1977 Macdonald Brier

1977 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Montreal, Quebec
Arena	Velodrome
Attendance	50,001
Winner	Quebec
Curling club	St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal
Skip	Jim Ursel
Third	Art Lobel
Second	Don Aitken
Lead	Brian Ross
Finalist	British Columbia Ontario
« 1976 1978 »

The 1977 Macdonald Brier was held in 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, they played 14 ends, and from 1928–76, they played 12.

Standings

Province	Skip	Club	City	W	L
Quebec	Jim Ursel	St. Laurent CC	Mount Royal	9	2
British Columbia	Leroy Vinthers	Vancouver CC	Vancouver	8	3
Ontario	Paul Savage	Avonlea CC	Don Mills	8	3
Newfoundland	John Tate	St. John's CC	St. John's	7	4
Alberta	Tom Reed	Crestwood CC	Edmonton	6	5
Manitoba	John Usackis	Lac du Bonnet CC	Lac du Bonnet	6	5
Saskatchewan	Les Rogers	Caledonian CC	Regina	5	6
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Don Twa	Whitehorse CC	Whitehorse	5	6
Northern Ontario	John Tate	Idylwylde Golf & CC	Sudbury	4	7
New Brunswick	Roly Mockler	Fredericton CC	Fredericton	3	8
Nova Scotia	Bob Fitzner	CFB Halifax CC	Halifax	3	8
Prince Edward Island	Ken McDonald	Belvedere Golf & Winter Club	Charlottetown	2	9

External links

• 1977 MacDonald Brier at Soudog's Curling History