# 2017 SaskTel Tankard

The 2017 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from February 1 to 5 at the Tisdale RecPlex in Tisdale, Saskatchewan. The winning Adam Casey team represented Saskatchewan at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale(s) |
| Jason Ackerman | Curtis Horwath | Brent Goeres | Scott Deck | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Ryan Armstrong | Tyson Armstrong | Allen Dmytryshyn | Mike Robson | Lashburn Curling Club, Lashburn |
| Scott Bitz | Jeff Sharp | Aryn Scmhidt | Dean Kleiter | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Randy Bryden | Troy Robinson | Brock Montgomery | Trent Knapp | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Adam Casey | Catlin Schneider | Shaun Meachem | Dustin Kidby | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Dale Craig | Cory Fleming | Dustin Phillips | Grant Scheirich | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Carl deConinck Smith | Jeff Sharp | Matt Ryback | Mark Larsen | Rosetown Curling Club, Rosetown |
| Ryan Deis | Scott Manners | Jason McPhee | Kalin Deis | Fox Valley Curling Club, Fox Valley |
| Brent Gedak | Clint Dieno | Derek Owens | Shawn Meyer | Estevan Curling Club, Estevan |
| Kody Hartung | Josh Heidt | Tyler Hartung | Kelly Knapp | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Brad Heidt | Mark Lang | Glen Heitt | Dan Ormsby | Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert |
| Drew Heidt | Jesse St. John | Cole Tenetuik | Chadd McKenzie | Twin Rivers Curling Club, North Battleford |
| Jason Jacobson | Dustin Kalthoff | Nicklas Neufeld | Rory Golanowski | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Bruce Korte | Kevin Marsh | Dan Marsh | Matthew Lang | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Dallan Muyres | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Brady Scharback | Jake Hersikorn | Quinn Hersikorn | Brady Kendel | Nutana 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 |
| Laycock | Laycock | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Armstrong | Armstrong | 3 | Layock | Layock | 7 | | | | | | |
| Gedak | Gedak | 3 | B. Heidt | B. Heidt | 1 | | | | | | |
| B. Heidt | B. Heidt | 5 | | | | Laycock | Laycock | 6 | | | |
| Deis | Deis | 5 | | | | Hartung | Hartung | 5 | | | |
| Jacobson | Jacobson | 3 | Deis | Deis | 6 | | | | | | |
| Scharback | Scharback | 4 | Hartung | Hartung | 8 | | | | | | |
| Hartung | Hartung | 8 | | | | | | | Laycock | Laycock | 6 |
| Casey | Casey | 7 | | | | | | | Casey | Casey | 5 |
| Bitz | Bitz | 3 | Casey | Casey | 5 | | | | | | |
| deConinck Smith | deConinck Smith | 9 | deConinck Smith | deConinck Smith | 4 | | | | | | |
| Ackerman | Ackerman | 8 | | | | Casey | Casey | 6 | | | |
| Bryden | Bryden | 4 | | | | Craig | Craig | 5 | | | |
| D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 6 | D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 3 | | | | | | |
| Craig | Craig | 8 | Craig | Craig | 9 | | | | | | |
| Korte | Korte | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| Armstrong | Armstrong | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Gedak | Gedak | 9 | Deis | Deis | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Gedak | Gedak | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Gedak | Gedak | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Craig | Craig | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Gedak | Gedak | 6 |
| Bitz | Bitz | 8 | | | | | | | Hartung | Hartung | 7 |
| Ackerman | Ackerman | 0 | D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 2 | | | |
| | | | Bitz | Bitz | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Bitz | Bitz | 4 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| | | | | | | Hartung | Hartung | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Hartung | Hartung | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Casey | Casey | 11 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| Jacobson | Jacobson | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Scharback | Scharback | 4 | B. Heidt | B. Heidt | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 7 | | | |
| Bryden | Bryden | 7 | | | | Korte | Korte | 6 | | | |
| Korte | Korte | 9 | deConinck Smith | deConinck Smith | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Korte | Korte | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Casey | Casey | 8 |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | | | | Bitz | Bitz | 5 | | | |
| Armstrong | Armstrong | 2 | | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 7 | | | |
| Scharback | Scharback | 7 | Scharback | Scharback | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Bitz | Bitz | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Jacobson | Jacobson | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | Korte | Korte | 10 |
| | | | D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 3 | | | | | | |
| Deis | Deis | 5 | Korte | Korte | 4 | | | | | | |
| D. Heidt | D. Heidt | 8 | | | | Korte | Korte | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Gedak | Gedak | 5 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Ackerman | Ackerman | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bryden | Bryden | 6 | Craig | Craig | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Ackerman | Ackerman | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ackerman | Ackerman | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | deConinck Smith | deConinck Smith | 4 | | | |
| | | | Heidt | Heidt | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | deConinck Smith | deConinck Smith | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Ackerman | Ackerman | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Hartung | Hartung | 10 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Steve Laycock | 5 | | | | 2 | Adam Casey | 11 |
| 2 | Adam Casey | 8 | | | | 1 | Steve Laycock | 3 |
| | | | 1 | Steve Laycock | 7 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Bruce Korte | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Bruce Korte | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Kody Hartung | 3 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs 2

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Adam Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 8 |

### 3 vs 4

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Bruce Korte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Kody Hartung | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |

### Semifinal

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Bruce Korte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

### Final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Adam Casey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 11 |
* 2017 SaskTel Tankard
* Adam Casey 1st Saskatchewan Provincial Championship title