Sisler High School Alumni
Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB)
Alumni Stories
1972 Canadian Champions (MacDonald Brier) and Air Canada Silver Broom World Champions
Class of 1959
John R. Hanesiak (born June 23, 1941) is a Canadian former curler. He played second on the 1972 Brier Champion team (skipped by Orest Meleschuk), representing Manitoba. They later went on to win the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen of that year.
The World's in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was in the Bavarian Alps. It was the warmest springtime on record for West Germany and everybody had a great time at and away from the rink, but mostly away from it. Inside, it became more than the Air Canada Silver Broom; it was the "Great Kicked Rock Caper" as the young Bob Labonte of the United States committed the most outrageous gaffe in the history of the grand old game. He had the final game won, and, in his premature celebration, jumped and fell on his behind and scrambled some rocks that led to an extra end in which Meleschuk was stupendous. In and around Grafton, North Dakota, Labonte's stomping grounds, they still say that the "Big O" did not deserve the world championship. Sour grapes for the U.S.A., the sweet taste of victory for Canada.
John Hanesiak attended Sisler High School and played football. He received a scholarship to North Dakota State.
The World's in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was in the Bavarian Alps. It was the warmest springtime on record for West Germany and everybody had a great time at and away from the rink, but mostly away from it. Inside, it became more than the Air Canada Silver Broom; it was the "Great Kicked Rock Caper" as the young Bob Labonte of the United States committed the most outrageous gaffe in the history of the grand old game. He had the final game won, and, in his premature celebration, jumped and fell on his behind and scrambled some rocks that led to an extra end in which Meleschuk was stupendous. In and around Grafton, North Dakota, Labonte's stomping grounds, they still say that the "Big O" did not deserve the world championship. Sour grapes for the U.S.A., the sweet taste of victory for Canada.
John Hanesiak attended Sisler High School and played football. He received a scholarship to North Dakota State.

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