1966 Macdonald Brier
The 1966 Macdonald Brier the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 7 to 11, 1966 at the Halifax Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After the Brier the year before broke attendance records, the 1966 edition only drew 11,905 fans. At the time, only the 1947 Brier drew fewer fans.
| 1966 Macdonald Brier | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Arena | Halifax Forum |
| Dates | March 7–11 |
| Attendance | 11,905 |
| Winner | Alberta |
| Curling club | Calgary CC, Calgary |
| Skip | Ron Northcott |
| Third | George Fink |
| Second | Bernie Sparkes |
| Lead | Fred Storey |
| Finalist | Ontario (Gurowka) |
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Both Alberta and Ontario finished round robin play with identical 8–2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the two teams for the Brier championship. Team Alberta, who was skipped by Ron Northcott won the Brier Tankard over Ontario 7-6 in the tiebreaker playoff. This was the ninth time that Alberta won the Brier championship and the first of three Briers that Northcott won as a skip.
Northcott and his team would go on to represent Canada at the 1966 Scotch Cup, the World Curling Championship, which they won.