The 1965 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 1 to 5, 1965 at Saskatoon Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After the Brier the year before drew the smallest crowd since 1952, the 1965 Brier broke the attendance record at the time as a total of 52,319 fans attended the Brier.[1] This attendance record would not be surpassed until 1970.

1965 Macdonald Brier
Host citySaskatoon, Saskatchewan
ArenaSaskatoon Arena
DatesMarch 1–5
Attendance52,319
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubGranite CC, Winnipeg
SkipTerry Braunstein
ThirdDon Duguid
SecondRon Braunstein
LeadRay Turnbull
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Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Terry Braunstein captured the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play with a 9–1 record. This was Manitoba's first Brier championship since 1956 and their sixteenth Brier championship overall. Braunstein's rink would go on to represent Canada in the 1965 Scotch Cup in which they became the first Canadian team to not win gold as they were upset by the United States in the gold medal game.

Draw 9 between Alberta and Quebec saw the largest come from behind victory in Brier history. Alberta trailed 9-0 after the fifth end but Alberta outscored Quebec 16-3 in the last seven ends to win the game 16-12.[2]

Draw 9 also saw two separate games go into a second extra end (14 ends) as Nova Scotia beat Newfoundland 11-9 and Ontario defeating New Brunswick 11-10. This was only the second and third time in Brier history that a second extra end would occur. The only other time this occurred was in 1955, which also featured Ontario and New Brunswick.

Event Summary

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Heading into the Thursday evening draw, Manitoba lead the competition with an unbeaten record of 7-0 while Saskatchewan, heading into their bye was 7-1. Northern Ontario and Quebec were both 5-2 and Alberta was 5-3. In the Thursday evening draw, Northern Ontario handed Manitoba their first loss of the competition with a 12-6 victory while Quebec blew a 9-0 lead after five ends and lost to Alberta 16-12. Heading into the final day, both Manitoba and Saskatchewan were tied with 7-1 records with Northern Ontario one game behind with a 6-2 record with Alberta and Quebec still having an outside shot with 6-3 and 5-3 records respectively.

The Friday morning draw saw a major upset as Saskatchewan lost to a two-win Nova Scotia team 7-6 in which Saskatchewan lead 6-4 with two ends remaining. Northern Ontario stayed alive as they beat Quebec 8-6 while Manitoba took complete advantage of Nova Scotia's upset win and cruised to a 13-7 victory over Ontario to retake the Brier lead and be in the drivers seat heading into the final draw.

Heading into the final draw, both Northern Ontario and Saskatchewan would need to win and have Manitoba lose to force a tiebreaker against Manitoba. Northern Ontario would lead Alberta 8-5 heading into the tenth end, but Alberta would stage another come from behind win as they tied the game with three in the tenth. After the eleventh end was blanked, Alberta would seal Northern Ontario's fate with a steal of one in the final end for a 9-8 win. Saskatchewan would keep their hopes alive as they cruised past Prince Edward Island 11-8. However, Manitoba would clinch the Brier Tankard with a 10-7 win over British Columbia. BC kept it close until the eighth end when Manitoba would score five to take the lead for good.

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick
Calgary CC, Calgary

Skip: Nicholas Lashuk
Third: Roland Otterson
Second: Ken Hamilton
Lead: Donald Jarrett

Thunderbird CC, Vancouver

Skip: John Arnett
Third: Terrance Miller
Second: Glen Walker
Lead: Soren Jensen

Granite CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Terry Braunstein
Third: Don Duguid
Second: Ron Braunstein
Lead: Ray Turnbull

Beausejour CC, Moncton

Skip: Peter Lyons
Third: Kenneth Little
Second: Raymond Gould
Lead: Joseph Carey

Newfoundland Northern Ontario Nova Scotia Ontario
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: George MacCharles
Third: John Taite
Second: Kenneth Ellis
Lead: Alexander Andrews

Kirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake

Skip: Jack Polyblank
Third: Frank Buturac
Second: Earl MacInnes
Lead: Wayne Petch

Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Ronald Franklin
Third: Peter Corkum
Second: John Hawkins
Lead: John Oyler

Unionville CC, Unionville

Skip: Ray Grant
Third: Keith Jewett
Second: Raymond McGee
Lead: Alfred Claney

Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Douglas Cameron
Third: Alan Smith
Second: George Dillon
Lead: Bob Dillon

RCAF Bagotville CC, Bagotville

Skip: Bill Tracy
Third: Douglas Stuart
Second: Earl Carlson
Lead: Edgar Wood

Delisle CC, Delisle

Skip: Harold Worth Jr.
Third: Elmer MacNevin
Second: Murray Armstrong
Lead: Gary Stevenson

Round-robin standings

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Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
  Manitoba Terry Braunstein 9 1 99 68
Saskatchewan Harold Worth Jr. 8 2 98 69
Alberta Nicholas Lashuk 7 3 98 87
Northern Ontario Jack Polyblank 7 3 85 78
Ontario Ray Grant 5 5 88 85
  Quebec Bill Tracy 5 5 90 94
  Prince Edward Island Douglas Cameron 4 6 86 86
  British Columbia John Arnett 3 7 75 91
  Nova Scotia Ronald Franklin 3 7 76 98
  Newfoundland George MacCharles 2 8 81 100
  New Brunswick Peter Lyons 2 8 82 102

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Central Time (UTC-06:00)[4]

Draw 1

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Monday, March 1 3:00 PM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Lashuk) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
Ontario (Grant) 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 10
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 6
Saskatchewan (Worth) 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 0 5 1 16
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  British Columbia (Arnett) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 9
  Quebec (Tracy) 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 10

Draw 2

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Monday, March 1 8:00 PM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Arnett) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5
Alberta (Lashuk) 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 8
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7
  Quebec (Tracy) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 11
Saskatchewan (Worth) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8
Ontario (Grant) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 7

Draw 3

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Tuesday, March 2 9:30 AM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Arnett) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 8
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Lashuk) 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 10
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Worth) 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 12
  Quebec (Tracy) 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 8

Draw 4

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Tuesday, March 2 3:00 PM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  Quebec (Tracy) 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 10
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Worth) 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
Alberta (Lashuk) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Grant) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 6
  British Columbia (Arnett) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 8

Draw 5

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Wednesday, March 3 3:00 PM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Grant) 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 9
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Lashuk) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 9
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Tracy) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 10
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Worth) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 4 12
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6

Draw 6

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Wednesday, March 3 8:00 PM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 8
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Worth) 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 11
Ontario (Grant) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Arnett) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 9
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 16
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Lashuk) 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 13
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
  Quebec (Tracy) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 12

Draw 7

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Thursday, March 4 9:30 AM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Arnett) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
Saskatchewan (Worth) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Lashuk) 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 13
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 11
Ontario (Grant) 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 7
  Quebec (Tracy) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5

Draw 8

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Thursday, March 4 3:00 PM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 12
Alberta (Lashuk) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ontario (Grant) 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
  British Columbia (Arnett) 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 8
Saskatchewan (Worth) 2 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 14
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 9
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 6

Draw 9

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Thursday, March 4 8:00 PM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 9
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
Ontario (Grant) 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 11
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 12
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Tracy) 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 12
Alberta (Lashuk) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 1 0 5 16
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
  British Columbia (Arnett) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7

Draw 10

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Friday, March 5 9:30 AM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Quebec (Tracy) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 13
  British Columbia (Arnett) 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 10
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Worth) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
  Nova Scotia (Franklin) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Grant) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 13

Draw 11

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Friday, March 5 3:00 PM

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  British Columbia (Arnett) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7
  Manitoba (Braunstein) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Worth) 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 11
  Prince Edward Island (Cameron) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Grant) 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 1 13
  Quebec (Tracy) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Lashuk) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 9
Northern Ontario (Polyblank) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
  New Brunswick (Lyons) 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8
  Newfoundland (MacCharles) 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 9

Awards

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For the first time ever, an All-Star team was selected by the media.[5]

All-Star Team
Position Name Team
Skip Jack Polyblank Northern Ontario
Third Don Duguid   Manitoba
Second Ken Hamilton Alberta
Lead Ray Turnbull   Manitoba

References

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  1. ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Macdonald Brier Records". Macdonald Brier Records - Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ "1965 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  4. ^ "Day-by-Day Draw for Playdowns". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. newspapers.com. March 1, 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. ^ "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.