2017 Ontario Tankard

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2017 Ontario Tankard
Host city Cobourg, Ontario
Arena Cobourg Community Centre
DatesJanuary 29–February 5
Winner Glenn Howard
Curling club St. George's G&CC, Etobicoke, Toronto
Skip Glenn Howard
Third Richard Hart
Second David Mathers
Lead Scott Howard
Finalist Wayne Tuck Jr.
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The 2017 Recharge With Milk Men's Tankard, better known as the Ontario Tankard was the 2017 edition of the Ontario men's provincial curling championship to determine who will represent the province of Ontario at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, the national curling championship of Canada. In 2017, the Tankard was contesteded in conjunction with the 2017 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, at the Cobourg Community Centre in Cobourg, Ontario, January 29-February 5, 2017. [1]

Contents

Ten teams [2] played a round robin competition, followed by a page playoff to determine the tournament champion.

A 54 year old Glenn Howard led his team to win his 17th career provincial championship, qualifying himself for a record 17th Brier.

Teams

The teams are as follows: [3]

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateClub
Scott Bailey Travis Fanset Joe Frans Craig Van Ymeren Dundas Granite Club, Dundas, Hamilton
Greg Balsdon Don Bowser Jonathan Beuk Scott Chadwick Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, Kingston
Mark Bice Adam Spencer Tyler Morgan Steve Bice Sarnia Golf & Curling Club, Sarnia
Dayna Deruelle Kevin Flewwelling David Staples Sean Harrison Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, Kingston
John Epping Mathew Camm Patrick Janssen Tim March Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto
Mike Harris Mike Anderson Scott Hodgson Scott Foster Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, North York, Toronto
Cory Heggestad Andrew Thompson Wylie Allen Kelly Schuh Darryl MacKenznie Stroud Curling Club, Stroud
Glenn Howard Richard Hart David Mathers Scott Howard St. George's Golf and Country Club, Etobicoke, Toronto
Scott McDonald Codey Maus (skip) Wesley Forget Jeff Grant Highland Country Club, London
Wayne Tuck Jr. Chad Allen Kurt Armstrong Matt Pretty Brantford Golf & Country Club, Brantford

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Skip (Club)WLPFPAEnds
Won
Ends
Lost
Blank
Ends
Stolen
Ends
John Epping (Leaside)8173534234812
Glenn Howard (St. George's)63795441361612
Scott Bailey (Dundas Granite)63615142311014
Wayne Tuck, Jr. (Brantford)5479704643610
Codey Maus (Highland)547472434099
Greg Balsdon (Cataraqui)5467654042713
Mark Bice (Sarnia)4548483233178
Dayna Deruelle (Cataraqui)3648592741135
Cory Heggestad (Stroud)274372293976
Mike Harris (Toronto Cricket)185381353877

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sunday, January 29, 7:00pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Mike Harris 10102010XX5
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg03020202XX9
Sheet B12345678910Final
Mark Bice Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg002020102X7
Dayna Deruelle 000200000X2
Sheet C12345678910Final
Glenn Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02030030XX8
Cory Heggestad 00101001XX3
Sheet D1234567891011Final
Wayne Tuck Jr. Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg203000020209
Scott Bailey 0101303010312
Sheet E12345678910Final
Greg Balsdon 02002010XX5
Codey Maus Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20210104XX10

Draw 2

Monday, January 30, 9:00am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Mark Bice Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10012003XX7
Greg Balsdon 00000110XX2
Sheet B12345678910Final
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20511XXXXX9
Cory Heggestad 01000XXXXX1
Sheet C12345678910Final
Mike Harris 00200010XX3
Scott Bailey Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01021202XX8
Sheet D12345678910Final
Dayna Deruelle 00120105XX9
Codey Maus Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg11001010XX4
Sheet E12345678910Final
Glenn Howard 021003203X11
Wayne Tuck Jr. Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200210010X6

Draw 3

Monday, January 30, 3:00pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Glenn Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200020021X7
Dayna Deruelle 001002000X3
Sheet B12345678910Final
Scott Bailey Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1000304XXX8
Codey Maus 0001020XXX3
Sheet C12345678910Final
Wayne Tuck Jr. Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg03011010107
John Epping 30200201019
Sheet D12345678910Final
Greg Balsdon 11504XXXXX11
Cory Heggestad Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00020XXXXX2
Sheet E12345678910Final
Mark Bice Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg022010200X7
Mike Harris 100200002X5

Draw 6

Tuesday, January 31, 2:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg301021XXXX7
Scott Bailey 010100XXXX2
Sheet B12345678910Final
Glenn Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20200101118
Mark Bice 02030010006
Sheet C12345678910Final
Dayna Deruelle Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg11002000015
Greg Balsdon 00120111107
Sheet D12345678910Final
Mike Harris Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100201010X5
Wayne Tuck Jr. 011020303X10
Sheet E12345678910Final
Codey Maus 03022100019
Cory Heggestad Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10100021207

Draw 7

Tuesday, January 31, 7:30pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Mark Bice 01001010XX3
Codey Maus Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg30110101XX7
Sheet D12345678910Final
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2001021XXX6
Dayna Deruelle 0000100XXX1
Sheet E12345678910Final
Scott Bailey 01001111005
Glenn Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20020000127

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 1, 9:30am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Cory Heggestad Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10010203018
Mike Harris 01102000206
Sheet B12345678910Final
Wayne Tuck Jr. Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102020220X9
Greg Balsdon 010103001X6

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 1, 2:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Wayne Tuck Jr. 020202020X8
Codey Maus Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg201010201X7
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Mike Harris Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg030013001019
Glenn Howard 001000310308

Draw 10

Wednesday, February 1, 7:30pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Scott Bailey 01101200117
Dayna Deruelle Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20010002005
Sheet D12345678910Final
Cory Heggestad Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg201021200X8
Mark Bice 010300011X6
Sheet E1234567891011Final
John Epping 030110102019
Greg Balsdon Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202001020108

Draw 11

Thursday, February 2, 9:30am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Scott Bailey Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10002101016
Mark Bice 00100010103
Sheet B12345678910Final
Codey Maus Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg020302013X11
John Epping 102020100X6

Draw 12

Thursday, February 2, 2:30pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Cory Heggestad 010004000X5
Wayne Tuck Jr. Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102110021X8
Sheet D12345678910Final
Glenn Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02002001005
Greg Balsdon 00100110216
Sheet E12345678910Final
Mike Harris Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20112020109
Dayna Deruelle 010002040310

Draw 13

Thursday, February 2, 7:30pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg002030021X8
Glenn Howard 120200100X6
Sheet D12345678910Final
Codey Maus 0200504XXX11
Mike Harris Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2010030XXX6
Sheet E12345678910Final
Wayne Tuck Jr. 00002020206
Mark Bice Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01100301017

Draw 14

Friday, February 3, 9:30am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Dayna Deruelle Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg42001001XX8
Cory Heggestad 00010020XX3
Sheet B12345678910Final
Greg Balsdon Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00410002018
Scott Bailey 01002110106

Draw 16

Friday, February 3, 7:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Codey Maus 0000200XXX2
Glenn Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0400032XXX9
Sheet B12345678910Final
Dayna Deruelle 01021001005
Wayne Tuck Jr. Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00200110239
Sheet C12345678910Final
Greg Balsdon Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20020303XX10
Mike Harris 02101010XX5
Sheet D12345678910Final
Mark Bice Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000100010X2
John Epping 021010000X4

Tiebreaker 1

Saturday, February 4, 9:00am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Greg Balsdon 20000110004
Codey Maus Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00101002127

Tie Breaker 2

Saturday, February 4, 2:00pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Wayne Tuck Jr. Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg210100201X7
Codey Maus 001001010X3

Playoffs

Page playoff system SemifinalFinal
1 John Epping 62 Glenn Howard 8
2 Glenn Howard 104 Wayne Tuck Jr. 6
1 John Epping 7
4 Wayne Tuck Jr. 9
3 Scott Bailey 7
4 Wayne Tuck Jr. 8

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 4, 2:00pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10210200006
Glenn Howard 010020022310

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 4, 7:00pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Scott Bailey Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20010301007
Wayne Tuck Jr. 01102010229

Semifinal

Sunday, February 5, 9:00am

Sheet C12345678910Final
John Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg03210100007
Wayne Tuck Jr. 10003011129

Final

Sunday, February 5, 4:00pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Glenn Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100220030X8
Wayne Tuck Jr. 003000201X6
2017 Ontario Tankard
Flag of Ontario.svg
Glenn Howard
17th Ontario Provincial Championship title

Qualification Process

Qualifying for the men's Tankard has changed for 2017. Ten teams will qualify from two provincial qualifiers (three each) and a challenge round. The top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 4 [4] ) will also qualify. The provincial qualifiers are preceded by four regional qualifiers in which at least three teams qualify for the provincial qualifiers, plus the teams ranked 3-10 on the CTRS standings [5]

Qualification MethodBerthsQualifying Team
CTRS leaders2 John Epping
Greg Balsdon
Qualifier A (at Ottawa)3 Glenn Howard
Dayna Deruelle
Codey Maus
Qualifier B (at Niagara Falls)3 Mark Bice
Wayne Tuck Jr.
Scott Bailey
Challenge Round2 Mike Harris
Cory Heggestad

(Regional) Qualifiers

Qualifier #1

December 17–18, at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa

Teams entered: [6]

  • Jamie Britwistle (Ottawa)
  • Kurtis Byrd (Cataraqui)
  • Bryan Cochrane (Russell)
  • Dave Collyer (Quinte)
  • Ritchie Gillan (Ottawa)
  • Francis Hawco (Rideau)
  • Jake Higgs (West Northumberland)
  • Bryan Lewis (Rideau)
  • Jason Reid (Rideau)
  • Spencer Richmond (Perth)

Brackets: [7]

A1 Semifinal Final
Gillan 6
Collyer8
Collyer 4
Reid 2 Higgs7
Birtwistle6Higgs7
Birtwistle 4
A2 Semifinal Final
Hawco9
Richmond 8 Hawco 5
Cochrane7
Lewis7
Cochrane 6
Byrd 5
Lewis6
B1 Semifinal Final
Cochrane8
Richmond9Richmond 2
Gillan 4 Birtwistle 9
Richmond10
B2 Semifinal Final
Byrd 8
Collyer12
Hawco 3
Byrd6Byrd11
Reid 5

Qualifier #2

December 17, at the Oakville Curling Club, Oakville

Teams entered: [8]

  • Rob Ainsley (Royal Canadian)
  • Mike Harris (Toronto Cricket)
  • Josh Johnston (Royal Canadian)
  • Codey Maus (Highland)
  • Patrick Morris (High Park)
  • Hugh Murphy (Mississaugua)
  • Rob Retchless (Royal Canadian)
  • Chris Van Huyse (Scarboro)

Brackets: [9]

A1 Final
Morris 2
Maus10Johnston 6
Johnston8Maus9
Retchless 4
A2 Final
Murphy 3
Harris9Van Huyse 4
Ainsley 5 Harris6
Van Huyse8
B1 Final
Retchless8
Morris 6 Retchless 6
Van Huyse7
B2 Final
Ainsley8
Murphy 3 Johnston 7
Ainsley8

Qualifier #3

December 17–18, at the Barrie Curling Club, Barrie

Teams entered: [10]

  • John Bolton (Lindsay)
  • Dave Coutanche (Richmond Hill)
  • Ian Dickie (York)
  • Connor Duhaime (Cookstown)
  • Brent Gray (Bayview)
  • Cory Heggestad (Stroud)
  • Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite)
  • Rob Lobel (Thornhill)
  • Gregory Park (Oshawa)
  • Brent Ross (Harriston)
  • Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill)
  • Chris Wimmer (Stroud)

Brackets: [11]

A1 Semifinal Final
Ross 3
Lobel 5 Gray10
Gray6Heggestad 7
Heggestad9Gray9
Park 3 Heggestad4
Duhaime 2
A2 Semifinal Final
Bolton 4
Bolton7Krell7
Wimmer 2 Dickie 2
Shepherd 4 Krell6
Coutanche7Dickie5
Coutanche 3
B1 Semifinal Final
Dickie 1
Ross8Shepherd7
Wimmer 6 Ross 2
Duhaime 1 Shepherd7
Shepherd7
B2 Semifinal Final
Lobel7
Lobel7Heggestad 3
Bolton 1 Lobel9
Park 6 Coutanche 2
Coutanche7

Qualifier #4

December 17–18, at the Chatham Granite Club, Chatham

Teams entered: [12]

  • Scott Bailey (Dundas Granite)
  • Bill Buchanan (Welland)
  • Glenn Garneys (London)
  • Dale Kelly (Chatham Granite)
  • Rick Law (Kingsville)
  • Ryan LeDrew (Sarnia)
  • Drew Macklin (Burlington)
  • Nathan Martin (Oshawa)
  • Kirk Massey (Ilderton)
  • Daryl Shane (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite)
  • Jon St. Denis (Listowel)
  • Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford)

Brackets: [13]

A1 Semifinal Final
Bailey9
Martin9Martin 5
Law 3 St. Denis 4
Massey 5 Bailey8
Shane9Shane 5
St. Denis8
A2 Semifinal Final
Tuck 5
Garneys 7 Buchanan8
Buchanan8Kelly8
Kelly12Buchanan 5
Macklin 4 LeDrew 6
Kelly11
B1 Semifinal Final
Buchanan 6
Martin8Martin8
Garneys 7 Macklin 1
Macklin9Martin8
Shane 7
B2 Semifinal Final
Tuck8
Law 4 St. Denis 7
Tuck12LeDrew 0
Massey 3 Tuck7
LeDrew9

Provincial Qualifiers

Qualifier A

January 7–8, RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa

CTRS qualified teams:

Brackets: [14]

A Side Quarterfinals Semifinals A Final
Dayna Deruelle 7
Bryan Cochrane 7 Bryan Cochrane 6
Brian Lewis 5 Dayna Deruelle 8
Codey Maus 4
Sebastien Robillard 3
Codey Maus 10 Codey Maus 5
Rob Ainsley 4 Dayna Deruelle 7
Glenn Howard 9
Colin Dow 8
Team Mike Harris 11 Team Mike Harris 6
Dave Collyer 10 Colin Dow 5
Glenn Howard 6
Glenn Howard 5
Jake Higgs 5 Chris Van Huyse 2
Chris Van Huyse9
B1 Semifinal Final
Dave Collyer 2
Sebastien Robillard 6 Dayna Deruelle 7
Dave Collyer11Dave Collyer6
Team Mike Harris 9 Team Mike Harris 4
Rob Ainsley 4
B2 Semifinal Final
Bryan Cochrane 9
Jake Higgs 5 Bryan Cochrane 6
Codey Maus 9
Codey Maus 11
Chris Van Huyse 6 Colin Dow 8
Brian Lewis11Brian Lewis 4
Colin Dow 6

Qualifier B

January 7–8, Niagara Falls Curling Club, Niagara Falls

CTRS qualified teams:

Brackets: [15]

A Side Quarterfinals Semifinals A Final
Mark Bice 7
Rob Lobel 10 Michael Shepherd 1
Michael Shepherd 11 Mark Bice 10
Scott Bailey 5
Ryan McCrady 6
Scott Bailey 9 Scott Bailey 11
Nathan Martin 3 Mark Bice 9
Wayne Tuck Jr. 2
Pat Ferris 4
Richard Krell 8 Dale Kelly 9
Dale Kelly9Dale Kelly 7
Wayne Tuck Jr. 10
Chris Gardner 6
Wayne Tuck Jr. 8 Wayne Tuck Jr. 7
Brent Gray 4
B1 Semifinal Final
Pat Ferris 3
Ryan McCrady6 Wayne Tuck Jr. 9
Richard Krell 3 Ryan McCrady 7
Pat Ferris 6 Pat Ferris 8
Nathan Martin 2
B2 Semifinal Final
Michael Shepherd8
Brent Gray 2 Michael Shepherd 5
Dale Kelly 7
Dale Kelly 4
Chris Gardner 6 Scott Bailey 6
Rob Lobel 8 Rob Lobel 0
Scott Bailey 7

Challenge round

January 20–22, Midland Curling Club, Midland

New teams:

Brackets: [16]

A Side Quarterfinals Semifinals A Final
Mike Harris 8
Connor Duhaime7Connor Duhaime 6
Bryan Cochrane 2 Mike Harris 7
Mark McDonald 5 Jake Higgs 1
Pat Ferris 8 Pat Ferris 4
Jon St. Denis 1 Jake Higgs 6
Jake Higgs 7 Mike Harris 7
Cory Heggestad 4Sebastien Robillard 0
Brent Ross 3 Cory Heggestad 6
Hugh Murphy9Hugh Murphy 5
Chris Gardner 8 Cory Heggestad 3
Gregory Park 2 Sebastien Robillard5
Colin Dow 6 Colin Dow 3
Mark Kean 5 Sebastien Robillard6
Sebastien Robillard7
B Side (Top half) Semifinals Finals
Connor Duhaime 6
Brent Ross 8 Brent Ross 9
Chris Gardner 3 Brent Ross 7
Pat Ferris 4
Pat Ferris 7
Gregory Park 3 Mark Kean 3
Mark Kean 7
B Side (bottom half) Semifinal Finals
Hugh Murphy 3
Bryan Cochrane 4
Bryan Cochrane 4
Mark McDonald7 Colin Dow 7
Jon St. Denis 5 Colin Dow 6
Mark McDonald 4
B Side Semifinal B Final
Cory Heggestad 9
Brent Ross 5 Sebastien Robillard 5
Cory Heggestad 8 Cory Heggestad 7
Colin Dow 3 Jake Higgs 5
Jake Higgs 7

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