The 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom was held at the Olympic Eisstadion in

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from March 19–21, 1972. The 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom was the site of the infamous incident that led to the

Curse of LaBonte The "Curse of LaBonte" is quite possibly one of the most famous curses in curling history. It was caused by an incident at the finals of the 1972 World Curling Championships, world men's curling championship, the 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom in Ga ...

Teams

''*Throws second rocks.''

Standings

Round robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Semifinals

Final

The Curse of LaBonte

The 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom saw the incident which led to the

. In the finals, Canada under Meleschuk was playing the Americans under LaBonte, and Canada was down by two points in the final end. Meleschuck had the hammer and tried to hit out an American stone on the button so that Canada could take two and tie the game. The rock succeeded in knocking out the American stone, but rolled so that it came to be very close to another American rock biting the 8-foot. US third Frank Aasand saw that the American rock was still second shot and jumped in the air to celebrate. LaBonte also followed suit, but slipped and kicked the Canadian stone while Canadian third Dave Romano was still investigating the shot. It was decided that Canada got two points in the 10th end, forcing an extra end in which Canada stole a point and won. It was said that LaBonte placed a curse on Canada, which did not win a

world championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

until

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{{World Curling Championships World Men's Curling Championship Air Canada Silver Broom, 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom, 1972 Curling competitions in West Germany International sports competitions hosted by West Germany March 1972 sports events in Europe 1972 in Bavaria Sport in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Sports competitions in Bavaria