1972 Macdonald Brier

The 1972 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 6–11 at the St. John's Arena^[1]^[2] in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Manitoba, skipped by Orest Meleschuk easily won the event, after posting a 9-1 round robin record, only losing to Quebec's rink, which finished second.^[3] Meleschuk and his rink of Dave Romano, John Hanesiak and Pat Hailley went on to win a gold medal at the 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom World Curling Championship, amidst controversy.

Teams[]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
, Fairview Fourth: Skip: Second: Lead:	, North Vancouver Skip: Bernie Sparkes Third: Second: Brent Giles Lead:	Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg Skip: Orest Meleschuk Third: Dave Romano Second: John Hanesiak Lead: Pat Hailley
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
, Fredericton Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Third: Jack MacDuff Second: Lead:	, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
, Halifax Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Ottawa CC, Ottawa Skip: Eldon Coombe Third: Second: Lead:	, Charlottetown Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Quebec	Saskatchewan
, Hampstead Skip: Third: Art Lobel Second: Don Aitken Lead:	, Saskatoon Skip: Third: Second: Lead:

Key
	Brier champion

Province	Skip	W	L
Manitoba	Orest Meleschuk	9	1
Quebec		7	3
Alberta		6	4
Ontario	Eldon Coombe	6	4
Saskatchewan		6	4
British Columbia	Bernie Sparkes	5	5
Northern Ontario		5	5
New Brunswick		4	6
Newfoundland		3	7
Prince Edward Island		3	7
Nova Scotia		1	9

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