1972 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host cityGarmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
ArenaOlympic Eisstadion
DatesMarch 19–21, 1972
Winner Canada
Curling clubFort Rouge CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SkipOrest Meleschuk
ThirdDave Romano
SecondJohn Hanesiak
LeadPat Hailley
Finalist United States
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The 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom was held at the Olympic Eisstadion in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from March 19–21, 1972. The 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom was the site of the infamous incident that led to the Curse of LaBonte.

Teams

 Canada  United States  Germany  Scotland
Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Skip: Orest Meleschuk
Third: Dave Romano
Second: John Hanesiak
Lead: Pat Hailley

 Grafton CC, North Dakota

Skip: Robert LaBonte
Third: Frank Aasand
Second: John Aasand
Lead: Ray Morgan

 EC Oberstdorf

Skip: Manfred Räderer
Third: Peter Jacoby
Second: Peder Ledosquet
Lead: Hansjörg Jacoby

 Hamilton & Thornyhill CC, Hamilton

Skip: Alex F. Torrance
Third: Alex A. Torrance
Second: Robert Kirkland
Lead: Jimmy Waddell

  Switzerland  Norway  France  Sweden
Dübendorf CC

Fourth: Peter Attinger Jr.
Third: Bernhard Attinger
Skip: Peter Attinger Sr.*
Lead: Ernst Bosshard

 Stabekk CC, Oslo

Skip: Knut Bjaanaes
Third: Sven Kroken
Second: Per Dammen
Lead: Kjell Ulrichsen

 Mont d' Arbois CC, Megève

Skip: Pierre Boan
Third: André Mabboux
Second: André Tronc
Lead: Gerard Pasquier

 Djursholms CK, Stockholm

Skip: Kjell Oscarius
Third: Tom Schaeffer
Second: Bengt Oscarius
Lead: Claes-Göran "Boa" Carlman

*Throws second rocks.

Standings

Country Skip W L
 CanadaOrest Meleschuk70
 United StatesRobert LaBonte43
 GermanyManfred Räderer43
 ScotlandAlex F. Torrance43
  SwitzerlandPeter Attinger Jr.43
 NorwayKnut Bjaanaes34
 FrancePierre Boan25
 SwedenKjell Oscarius07

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Team Final
 Canada (Meleschuk) 11
  Switzerland (Attinger) 6
Team Final
 Scotland (Torrance) 7
 Germany (Räderer) 5
Team Final
 France (Boan) 7
 Sweden (Oscarius) 6
Team Final
 United States (LaBonte) 7
 Norway (Bjaanaes) 5

Draw 2

Team Final
 Scotland (Torrance) 5
 Sweden (Oscarius) 3
Team Final
 Canada (Meleschuk) 11
 United States (LaBonte) 1
Team Final
  Switzerland (Attinger) 10
 Norway (Bjaanaes) 4
Team Final
 Germany (Räderer) 7
 France (Boan) 6

Draw 3

Team Final
 United States (LaBonte) 9
  Switzerland (Attinger) 3
Team Final
 Germany (Räderer) 9
 Sweden (Oscarius) 3
Team Final
 Scotland (Torrance) 6
 France (Boan) 5
Team Final
 Canada (Meleschuk) 8
 Norway (Bjaanaes) 7

Draw 4

Team Final
 Scotland (Torrance) 6
 Norway (Bjaanaes) 4
Team Final
 Canada (Meleschuk) 11
 France (Boan) 5
Team Final
 Germany (Räderer) 9
 United States (LaBonte) 6
Team Final
  Switzerland (Attinger) 6
 Sweden (Oscarius) 4

Draw 5

Team Final
 France (Boan) 10
 United States (LaBonte) 8
Team Final
  Switzerland (Attinger) 8
 Scotland (Torrance) 7
Team Final
 Norway (Bjaanaes) 4
 Sweden (Oscarius) 3
Team Final
 Canada (Meleschuk) 9
 Germany (Räderer) 4

Draw 6

Team Final
 Canada (Meleschuk) 8
 Sweden (Oscarius) 6
Team Final
 Norway (Bjaanaes) 8
 France (Boan) 3
Team Final
 Germany (Räderer) 9
  Switzerland (Attinger) 5
Team Final
 Scotland (Torrance) 4
 United States (LaBonte) 5

Draw 7

Team Final
 Norway (Bjaanaes) 7
 Germany (Räderer) 5
Team Final
 United States (LaBonte) 10
 Sweden (Oscarius) 6
Team Final
 Canada (Meleschuk) 10
 Scotland (Torrance) 7
Team Final
  Switzerland (Attinger) 6
 France (Boan) 5

Tiebreaker

Team Final
 Scotland (Torrance) 9
  Switzerland (Attinger) 6

Playoffs

Semi-final Final
      
1  Canada 8
2  Scotland 3
1  Canada 10
2  United States 9
2  Germany 4
2  United States 9

Semifinals

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Räderer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
 United States (LaBonte) 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 9
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Meleschuk) 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 8
 Scotland (Torrance) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3

Final

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Meleschuk) 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2[1] 1 10
 United States (LaBonte) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 9
1972 Air Canada Silver Broom
Canada
Canada
12th title

The Curse of LaBonte

The 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom saw the incident which led to the Curse of LaBonte. In the finals, Canada under Meleschuk was playing the Americans under LaBonte, and Canada was down by two points in the final end. Meleschuck had the hammer and tried to hit out an American stone on the button so that Canada could take two and tie the game. The rock succeeded in knocking out the American stone, but rolled so that it came to be very close to another American rock biting the 8-foot. US third Frank Aasand saw that the American rock was still second shot and jumped in the air to celebrate. LaBonte also followed suit, but slipped and kicked the Canadian stone while Canadian third Dave Romano was still investigating the shot. It was decided that Canada got two points in the 10th end, forcing an extra end in which Canada stole a point and won.

It was said that LaBonte placed a curse on Canada, which did not win a world championship until 1980.

References

  1. ↑ "The 'curse' of LaBonte". CBC. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
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