# 2014 SaskTel Tankard

The 2014 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from January 29 to February 2 at the Crescent Point Wickenheiser Centre in Shaunavon. The winning Steve Laycock team represented Saskatchewan at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale(s) |
| Mike Armstrong | Tyler Lang | Daniel Selke | Jordan Raymond | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Scott Bitz | Jeff Sharp | Aryn Scmhidt | Dean Hicke | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Randy Bryden | Troy Robinson | Brennen Jones | Trent Knapp | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Darren Camm | John Carlos | Mark Steckler | Anthony Sepke | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Brent Gedak | Josh Aston | Derek Owens | Malcolm Vanstone | Estevan Curling Club, Estevan |
| Kody Hartung (fourth) | Jeff Hartung (skip) | Tyler Hartung | Claire Decock | Langenburg Curling Club, Langenburg |
| Josh Heidt | Brock Montgomery | Matthew Lang | Dustin Kidby | Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert |
| Joel Jordison | Jason Ackerman | Brent Goeres | Curtis Horwath | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Max Kirkpatrick | Shaun Meachem | Jeff Chambers | Shawn Hiebert | Swift Current Curling Club, Swift Current |
| Bruce Korte | Dean Kleiter | Roger Korte | Rob Markowsky | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Dallan Muyres | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Scott Manners | Carl deConinck Smith | Ryan Deis | Mark Larsen | North Battleford Curling Club, North Battleford |
| Kevin Marsh | Matt Ryback | Dan Marsh | Aaron Shutra | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Terry Marteniuk | Trevor Mackan | Ray Sharp | Aron Hershmiller | Yorkton Curling Club, Yorkton |
| Darrell McKee | Warren Jackson | Tony Korol | Rory Golanowski | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Brock Virtue | Braeden Moskowy | Chris Schille | D. J. Kidby | Callie Curling Club, Regina |

## Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:

### A Event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mike Armstrong | Mike Armstrong | 1 | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 3 | | | | | | |
| Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 2 | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 1 | | | | | | |
| Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 10 | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 6 | | | |
| Scott Manners | Scott Manners | 6 | | | | Scott Manners | Scott Manners | 5 | | | |
| Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 3 | Scott Manners | Scott Manners | 5 | | | | | | |
| Max Kirkpatrick | Max Kirkpatrick | 4 | Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 3 | | | | | | |
| Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 8 | | | | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 4 |
| Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 5 | | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 5 |
| Terry Marteniuk | Terry Marteniuk | 4 | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 6 | | | | | | |
| Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 2 | Joel Jordison | Joel Jordison | 3 | | | | | | |
| Joel Jordison | Joel Jordison | 4 | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 4 | | | |
| Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 8 | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 5 | | | |
| Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 6 | Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 3 | | | | | | |
| Darren Camm | Darren Camm | 3 | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 5 | | | | | | |
| Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

### B Event

| 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 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mike Armstrong | Mike Armstrong | 4 | Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 3 |
| Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 6 | | | | | | | Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 9 |
| Terry Marteniuk | Terry Marteniuk | 4 | Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 2 | | | |
| | | | Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | Scott Manners | Scott Manners | 3 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| | | | | | | Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 5 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| Max Kirkpatrick | Max Kirkpatrick | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 8 | Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 9 | | | |
| Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 4 | | | | Joel Jordison | Joel Jordison | 5 | | | |
| Darren Camm | Darren Camm | 10 | Darren Camm | Darren Camm | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Joel Jordison | Joel Jordison | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 7 |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | | | | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 10 | | | |
| Max Kirkpatrick | Max Kirkpatrick | 11 | | | | Max Kirkpatrick | Max Kirkpatrick | 6 | | | |
| Mike Armstrong | Mike Armstrong | 8 | Max Kirkpatrick | Max Kirkpatrick | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Scott Manners | Scott Manners | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 8 |
| | | | Joel Jordison | Joel Jordison | 7 | | | | | | |
| Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 7 | Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 5 | | | | | | |
| Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 5 | | | | Joel Jordison | Joel Jordison | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Scott Bitz | Scott Bitz | 4 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Terry Marteniuk | Terry Marteniuk | 6 | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 9 | | | |
| | | | Darren Camm | Darren Camm | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Steve Laycock | 6 | | | | 2 | Brock Virtue | 6 |
| 2 | Brock Virtue | 8 | | | | 1 | Steve Laycock | 7 |
| | | | 1 | Steve Laycock | 8 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Jeff Hartung | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Jeff Hartung | 9 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Kevin Marsh | 8 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 1, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### 3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 1, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jeff Hartung | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Kevin Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 2, 9:30 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Jeff Hartung | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Final

Sunday, February 2, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
* 2014 SaskTel Tankard
* Steve Laycock 4th Saskatchewan Provincial Championship title