1941 Macdonald Brier

The 1941 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 7, 1941 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

1941 Macdonald Brier
Host cityToronto, Ontario
ArenaGranite Club
DatesMarch 3-7
WinnerAlberta
Curling clubCalgary CC, Calgary
SkipHoward Palmer
ThirdJack Lebeau
SecondArthur Gooder
LeadSt. Clair Webb
« 1940
1942 »

Team Alberta, who was skipped by Howard Palmer won the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play with an 8-1 record. This was Alberta's third Brier championship.

This would be the last time that Toronto would host the Brier. As of 2022, Toronto still holds the record for hosting the most Briers with 14.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[2]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Northern Ontario
Calgary CC, Calgary

Skip: Howard Palmer
Third: Jack Lebeau
Second: Arthur Gooder
Lead: St. Clair Webb

 Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Billy Finlay[3]
Third: Roland David
Second: Frederick Tinling
Lead: William LeSage

 Strathcona CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Al Wakefield[3]
Third: Douglas Adams
Second: Lionel Francis
Lead: Winston Anders

 Thistle CC, Saint John

Skip: Johnny Malcolm
Third: Donald Cameron
Second: Harry Magee
Lead: Nicholas Rockwell

 Kirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake

Skip: Don Best[3]
Third: J.C. Tuck
Second: Thomas Rushworth
Lead: George Sayles

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Fred Heath[3]
Third: Duncan Campbell
Second: L.M. Adamson
Lead: Lyle Hopkins

 Kitchener Granite CC, Kitchener

Skip: Perry Hall
Third: J.A. Lucas
Second: Arthur Lehnen
Lead: William Henderson Jr.

 Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Russ Cruikshank[3]
Third: Gordon Hughes
Second: Philip Cobb
Lead: Harry Sear

 Quebec CC, Quebec City

Skip: Charlie Handley[3]
Third: Edmond Stamand[lower-alpha 1]
Second: Hebert DuChene[lower-alpha 1]
Lead: Samuel Trueman

 Kinley CC, Kinley

Skip: Bill Dunbar[3]
Third: James McMahon
Second: James Beckett
Lead: A.E. McMahon

Round robin standings
Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
AlbertaHoward Palmer8112468
OntarioPerry Hall7211282
SaskatchewanBill Dunbar638779
Northern OntarioDon Best6310480
 ManitobaAl Wakefield549079
British ColumbiaBilly Finlay549283
 Nova ScotiaFred Heath459189
Prince Edward IslandRuss Cruikshank2789109
New BrunswickJohnny Malcolm2768112
QuebecCharlie Handley0954130

Round robin results

Draw 1
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Handley) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 5
Alberta (Palmer) 4 3 2 4 0 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 23
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
Manitoba (Wakefield) 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 10
 Nova Scotia (Heath) 0 5 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 13
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 10
Northern Ontario (Best) 4 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 15
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9
Ontario (Hall) 2 0 1 0 5 4 0 5 0 1 0 3 21

Draw 2
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Palmer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 8
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Manitoba (Wakefield) 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 12
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Heath) 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 11
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Handley) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6
Ontario (Hall) 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Best) 0 4 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 15
New Brunswick (Malcolm) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7

Draw 3
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 8
Alberta (Palmer) 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
 Nova Scotia (Heath) 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 2 0 14
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 10
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Manitoba (Wakefield) 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 11
New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Handley) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Northern Ontario (Best) 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 17

Draw 4
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 7
Alberta (Palmer) 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 10
Manitoba (Wakefield) 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 15
Northern Ontario (Best) 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 3 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 18
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Heath) 0 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 14
Quebec (Handley) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Palmer) 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 14
Northern Ontario (Best) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 2 1 3 0 15
Manitoba (Wakefield) 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 12
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Heath) 0 2 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 12
New Brunswick (Malcolm) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15
Quebec (Handley) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4

Draw 6
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Nova Scotia (Heath) 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
Alberta (Palmer) 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Best) 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 11
Ontario (Hall) 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Handley) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 7
Manitoba (Wakefield) 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 13
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 10
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 7
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 4 19

Draw 7
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Palmer) 3 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 6 0 0 18
Ontario (Hall) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 8
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm) 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 10
Quebec (Handley) 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Best) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 7
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Manitoba (Wakefield) 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 11
 Nova Scotia (Heath) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 7

Draw 8
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 10
Alberta (Palmer) 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Handley) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 9
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Ontario (Hall) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 9
 Nova Scotia (Heath) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm) 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7
British Columbia (Finlay) 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Manitoba (Wakefield) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
Northern Ontario (Best) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 9

Draw 9
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Palmer) 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 11
Manitoba (Wakefield) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 2 14
Quebec (Handley) 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
Ontario (Hall) 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 10
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Best) 2 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 2 0 0 17
 Nova Scotia (Heath) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
New Brunswick (Malcolm) 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 12

Notes
  1. Quebec's third Edmond Stamand fell ill prior to Draw 5 against British Columbia. Quebec shot with three players for both Draw 5 and 6 as second Hebert DuChene threw both second and third stones.[4][5]

References
  1. 1941 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  2. "1941 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-06-17.
  3. "Manitoba has youngest rink". Newspapers.com. Calgary Herald. March 5, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  4. "Finlay rink beats weak Quebec side". Newspapers.com. Vancouver Daily Province. March 5, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  5. "Finlay defeats P.E.I. rink". Newspapers.com. Vancouver Daily Province. March 6, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
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