# 1970 Air Canada Silver Broom

The 1970 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York, United States, between 18 and 22 of March 1970.
The event was sparsely attended, with only 200–300 fans for some of the afternoon games and about 2,000 for the final. In one draw, bored high school students began booing and cheering shots before throwing paperclips onto the ice, which "caused havoc with a number of shots."

## Teams

| Canada | France | Germany | Norway |
| Granite CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba Skip: Don Duguid Third: Rod Hunter Second: Jim Pettapiece Lead: Bryan Wood | Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève Skip: Pierre Boan Third: Jean Albert Sulpice Second: Alain Bozon Lead: Maurice Sulpice | EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf Skip: Manfred Räderer Third: Ernst Hege Second: Peter Jacoby Lead: Hansjörg Jacoby | Stabekk CC, Oslo Skip: Josef Bjaanaes Fourth: Knut Bjaanaes Third: Geir Søiland Second: Per Dammen |
| Scotland | Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
| St. Martins CC, Perth Skip: Bill Muirhead Third: George Haggart Second: Derek Scott Lead: Murray Melville | Stallmästargården CK, Stockholm Fourth: Claes Källén Third: Christer Källén Second: Sture Lindén Skip: Tom Schaeffer | Lausanne CC, Lausanne Skip: Roland Schenkel Third: Paul Metraux Second: Ernst Pochon Lead: Michel Weill | Grafton CC, Grafton, North Dakota Skip: Art Tallackson Third: Glenn Gilleshammer Second: Ray Holt Lead: Trueman Thompson |

### Notes

    ^Note 1 Unclear participants.
    ^Note 2 Throws first rocks.

## Standings

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Don Duguid | 7 | 0 |
| Scotland | Bill Muirhead | 6 | 1 |
| Sweden | Tom Schaeffer | 4 | 3 |
| United States | Art Tallackson | 4 | 3 |
| Norway | Josef Bjaanaes | 4 | 3 |
| France | Pierre Boan | 1 | 6 |
| Germany | Manfred Räderer | 1 | 6 |
| Switzerland | Roland Schenkel | 1 | 6 |

## Results
### Draw 1

| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 16 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 6 |
| Team | Final |
| Sweden (Schaeffer) | 19 |
| France (Boan) | 4 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Duguid) | 16 |
| Switzerland (Schenkel) | 8 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Tallackson) | 14 |
| Norway (Bjaanaes) | 8 |

### Draw 2

| Team | Final |
| Sweden (Schaeffer) | 17 |
| United States (Tallackson) | 3 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Duguid) | 9 |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| Norway (Bjaanaes) | 14 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 6 |
| Team | Final |
| Switzerland (Schenkel) | 11 |
| France (Boan) | 9 |

### Draw 3

| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 10 |
| Switzerland (Schenkel) | 4 |
| Team | Final |
| Norway (Bjaanaes) | 8 |
| Sweden (Schaeffer) | 4 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Tallackson) | 9 |
| France (Boan) | 8 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Duguid) | 20 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 4 |

### Draw 4

| Team | Final |
| Norway (Bjaanaes) | 17 |
| France (Boan) | 7 |
| Team | Final |
| Germany (Räderer) | 8 |
| Switzerland (Schenkel) | 7 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Duguid) | 12 |
| Sweden (Schaeffer) | 4 |
| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 8 |
| United States (Tallackson) | 7 |

### Draw 5

| Team | Final |
| Sweden (Schaeffer) | 11 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 6 |
| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 7 |
| France (Boan) | 6 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Tallackson) | 15 |
| Switzerland (Schenkel) | 3 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Duguid) | 14 |
| Norway (Bjaanaes) | 6 |

### Draw 6

| Team | Final |
| Canada (Duguid) | 10 |
| United States (Tallackson) | 8 |
| Team | Final |
| Norway (Bjaanaes) | 10 |
| Switzerland (Schenkel) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 9 |
| Sweden (Schaeffer) | 7 |
| Team | Final |
| France (Boan) | 14 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 4 |

### Draw 7

| Team | Final |
| Canada (Duguid) | 16 |
| France (Boan) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Tallackson) | 12 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 11 |
| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 9 |
| Norway (Bjaanaes) | 6 |
| Team | Final |
| Sweden (Schaeffer) | 11 |
| Switzerland (Schenkel) | 4 |

## Tiebreaker
### Tiebreaker 1

| Team | Final |
| United States (Tallackson) | 10 |
| Norway (Bjaanaes) | 7 |

### Tiebreaker 2

| Team | Final |
| Sweden (Schaeffer) | 6 |
| United States (Tallackson) | 3 |

## Playoffs

| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Canada | 11 |
| 2 | Scotland | 8 | 2 | Scotland | 4 |
| 3 | Sweden | 7 | | | |

### Semifinal

| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 8 |
| Sweden (Schaeffer) | 7 |

### Final

| Team | Final |
| Canada (Duguid) | 11 |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 4 |
* 1970 Air Canada Silver Broom
* Canada 10th title