The 1927

Macdonald Brier The Brier ('), known since 2024 as the Montana's Brier for sponsorship reasons, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during the month of March. The w ...

Tankard, the Canadian men's national

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championship, was held March 1–3 at the

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. This edition of the Brier would be the first, with it also being the first time it was hosted in Ontario, and the first time it was hosted in Toronto's

. Skip

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of the

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champion Halifax rink would win the inaugural tournament, leading his rink of skips (his original team couldn't make the trip) to victory. The event began with an opening banquet with Ontario Lieutenant Governor

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and Ontario Premier

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welcoming players.

Event summary

After successful trips by the winner of the Manitoba Bonspiel in 1925 and their participation in the Quebec Bonspiel being deemed popular enough to consider a national tournament in 1926, the Stewart brothers of Macdonald Tobacco would sponsor what would become the Brier in 1927. Played at the Granite Club in Toronto, the tournament would feature teams from four provinces, two cities, and a representative from Western Canada and Northern Ontario, the latter becoming a fixture at the Brier. It would be the only Brier that would have all games go 14 ends (with two games going to a 15th end to break ties)

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Map of teams

Round Robin standings

Round Robin results

Draw 1

''Tuesday, March 1 (Morning)''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, March 1 (afternoon)''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, March 2 (morning)''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, March 2 (afternoon)''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, March 2 (evening)''

Draw 6

''Thursday, March 3 (morning)''

Draw 7

''Thursday, March 3 (afternoon)''

Team selection

Teams were chosen by invitation. Many provinces had yet to have provincial championships. *Western Canada: Winners of the "Macdonald Brier event" playoff between Manitoba and Saskatchewan. *Nova Scotia: "Four best players (in the province)." Macneill was chosen as winner of the Johnson Cup. *Montreal: Amalgamation rink, selected by the Granite Association of Montreal *Northern Ontario: Winners of the Grand Aggregate of the Northern Curling Association bonspiel *Ontario: A selection of the winners of the

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*Toronto: Winners of the Canada Life trophy. *Quebec: Winners of the Quebec Bonspiel. *New Brunswick: Selected by the New Brunswick Curling Association.

Notes

References

{{Canadian Men's Curling Championships Macdonald Brier, 1927 Macdonald Brier, 1927 The Brier Curling in Toronto

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