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1976 Macdonald Brier

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1976 Macdonald Brier
Host cityRegina, Saskatchewan
ArenaRegina Exhibition Stadium
DatesMarch 7–13
Attendance61,110[1]
Winner Newfoundland
Curling clubSt. John's CC, St. John's
SkipJack MacDuff
ThirdToby McDonald
SecondDoug Hudson
LeadKen Templeton
CoachSam Richardson (unofficial)[2]
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The 1976 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 7 to 13, 1976 at Regina Exhibition Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan.[3] The total attendance for the week was 61,110.[1] This was the final Brier in which regulation games were 12 ends in length.

Team Newfoundland, who was skipped by Jack MacDuff captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 9–2 record. This was Newfoundland's first ever Brier title. MacDuff's rink were considered heavy underdogs in the event as their odds of winning the Brier had been put at 1,000 to 1, making the victory extraordinary.[2]

The MacDuff rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1976 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championships in Duluth, Minnesota. They could not replicate the Brier success however, as they finished ninth out of ten teams with a 2–7 record, which at the time was the worst finish by a Canadian team in the world championships.

British Columbia's 6–5 victory over Alberta in Draw 11 was the fifth double extra end game in Brier history and the first since 1973. This game was one of eleven games in the tournament which went to an extra end, setting a record for most extra end games in one Brier. This would end up being a Macdonald era (until 1979) record and wouldn't be broken until 1981.[4][5]

This Brier also set a record for most blank ends in a single Brier as 199 ends were blanked. To date, this is the most blank ends in a single Brier. There were also two games (BC vs. Quebec in Draw 5 and Newfoundland vs. Saskatchewan in Draw 12) which tied a Brier record set in 1974 for most blank ends in one game with seven.[4] This record would not be broken until 1990.[5]

Teams

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The teams were as follows:[6]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Calgary CC, Calgary

Skip: Wayne Sokolosky
Third: Frank Morissette
Second: John Cottam
Lead: Shayne Wylie

Burnaby WC, Burnaby

Skip: Bernie Sparkes
Third: Bert Gretzinger
Second: Al Cook
Lead: Keiven Bauer

Heather CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Clare DeBlonde
Third: Garry DeBlonde
Second: Don Finkbeiner
Lead: Doug Finkbeiner

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Capital WC, Fredericton

Skip: Dave Sullivan
Third: Mike Flannery
Second:Tom Rubec
Lead: Greg Gilks

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

Skip: Jack MacDuff
Third: Toby McDonald
Second: Doug Hudson
Lead: Ken Templeton

Fort William CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Rick Lang
Third: Bob Nicol
Second: Al Fiskar Jr.[7]
Lead: Warren Butters

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Alf Romain
Third: Doug Arnold
Second: Stu Cameron
Lead: Guy LaRocque

Dixie CC, Mississauga

Skip: Joe Gurowka
Third: Bob Charlebois
Second: Ray Lilly
Lead: Jim McGrath

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Ken MacDonald
Third: Keith MacEachern
Second: Peter McDonald
Lead: Al Ledgerwood

Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories/Yukon
St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal

Skip: Jim Ursel
Third: Art Lobel
Second: Don Aitken
Lead: Brian Ross

Moose Jaw CC, Moose Jaw

Skip: Roger Anholt
Third: Gord Stewart
Second: Bob Hicks
Lead: Bill Wilson

Fort Smith CC, Fort Smith

Skip: Howie Brazeau
Third: Jim Schaefer
Second: Charles Schaefer
Lead: Paul Kaeser Jr.

Map of teams

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Round Robin standings

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Final Round Robin standings[6]

Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA S%[8]
 Newfoundland Jack MacDuff 9 2 81 61 72%
 Manitoba Clare DeBlonde 8 3 69 60 79%
 British Columbia Bernie Sparkes 7 4 74 58 80%
 Quebec Jim Ursel 7 4 66 53 79%
 New Brunswick Dave Sullivan 7 4 63 56 73%
 Alberta Wayne Sokolosky 6 5 73 65 75%
 Northern Ontario Rick Lang 5 6 76 75 74%
 Northwest Territories/Yukon Howard Brazeau 5 6 57 71 72%
 Nova Scotia Alf Romain 4 7 59 81 71%
 Saskatchewan Roger Anholt 3 8 56 68 75%
 Ontario Joe Gurowka 3 8 66 82 78%
 Prince Edward Island Ken MacDonald 2 9 62 72 72%

Round Robin results

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All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06:00).[6][9]

Draw 1

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Sunday, March 7, 1:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 2 X X 11
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3

Draw 2

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Sunday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 3
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 X X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 7
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Ontario (Gurowka) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5

Draw 3

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Monday, March 8, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
 Quebec (Ursel) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5

Draw 4

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Monday, March 8, 1:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 8
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
 Ontario (Gurowka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 6

Draw 5

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Monday, March 8, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Ontario (Gurowka) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 7
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 X 11
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 X 7

Draw 6

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Tuesday, March 9, 9:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 6
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
 Quebec (Ursel) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 6
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Ontario (Gurowka) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 5
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 7
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4

Draw 7

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Tuesday, March 9, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6
 Ontario (Gurowka) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Quebec (Ursel) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X X 5
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 5 0 2 X X 13
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 6
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 3

Draw 8

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Wednesday, March 10, 1:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Ontario (Gurowka) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 X X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Quebec (Ursel) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 7
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 5
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 6
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 3

Draw 9

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Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 8
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 4
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 X 9
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Ontario (Gurowka) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
 Quebec (Ursel) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 8

Draw 10

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Thursday, March 11, 1:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 X X 10
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 X 10
 Ontario (Gurowka) 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 X 7
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 8
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 5

Draw 11

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Thursday, March 11, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
 Ontario (Gurowka) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Quebec (Ursel) 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 X 6
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 X 6
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 8

Draw 12

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Friday, March 12, 1:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Quebec (Ursel) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 X X 8
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 6
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7

Draw 13

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Friday, March 12, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 X X 9
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Quebec (Ursel) 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 7
 Ontario (Gurowka) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
 Saskatchewan (Anholt) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5

Draw 14

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Saturday, March 13, 12:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Alberta (Sokolosky) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Quebec (Ursel) 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
 Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 7
 Northern Ontario (Lang) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
 Nova Scotia (Romain) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7
 Manitoba (DeBlonde) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Newfoundland (MacDuff) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 X 9
 Ontario (Gurowka) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 4

Awards

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All-Star Team

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The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.[10]

Position Name Team
Skip Jack MacDuff  Newfoundland
Third Bert Gretzinger  British Columbia
Second Don Aitken  Quebec
Lead Keiven Bauer  British Columbia

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.[11][10]

Name Team Position
Jim Ursel  Quebec Skip

References

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  1. ^ a b "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 79. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b Katherine Hobbs; Debbie Cooper (March 4, 2016). "Remembering the Jack MacDuff Brier triumph, 40 years later". CBC. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ Regina Leader-Post, 19 Feb 1976, pg 18, "Brier fever hits Moose Jaw"
  4. ^ a b "Macdonald Brier Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Brier Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "1976 Macdonald Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  7. ^ Al Fiskar Jr. is a son of Al Fiskar, Canada men's alternate and coach on WCC 1982
  8. ^ "Brier facts and figures". Regina Leader-Post. p. 47. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Brier '76 Schedule". The Regina Leader-Post. Newspapers.com. March 8, 1976. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  10. ^ a b BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS
  11. ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.