Introduction
Michael N. Chernoff (born c. 1936) is a Canadian curler and geologist from West Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a 1978 World Men's bronze medallist and a 1978 Brier champion.
Personal life
Chernoff has a degree in geological engineering from Queen's University.He was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. He is married to Dorine. After graduating from Queens, Chernoff worked as a geologist for a number of oil and gas companies including California Standard, Pinnacle Petroleum, Ulster Petroluems. He founded Strom Resources in 1979, and sold it to PennWest. He founded Paclata Resources in 1987 with his son Bruce, developing oil and gas operations in a number of different countries. It was sold off to Alberta Energy Company in 1999.
He has been a director at Encana Corporation and Canadian Hydro Developers and has been critical of the scientific consensus of anthropogenic climate change.
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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| 1958–59 | Mike Chernoff | Doug Rawson | Jake Edwards | Bob Elliott |  Ont. 1959
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| 1964 | Ron Northcott | Mike Chernoff | Ron Baker | Fred Storey | Brier 1964 (5th) | |
| 1977–78 | Ed Lukowich (4th) | Mike Chernoff (skip) | Dale Johnston | Ron Schindle | Brier 1978  WCC 1978 
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| 1980–81 | Ed Lukowich | Mike Chernoff | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | ||
| 1982–83 | Ed Lukowich | Mike Chernoff | Neil Houston | Brent Syme | Brier 1983
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