1975 Macdonald Brier

The 1975 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 2 to 8, 1975 at the Lady Beaverbrook Rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The total attendance for the week was 20,672.^[1] This was the first Brier in which a combined Territories (Northwest Territories and Yukon) team would participate, increasing the field from 11 to 12 teams. This arrangement would last until 2015 when each territory (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon) was granted a separate entry along with a Team Canada entry for the defending Brier champions.

1975 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Fredericton, New Brunswick
Arena	Lady Beaverbrook Rink
Dates	March 2–8
Attendance	20,672[1]
Winner	Northern Ontario
Curling club	Fort William CC, Thunder Bay
Skip	Bill Tetley
Third	Rick Lang
Second	Bill Hodgson, Jr.
Lead	Peter Hnatiw
« 1974 1976 »

Team Northern Ontario, who was skipped by Bill Tetley captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 9–2 record. This was Northern Ontario's first Brier championship since 1950 and their second overall as well as Tetley's only Brier championship. The Tetley rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1975 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship in Perth, Scotland where they would lose in the semifinal to eventual champion Switzerland.

Despite being a longshot to win the Brier (or even compete in general) as a first year entry, the Territories entry from Yukon, who was skipped by Don Twa remained in contention until the final draw of the tournament and eventually finished tied for second overall with an 8–3 record. To date, this is the best Brier finish by any team from the territories.^[2]

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:^[3]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
St. Albert CC, St. Albert Skip: Tom Reed Third: Kevin Byrne Second: Tony Rankel Lead: Lorne Reed	Granite CC, Penticton Skip: Frank Beutle Third: Donald Wood Second: Robert Partridge Lead: Raymond Jones	Granite CC, Winnipeg Skip: Rod Hunter Third: Mike Riley Second: Douglas Holmes Lead: Bryan Wood
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Capital WC, Fredericton Skip: John Clark Third: David Silliphant Second:Shelly Palk Lead: John Cormier	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Bob Cole Third: Joseph Power Jr. Second: Lew Andrews Lead: Andrew Baird	Fort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Bill Tetley Third: Rick Lang Second: Bill Hodgson Lead: Peter Hnatiw
Nova Scotia	Ontario[4]	Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Dick Boyce Third: Robert Margeson Second: Michael Currie Lead: Peter Comstock	Cataraqui G&CC, Kingston Skip: Alex Scott Third: Edward Brown Second: Mike Boyd Lead: Thomas Miller	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: John Fortier Third: Donald MacRae Second: David Kassner Lead: Donald Callbeck
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal Skip: Jim Ursel Third: Art Lobel Second: Don Aitken Lead: Howard Atkinson	Regina CC, Regina Skip: Harvey Mazinke Third: Bill Martin Second: George Achtymichuk Lead: Dan Klippenstein	Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Don Twa Third: Chuck Haines Second: Kilburn Boyd Lead: Lionel Stokes

Map of teams

Reed

Beutle

Hunter

Clark

Cole

Tetley

Boyce

Scott

Fortier

Ursel

Mazinke

Twa

Provincial Winners

Round Robin standings

Final Round Robin standings^[3]

Key
	Brier champion

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Northern Ontario	Bill Tetley	9	2	94	75
Yukon/Northwest Territories	Don Twa	8	3	93	67
Alberta	Tom Reed	8	3	102	83
Saskatchewan	Harvey Mazinke	7	4	85	73
Manitoba	Rod Hunter	6	5	73	67
Quebec	Jim Ursel	6	5	84	74
Ontario	Alex Scott	6	5	77	76
New Brunswick	John Clark	6	5	85	83
Nova Scotia	Dick Boyce	4	7	67	99
Prince Edward Island	John Fortier	4	7	74	86
Newfoundland	Bob Cole	1	10	64	96
British Columbia	Frank Beutle	1	10	72	91

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).^[3]

Draw 1

Sunday, March 2, 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	7
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5
Manitoba (Hunter)	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Reed)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	9
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	0	2	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Beutle)	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Ontario (Scott)	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	10
New Brunswick (Clark)	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	8

Draw 2

Monday, March 3, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Reed)	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	2	X	X	12
Ontario (Scott)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	6
New Brunswick (Clark)	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	7
Newfoundland (Cole)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6

Draw 3

Monday, March 3, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Quebec (Ursel)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	11
British Columbia (Beutle)	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	10

Draw 4

Monday, March 3, 7:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	5
Manitoba (Hunter)	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	X	11
Newfoundland (Cole)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	5

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	X	11
Ontario (Scott)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 5

Tuesday, March 4, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Newfoundland (Cole)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	6
Ontario (Scott)	0	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	9
British Columbia (Beutle)	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	6
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Hunter)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
New Brunswick (Clark)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	5

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

Draw 6

Tuesday, March 4, 2:00 pm

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	6
Ontario (Scott)	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	5
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	11
Quebec (Ursel)	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Clark)	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	10
Newfoundland (Cole)	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	8

Draw 7

Wednesday, March 5, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
New Brunswick (Clark)	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	10
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Northern Ontario (Tetley)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	10
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Beutle)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	6
Quebec (Ursel)	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Newfoundland (Cole)	0	2	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Ontario (Scott)	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	7
Manitoba (Hunter)	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	8

Draw 8

Wednesday, March 5, 7:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Scott)	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	9
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Hunter)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
Newfoundland (Cole)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Clark)	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	X	8
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	7
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Beutle)	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	8
Alberta (Reed)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	9

Draw 9

Thursday, March 6, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Newfoundland (Cole)	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	7
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Clark)	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	X	10
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	X	7

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Hunter)	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	9
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	X	9
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	4

Draw 10

Thursday, March 6, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Reed)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	6
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	5
Northern Ontario (Tetley)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Newfoundland (Cole)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	6
British Columbia (Beutle)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	X	8
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Hunter)	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	X	10
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Draw 11

Thursday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	2	X	12
New Brunswick (Clark)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
British Columbia (Beutle)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	8
Manitoba (Hunter)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Scott)	0	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	X	9
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	5

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

Draw 12

Friday, March 7, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Hunter)	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	X	9
British Columbia (Beutle)	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Scott)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	6
Quebec (Ursel)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	6
Alberta (Reed)	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	9

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Newfoundland (Cole)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	4
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	X	9

Draw 13

Friday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	7
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Newfoundland (Cole)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5
Alberta (Reed)	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Ontario (Scott)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	X	7
New Brunswick (Clark)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	6
British Columbia (Beutle)	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Northern Ontario (Tetley)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	10
Quebec (Ursel)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	8

Draw 14

Saturday, March 8, 2:00 pm

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
New Brunswick (Clark)	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	X	9
British Columbia (Beutle)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	4
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Twa)	0	1	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Prince Edward Island (Fortier)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
Manitoba (Hunter)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Nova Scotia (Boyce)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
Saskatchewan (Mazinke)	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	1	3	0	X	X	14

Awards

All-Star Team

The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.^[5]

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Don Twa	Yukon/Northwest Territories
Third	Bill Martin (2)	Saskatchewan
Second	Mike Boyd	Ontario
Lead	Howard Atkinson	Quebec

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.^[6][5]

Name	Team	Position
Harvey Mazinke	Saskatchewan	Skip