1978 Macdonald Brier

1978 Macdonald Brier
1978 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Vancouver
Arena	Pacific Coliseum
Dates	March 5–10
Attendance	63,851
Winner	Alberta
Curling club	Medicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat
Skip	Mike Chernoff
Fourth	Ed Lukowich
Second	Dale Johnston
Lead	Ron Schindle
Finalist	British Columbia & ; Saskatchewan
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The 1978 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 5–10 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.

Teams

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Medicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat Fourth: Ed Lukowich Skip: Mike Chernoff Second: Dale Johnston Lead: Ron Schindle	Vancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Bernie Sparkes Third: Ron Thompson Second: Al Cook Lead: Keiven Bauer	Heather CC, Winnipeg Skip: Doug Harrison Third: Jim Sampson Second: Rick Hoffman Lead: Bryan Wood
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Thistle-St. Andrew's CC, Saint John Skip: Pete Murray Third: Ralph McLenaghan Second:Dough Trecartin Lead: Bill Oliver	Goose Bay CC, Happy Valley-Goose Bay Skip: Bob Rowe Third: Tom Melnyk Second: Tony Pilling Lead: Charles Fennimore	Kapuskasing CC, Kapuskasing Skip: Barry Mutrie Third: John Ballantyne Second: John K. Ross Lead: Edward Bowcock
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Alan Darragh Third: Peter McPhee Second: Mike Currie Lead: Lowell Goulden	London CC, London Skip: Gerry Hodson Third: Barry Paterson Second: Glenn Webster Lead: Ross Guest	Summerside CC, Summerside Skip: Peter McDonald Third: Rod McDonald Second: Ron Casey Lead: Keith Wedge
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
Caledonia CC, Westmount Skip: Steve Ducat Third: Karl Murovic Second: Glenn Aldridge Lead: Malcolm Turner	Nutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Rick Folk Third: Bob Thompson Second: Tom Wilson Lead: Roger Schmidt	Fort Smith CC, Fort Smith Skip: Howie Brazeau Third: Jim Schaefer Second: Charles Schaefer Lead: Malcolm MacEachern

Round robin standings

Key
	Brier champion

Province	Skip	W	L
Alberta	Ed Lukowich	9	2
Saskatchewan	Rick Folk	8	3
British Columbia	Bernie Sparkes	8	3
Nova Scotia	Alan Darragh	6	5
New Brunswick	Pete Murray	6	5
Newfoundland	Bob Rowe	5	6
Prince Edward Island	Peter McDonald	5	6
Manitoba	Doug Harrison	5	6
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Howie Brazeau	5	6
Ontario	Gerry Hodson	4	7
Northern Ontario	Barry Mutrie	3	8
Quebec	Steve Ducat	2	9

Scores

March 5

Draw 1^[2]

March 6

Draw 2^[3]

Ontario 9-3 New Brunswick
Nova Scotia 9-5 Newfoundland
Manitoba 6-3 British Columbia
Northwest Territories/Yukon 6-4 Saskatchewan
Quebec 11-1 Northern Ontario
Alberta 10-7 Prince Edward Island

Draw 3

British Columbia 7-5 Prince Edward Island
Alberta 6-5 Northwest Territories/Yukon
Nova Scotia 13-4 Northern Ontario
Ontario 8-2 Newfoundland
Manitoba 9-6 Saskatchewan
New Brunswick 9-5 Quebec

March 7

Draw 4^[4]

Saskatchewan 7-6 Newfoundland
New Brunswick 7-5 Alberta
Northwest Territories/Yukon 7-5 Nova Scotia
British Columbia 9-5 Northern Ontario
Manitoba 7-5 Quebec
Prince Edward Island 7-3 Ontario

March 8

Draw 5^[5]

Newfoundland 8-6 Quebec
Ontario 11-5 Manitoba
Prince Edward Island 10-8 Nova Scotia
Alberta 8-5 Northern Ontario
New Brunswick 9-6 Saskatchewan
British Columbia 5-4 Northwest Territories/Yukon

Draw 6

Saskatchewan 8-4 Northern Ontario
Quebec 9-7 Prince Edward Island
Alberta 6-4 Newfoundland
British Columbia 9-4 New Brunswick
Northwest Territories/Yukon 12-5 Ontario
Nova Scotia 14-1 Manitoba

March 9

Draw 7^[6]

Nova Scotia 6-5 Ontario
New Brunswick 7-5 Northwest Territories/Yukon
Saskatchewan 7-6 British Columbia
Prince Edward Island 8-4 Manitoba
Northern Ontario 8-5 Newfoundland
Alberta 9-5 Quebec

Draw 8

New Brunswick 10-7 Manitoba
Saskatchewan 10-4 Nova Scotia
Ontario 7-6 Quebec
Northwest Territories/Yukon 7-3 Northern Ontario
Alberta 6-5 British Columbia
Newfoundland 8-3 Prince Edward Island

March 10

Draw 9 ^[7]

Northern Ontario 9-6 Prince Edward Island
British Columbia 6-5 Quebec
Newfoundland 9-7 New Brunswick
Alberta 7-5 Nova Scotia
Manitoba 7-6 Northwest Territories/Yukon
Saskatchewan 8-4 Ontario

Draw 10

Saskatchewan 13-3 Alberta
Newfoundland 8-7 Manitoba
Prince Edward Island 9-5 Northwest Territories/Yukon
British Columbia 11-5 Ontario
Nova Scotia 9-6 Quebec
New Brunswick 9-6 Northern Ontario

March 11

Draw 11 ^[8]

Newfoundland 7-6 Northwest Territories/Yukon
British Columbia 8-5 Nova Scotia
Alberta 10-4 Ontario
Saskatchewan 8-7 Quebec
Prince Edward Island 11-4 New Brunswick
Manitoba 9-4 Northern Ontario

References

Rosters - Soudog Curling

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