[2] This was Manitoba's fifteenth Brier championship and the second won by Walsh as a skip, with his first being in 1952.

On the Thursday evening draw, Alberta would be eliminated with an 11–7 loss to Northern Ontario while Saskatchewan defeated Quebec 11–5.

Ontario took advantage and beat Newfoundland 10–8 to tie Manitoba in the standings heading into the final day.

A Manitoba win would have them clinch the Brier outright while Ontario needed a win against Nova Scotia and a Manitoba loss against Saskatchewan to force a tiebreaker playoff that evening.

Manitoba then scored one in the tenth and stole one in the eleventh to take a 7–5 lead heading into the final end.

The teams are listed as follows:[3] Skip: Matt Baldwin Third: Gordon Haynes Second: Art Kleinmeyer Lead: William Henning Skip: Harold Jordan Third: James Livingstone Second: William Moscovitz Lead: Donald Beattie Skip: Billy Walsh Third: Al Langlois Second: Cy White Lead: Andy McWilliams Skip: Ralph Lister Third: Horace Trites Second: Jimmy Vance Lead: Ralph Patterson Skip: Robert Goudey Third: Wesley Hermanson Second: Norman Pounder Lead: George Giannou Skip: Steve Kuzmaski Third: Bill Hudgins Second: Al Rodin Lead: George Burns Skip: Gerald Glinz Third: Avard Mann Second: Frank Hoar Lead: Edward Henry Skip: Alf Phillips Sr. Third: Reginald Mooney Second: Stanley Jones Lead: William Leak Skip: Wendell MacDonald Third: John Squarebriggs Second: Andrew Likely Lead: Elmer MacDonald Skip: Walter Smith Third: Edwin Whitham Second: Henry Foster Lead: Royce Little Skip: James Hill Third: Harold Worth Jr. Second: Elmer MacNevin Lead: Donald Morris All draw times are listed in Atlantic Time (UTC-04:00)[5] Monday, March 5 3:00 PM Monday, March 5 8:00 PM Tuesday, March 6 9:00 AM Tuesday, March 6 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 7 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 7 8:00 PM Thursday, March 8 9:00 AM Thursday, March 8 3:00 PM Thursday, March 8 8:00 PM Friday, March 9 9:30 AM Friday, March 9 2:30 PM Friday, March 9