The 1977 Macdonald Brier was held March 6-12[1] Montreal , Quebec at the Velodrome . The total attendance for the week was 50,001. This Brier would see the first victory for Quebec in the Brier's history. At this time, there was no playoffs in the Brier.
Background [ ] This would be the first time that games were shortened to 10 ends. In 1927 , teams played 14 ends, and from 1928–76, teams played 12.[2]
Teams [ ] The teams were as follows:[3]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Crestwood CC , Edmonton Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Vancouver
Skip: Third: Leo Hebert Second: Lead: Barry Naimark
, Lac du Bonnet
Skip: Third: Dave Romano Second: Lead:
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northern Ontario
, Fredericton
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
St. John's CC , St. John's Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Sudbury
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
, Halifax
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Don Mills
Skip: Paul Savage Third: Ed Werenich Second: Lead:
, Charlottetown
Skip: Ken MacDonald Third: Second: Lead:
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon/Northwest Territories
, Mount Royal
Skip: Jim Ursel Third: Art Lobel Second: Don Aitken Lead: Brian Ross
Caledonia CC , Regina Skip: Les Rogers Third: Second: Lead:
, Whitehorse
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Standings [ ] Scores [ ] Draw 1 [ ] March 6 [4]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Mockler)
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
4
Quebec (Ursel)3
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
1
X
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Rogers)0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
4
Ontario (Savage)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Reed)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
5
Newfoundland (Hamilton)1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
6
Draw 2 [ ] March 6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Usackis)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Ontario (Savage)0
1
1
0
3
1
0
2
X
X
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ursel)1
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
1
X
7
Northern Ontario (Tate)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
X
4
Draw 3 [ ] March 7 [5]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Usackis)1
0
0
2
0
1
0
4
X
X
8
Alberta (Reed)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
2
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Savage)0
2
0
1
0
0
2
1
2
X
8
Newfoundland (Hamilton)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
2
Draw 4 [ ] March 7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Saskatchewan (Rogers)
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
7
Quebec (Ursel)1
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Mockler)
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
X
6
Nova Scotia (Fitzner)1
0
2
0
0
0
2
5
0
X
10
Draw 5 [ ] March 7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Fitzner)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
Saskatchewan (Rogers)0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
5
Draw 6 [ ] March 8 [6]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Fitzner)
0
2
0
0
4
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
10
Manitoba (Usackis)2
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Quebec (Ursel)
1
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
7
Alberta (Reed)0
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
8
Draw 7 [ ] March 8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Vinthers)0
3
1
2
3
0
1
0
X
X
10
Ontario (Savage)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
X
X
3
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Reed)1
0
2
1
3
1
0
2
X
X
10
New Brunswick (Mockler)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Rogers)
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
X
6
Manitoba (Usackis)0
0
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
X
8
Draw 8 [ ] March 9 [7]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Fitzner)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
2
Ontario (Savage)1
1
3
1
0
2
0
0
2
X
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton)2
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
7
Quebec (Rusel)
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
British Columbia (Vinthers)0
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
8
Manitoba (Usackis)
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
7
Draw 9 [ ] March 9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Fitzner)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
X
2
Alberta (Reed)0
0
0
0
3
3
0
1
1
X
8
Draw 10 [ ] March 10 [8]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Savage)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
2
Quebec (Ursel)1
2
0
1
3
0
2
0
X
X
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
5
Nova Scotia (Fitzner)1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
6
Draw 11 [ ] March 10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Savage)0
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
8
Northern Ontario (Tate)
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Manitoba (Usackis)
0
4
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
8
Newfoundland (Hamilton)0
0
3
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Alberta (Reed)0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
7
British Columbia (Vinthers)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
6
Draw 12 [ ] March 11 [9]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton)0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
3
1
8
Saskatchewan (Rogers)
1
1
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ursel)2
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
X
9
British Columbia (Vinthers)
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
6
Draw 13 [ ] March 11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ursel)1
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
X
X
7
Manitoba (Usackis)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
2
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Rogers)0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
4
X
9
Alberta (Reed)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
3
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Mockler)
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
X
3
Ontario (Savage)0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
2
X
7
Draw 14 [ ] March 12,[10]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Savage)0
2
1
0
3
1
0
1
X
X
8
Alberta (Reed)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Mockler)3
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
10
Manitoba (Usackis)
0
3
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
1
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ursel)1
0
3
0
1
0
1
1
0
X
7
Nova Scotia (Fitzner)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
X
4
References [ ]
^ Vancouver Sun , 14 Feb 1977, pg 25, "Vinthers rink not older, they're better"^ "History of the Tim Hortons Brier" . Curling Canada . Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2015 .^ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
^ "Brier" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . March 7, 1977. p. 17. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .^ "Canadian Brier curling results" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . March 8, 1977. p. 14. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .^ "Brier results" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . March 9, 1977. p. 18. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .^ "Brier results" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . March 10, 1977. p. 39. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .^ "Brier results" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . March 11, 1977. p. 14. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .^ "The Brier at a glance" . Montreal Gazette . March 12, 1977. p. 14. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .^ "Brier" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . March 14, 1977. p. 24. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
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