The 1973
Edmonton, Alberta
. The total attendance for the week was 37,575.
The event was memorable for having particularly bad ice conditions, considered by some as the "worst (Brier ice) ever manufactured". There was a great thickness of frost on the ice, which was also dotted by tiny pools of water.[2]
Despite not being considered favorites, Team Saskatchewan , who was skipped by Harvey Mazinke adapted best to the poor ice conditions and captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 9–1 record. This was Saskatchewan's sixth Brier title overall and the only title that Mazinke skipped.
Mazinke's rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1973 Air Canada Silver Broom , the men's world curling championship on home soil in Regina, Saskatchewan where they won the silver medal.
This was the first Brier in which teams were allowed to concede games before all ends were complete as long as ten ends were played.[3]
Saskatchewan's 7–5 victory over Manitoba in Draw 5 was the fourth time in Brier history in which a game went into a second extra end. The other three instances were in 1955 and twice in 1965 .
The Draw 7 matchup between New Brunswick and Northern Ontario saw five consecutive blank ends beginning in the fourth end, setting a then Brier record for most consecutive blank ends in one game.[4] This remains a Macdonald era record (until 1979 ) and wouldn't be broken in any Brier until 1989 .
Teams
The teams were listed as follows:[5]
Round Robin standings
Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in
Draw 1
Monday, March 5, 2:30 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Dugre)
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
4
Manitoba (Fink)
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
1
0
4
X
12
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Savage )
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
10
Alberta (Watchorn)
0
1
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Ward)
3
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
12
Quebec (Moon)
0
0
2
0
3
0
3
2
1
0
0
0
11
Draw 2
Monday, March 5, 7:30 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Ward)
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
4
0
2
11
Ontario (Savage )
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Fink)
3
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
0
2
1
X
16
Northern Ontario (Harry)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
3
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Dugre)
2
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
8
Alberta (Watchorn)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
7
Draw 3
Tuesday, March 6, 9:00 am
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Alberta (Watchorn)
1
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
10
Northern Ontario (Harry)
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Ward)
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
0
X
7
New Brunswick (Dugre)
2
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Savage )
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
X
6
Quebec (Moon)
2
2
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
X
11
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Hope)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
X
6
Manitoba (Fink)
2
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
3
X
10
Draw 4
Tuesday, March 6, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
New Brunswick (Dugre)
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
8
Quebec (Moon)
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Hope)
1
1
1
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
2
X
10
Alberta (Watchorn)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
X
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Tucker)
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
7
Manitoba (Fink)
0
2
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
3
2
X
11
Draw 5
Wednesday, March 7, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
Manitoba (Fink)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
5
Saskatchewan (Mazinke )
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Ward)
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
X
6
Nova Scotia (Hope)
1
0
0
5
0
1
0
1
0
4
0
X
12
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Moon)
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
3
2
2
2
X
15
Northern Ontario (Harry)
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Dugre)
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
5
Ontario (Savage )
3
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
X
9
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Tucker)
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
3
10
Alberta (Watchorn)
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
8
Draw 6
Wednesday, March 7, 7:30 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Saskatchewan (Mazinke )
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
1
9
Alberta (Watchorn)
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Moon)
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
7
Nova Scotia (Hope)
2
0
0
4
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
11
Draw 7
Thursday, March 8, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Watchorn)
1
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
5
0
2
X
14
Prince Edward Island (Dillon)
0
0
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
0
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Moon)
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
8
British Columbia (Tucker)
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
2
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Savage )
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
10
Nova Scotia (Hope)
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
9
Draw 8
Thursday, March 8, 7:30 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
New Brunswick (Dugre)
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
7
Nova Scotia (Hope)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Moon)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
X
4
Saskatchewan (Mazinke )
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
2
3
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Fink)
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
8
Alberta (Watchorn)
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
1
10
Draw 9
Friday, March 9, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Fink)
1
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
X
6
Newfoundland (Ward)
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
4
1
X
12
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Hope)
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
X
7
Northern Ontario (Harry)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Prince Edward Island (Dillon)
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
3
X
11
Quebec (Moon)
0
1
0
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
X
7
Draw 10
Friday, March 9, 7:30 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Moon)
2
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
3
14
Manitoba (Fink)
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
3
0
2
0
0
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Watchorn)
3
0
0
2
0
2
0
4
1
3
2
X
17
Newfoundland (Ward)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
3
Draw 11
Saturday, March 10, 11:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Watchorn)
1
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
X
8
Quebec (Moon)
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
X
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Hope)
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
3
11
British Columbia (Tucker)
3
0
0
1
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
10
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Savage )
0
3
1
0
3
0
1
0
3
1
0
X
12
Manitoba (Fink)
0
0
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
X
10
Awards
All-Star Team
The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.[7]
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.[8] [7]
References
External links
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