Broadcast March 21, 1972
(Click on the above link for CBC Sports Clip showing the “LaBonte Blunder”)
The Story:
It looks like an easy trip to a fifth consecutive Silver Broom world championship for the Canadians. They’ve won all seven of their round-robin games and beaten classic rivals Scotland to advance to the finals. But by the last end of the championship game against the United States, they’re in trouble. Canada needs two points to force an extra end — and, amazingly, they get both, thanks to an error by the U.S. skip.
