The 1957

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, the

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men's national

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championship, was held from March 4 to 7, 1957 at

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. A total of 19,000 fans attended the event.

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, who was skipped by

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won the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play unbeaten with a 10–0 record. This was Alberta's sixth Brier championship and the second time Baldwin had won a title as a skip, with his first coming in

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. It was also the tenth time in which a team finished a Brier undefeated. Saskatchewan's 30–3 victory over

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in Draw 2 set a Brier record for most points scored in a game by one team (30) and the largest margin of victory in a game (27). This broke the previous records of set in

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in their 26–2 victory over

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. The game also tied the record set in

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for most combined points by both teams in a game (33). To date, the 30 points scored by Saskatchewan is still a Brier record. This Brier also at the time broke a record for most extra ends played in a single Brier with eight. This broke the previous record of six set in

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Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC-05:00)

Draw 1

''Monday, March 4 3:00 PM''

Draw 2

''Monday, March 4 8:00 PM''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, March 5 9:30 AM''

Draw 4

''Tuesday, March 5 2:30 PM''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, March 6 3:00 PM''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, March 6 8:00 PM''

Draw 7

''Thursday, March 7 9:00 AM''

Draw 8

''Thursday, March 7 3:00 PM''

Draw 9

''Thursday, March 7 8:00 PM''

Draw 10

''Friday, March 8''

Draw 11

''Friday, March 8''

References

External links

* Video: {{Canadian Men's Curling Championships Macdonald Brier, 1957 Macdonald Brier, 1957 The Brier Curling competitions in Ontario

Sports competitions in Kingston, Ontario