec sat at 6 3 The final draw would pit Alberta against Quebec while Saskatchewan would play Ontario Anything from an outright championship two way tiebreaker or a three way tiebreaker was possible after the final draw The featured matchups in the final draw were anti climatic in different ways The Ontario and Saskatchewan matchup saw the game tied at 1 after three ends This is as close as Saskatchewan would get as Ontario scored three in the fourth and stole one the next two ends to take a commanding 6 1 lead through the halfway point Saskatchewan would attempt a comeback but Ontario would counter each Saskatchewan score as Ontario would eventually win 11 8 meaning that Saskatchewan would need some help from Quebec to force a three way tiebreaker Alberta and Quebec would be a low scoring affair as five of the first seven ends were blanked with the score tied at 1 Alberta would break the ice a bit with two in the eighth and taking a 3 1 lead in the process Quebec cut the lead down to 3 2 in the ninth end The next two ends were blanked and Alberta would clinch the Brier tankard with a single in the last end for a 4 2 win giving Gervais his first Brier title since 1961 The official Dominion Curling Association stones were said to be so bad at the event that nine of the 11 competing skips petitioned to have the rocks replaced only the skips of New Brunswick and Newfoundland didn t sign as this had been their first Brier Sure enough the rocks would be sold off that summer and would never be used at the Brier again 3 The 1974 Brier was also the final year where throwers were not allowed to slide past the hog line on their throws However after enforcing the rules earlier in the tournament officials stopped part way through due to backlash from some of the curlers Then later on officials changed the rules mid week to state that curlers could slide over the line as long as they had released the rock first 3 Teams editThe teams are listed as follows 4 Alberta British Columbia ManitobaSt Albert CC St Albert Skip Hec GervaisThird Ron AntonSecond Warren HansenLead Darrel Sutton Richmond WC Richmond Skip Jim ArmstrongThird Bernie SparkesSecond Gerry PeckhamLead Clark Winterton Glenboro CC Glenboro Skip Don BarrThird Daniel HyrichSecond Jack FraserLead James ThornboroughNew Brunswick Newfoundland Northern OntarioCapital WC Fredericton Skip John ClarkThird Brian MackinSecond Shelly PalkLead John Cormier St John s CC St John s Skip Fred WightThird Damien RyanSecond Douglas HudsonLead Keith Wight Idylwylde G amp CC Sudbury Skip John RossThird Frank BellSecond Robert TateLead Russell TateNova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward IslandHalifax CC Halifax Skip Barry ShearerThird Kenneth LangilleSecond Tom FetterlyLead Robert Little Scarboro G amp CC Scarborough Skip Paul SavageThird Bob ThompsonSecond Ed WerenichLead Ron Green Charlottetown CC Charlottetown Skip Bob DillonThird John FortierSecond James MuzikaLead Merrill WiggingtonQuebec 5 SaskatchewanSt Laurent CC Mount Royal Skip Jim UrselThird Bill RossSecond Alf BertingLead Freddie Topp Kindersley CC Kindersley Skip Larry McGrathThird Ronald St JohnSecond Wayne St JohnLead Rodney St JohnRound Robin standings editKeyBrier championProvince Skip W L PF PA nbsp Alberta Hec Gervais 8 2 76 55 nbsp Saskatchewan Larry McGrath 7 3 82 56 nbsp Ontario Paul Savage 6 4 82 64 nbsp British Columbia Jim Armstrong 6 4 82 64 nbsp Manitoba Don Barr 6 4 68 68 nbsp Quebec Jim Ursel 6 4 69 65 nbsp New Brunswick John Clark 5 5 78 70 nbsp Northern Ontario John Ross 4 6 59 80 nbsp Prince Edward Island Bob Dillon 3 7 59 66 nbsp Nova Scotia Barry Shearer 3 7 57 83 nbsp Newfoundland Fred Wight 1 9 52 93Round Robin results editAll draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time UTC 05 00 4 6 Draw 1 edit Monday March 4 2 00 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Alberta Gervais 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 X 8 nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 X 4Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Manitoba Barr 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 8 nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 nbsp Ontario Savage 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 7 nbsp Newfoundland Wight 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp New Brunswick Clark 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 9 nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6Draw 2 edit Monday March 4 7 30 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 X X 16 nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Alberta Gervais 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp New Brunswick Clark 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 X 11 nbsp Newfoundland Wight 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 4Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 nbsp Ontario Savage 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 nbsp Quebec Ursel 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5Draw 3 edit Tuesday March 5 9 00 am Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Quebec Ursel 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 9 nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 X 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3 nbsp Alberta Gervais 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 3 X X 14Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Newfoundland Wight 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 3 nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 X X 10Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Manitoba Barr 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6 nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Ontario Savage 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 X 8 nbsp New Brunswick Clark 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 6Draw 4 edit Tuesday March 5 2 00 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 X 8 nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 4Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9 nbsp Quebec Ursel 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 10Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Newfoundland Wight 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 4 nbsp Manitoba Barr 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 X 7Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Ontario Savage 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 8 nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp New Brunswick Clark 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 nbsp Alberta Gervais 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6Draw 5 edit Wednesday March 6 2 00 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 X 12 nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Alberta Gervais 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Ontario Savage 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 X 10 nbsp Manitoba Barr 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 X X 12 nbsp Newfoundland Wight 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 X X 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp New Brunswick Clark 3 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 X 11 nbsp Quebec Ursel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 X 5Draw 6 edit Wednesday March 6 7 30 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 4 nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp New Brunswick Clark 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4 nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 7Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Alberta Gervais 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 10 nbsp Manitoba Barr 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 8 nbsp Quebec Ursel 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 7 nbsp Ontario Savage 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6Draw 7 edit Thursday March 7 2 00 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 6 nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 11Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Quebec Ursel 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 nbsp Manitoba Barr 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 8Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Alberta Gervais 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 7 nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 X 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 nbsp New Brunswick Clark 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 8Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final nbsp Newfoundland Wight 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 11 nbsp Ontario Savage 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 10Draw 8 edit Thursday March 7 7 30 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Quebec Ursel 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 X X 11 nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 4Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 7 nbsp New Brunswick Clark 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Newfoundland Wight 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 5 nbsp Alberta Gervais 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 7Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Manitoba Barr 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 5 nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 9Draw 9 edit Friday March 8 2 00 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 X 6 nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 11Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Manitoba Barr 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 8 nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Ontario Savage 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 3 X X 12 nbsp Alberta Gervais 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 3 X 11 nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Quebec Ursel 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 9 nbsp Newfoundland Wight 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4Draw 10 edit Friday March 8 7 30 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 7Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Manitoba Barr 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Ontario Savage 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 8 nbsp Quebec Ursel 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp New Brunswick Clark 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 8 nbsp British Columbia Armstrong 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 X 10Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 8 nbsp Newfoundland Wight 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 5Draw 11 edit Saturday March 9 1 00 pm Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Alberta Gervais 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 nbsp Quebec Ursel 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Ontario Savage 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 11 nbsp Saskatchewan McGrath 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 8Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Manitoba Barr 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 10 nbsp New Brunswick Clark 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 9Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Nova Scotia Shearer 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 9 nbsp Northern Ontario Ross 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 5Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final nbsp Prince Edward Island Dillon 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 X 12 nbsp Newfoundland Wight 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 5Awards editAll Star Team edit The media selected the following curlers as All Stars 7 Position Name TeamSkip Jim Ursel nbsp QuebecThird Ron Anton nbsp AlbertaSecond Gerry Peckham nbsp British ColumbiaLead Ron Green 2 nbsp OntarioRoss 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 PositionLarry McGrath nbsp Saskatchewan SkipReferences edit a b 2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide PDF Curling Canada p 79 Retrieved 2 March 2023 Macdonald Brier Records Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada Retrieved 2 March 2023 a b Palmer Kevin March 8 2023 Buried Curling Treasure London Brier 1974 The Curling News Sports Illustrated Retrieved March 9 2023 a b 1974 MacDonald Brier Curling Canada Stats Archive Archived from the original on 2021 05 09 Retrieved 2022 04 25 Ursel s St Laurent rink Quebec curling champs Montreal Gazette February 18 1974 Retrieved 2021 10 03 Top Western rinks drawn in opener The Ottawa Journal Newspapers com Canadian Press March 4 1974 p 17 Retrieved 2 March 2023 a b BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS amp 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 edit1974 MacDonald Brier at Soudog s Curling History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1974 Macdonald Brier amp oldid 1171919814, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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