The 1971 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 1–6 at the 2,800 seat Pavilion de la Jeunesse in Quebec City, Quebec.

1971 Macdonald Brier
Host cityQuebec City, Quebec
ArenaPavilion de la Jeunesse
DatesMarch 1–6
Attendance8,501
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubGranite CC, Winnipeg
SkipDon Duguid
ThirdRod Hunter
SecondJim Pettapiece
LeadBryan Wood
Finalist Northern Ontario (Tetley)
 Saskatchewan (Pickering)
« 1970
1972 »

A blizzard hit the city late in the week, and was blamed for low attendance. One draw had to be cancelled due to the blizzard, and curlers had to be shuttled from the rink to their hotels on snowmobiles.[1]

Manitoba, Northern Ontario, and Saskatchewan all finished round robin play with 8-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the three teams to determine the Brier championship. Despite Saskatchewan defeating both Manitoba and Northern Ontario in round robin play, lots were drawn to determine the seeds. Team Manitoba won the draw and were given a bye into the final.[2]

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Don Duguid ended up capturing the Brier Tankard by beating Northern Ontario in the final 11-6 as Northern Ontario skip Bill Tetley conceded in the final end.[3] Northern Ontario earlier advanced to the final with a 10-9 victory over Saskatchewan. This was the fourth time in Brier history in which a three-way tiebreaker determined the championship with the other instances being in 1928, 1946, and 1962. This was also the last tiebreaker playoff to determine a champion prior to the institution of the playoffs in 1980.

This was Manitoba's eighteenth Brier championship overall. Duguid became only the fifth skip to ever win back-to-back Briers joining Gordon Hudson, Matt Baldwin, Ernie Richardson (twice), and Ron Northcott to ever accomplish that feat. Duguid's team (Rod Hunter, Jim Pettapiece, and Bryan Wood) joined Richardson's 1959 and 1960 teams as they only rinks to have won back-to-back Briers with the same four team members.

Duguid's rink would represent Canada in the 1971 Air Canada Silver Broom, which was the men's world curling championship in which they also defended their title from the previous year.

After winning the 1971 World Championship, Duguid retired from competitive curling, and joined the CBC in 1972 as a curling commentator.[4]

Teams

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Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Derrick G&WC, Edmonton

Skip: Matt Baldwin
Third: Tom Kroeger
Second: Rich Cust
Lead: Reg Van Wassenhove

Prince George CC, Prince George

Skip: Kevin Smale
Third: Pete Sherba
Second: Pat Carr
Lead: Bob McDonald

Granite CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Don Duguid
Third: Rod Hunter
Second: Jim Pettapiece
Lead: Bryan Wood

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Beausejour CC, Moncton

Skip: Paul Bordage
Third: Art Gillard
Second: Dale Somers
Lead: Murray Leger

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

Skip: Bob Cole
Third: Les Bowering
Second: Ken Ellis
Lead: Alex Andrews

Thunder Bay CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Bill Tetley
Third: Frank Sargent
Second: Jim Sargent
Lead: Eric Knudson

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Truro CC, Truro

Skip: Frank Hoar
Third: Doug Carter
Second: John Sanford
Lead: Don Fulton

Avonlea CC, Don Mills

Skip: Bob Charlebois
Third: Rich Palmer
Second: Ray Lilly
Lead: Jim McGrath

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Kip Ready
Third: Bill MacGregor
Second: David Kassner
Lead: Norm MacNeill

Quebec Saskatchewan
Outremont CC, Outremont

Skip: Bill Ott
Third: Tom Fisher
Second: Herb Miyashita
Lead: John Walling

Avonlea CC, Avonlea

Skip: Bob Pickering
Third: Garnet Campbell
Second: John Keys
Lead: Gary Ford

Map of teams

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Round-robin standings

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Key
Teams to Tiebreaker
Province Skip W L PF PA
  Saskatchewan Bob Pickering 8 2 104 80
  Northern Ontario Bill Tetley 8 2 103 81
  Manitoba Don Duguid 8 2 109 64
  Alberta Matt Baldwin 5 5 92 98
  British Columbia Kevin Smale 5 5 103 88
  Ontario Bob Charlebois 5 5 89 101
  Newfoundland Bob Cole 4 6 89 93
  Prince Edward Island Kip Ready 4 6 99 97
  Nova Scotia Frank Hoar 3 7 85 111
  New Brunswick Paul Bordage 3 7 83 102
  Quebec Bill Ott 2 8 80 121

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00)[5]

Draw 1

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Monday, March 1, 3:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 10
  Quebec (Ott) 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
  British Columbia (Smale) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Charlebois) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
  Manitoba (Duguid) 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 13
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 7
  Alberta (Baldwin) 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 13

Draw 2

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Monday, March 1, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Ontario (Charlebois) 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 13
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 14
  Alberta (Baldwin) 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 13
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 1 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 12
  Quebec (Ott) 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
  British Columbia (Smale) 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 4 0 2 2 16

Draw 3

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Tuesday, March 2, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 2 0 1 14
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Baldwin) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7
  British Columbia (Smale) 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 4 3 0 16
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 10
  Ontario (Charlebois) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 4 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Duguid) 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 10
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 8

Draw 4

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Tuesday, March 2, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Duguid) 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 11
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Smale) 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ott) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 12
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Baldwin) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 7
  Ontario (Charlebois) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 11

Draw 5

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Wednesday, March 3, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ott) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 14
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 1 3 0 4 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 14
  Ontario (Charlebois) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Baldwin) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
  Manitoba (Duguid) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 3 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 14
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  British Columbia (Smale) 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 12
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 13

Draw 6

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Wednesday, March 3, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Smale) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 9
  Quebec (Ott) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
  Manitoba (Duguid) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 1 2 3 16
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Charlebois) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 8
  Alberta (Baldwin) 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 10

Draw 7

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Thursday, March 4, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 8
  British Columbia (Smale) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 7
  Manitoba (Duguid) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 9
  Newfoundland (Cole) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
  Alberta (Baldwin) 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Charlebois) 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 1 14
  Quebec (Ott) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 8

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Thursday, March 4, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 1 11
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Duguid) 1 0 1 2 0 5 4 0 2 3 0 0 18
  Quebec (Ott) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Ontario (Charlebois) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 12
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 11
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 10
  British Columbia (Smale) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7

Draw 9

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Friday, March 5, 9:00 am[a]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 10
  Ontario (Charlebois) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Duguid) 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 10
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Alberta (Baldwin) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 11
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 11
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ott) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 7
  Newfoundland (Cole) 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 11

Draw 10

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Friday, March 5, 2:30 pm[a]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ott) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 7
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 4 0 1 15
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Alberta (Baldwin) 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 10
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 8
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Manitoba (Duguid) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 8
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Smale) 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 9
  Ontario (Charlebois) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 10

Draw 11

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Friday, March 5, 8:00 pm[a]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Ott) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
  Alberta (Baldwin) 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Bordage) 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9
  Nova Scotia (Hoar) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Smale) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
  Manitoba (Duguid) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (Cole) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Ready) 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 9
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4

Tiebreakers

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Semifinal Final
  Manitoba 11
  Northern Ontario 10   Northern Ontario 6
  Saskatchewan 9

Semifinal

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Saturday, March 6, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Saskatchewan (Pickering) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 9
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10

Final

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Saturday, March 6, 1:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Northern Ontario (Tetley) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
  Manitoba (Duguid) 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 X 11

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 Bill Tetley   Northern Ontario
Third Rod Hunter   Manitoba
Second Jim Pettapiece   Manitoba
Lead Gary Ford (2)   Saskatchewan

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
Bob Pickering   Saskatchewan Skip

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c A crippling blizzard forced the postponement of Draw 9 from Thursday evening to Friday morning. Draw 10 was pushed back from Friday morning to afternoon while Draw 11 was pushed back from Friday afternoon to evening.[6]

References

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  1. ^ The Brier, Bob Weeks, pg 118
  2. ^ The Brier, Bob Weeks, pg 119
  3. ^ Hanson, George (March 8, 1971). "Duguid sneaks in back door to win men's curling". The Montreal Star. Newspapers.com. p. 17. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  4. ^ The Brier, Bob Weeks, pg 119
  5. ^ "Curling Draw". Newspapers.com. The Montreal Star. March 1, 1971. p. 18. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  6. ^ McNeil, Al (March 5, 1971). "Curlers may need playoff". The Ottawa Citizen. Canadian Press. p. 19. Retrieved 16 February 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.