1994 Ontario Tankard

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1994 Ontario Tankard
Host city St. Thomas, Ontario
Arena St. Thomas-Elgin Memorial Arena
DatesFebruary 8-13
WinnerTeam Howard
Curling club Penetanguishene Curling Club,
Penetanguishene, Ontario
Skip Russ Howard
Third Glenn Howard
Second Wayne Middaugh
Lead Peter Corner
FinalistAxel Larsen (Guelph)
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The 1994 Ontario Tankard, (known as the Blue Light Tankard for sponsorship reasons) the southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship was held February 8-13 at the St. Thomas-Elgin Memorial Arena in St. Thomas, Ontario. [1] The winning rink of Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh and Peter Corner from the Penetanguishene Curling Club would go on to represent Ontario at the 1994 Labatt Brier in Red Deer, Alberta.

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Team Howard of Penetanguishene entered the event as the defending World Champions, having won the 1993 World Men's Curling Championship. They easily beat the Axel Larsen rink from Guelph in the final, 9–4, in front of 2,236 fans. The turning point in the game came in the fourth end, when Larsen accidentally bumped one of Howard's rocks into the rings on his first, which eventually resulted in a score of three for Howard in the end, taking a 5–1 lead. It was the eighth provincial championship for Howard. [2]

There were rumours during the event that Howard would decline the opportunity to represent Ontario at the Brier due to a dispute over not being allowed to use their sponsors on their sweaters. [2]

Standings

Final standings [3]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
SkipClub [4] WinsLosses
Russ Howard Penetanguishene82
Axel LarsenGuelph73
Doug Johnston West Ottawa Granite73
Ed Werenich Churchill64
Mike Altenhof Chatham Granite 64
Ian Robertson Thornhill55
Peter Steski Westmount 46
Ron DiguerWest Ottawa Granite46
Bob Turcotte Oshawa37
John Base Oakville37
Bob RayLand O'Lakes27

Scores

February 8

Draw 1 [5]
Draw 2

February 9

Draw 3 [6]
Draw 4
Draw 5

February 10

Draw 6 [7]
Draw 7

February 11

Draw 8 [8]
Draw 9
Draw 10

February 11

Draw 11 [3]

Playoffs

Semifinal Final
1 Russ Howard 9
2 Axel Larsen92 Axel Larsen 4
3 Doug Johnston 3

Semifinal

February 12 [9]

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Doug Johnston 00101010XX3
Axel Larsen01020303XX9

Final

February 13 [10]

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Axel Larsen001010200X4
Russ Howard 200301021X9

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