The 2022 Ontario Tankard , (known as the Port Elgin Chrysler '22 Ontario Tankard Presented by Bruce Power for sponsorship reasons), the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario , was held from February 9 to 13 at The Plex in Port Elgin, Ontario .[ 1] Ontario at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship in Lethbridge, Alberta .[ 2]
The event was expected to attract around 9,000 spectators, and to bring a $1,000,000 to the local economy.[ 2] Bruce County contributed $5,000 cash and $5,000 in-kind for sponsorship, with revenues expected to contribute to improving the local Port Elgin Curling Club , which is playing host to the event (but is not the host venue).[ 3]
Team Howard, skipped by Scott Howard , won in the final, defeating the defending champion John Epping rink. Team Howard's normal skip, Glenn Howard (Scott's father) missed the event due to a knee injury. Spare Adam Spencer filled in as third on the team, which also consisted of David Mathers and Tim March . Epping took control early in the final, going up 3–1 after 2 ends, but team Howard remained patient, blanking the next four ends, before Scott Howard made a double in the 7th to tie the game. Epping blanked the eighth, but narrowly missed a blank opportunity in 9th, giving up a steal of one. In the tenth, Howard made a double to lie two on his last. Epping attempted to respond with a double of his own, but missed, giving up another steal, losing the game 5–3. In total, there were about 500 fans on hand to watch the game, which was described as "electric" by Glenn Howard, in a game that was played amidst changing regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario .[ 4]
Qualification process
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Originally, eight teams were to qualify, two from a cash spiel qualifier, three from an open qualifier, the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (December 1, 2021), and one from the "Trillium Tour Series", the top team from a series of Ontario Curling Tour events (as of December 20, 2021).[ 5]
On January 24, 2022, CurlON decided to expand the field to 12 teams, as it could not hold the open qualifier due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario . It invited the next top 7 teams on the CTRS ranking who were in the qualifiers.[ 6]
Teams
The team lineups are as follows:[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Alternate
Club
Jason Camm Matthew Hall Cameron Goodkey
Jordie Lyon-Hatcher
Navan Curling Club , Navan, Ottawa
John Epping Ryan Fry Mathew Camm Brent Laing Leaside Curling Club , East York, Toronto
Pat Ferris Ian Dickie Connor Duhaime Zachary Shurtleff
Grimsby Curling Club , Grimsby
Tanner Horgan Jonathan Beuk Wesley Forget Scott Chadwick Jacob Horgan Cataraqui Golf and Country Club , Kingston
Scott Howard Adam Spencer David Mathers Tim March Glenn Howard [ a] Penetanguishene Curling Club , Penetanguishene
Mark Kean Kevin Flewwelling Ed Cyr
Sean Harrison Ingersoll & District Curling Club , Ingersoll
Shane Latimer
Punit Sthankiya
Brett Lyon-Hatcher Brendan Acorn
Nicholas Lemieux
Whitby Curling Club , Whitby
Scott Mitchell
Landan Rooney Nathan Steele
Colin Schnurr
Jacob Jones
Whitby Curling Club , Whitby
Sam Mooibroek
Matthew Garner
Brady Lumley
Spencer Dunlop
John Gabel
KW Granite Club , Waterloo
Dylan Niepage
Gavin Lydiate
Jayden King
Daniel Del Conte
Guelph Curling Club , Guelph
Fraser Reid
Shane Konings Spencer Nuttall
Tyler Twining
Blue Water Curling Club , Owen Sound
Sam Steep
Adam Vincent
Oliver Campbell
Thomas Ryan
Douglas Thomson
KW Granite Club , Waterloo
Knockout Draw Brackets
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The draw is listed as follows:
[ 11]
Second Knockout
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Qualifier 2
Mark Kean
5
Scott Mitchell
6
Scott Mitchell
11
Jason Camm
5
Scott Mitchell
6
Tanner Horgan
5
Sam Mooibroek
3
Sam Mooibroek
8
Sam Mooibroek
13
Pat Ferris
7
Scott Mitchell
5
Dylan Niepage
10
Scott Howard 7
Sam Steep
7
Dylan Niepage
9
Fraser Reid
2
Shane Latimer
8
Shane Latimer
8
Dylan Niepage
4
Scott Howard 7
February 9, 7:30pm
February 10, 9:30am
February 10, 2:30pm
February 10, 7:30pm
February 11, 9:30am
February 11, 2:30pm
February 11, 7:30pm
February 12, 9:30am
February 12, 2:30pm
February 12, 7:30pm
February 13, 9:30am
February 13, 2:30pm
2022 Ontario Tankard
Scott Howard
December 17–19, CC of Collingwood , Collingwood [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
A Event
Qualifier 1
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Collingwood)
1
Scott Mitchell (Whitby)
7
Scott Mitchell (Whitby)
5
Mac Calwell (Stroud)
2
Paul Moffatt (KW Granite)
3
Mac Calwell (Stroud)
6
Scott Mitchell (Whitby)
7
Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui)
5
Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui)9
Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines)
8
Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines)
0
Eric Greavette (Collingwood)
4
Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui)9
Alex Champ (Westmount)
3
Alex Champ (Westmount)
6
Sam Steep (KW Granite)
2
A Event
Qualifier 2
Jason Camm (Navan)10
Jordan McNamara (Navy)
3
Jason Camm (Navan)8
Fraser Reid (Westmount)
5
Fraser Reid (Westmount)
6
Shane Latimer (Whitby)
5
Jason Camm (Navan)5
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)
2
Mark Kean (Woodstock)
4
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)
5
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)
5
Scott Dow (Kincardine)
4
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)
4
Sam Mooibroek (KW Granite)
2
Sam Mooibroek (KW Granite)
5
Brandon Tippin (Brant)
2
B Event
Qualifier 4
Mark Kean (Woodstock)7
Shane Latimer (Whitby)
3
Mark Kean (Woodstock)6
Brandon Tippin (Brant)
2
Jordan McNamara (Navy)
4
Brandon Tippin (Brant)
7
Brandon Tippin (Brant)
6
Scott Dow (Kincardine)
4
Mark Kean (Woodstock)
4
Tanner Horgan (Cataraqui)8
B Event
Qualifier 5
Mac Calwell (Stroud)
6
Alex Champ (Westmount)
7
Alex Champ (Westmount)
6
Fraser Reid (Westmount)
6
Sam Mooibroek (KW Granite)
8
Sam Mooibroek (KW Granite)
8
C Event
Qualifier 6
Jordan McNamara (Navy)
5
Shane Latimer (Whitby)
7
Shane Latimer (Whitby)
4
Eric Greavette (Collingwood)
5
Jordan McNamara (Navy)
7
Fraser Reid (Westmount)
5
Jordan McNamara (Navy)
2
Mark Kean (Woodstock)5
C Event
Qualifier 7
Paul Moffatt (KW Granite)
5
Brandon Tippin (Brant)
8
Brandon Tippin (Brant)
5
Alex Champ (Westmount)
8
C Event
Qualifier 8
Sam Steep (KW Granite)
8
Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines)
1
Scott Dow (Kincardine)
7
Scott Dow (Kincardine)
4
Mac Calwell (Stroud)
5
Sam Steep (KW Granite)
4
Mac Calwell (Stroud)
3
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Collingwood)5
Playoff 2
To Provincials
Jason Camm (Navan)6
Mark Kean (Woodstock)
4
Jason Camm (Navan)
3
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)
5
Dylan Niepage (Guelph)
6
Alex Champ (Westmount)
1
^ Glenn Howard did not play due to an injured knee[ 10]
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