The 2026 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from January 5 to 11 at the CN Community Centre in Melville, Saskatchewan. The winning Kelly Knapp rink represented Saskatchewan at the 2026 Montana's Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The event was held in conjunction with the 2026 Bunge Prairie Pinnacle, the provincial women's championship.
Having finished third on the CTRS standings for the 2024–25 season, Team Mike McEwen earned an automatic berth at the national championship. This meant Saskatchewan would qualify two teams for the Brier.
Qualification process Qualification method Berths Qualifying teams SaskCTRS Leaders 3 Kelly Knapp Carl deConinck Smith Steve Laycock CTRS Leaders 3 Dustin Kalthoff Rylan Kleiter Brad Moser Last Chance Qualifier 3 Josh Bryden Tyler Hartung Michael Carss
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Club Josh Bryden Adam Bukurak Carter Williamson Ayden Whittmire Callie CC, Regina Michael Carss James Hom Jared Tessier Lyndon Holm Nutana CC, Saskatoon Carl deConinck Smith Ryan Deis Dustin Mikush Kalin Deis Fox Valley CC, Fox Valley Tyler Hartung Matt Lang Jayden Shwaga Kody Hartung Mark Lang Langenburg CC, Langenburg Dustin Kalthoff (Fourth) Brent Pierce (Skip) Josh Heidt Logan Ede Jason Jacobson Nutana CC, Saskatoon Rylan Kleiter Matthew Hall Joshua Mattern Trevor Johnson Dean Kleiter Nutana CC, Saskatoon Kelly Knapp Brennen Jones Dustin Kidby Mat Ring Trent Knapp Brian McCusker Highland CC, Regina Steve Laycock (Fourth) Shaun Meachem (Skip) Chris Haichert Brayden Grindheim Austin Krupski Swift Current CC, Swift Current Brad Moser Bryden Tessier David Baum Cody Sutherland Darren Camm Nutana CC, Saskatoon
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Skip Rylan Kleiter 8 0 – 63 38 38 28 4 10 Kelly Knapp 7 1 – 65 38 32 27 3 10 Team Laycock 6 2 – 62 53 33 38 1 8 Tyler Hartung 3 5 2–1 48 47 36 28 8 11 Carl deConinck Smith 3 5 2–1 51 62 34 35 2 7 Brad Moser 3 5 1–2 40 53 25 38 8 3 Josh Bryden 3 5 1–2 47 47 34 27 8 15 Team Kalthoff 2 6 – 49 64 32 37 3 8 Michael Carss 1 7 – 35 58 28 34 0 11
Round robin results All draw times listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).
Draw 1 Monday, January 5, 2:00 pm
Draw 2 Tuesday, January 6, 8:00 am
Draw 3 Tuesday, January 6, 4:00 pm
Draw 4 Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 am
Draw 5 Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 pm
Draw 6 Thursday, January 8, 12:00 pm
Draw 7 Thursday, January 8, 8:00 pm
Draw 8 Friday, January 9, 2:00 pm
Draw 9 Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am
Playoffs
Source:
1 vs. 2 Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm
3 vs. 4 Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm
Semifinal Sunday, January 11, 9:00 am
Final Sunday, January 11, 7:00 pm
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