The 1975

Macdonald Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...

, the

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men's national

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championship was held from March 2 to 8, 1975 at the

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. The total attendance for the week was 20,672. This was the first Brier in which a combined Territories (

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and

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) team would participate, increasing the field from 11 to 12 teams. This arrangement would last until when each territory (Northwest Territories,

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, and Yukon) was granted a separate entry along with a Team Canada entry for the defending Brier champions. Team Northern Ontario, who was skipped by

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captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 9–2 record. This was Northern Ontario's first Brier championship since and their second overall as well as Tetley's only Brier championship. The Tetley rink would go onto represent

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in the

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, the men's world curling championship in Perth, Scotland where they would lose in the semifinal to eventual champion Switzerland. Despite being a longshot to win the Brier (or even compete in general) as a first year entry, the Territories entry from Yukon, who was skipped by

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remained in contention until the final draw of the tournament and eventually finished tied for second overall with an 8–3 record. To date, this is the best Brier finish by any team from the territories.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Round Robin standings

''Final Round Robin standings''

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC-04:00).

Draw 1

''Sunday, March 2, 3:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Monday, March 3, 9:00 am''

Draw 3

''Monday, March 3, 2:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Monday, March 3, 7:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Tuesday, March 4, 9:00 am''

Draw 6

''Tuesday, March 4, 2:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Wednesday, March 5, 2:00 pm''

Draw 8

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

Draw 9

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

Draw 10

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

Draw 11

''Thursday, March 6, 7:30 pm''

Draw 12

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

Draw 13

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

Draw 14

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

Awards

All-Star Team

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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

1975 in New Brunswick Macdonald Brier, 1975 The Brier Curling competitions in Fredericton {{curling-stub