# 2018 SaskTel Tankard

The 2018 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from January 31-February 4 at the Affinty Place in Estevan, Saskatchewan The winning Steve Laycock team represented Saskatchewan at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale(s) |
| Scott Bitz | Warren Jackson | Aryn Shimidt | Rory Golanowski | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Daniel Selke | Garrett Springer | Drew Springer | Jake Rippingler | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Brayden Stewart | Jared Latos | Evan Latos | Brody Blackwell | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Randy Bryden | Troy Robinson | John Aston | Malcolm Vanstone | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Adam Casey | Brock Montgomery | Shaun Meachem | Dustin Kidby | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Jeff Hartung | Jason Krupski | Mat Ring | Brandon Lieppi | Langenburg Curling Club, Langenburg |
| Carl deConinck Smith | Jeff Sharp | Brady Scharback | Mark Larsen | Rosetown Curling Club, Rosetown |
| Ryan Deis | Scott Manners | Jason Barnhart | Kalin Deis | Fox Valley Curling Club, Fox Valley |
| Brent Gedak | Clint Dieno | Derek Owens | Shawn Meyer | Estevan Power Dodge Curling Centre, Estevan |
| Kody Hartung | Josh Heidt (Skip) | Tyler Hartung | Kelly Knapp | Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert |
| Aaron Shutra | Justin Heather | Jayden Schwaga | Rob Marsh | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Brock Virtue | Drew Heidt | Mitch Heidt | Jesse St.John | Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert |
| Jason Jacobson | Jake Hersikorn | Quinn Hersikorn | Nick Neufeld | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Colton Flasch | Kevin Marsh | Dan Marsh | Trent Knapp | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Matt Dunstone | Steve Laycock (skip) | Kirk Muyres | Dallan Muyres | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Brady Kendel | Anthony Neufeld | Cole Tenetuik | Chadd McKenzie | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |

## Knockout Draw Brackets
### A Event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| Aaron Shutra | Aaron Shutra | 3 | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 8 | | | | | | |
| Jason Jacobson | Jason Jacobson | 7 | Jason Jacobson | Jason Jacobson | 3 | | | | | | |
| Ryan Deis | Ryan Deis | 3 | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 7 | | | |
| Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 1 | | | | Brady Kendel | Brady Kendel | 8 | | | |
| Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 5 | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 4 | | | | | | |
| Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 2 | Brady Kendel | Brady Kendel | 10 | | | | | | |
| Brady Kendel | Brady Kendel | 3 | | | | | | | Brady Kendel | Brady Kendel | 3 |
| Brayden Stewart | Brayden Stewart | 3 | | | | | | | Colton Flasch | Colton Flasch | 4 |
| Colton Flasch | Colton Flasch | 8 | Colton Flasch | Colton Flasch | 10 | | | | | | |
| Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 6 | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 4 | | | | | | |
| Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 10 | | | | Colton Flasch | Colton Flasch | 9 | | | |
| Carl deConinck Smith | Carl deConinck Smith | 2 | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 6 | | | |
| Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 9 | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 9 | | | | | | |
| Daniel Selke | Daniel Selke | 7 | Adam Casey | Adam Casey | 8 | | | | | | |
| Adam Casey | Adam Casey | 8 | | | | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| Aaron Shutra | Aaron Shutra | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ryan Deis | Ryan Deis | 12 | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Ryan Deis | Ryan Deis | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ryan Deis | Ryan Deis | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 2 |
| Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 8 | | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 7 |
| Brayden Stewart | Brayden Stewart | 4 | Adam Casey | Adam Casey | 12 | | | |
| | | | Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 9 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| | | | | | | Adam Casey | Adam Casey | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 8 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 2 | Jason Jacobson | Jason Jacobson | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Jason Jacobson | Jason Jacobson | 4 | | | |
| Carl deConinck Smith | Carl deConinck Smith | 8 | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 5 | | | |
| Daniel Selke | Daniel Selke | 3 | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Carl deConick Smith | Carl deConick Smith | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brady Kendel | Brady Kendel | 4 |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | | | | Adam Casey | Adam Casey | 7 | | | |
| Aaron Shutra | Aaron Shutra | 3 | | | | Brady Kendel | Brady Kendel | 9 | | | |
| Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 8 | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Adam Casey | Adam Casey | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Brady Kendel | Brady Kendel | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 7 |
| | | | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 7 | | | | | | |
| Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 7 | Jason Jacobson | Jason Jacobson | 4 | | | | | | |
| Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 5 | | | | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 7 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Brayden Stewart | Brayden Stewart | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Daniel Selke | Daniel Selke | 9 | Daniel Selke | Daniel Selke | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Ryan Deis | Ryan Deis | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ryan Deis | Ryan Deis | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Carl deConinck Smith | Carl deConinck Smith | 2 | | | |
| | | | Carl deConinck Smith | Carl deConinck Smith | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Ryan Deis | Ryan Deis | 1 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Colton Flasch | 7 | | | | A | Colton Flasch | 7 |
| B | Brock Virtue | 1 | | | | C2 | Steve Laycock | 9 |
| | | | B | Brock Virtue | 3 | | | |
| | | | C2 | Steve Laycock | 7 | | | |
| C1 | Scott Bitz | 2 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Steve Laycock | 8 | | | | | | |

### A vs. B

February 3, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Colton Flasch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |

### C1 vs. C2

February 3, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Bitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 8 |

### Semifinal

February 4, 9:30am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Steve Laycock | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 7 |

### Final

February 4, 2:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Colton Flasch | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Steve Laycock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
* 2018 SaskTel Tankard
* Steve Laycock 7th Saskatchewan Provincial Championship title