2022 SaskTel Tankard

The 2022 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from February 9 to February 13[2] at the Whitewood Curling Club in Whitewood, Saskatchewan. The winning Colton Flasch rink represented Saskatchewan at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada's national men's curling championship.[3]

2022 SaskTel Tankard
Host cityWhitewood, Saskatchewan
ArenaWhitewood Curling Club[1]
DatesFebruary 9–13
WinnerTeam Flasch
Curling clubNutana CC, Saskatoon
SkipColton Flasch
ThirdCatlin Schneider
SecondKevin Marsh
LeadDaniel Marsh
FinalistMatt Dunstone
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The event was originally going to be played at the Cooperators Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan but was moved to Whitewood due to COVID-19 concerns.[4] The event was awarded to Regina in July 2021, after the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan.[5] Its the second time Whitewood has hosted the Tankard. It had previously held it in 2019.[6]

Qualification

12 teams qualified for the event. Eight teams pre-qualified for the event based on the CTRS points as of January 10, 2022, with the top 4 earning spots based on points earned on SaskTour and World Curling Tour events held in Saskatchewan and the remaining four next best teams earning the next four spots.[7] The remaining four teams qualified through the SaskTel Last Chance Event held January 20 to 23 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon,[6] and featured 19 teams after two withdrew.[8]

Qualification methodSkip (Locale)
Pre-qualified (8)Matt Dunstone (Regina)
Colton Flasch (Saskatoon)
Kody Hartung (Langenburg)
Ryan Deis (Fox Valley)
Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon)
Kelly Knapp (Regina)
Shaun Meachem (Swift Current)
Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon)
Last chance (4)[9]Brent Gedak (Regina)
Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon)
Michael Carss (Saskatoon)
Josh Heidt (Kerrobert)

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[10][11]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club
Daymond BernathBryden TessierDavid BaumJack ReidSutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon
Michael CarssTyler TravisAaron ShutraLyndon HolmNutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Ryan DeisGarret SpringerDustin MikushKalin DeisDallan MuyresFox Valley Curling Club, Fox Valley
Matt DunstoneBraeden MoskowyKirk MuyresDustin KidbyHighland Curling Club, Regina
Colton FlaschCatlin SchneiderKevin MarshDaniel MarshNutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Brent GedakJason AckermanDerek OwensCurtis HorwathHighland Curling Club, Regina
Kody HartungTyler HartungJayden ShwagaBrady KendelLangenburg Curling Club, Langenburg
Josh Heidt[12]Drew HeidtMatt LangTyler GambleKerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert
Jason JacobsonDustin KalthoffJacob HersikornQuinn HersikornDarrell McKeeNutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Rylan KleiterJoshua MatternTrevor JohnsonMatthieu TaillonSutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon
Kelly KnappBrennen JonesMike ArmstrongTrent KnappHighland Curling Club, Regina
Shaun MeachemBrady ScharbackBrayden StewartJared LatosJeff ChambersSwift Current Curling Club, Swift Current

World rankings

Team rankings on the World Curling Team Ranking as of Week 29 of the 2021-22 curling season:[13]

RankSkip
8Matt Dunstone
17Colton Flasch
23Kody Hartung
39Ryan Deis
41Jason Jacobson
51Shaun Meachem
54Kelly Knapp
58Daymond Bernath
60Rylan Kleiter
67Michael Carss
82Brent Gedak
(Team Jason Ackerman)
161Josh Heidt

Knockout Draw Brackets

The event format is a triple knockout tournament, followed by a four team page playoff.[6]

A Event

[14]

First Knockout Quarterfinals Semifinals Qualifier 1
Gedak 3
Kleiter 8 Kleiter 5
Dunstone 6
Dunstone 10
Meachem 10 Meachem 2
Carss 7 Meachem 7
Jacobson 4
Dunstone 8
Deis 5 Flasch 5
Bernath 8 Bernath 6
Flasch 9
Flasch 9
Heidt 8 Hartung 1
Knapp 4 Hartung 9
Heidt 3

B Event
Second Knockout Quarterfinals Semifinals Qualifier 2
Gedak 7
Jacobson 9 Jacobson 4
Hartung 5
Hartung 8
Carss 4 Bernath 5
Bernath 8 Bernath 8
Meachem 7
Hartung 8
Deis 8 Knapp 7
Heidt 6 Deis 5
Knapp 10 Knapp 7
Kleiter 3 Knapp 8
Flasch 7

C Event
Third Knockout Semifinals Qualifier 3
Gedak 8
Carss 1 Gedak 4
Flasch 11
Flasch 10
Deis 1
Deis 8
Bernath 7
Third Knockout Semifinals Qualifier 4
Heidt 5
Jacobson 7 Jacobson 6
Kleiter 1 Meachem 4
Meachem 7 Jacobson 7
Knapp 5

Playoffs
  Page playoff system Semifinal Final
                           
A Matt Dunstone 7  
B Kody Hartung 2         A Matt Dunstone 4
      B Kody Hartung 2   C1 Colton Flasch 6
  C1 Colton Flasch 5  
C1 Colton Flasch 10
C2 Jason Jacobson 5  

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 12, 7:30 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Matt Dunstone 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 X X 7
Kody Hartung 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 12, 7:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Colton Flasch 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 1 X X 10
Jacob Jacobson 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X 5

Semifinal

Sunday, February 13, 10:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kody Hartung 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Colton Flasch 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 X 5

Final

Sunday, February 13, 3:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Matt Dunstone 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
Colton Flasch 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 6
2022 SaskTel Tankard

Colton Flasch
4th Saskatchewan Provincial Championship title

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