The 1973 Macdonald Brier, the

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men's national

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championship was held from March 5 to 11, 1973 at the Klondike Gardens in 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. Despite not being considered favorites,

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, who was skipped by

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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

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in the

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, the men's world curling championship on home soil in

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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. Saskatchewan's 7–5 victory over

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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 and twice in . The Draw 7 matchup between

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and

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saw five consecutive blank ends beginning in the fourth end, setting a then Brier record for most consecutive blank ends in one game. This remains a Macdonald era record (until ) and wouldn't be broken in any Brier until .

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Round Robin standings

Round Robin Results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time ( UTC-07:00).

Draw 1

''Monday, March 5, 2:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Monday, March 5, 7:30 pm''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, March 6, 9:00 am''

Draw 4

''Tuesday, March 6, 2:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, March 7, 2:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, March 7, 7:30 pm''

Draw 7

''Thursday, March 8, 2:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Thursday, March 8, 7:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Friday, March 9, 2:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, March 9, 7:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Saturday, March 10, 11:00 am''

Awards

All-Star Team

The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS
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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.

References

External links

Curling Canada Youtube videoCurlingZone Coverage
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