1972 Macdonald Brier

The 1972 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 6 to 11, 1972 at St. John's Arena in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Orest Meleschuk easily won the event, after posting a 9-1 round robin record, only losing to Quebec's Bill Kent rink, which finished second. Meleschuk and his rink of Dave Romano, John Hanesiak and Pat Hailley went on to win a gold medal at the 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom World Curling Championship, amidst controversy.

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

Round Robin standings
Final Round Robin standings

Round Robin results
All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC-03:30).

Draw 1
Monday, March 6, 3:00 pm

Draw 2
Monday, March 6, 8:00 pm

Draw 3
Tuesday, March 6, 9:00 am

Draw 4
Tuesday, March 6, 2:30 pm

Draw 5
Wednesday, March 7, 2:30 pm

Draw 6
Wednesday, March 7, 8:00 pm

Draw 7
Thursday, March 8, 9:00 am

Draw 8
Thursday, March 8, 2:30 pm

Draw 9
Thursday, March 8, 8:00 pm

Draw 10
Friday, March 9, 9:00 am

Draw 11
Friday, March 9, 2:30 pm

All-Star Team
The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.

Ross G.L. Harstone Award
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.