# 2020 Deloitte Tankard

The 2020 Deloitte Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 20 to 26 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth. The winning Jamie Murphy rink represented Nova Scotia at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario and finished with a 3–4 record. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship.
Jamie Murphy won his sixth Nova Scotia Men's provincial title when he defeated Kendal Thompson's team 10-4 in the final.

## Qualification process

| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team(s) |
| CTRS leaders | 2 | Jamie Murphy Stuart Thompson |
| Qualifier | 6 | Chad Stevens Brent MacDougall Matthew Manuel Andrew Gibson Kendal Thompson Alan O'Leary |

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club |
| Andrew Gibson | Mike Flemming | Mike Bardsley | Donald McDermaid | | Lakeshore Curling Club |
| Brent MacDougall | Paul Dexter | Martin Gavin | Kirk MacDiarmid | | Mayflower Curling Club |
| Matthew Manuel | Luke Saunders | Adam Cocks | Jeff Wilson | Taylor Ardiel | Halifax Curling Club |
| Jamie Murphy | Paul Flemming | Scott Saccary | Phil Crowell | Kevin Ouellette | Halifax Curling Club |
| Alan O'Leary | Stuart MacLean | Danny Christianson | Harold McCarthy | | Dartmouth Curling Club |
| Chad Stevens | Peter Burgess | Graham Breckon | Kelly Mittelstadt | | Truro Curling Club |
| Kendal Thompson | Bryce Everist | Chris MacRae | Michael Brophy | | Halifax Curling Club |
| Stuart Thompson | Colten Steele | Cameron MacKenzie | Travis Colter | | Dartmouth Curling Club |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Skip | W | L |
| Jamie Murphy | 6 | 1 |
| Kendal Thompson | 5 | 2 |
| Stuart Thompson | 4 | 3 |
| Chad Stevens | 4 | 3 |
| Matthew Manuel | 4 | 3 |
| Brent MacDougall | 3 | 4 |
| Alan O'Leary | 1 | 6 |
| Andrew Gibson | 1 | 6 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).

### Draw 1

Monday, January 20, 3:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Stuart Thompson | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Brent MacDougall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
| Alan O'Leary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chad Stevens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Matthew Manuel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kendal Thompson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Andrew Gibson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |

### Draw 2

Tuesday, January 21, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chad Stevens | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Alan O'Leary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Stuart Thompson | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 9 |
| Andrew Gibson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kendal Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Brent MacDougall | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Murphy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Matthew Manuel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Draw 3

Tuesday, January 21, 7:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kendal Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Matthew Manuel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chad Stevens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Brent MacDougall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Murphy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Andrew Gibson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Stuart Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Alan O'Leary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |

### Draw 4

Wednesday, January 22, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent MacDougall | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Andrew Gibson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Manuel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 7 |
| Alan O'Leary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Stuart Thompson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Kendal Thompson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Murphy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Chad Stevens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, January 23, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Stuart Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Matthew Manuel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Murphy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Brent MacDougall | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chad Stevens | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Andrew Gibson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kendal Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Alan O'Leary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Draw 6

Thursday, January 23, 7:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Murphy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Kendal Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Matthew Manuel | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 8 |
| Andrew Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent MacDougall | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Alan O'Leary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Stuart Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Chad Stevens | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Draw 7

Friday, January 24, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Andrew Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Alan O'Leary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chad Stevens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kendal Thompson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Murphy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | 11 |
| Stuart Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent MacDougall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Matthew Manuel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

## Tiebreakers

Saturday, January 25, 9:00 am
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chad Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Matthew Manuel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Saturday, January 25, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Stuart Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Chad Stevens | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 |

## Playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Jamie Murphy | 10 |
| 2 | Kendal Thompson | 7 | 2 | Kendal Thompson | 4 |
| 3 | Chad Stevens | 2 | | | |

### Semifinal

Saturday, January 25, 7:00 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Kendal Thompson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Chad Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

### Final

Sunday, January 26, 9:00 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Murphy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Kendal Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
* 2020 Nova Scotia Tankard
* Jamie Murphy 6th Nova Scotia Provincial Championship title