1971 Macdonald Brier

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 city	Quebec City, Quebec
Arena	Pavilion de la Jeunesse
Dates	March 1–6
Attendance	8,501
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Granite CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Don Duguid
Third	Rod Hunter
Second	Jim Pettapiece
Lead	Bryan 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

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

Baldwin

Smale

Duguid

Bordage

Cole

Tetley

Hoar

Charlebois

Ready

Ott

Pickering

Provincial Winners

Round-robin standings

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

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

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Semifinal

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

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

All-Star Team

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

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

1. 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]