2022 SaskTel Tankard


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 methodBerthsQualifying team
Sask CTRS Leaders8Matt Dunstone
Colton Flasch
Kody Hartung
Ryan Deis
Jason Jacobson
Kelly Knapp
Shaun Meachem
Rylan Kleiter
Last Chance Qualifier4Brent Gedak
Daymond Bernath
Michael Carss
Josh Heidt

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateClub
Daymond BernathBryden TessierDavid BaumJack ReidSutherland CC, Saskatoon
Michael CarssTyler TravisAaron ShutraLyndon HolmNutana CC, Saskatoon
Ryan DeisGarret SpringerDustin MikushKalin DeisDallan MuyresFox Valley CC, Fox Valley
Matt DunstoneBraeden MoskowyKirk MuyresDustin KidbyHighland CC, Regina
Colton FlaschCatlin SchneiderKevin MarshDan MarshNutana CC, Saskatoon
Brent GedakJason AckermanDerek OwensCurtis HorwathHighland CC, Regina
Kody HartungTyler HartungJayden ShwagaBrady KendelLangenburg CC, Langenburg
Josh HeidtDrew HeidtMatt LangTyler GambleKerrobert CC, Kerrobert
Jason JacobsonDustin KalthoffJacob HersikornQuinn HersikornDarrell McKeeNutana CC, Saskatoon
Rylan KleiterJoshua MatternTrevor JohnsonMatthieu TaillonSutherland CC, Saskatoon
Kelly KnappBrennen JonesMike ArmstrongTrent KnappHighland CC, Regina
Shaun MeachemBrady ScharbackBrayden StewartJared LatosJeff ChambersSwift Current CC, Swift Current

World rankings

Team rankings on the World Curling Team Ranking as of Week 29 of the 2021–22 curling season:
RankSkip
8Matt Dunstone
17Colton Flasch
23Kody Hartung
39Ryan Deis
41Jason Jacobson
51Shaun Meachem
54Kelly Knapp
58Daymond Bernath
60Rylan Kleiter
67Michael Carss
82Brent Gedak
161Josh Heidt

Knockout brackets

Source:

Knockout results

All draw times listed in Central Time.

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''