1942 Macdonald Brier

1942 Macdonald Brier
1942 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Quebec City, Quebec
Arena	Quebec Arena
Dates	March 2–5
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Strathcona CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Ken Watson
Third	Grant Watson
Second	Charles Scrymgeour
Lead	James Grant
	« 1941 1946 »

The 1942 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 5, 1942 at Quebec Arena in Quebec City, Quebec.^[1]

Quick facts Host city, Arena ...

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Ken Watson won the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play with an 8-1 record. This was Manitoba's tenth Brier championship overall and the second Brier won by Watson's rink, who won their first Brier in 1936.

Both British Columbia and Ontario would finish tied for second with 7-2 records, which would've necessitated a tiebreaker playoff under Brier rules at the time. But due to the Quebec Aces hockey team needing the arena for their QSHL playoffs on March 7, it was announced that no tiebreaker playoff would be played and that the tie for second place would be allowed to stand.^[2] This prevented a showdown between brothers Gordon and Donald Campbell were skipping Ontario and BC respectively.^[3]

For the first time since the 1933 Brier, none of the games went to an extra end.^[4]

Quebec's loss in Draw 8 against British Columbia was their 22nd straight loss in Brier competition, setting a record for most consecutive Brier losses. The record was previously held by Prince Edward Island, who had lost 21 straight Brier games from 1937 to 1939. Quebec's losing streak would eventually reach 25 games before they would win a game again in 1946.

Due to the onset of World War II,^[5] the 1942 Brier would be the last Brier to be played until 1946. This would also be the only opportunity that Quebec Arena would host a Brier as the arena burnt down a few months later.

Conditions at the Arena were considered "tricky, almost unplayable".^[3]

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Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick	Northern Ontario
Viking CC, Viking Skip: John Slavik Third: Vincent Slavik Second: Cecil Runyon Lead: Kenneth Hilliker	Vancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Donald A. Campbell Third: Francis Avery Second: Robert Henderson Lead: George Law	Strathcona CC, Winnipeg Skip: Ken Watson Third: Grant Watson Second: Charles Scrymgeour Lead: James Grant	Bathurst CC, Bathurst Skip: Daniel Connolly Third: Joseph Connolly Second: John Kennah Lead: Aurele Landry	Sudbury CC, Sudbury Skip: William McMitchell Third: Albert Cooper Jr. Second: Don Groom Lead: Albert Cooper Sr.
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Bridgewater CC, Bridgewater Skip: Irving Hebb Third: Norman Rafuse Second: Warner Bickle Lead: Frank Cook	Thistle CC, Hamilton Skip: Gordon M. Campbell Third: Duncan A. Campbell Second: William Kennedy Lead: Rufus Stone	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Russ Cruikshank Third: Harry Sear Second: Reginald Bell Lead: Donald Gass	Huntingdon CC, Huntingdon Skip: John Ross Jr. Third: Erle Martin Second: Christopher Newman Lead: John Carr	Rosetown CC, Rosetown Skip: John Franklin Third: Fraser Heartwell Second: John Lang Lead: John Sansom

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Manitoba	Ken Watson	8	1	109	71
British Columbia	Donald A. Campbell	7	2	111	88
Ontario	Gordon M. Campbell	7	2	114	82
New Brunswick	Daniel Connolly	6	3	106	77
Alberta	John Slavik	5	4	91	83
Saskatchewan	John Franklin	4	5	89	74
Northern Ontario	William McMitchell	4	5	87	89
Prince Edward Island	Russ Cruikshank	3	6	69	107
Nova Scotia	Irving Hebb	1	8	66	110
Quebec	John Ross Jr.	0	9	50	111

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Slavik)	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	3	X	15
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Watson)	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	11
Nova Scotia (Hebb)	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Franklin)	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ontario (G. Campbell)	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	10

1942 Macdonald Brier

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

References

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Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (D. Campbell)	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	10
Northern Ontario (McMitchell)	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	13

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Ross)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6
New Brunswick (Connolly)	5	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	0	1	1	18