The 2022 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from February 9 to February 13 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.
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. The event was awarded to Regina in July 2021, after the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan. Its the second time Whitewood has hosted the Tankard. It had previously held it in 2019.
Qualification process 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. The remaining four teams qualified through the SaskTel Last Chance Event held January 20 to 23 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, and featured 19 teams after two withdrew.
Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s) Sask CTRS Leaders 8 Matt Dunstone Colton Flasch Kody Hartung Ryan Deis Jason Jacobson Kelly Knapp Shaun Meachem Rylan Kleiter Last Chance Qualifier 4 Brent Gedak Daymond Bernath Michael Carss Josh Heidt
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club Daymond Bernath Bryden Tessier David Baum Jack Reid Sutherland CC, Saskatoon Michael Carss Tyler Travis Aaron Shutra Lyndon Holm Nutana CC, Saskatoon Ryan Deis Garret Springer Dustin Mikush Kalin Deis Dallan Muyres Fox Valley CC, Fox Valley Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Kirk Muyres Dustin Kidby Highland CC, Regina Colton Flasch Catlin Schneider Kevin Marsh Dan Marsh Nutana CC, Saskatoon Brent Gedak Jason Ackerman Derek Owens Curtis Horwath Highland CC, Regina Kody Hartung Tyler Hartung Jayden Shwaga Brady Kendel Langenburg CC, Langenburg Josh Heidt Drew Heidt Matt Lang Tyler Gamble Kerrobert CC, Kerrobert Jason Jacobson Dustin Kalthoff Jacob Hersikorn Quinn Hersikorn Darrell McKee Nutana CC, Saskatoon Rylan Kleiter Joshua Mattern Trevor Johnson Matthieu Taillon Sutherland CC, Saskatoon Kelly Knapp Brennen Jones Mike Armstrong Trent Knapp Highland CC, Regina Shaun Meachem Brady Scharback Brayden Stewart Jared Latos Jeff Chambers Swift Current CC, Swift Current
World rankings Team rankings on the World Curling Team Ranking as of Week 29 of the 2021–22 curling season:
Rank Skip 8 Matt Dunstone 17 Colton Flasch 23 Kody Hartung 39 Ryan Deis 41 Jason Jacobson 51 Shaun Meachem 54 Kelly Knapp 58 Daymond Bernath 60 Rylan Kleiter 67 Michael Carss 82 Brent Gedak (Team Jason Ackerman) 161 Josh Heidt
Knockout brackets
Source:
A event
B event
C event
Knockout results All draw times listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).
Draw 1 Wednesday, February 9, 7:30 pm
Draw 2 Thursday, February 10, 10:00 am
Draw 3 Thursday, February 10, 3:00 pm
Draw 4 Thursday, February 10, 7:30 pm
Draw 5 Friday, February 11, 10:00 am
Draw 6 Friday, February 11, 3:00 pm
Draw 7 Friday, February 11, 7:30 pm
Draw 8 Saturday, February 12, 10:00 am
Draw 9 Saturday, February 12, 3:00 pm
Playoffs
1 vs. 2 Saturday, February 12, 7:30 pm
3 vs. 4 Saturday, February 12, 7:30 pm
Semifinal Sunday, February 13, 10:00 am
Final Sunday, February 13, 3:00 pm
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