1978 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Vancouver,British Columbia
Arena	Pacific Coliseum
Dates	March 5–10
Attendance	63,851[1]
Winner	Alberta
Curling club	Medicine Hat CC,Medicine Hat
Skip	Mike Chernoff
Fourth	Ed Lukowich
Second	Dale Johnston
Lead	Ron Schindle
« 1977 1979 »

The1978Macdonald Brier, theCanadian men'scurling championship was held March 5 to 10, 1978 at thePacific Coliseum inVancouver, British Columbia.^[2] The total attendance for the week was a then-record 63,851 breaking the previous mark set at the1976 Brier inRegina.^[1]

Team Alberta, who wasskipped byMike Chernoff won the Brier tankard by finishing the round robin with a 9–2 record. This was Alberta's thirteenth Brier championship overall. Chernoff's rink would go onto representCanada in the1978 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil inWinnipeg, Manitoba where they lost in the semifinal toNorway.

Nova Scotia's 14–1 six end victory overManitoba in Draw 6 tied a record set in1929 for fewest ends played in a single game.^[3]

The teams are listed as follows:^[4]

Chernoff

Sparkes

Harrison

Murray

Rowe

Mutrie

Darragh

Hodson

MacDonald

Ducat

Folk

Brazeau

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Provincial Winners

Final Round Robin standings^[4]

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Alberta	Mike Chernoff	9	2	79	63
Saskatchewan	Rick Folk	8	3	83	62
British Columbia	Bernie Sparkes	8	3	77	59
Nova Scotia	Alan Darragh	6	5	86	67
New Brunswick	Pete Murray	6	5	73	79
Newfoundland	Bob Rowe	5	6	69	74
Manitoba	Doug Harrison	5	6	65	84
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Howie Brazeau	5	6	68	60
Prince Edward Island	Peter McDonald	5	6	77	73
Ontario	Gerry Hodson	4	7	67	79
Northern Ontario	Barry Mutrie	3	8	58	91
Quebec	Steve Ducat	2	9	67	78

All draw times are listed inPacific Standard Time (UTC-08:00).^[5][4]

Sunday, March 5, 2:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Harrison)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	3
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	0	3	0	2	1	2	0	1	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Saskatchewan (Folk)	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	X	7
Quebec (Ducat)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Murray)	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	8
Newfoundland (Rowe)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	7

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	X	9
Ontario (Hodson)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	6

Monday, March 6, 1:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Hodson)	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	9
New Brunswick (Murray)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	9
Newfoundland (Rowe)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Manitoba (Harrison)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	6
Saskatchewan (Folk)	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1
Quebec (Ducat)	2	1	2	2	1	0	2	1	X	X	11

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	X	7
Alberta (Chernoff)	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	4	0	X	10

Monday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	X	5
British Columbia (Sparkes)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	6
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	2	3	0	1	3	0	1	3	X	13

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Rowe)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2
Ontario (Hodson)	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	X	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Harrison)	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	9
Saskatchewan (Folk)	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ducat)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	5
New Brunswick (Murray)	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	X	9

Tuesday, March 7, 1:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	7
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	X	5
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	5
New Brunswick (Murray)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ducat)	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Manitoba (Harrison)	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	X	7
Ontario (Hodson)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Folk)	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
Newfoundland (Rowe)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6

Wednesday, March 8, 1:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ducat)	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Newfoundland (Rowe)	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Harrison)	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	5
Ontario (Hodson)	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	3	1	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	8
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	8
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Folk)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	6
New Brunswick (Murray)	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	1	9

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5

Wednesday, March 8, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Folk)	2	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	X	8
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ducat)	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	9
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Rowe)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	X	4
Alberta (Chernoff)	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	X	9
New Brunswick (Murray)	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Hodson)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	5
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	2	0	3	0	2	0	5	0	X	X	12

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	2	3	1	0	4	4	X	X	X	X	14
Manitoba (Harrison)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Thursday, March 9, 1:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	6
Ontario (Hodson)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4
New Brunswick (Murray)	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Folk)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	7
British Columbia (Sparkes)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Harrison)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	4
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	X	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Rowe)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	5
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	X	8

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	9
Quebec (Ducat)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5

Thursday, March 9, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Murray)	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	X	10
Manitoba (Harrison)	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Folk)	1	0	3	0	1	4	0	1	0	X	10
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ducat)	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6
Ontario (Hodson)	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	6
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	5

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Rowe)	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	X	8
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	3

Friday, March 10, 1:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	9
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6
Quebec (Ducat)	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Murray)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	7
Newfoundland (Rowe)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	5
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	6
Manitoba (Harrison)	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Hodson)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Saskatchewan (Folk)	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	X	8

Friday, March 10, 7:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Saskatchewan (Folk)	2	1	3	0	2	4	0	1	X	X	13

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Rowe)	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	8
Manitoba (Harrison)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	0	3	0	1	3	2	0	0	X	X	9
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Hodson)	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	X	X	5
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	X	X	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ducat)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	6
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	2	X	9

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Murray)	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	9
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	X	6

Saturday, March 11, 11:45 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Rowe)	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	7
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Brazeau)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	X	8
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Hodson)	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	2	2	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Folk)	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	8
Quebec (Ducat)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Murray)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Prince Edward Island (McDonald)	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	X	11

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Harrison)	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	4	X	9
Northern Ontario (Mutrie)	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	4

The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.^[6]

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Rick Folk(2)	Saskatchewan
Third	Mike Chernoff (Skip)	Alberta
Second	Al Cook	British Columbia
Lead	Keiven Bauer(2)	British Columbia

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.^[7][6]

Name	Team	Position
Pete Murray	New Brunswick	Skip

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