# 2015 SaskTel Tankard

The 2015 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from February 4 to 8 at the Horizon Credit Union Centre in Melville. The winning Steve Laycock team represented Saskatchewan at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale(s) |
| Jason Ackerman | Brent Goeres | Chris Horwath | Mike Armstrong | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Scott Bitz | Jeff Sharp | Aryn Scmhidt | Dean Hicke | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Randy Bryden | Troy Robinson | Kelly Knapp | Trent Knapp | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Michael Carss | Mark Bahrey | Loren Trofimenkoff | Tyler Matheson | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Dale Craig | Brady Scharback | Dustin Philips | Cory Fleming | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Brent Gedak | Catlin Schneider | Derek Owens | Shawn Meyer | Estevan Curling Club, Estevan |
| Erwin Hanley | Andrew Edgar | Dean Cursons | Cory Hubick | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Kody Hartung (fourth) | Jeff Hartung (skip) | Tyler Hartung | Claire DeCock | Langenburg Curling Club, Langenburg |
| Shaun Meachem (fourth) | Drew Heidt (skip) | Mitch Heidt | Jeff Chambers | Unity Curling Club, Unity |
| Josh Heidt | Brock Montgomery | Matt Lang | Jayden Shwaga | Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert |
| Jacon Jacobson | Dustin Kalthoff | Tony Korol | Rory Golanowski | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Joel Jordison | Chris Busby | Dane Roy | Matt Froehlich | Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre, Moose Jaw |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Dallan Muyres | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Kevin Marsh | Matt Ryback | Dan Marsh | Aaron Shutra | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Terry Marteniuk | Trevor Mackan | Ray Sharp | Aron Hershmiller | Yorkton Curling Club, Yorkton |
| Rick Schneider | Jamie Schneider | Curt England | Shannon England | Highland Curling Club, Regina |

## Knockout Draw Brackets
### A Event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| Laycock | Laycock | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Hanley | Hanley | 4 | Layock | Layock | 3 | | | | | | |
| Gedak | Gedak | 7 | Ackerman | Ackerman | 2 | | | | | | |
| Ackerman | Ackerman | 9 | | | | Laycock | Laycock | 6 | | | |
| Jordison | Jordison | 7 | | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 5 | | | |
| Bitz | Bitz | 6 | Jordison | Jordison | 2 | | | | | | |
| Marteniuk | Marteniuk | 4 | Jacobson | Jacobson | 3 | | | | | | |
| Jacobson | Jacobson | 6 | | | | | | | Laycock | Laycock | 2 |
| Bryden | Bryden | 6 | | | | | | | Hartung | Hartung | 4 |
| Craig | Craig | 7 | Craig | Craig | 5 | | | | | | |
| J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 3 | Schneider | Schneider | 6 | | | | | | |
| Schneider | Schneider | 10 | | | | Schneider | Schneider | 4 | | | |
| Hartung | Hartung | 6 | | | | Hartung | Hartung | 7 | | | |
| D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 5 | Hartung | Hartung | 10 | | | | | | |
| Carss | Carss | 3 | Marsh | Marsh | 5 | | | | | | |
| Marsh | Marsh | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| Hanley | Hanley | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Gedak | Gedak | 8 | Jordison | Jordison | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Gedak | Gedak | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Gedak | Gedak | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | Schneider | Schneider | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Gedak | Gedak | 4 |
| Bryden | Bryden | 10 | | | | | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 8 |
| J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 5 | Marsh | Marsh | 7 | | | |
| | | | Bryden | Bryden | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | Bryden | Bryden | 1 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| | | | | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | Laycock | Laycock | 7 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| Bitz | Bitz | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| Marteniuk | Marteniuk | 3 | Ackerman | Ackerman | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Bitz | Bitz | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bitz | Bitz | 2 | | | |
| D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 10 | | | | D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 8 | | | |
| Carss | Carss | 4 | Craig | Craig | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Laycock | Laycock | 6 |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | | | | D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 6 | | | |
| Hanley | Hanley | 6 | | | | Bryden | Bryden | 8 | | | |
| Marteniuk | Marteniuk | 3 | Hanley | Hanley | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Bryden | Bryden | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Bryden | Bryden | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Bitz | Bitz | 3 |
| | | | Bitz | Bitz | 7 | | | | | | |
| Jordison | Jordison | 6 | Marsh | Marsh | 4 | | | | | | |
| Marsh | Marsh | 7 | | | | Bitz | Bitz | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Gedak | Gedak | 4 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Carss | Carss | 2 | Schneider | Schneider | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Schneider | Schneider | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Craig | Craig | 2 | | | |
| | | | Ackerman | Ackerman | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Craig | Craig | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Schneider | Schneider | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jeff Hartung | 4 | | | | 2 | Steve Laycock | 8 |
| 2 | Steve Laycock | 7 | | | | 4 | Jason Jacobson | 7 |
| | | | 1 | Jeff Hartung | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Jason Jacobson | 8 | | | |
| 3 | Randy Bryden | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Jason Jacobson | 8 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 7, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeff Hartung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

### 3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 7, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Randy Bryden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jason Jacobson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 8, 9:30 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jeff Hartung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Jason Jacobson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 8 |

### Final

Sunday, February 8, 2:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Jason Jacobson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
* 2015 SaskTel Tankard
* Steve Laycock 5th Saskatchewan Provincial Championship title