1970 Air Canada Silver Broom Host city Utica , New York , United States Arena Utica Memorial Auditorium Dates 18–22 March 1970 Winner Canada Curling club Granite CC , Winnipeg , Manitoba Skip Don Duguid Third Rod Hunter Second Jim Pettapiece Lead Bryan Wood Finalist Scotland
The 1970 Air Canada Silver Broom , the men's world curling championship , was held at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica , New York , United States between 18-22 March 1970.
The event was sparsely attended with only 200-300 fans for some of the afternoon games to about 2,000 for the final. In one draw, bored high school students began booing and cheering shots before resulting to throwing paperclips onto the ice "caused havoc with a number of shots."[1]
Teams [ ]
Canada
France
Germany
Norway [Note 1]
Granite CC , Winnipeg, Manitoba
Skip: Don Duguid
Third: Rod Hunter
Second: Jim Pettapiece
Lead: Bryan Wood
Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève
Skip: Pierre Boan
Third:
Second:
Lead:
EC Oberstdorf
Skip: Manfred Räderer
Third:
Second: Peter Jacoby
Lead: Hansjörg Jacoby
Stabekk CC, Oslo
Skip: [Note 2]
Fourth: Knut Bjaanaes
Third:
Second: [2]
Scotland
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
St. Martins CC, Perth
Skip: Bill Muirhead
Third: George Haggart
Second: Derek Scott
Lead: Murray Melville
Stallmästargården CK, Stockholm
Fourth: Claes Källén
Third: Christer Källén
Second: Sture Lindén
Skip: Tom Schaeffer [Note 2]
Lausanne CC
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Grafton CC, North Dakota
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Notes
^Note 1 Unclear participants.
^Note 2 Throws first rocks.
Standings [ ]
Country
Skip
W
L
Canada
Don Duguid
7
0
Scotland
Bill Muirhead
6
1
Sweden
Tom Schaeffer
4
3
United States
4
3
Norway
4
3
France
Pierre Boan
1
6
Germany
Manfred Räderer
1
6
Switzerland
1
6
Results [ ]
Draw 1 [ ]
Team
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
16
Germany (Räderer)
6
Team
Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)
19
France (Boan)
4
Team
Final
Canada (Duguid)
16
Switzerland (Schenkel)
8
Team
Final
United States (Tallackson)
14
Norway (Bjaanaes)
8
Draw 2 [ ]
Team
Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)
17
United States (Tallackson)
3
Team
Final
Canada (Duguid)
9
Scotland (Muirhead)
5
Team
Final
Norway (Bjaanaes)
14
Germany (Räderer)
6
Team
Final
Switzerland (Schenkel)
11
France (Boan)
9
Draw 3 [ ]
Team
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
10
Switzerland (Schenkel)
4
Team
Final
Norway (Bjaanaes)
8
Sweden (Schaeffer)
4
Team
Final
United States (Tallackson)
9
France (Boan)
8
Team
Final
Canada (Duguid)
20
Germany (Räderer)
4
Draw 4 [ ]
Team
Final
Norway (Bjaanaes)
17
France (Boan)
7
Team
Final
Germany (Räderer)
8
Switzerland (Schenkel)
7
Team
Final
Canada (Duguid)
12
Sweden (Schaeffer)
4
Team
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
8
United States (Tallackson)
7
Draw 5 [ ]
Team
Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)
11
Germany (Räderer)
6
Team
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
7
France (Boan)
6
Team
Final
United States (Tallackson)
15
Switzerland (Schenkel)
3
Team
Final
Canada (Duguid)
14
Norway (Bjaanaes)
6
Draw 6 [ ]
Team
Final
Canada (Duguid)
10
United States (Tallackson)
8
Team
Final
Norway (Bjaanaes)
10
Switzerland (Schenkel)
5
Team
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
9
Sweden (Schaeffer)
7
Team
Final
France (Boan)
14
Germany (Räderer)
4
Draw 7 [ ]
Team
Final
Canada (Duguid)
16
France (Boan)
5
Team
Final
United States (Tallackson)
12
Germany (Räderer)
11
Team
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
9
Norway (Bjaanaes)
6
Team
Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)
11
Switzerland (Schenkel)
4
Tiebreaker [ ]
Tiebreaker 1 [ ]
Team
Final
United States (Tallackson)
10
Norway (Bjaanaes)
7
Tiebreaker 2 [ ]
Team
Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)
6
United States (Tallackson)
3
Playoffs [ ]
Semi-Final
Final
1
Canada
11
2
Scotland
4
2
Scotland
8
3
Sweden
7
Semifinal [ ]
Team
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
8
Sweden (Schaeffer)
7
Final [ ]
Team
Final
Canada (Duguid)
11
Scotland (Muirhead)
4
1970 Air Canada Silver Broom
Canada 10th title
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