1974 Macdonald Brier
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The 1974 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 4 to 9, 1974 at the London Gardens in London, Ontario. The total attendance for the week was 48,170.[1]
1974 Macdonald Brier | |
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Host city | London, Ontario |
Arena | London Gardens |
Dates | March 4–9 |
Attendance | 48,170[1] |
Winner | Alberta |
Curling club | St. Albert CC, St. Albert |
Skip | Hec Gervais |
Third | Ron Anton |
Second | Warren Hansen |
Lead | Darrel Sutton |
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Team Alberta, who was skipped by Hec Gervais captured the Brier tankard by finishing round robin play 8–2. This was Alberta's twelfth title overall and the second skipped by Gervais, who previously won in 1961.
The Gervais rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1974 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship held in Bern, Switzerland where they lost in the semifinal to Sweden.
Alberta's 4–2 victory over Quebec in Draw 11 set then Brier records for lowest combined score by both teams in one game (6) and most blank ends in one game (7). These records would be Macdonald era (until 1979) records that were matched twice in that era and eventually broken later.[2]